Maximizing Your Active Rain Blog for SEO
If you maintain a blog on Active Rain, you’ll probably find this post by Justin Smith from the Real Estate Tomato valuable (and no, I still don’t think you should put SEO ahead of your readers).
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Internet Marketing 101: Advertising Listings on the Internet
Trying to figure out where to advertise listings on the Internet can be is a daunting task. If you went to every website that displayed real estate listings and added just one listing to all of them, well, it’s not really possible. With new listing…
The First Google Phone To Hit Shelves Next Month
I would have done a vlog post on this, but the view from my chair just isn’t interesting enough. 🙂 TechCrunch announced today that the first Android based phone will be powered by T-Mobile and is scheduled for release next month. One of the comments…
iPhone vs BlackBerry — How They Compare from the Perspective of a Former BlackBerry Addict
I’ve been a BlackBerry addict for the last 5 years, but converted to the iPhone last week. Here is a video post with my thoughts on how the two devices compare after 5 days using the iPhone (talking to the camera was easier and quicker…
Curbed is Getting into the Listings Game
If you follow the Curbed blog, you probably saw Lockhart’s post today mentioning the new Curbed Marketplace. What is it? From their help page: It’s a place for sellers and brokers to post real estate listings, and for buyers to browse and search them. But…
Real Estate Agent Hunting 2.0
Recommendations from friends has historically been the way agents are chosen by buyers and sellers, but with the amount of information now available online, buyers & sellers are doing their research and reaching their own conclusions about which agent is best for them. The Washingont…
Future of the MLS? Are We Ignoring the Elephant in the Room?
preface: I have been away from the blogging scene for far too long. The “Future of the MLS” topic seemed a perfect opportunity to throw my hat back in the ring. A brief recap of the posts on the “Future of the MLS”: Matt Cohen…
Pillow'd – A case for Viral Video
After my last post about utilizing video because of the potential audience across Youtube, I stumbled over this brilliant marketing video that actually originated from Zillow. Great Job Guys! My favorite part if the guy at the end crashing into the table.
SEO is Important — But Not at the Expense of Your Visitors
Tim O’Reilly wonders (out-loud) whether linking to yourself is the future of the web — I hope not. He ends the post with two guidelines worth thinking through: Ensure that no more than 50% of the links on any page are to yourself. (Even this…
2008 Stats from YouTube and Why you should use Video Tours
Youtube Usage 2008 WeeklySEO clued me into a a PDF from Google for 2008 that provides some recent stats about YouTube usuage. It is full of really interesting and detailed information about JUST HOW MUCH YouTube has grown and how much use it is getting….
