Lead Generation 1.0: Challenges with Lead Generation Today The lead generation industry has been significantly impacted by legislation, a downturn in the economy and tightening of consumer credit. In 2007 and 2008, several large lead generation companies went out of business or stopped generating leads…

On Friday I managed to update my “old” iPhone to 2.0 software. I think iPhone apps and the iTunes app store are the most significant feature of the recent Apple iPhone upgrade circus. Since I’m a hopelessly addicted 360 image geek the first iPhone app…

Take a tip from me. If you’re a first gen iPhone user, DO NOT ATTEMPT TO UPGRADE TO THE NEW FIRMWARE. Give it a few days. The iTunes server will most likely render your phone useless as it has in my case. After downloading and…

What does the Localism Real-Estate Revolution Mean? As of July 9th Active Rain opened up “The New Localism”, which has been in beta with ActiveRain for a while. The marketing for the site is that it will be a “revolution in real-estate”. In the past,…

I thought the announcement by Realius today was worth noting — Zip Realty is their first national real estate partner for their Price Me Now game. You can see the game on Zip Realty here.

Jon Washburn has publicly hinted at the fact that the new Localism site is coming soon. From seeing Jon’s blog post today and looking at the Localism homepage, it seems that day is July 9th. Any guesses as to what the focus of the new…

Many online classifieds don’t directly reflect data of ‘how long a property has been on the market’ as top-level information for online consumers. Recently, we were browsing listings in the Phoenix metropolitan and came across a “choice” listing online (20 photos, good detail, virtual tour, video tour, etc)…a…

Google has released an iPhone specific version of its popular instant messaging client, GoogleTalk. I had a chance this evening to give it a try during a brief chat session with Drew Meyers and I must say it worked flawlessly. The speed is good and…

Is e-mail in danger? That’s the question Alex Iskold at ReadWriteWeb set about to answer with his post yesterday. With Twitter, Facebook, Myspace, text messaging, blogs, wikis, Skype, instant messaging, and the array of other online communication tools available, the question of whether e-mail is…

Google will be retiring the AdSense Referrals program during the last week of August. Are you a Google Affiliate or Publisher? Here are some alternative options they are asking users to consider before this version of AdSense goes away: The Google Affiliate Network as part…