First, I have to say that I’m not the biggest fan of the Treo as a PDA. As a Mac user, I’ve sworn my heart to the new Apple iPod touch. I just couldn’t bear to switch to the iPhone due to the super-slow AT&T…

Mashable clued me into another technology announcement that could potentially benefit the real estate industry — this one mentioned the fact that you can now embed maps from Ask.com into websites and blogs (similar to embeddable Google Maps). One thing to note is something Sean…

There’s a post over at Mashable by Sean Aune titled 25 Tools for Managing Your Online Identity. I think online identity management is an issue real estate professionals should definitely pay attention too. After all, as small business owners, your online identity is your brand…

The 58th edition of the Carnival of Real Estate is now posted at real/diaBlog!

Thanks to the Men of Sellsius, I jumped into Animoto to see what the buzz was about. This site is slick. You can quickly make “videos” of pictures you supply, sync’ed to music with spiffy transitions. Here is one I put together for a listing….

I read a post today by Michael Wurzer titled “Is Data Free? Is There No Free Lunch?” at the FBS Blog. By the way, this is phenomenal blog if you have an interest in MLS-related topics. I am not completely sure what FlexMLS does, but…

I’ve been testing the waters with various tools to create online slideshows for my listings, but also as a way to enhance the visual appeal of my blog. After a fair amount of searching, I settled on Slideshare.net. It’s very easy to use because you…

You’ve probably seen Dee’s photo on the sidebar already, but I’m excited to officially announce the addition of Dee Copeland to the team of regular contributors at GeekEstate Blog. Dee is a Broker-Associate at Keller Williams Realty and Principal of the Copeland Group, a real…

I think it’s safe to say many local real estate markets are now buyers markets — NAR published a press release saying that, at the end of July, inventory of (existing) homes available for sale had reached 9.6 months of supply. For real estate agents,…

Drip campaigns are something many agents use today to help manage their leads — lets take a look at what makes a Drip Campaign tick. For me, Drip Campaigns have always been broken up into 3 main parts Campaign Templates Email Content. Campaigns: The Campaign…