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Comparing "AddThis" to "ShareThis"

Comparing "AddThis" to "ShareThis"

There are a couple of really great tools you can use on your Blog posts. One is Addthis.com and the other is ShareThis.com. Both have some great features for the growing Social Bookmarking phenomena. I wanted to share them both and at the same time…

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Real Estate Blogs on the iPhone

Real Estate Blogs on the iPhone

Do you have an iPhone and read real estate blogs? If so, Dennis McGuire coded up a “blog reader” for the iPhone — http://www.irealtyblogs.com. The site pulls feeds from all Dennis’ favorite blogs from the RE.net into one. Currently, the feeds from the following blogs…

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Closing Business With A Blog

Closing Business With A Blog

Jay Thompson is moderating one of the morning panels at Bloggers Connect. The panelists all certainly know how to use blogging as a client acquisition mechanism, and closing business with those clients: Linda Davis, Broker/Owner, Broker/Owner, RE/MAX Realty Group – http://blog.ctrelocation.com/ Laurie Manny, Realtor, Long…

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The Carnival of Real Estate Turns 100!

The Carnival of Real Estate Turns 100!

Head on over to the CoRE blog to check out the 100th edition of the Carnival of Real Estate!

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Blogging Allows Creativity to Flourish

Blogging Allows Creativity to Flourish

For example, check out this post titled “Make Your Blog Irresistably Sticky” by Lani at Agent Genius — it’s the most creative post I’ve seen in quite some time.

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Active Rain Launches "Outside Blogs"

Active Rain Launches "Outside Blogs"

ActiveRain (AR), a large network of real estate professionals just announced they have launched “Outside Blogs”. Here is the initial announcement from Brad Andersohn, Active Rain Community Builder and GeekEstateBlog contributor. What is an Active Rain Outside Blog (AROB)? That’s ARspeak for a blog that…

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reddit is now OPEN reddit

reddit is now OPEN reddit

You may have already seen the news (Techmeme coverage), but news voting site reddit is now open source. I’m not sure how many web developers will be at RE Bar Camp, but it could be fun project to build a real estate version of reddit…

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Guideline for Effectively Marketing Real Estate Websites

Guideline for Effectively Marketing Real Estate Websites

I recently ran across an excellent online real estate marketing guide, written by the folks at MortgageCalculator.org. Topics covered include: Domain NamesKeyword ResearchPay Per Click Search Engine MarketingWeb AnalyticsOn Page OptimizationLink BuildingContent SyndicationBlogging The guide is well written, in easy to understand non-geek speak. Deeply…

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Seriously, There is NO Reason NOT to Upgrade Your WordPress Blog Now

Seriously, There is NO Reason NOT to Upgrade Your WordPress Blog Now

If you haven’t already, I would highly recommend instalingl the wordpress automatic upgrade plugin and upgrading your wordpress blog. After all, there is no need to risk having your blog hacked. And NOW upgrading is easy and does not require you to upload the latest…

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REALTOOLS for REALTORS®

REALTOOLS for REALTORS®

In the never ending quest to find new and useful tools to Blog about, and to share with REALTORS® all across the Country, I thought it might be useful to list some of the Top sites I have discovered over this past year. If you’re…

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