“What do I write about?” and “I don’t have time to write” It’s the classic content problem. I hear those two sentiments almost daily from real estate agents around the country. Once you have a blog or website (ideally, they should be integrated into one…

Remember, the 1st edition of #retechchat (formerly #reblogchat for all of a few hours) is this evening at 7 PM PST. The topic of conversation is “real estate blogging” — so come with your questions blazing. How to join? There are a few options: Follow…

After a bit of thought and asking TechSavvyAgent and Matthew Shadbolt for their opinions, #reblogchat is being renamed to #retechchat so that we can cover topics outside of real estate blogging down the road. For instance, we may want to select real estate CRM’s, utilizing iPads…

[Updated 4/7/2011: #reblogchat will actually be named #retechchat to give us more flexibility to cover topics beyond blogging] I’ve been “attending” the weekly 1 hour #blogchat conversation on Twitter every Sunday evening (at 8 pm Central) the past month or so. It’s always a lively discussion…

When starting a conversation, finding things you can relate to the other person is absolutely crucial. If two people have nothing in common, then building a relationship is going to be tough. Enter social objects. The Social Object, in a nutshell, is the reason two…

Are you just getting started with blogging? Just getting started with WordPress? Have no idea where to start with regards to generating content? Well, this post is for you. Here’s an outline of a 1 month content creation strategy for a new real estate blogger…

What technology problems do you run into on a regular basis and how do you solve them? How do you decide which CRM to use to grow your business? How do you add a listing to your website? What do you need to do to…

It’s a sad day, MyBlogLog which made its name by helping bloggers build communities around their blogs and giving bloggers insight into where people are coming from and what they are clicking, is being discontinued. I fell in love with MyBlogLog immediately after learning about…

Congratulations to my good friend Dale Chumbley for blogging for 365 days straight; I think it’s safe to say his 365 Things to Do in Vancouver campaign has paid off for him (today is Day 365). Here’s a short video interview with Dean Ouellette at…

WordPress.com websites are free, much easier to setup and has secured login (SSL). This provides limited control when coming to theme selection, installing plugins or widgets. The lack of capability to embed custom code is one common complaint I hear from realtors as evident from…