WordPress is full of great plug-ins, as many owners of full WordPress sites can attest, but some are definitely more valuable than others. At any given time my real estate website is running 10-15 plug-ins but my two newest additions really stand out. Sidebar Countdown…

For those of you interested in getting foreclosure listings on your blog, Foreclosure.com has a new foreclosure listings wordpress plugin you should try out. I haven’t seen this plugin on a live blog yet, but if you try it out, please leave a link in…

I recently came across a product that automatically converts your blog posts into audio files.  All you have to do is download this WordPress plugin and upload it to your site.  The process took me about 5 minutes and it’s pretty cool. There are several companies like casino…

From Mashable: Outside.in has just granted public access to StoryMaps, their GeoToolkit embeddable maps which let bloggers promote their local content in a visual format. [via 1000Watt]

The chances are very good that if there is an interesting data set out there that is unavailable without licensing costs, someone is going to make it available to be syndicated for free. Today, access to one of those compelling data sets very relevant to…

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…

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…

Sean O’Toole and the guys at ForeclosureRadar.com were nice enough to let me try out their new product, Foreclosure Listing Exchange(FLX). I’ve had it on my site for about 2 weeks now and I’m beginning to get a good amount of activity on it now….

Some weeks are just better than others when it comes to reaping the benefits of Blogging and Blog-Surfing. Over the past 5 days I have found MakeUseof.com, a fantastic post by Matt Rathbun, and a web 2.0 tool that every stinkin Realtor/Real Estate Agent/Anybody in…

As the market has shifted and distressed sellers are more plentiful, a variety of companies are trying to help home buyers and Realtors keep up to speed.  In response to the increase in foreclosures and short sales, Sean O’Toole founded a company called Foreclosure Radar.  Foreclosure…