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Do you ever think about selling your real estate site?

Do you ever think about selling your real estate site?

Zillow’s closing stock price went ‘down’ to $33.20,  almost $14 to what they wanted. They got a cool $70 million for it, $20 million more than what they were hoping.  Not bad for a real estate related IPO. By now, everyone is chimed in with…

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One Thing I Like About Google+

One Thing I Like About Google+

Google+ has already been covered by everyone and their mother, so I don’t want to write some all encompassing analysis of the platform since it would be largely the same content others have already written. However, one feature I love is the ability in Google+…

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What is the Benefit of a Facebook Page?

What is the Benefit of a Facebook Page?

“What is the benefit of a Facebook page?” I receive this question from time to time as well. Luckily for us, Jimmy Mackin from the MLSApp answered the question via video earlier today, so I thought I’d share the video here as well.

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11 Strategies to Rock Your Facebook Fan Page

11 Strategies to Rock Your Facebook Fan Page

The Problem With Facebook Fan Pages What are the three biggest problems with Facebook Fan Pages? Getting first time visitors, repeat visitors, and exciting visitors so they share your page with their friends. There is only one way to solve these problems and to elevate…

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Changing the Name of a Facebook Page – Is it Possible?

Changing the Name of a Facebook Page – Is it Possible?

We have a client with over 100 fans on their business page who wants to change the name of the page. Unfortunately, from the Facebook Help section, this is the answer we are stuck with: How do I change my Page name? If an error…

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And Today We Will Discuss Facebook Social Deals…

And Today We Will Discuss Facebook Social Deals…

Actually, no we won’t. At least not here. If you want to read about Facebook’s new Social Deals program – head over to Techmeme where there are dozens of articles linked such as Greg Sterling’s. There’s plenty of commentary to entertain you for a good…

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The SPAM Problem. And The "SPAM Dollars" Solution

The SPAM Problem. And The "SPAM Dollars" Solution

Warning: this is not specific to real estate technology, so if that’s what you’re looking for on this Monday morning, you can browse to the next article. Get to the top of the rankings or link exchange proposal or You have been rewarded with $12,500…

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Join #retechchat at 7 PM PST Tonight to Talk About Real Estate Blogging Strategies

Join #retechchat at 7 PM PST Tonight to Talk About Real Estate Blogging Strategies

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…

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What's Next Beyond 365 Things to Do?

What's Next Beyond 365 Things to Do?

The “365 Things to Do in [City Name]” concept worked for a few people like Dale Chumbley who made it the whole way though. What’s the the next big thing agents/brokers are going to try on Facebook to gain traffic and engagement? Here’s an idea…

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#reblogchat is now #retechchat

#reblogchat is now #retechchat

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…

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