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Spencer’s New Podcast, Office Hours

Spencer’s New Podcast, Office Hours

Spencer always finds a way to keep ahead of the pack when it comes to thought leadership, so it’s no real surprise he launched a new podcast called office hours. Introducing “Office Hours,” a podcast on leadership hosted by our CEO @SpencerRascoff. https://t.co/Vf0jeKOvVj pic.twitter.com/e4CZLkXbTV —…

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Houses + SnapChat = Snaphouse

Houses + SnapChat = Snaphouse

It seems Zillow’s commitment to Snapchat as a marketing platform is real…

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Is Zillow a valuable tool?

Is Zillow a valuable tool?

Today’s Tuesday morning debate: Is Zillow a valuable tool? Go read the article on the Seattle Bubble before responding (75+ comments). What say you?

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Credit Where It’s Due: Zillow’s Marketing

Credit Where It’s Due: Zillow’s Marketing

Though I still have many friends who work at Zillow, I’m not (financially) biased when I say I’m still constantly impressed with Zillow’s marketing… I’m a fan. (I should note that I just watched it on Youtube and a Realtor.com paid ad came on immediately…

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Blast from the Past: NPR Interview on Zillow Launch Day

Blast from the Past: NPR Interview on Zillow Launch Day

An interview with Rich Barton on Zillow launch day in 2006 on NPR can be found here. “We’re live” post on Zillow’s Blog is here. (inspired by recently watching Zuckerberg’s 2004 interview)

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More Validation for Future of Teams

More Validation for Future of Teams

I wrote about the teams opportunity a week ago. Zillow announced another investment in that area today with the addition of team profiles. I’d say this is a pretty good indicator we’ll see more and more investment into software for helping teams in the coming year.

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Stop Touching Me, Zillow

Stop Touching Me, Zillow

As the head of a real estate brokerage, at some point I got onto some Zillow Account Manager’s distribution list. While I gloss over most of the pitch email I receive, today’s made me stop what I was doing and write this post. Here’s the email…

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What Home Means When You Travel 9 Months a Year

What Home Means When You Travel 9 Months a Year

I’m a big fan of Zillow’s new commercials about what home means, the latest one Spencer tweeted hits a chord given the story is of “travel” (a topic I happen to care deeply about). When you travel for 9 months a year. Seriously, who does that??!!  

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The Smart Squeeze Strategy of Zillow’s Premier Agent Summits

The Smart Squeeze Strategy of Zillow’s Premier Agent Summits

I went to Zillow’s Premier Agent Summit in Seattle this week. It was a focused and well-run event, one that smartly ties in with the company’s current strategy of developing uber-Zillow-agents as its core following and revenue stream. I’ll get back to that in a…

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GeekWire Interview: Zillow at 10 (with Rich, Lloyd, and Spencer)

GeekWire Interview: Zillow at 10 (with Rich, Lloyd, and Spencer)

It seems there is virtually unlimited desire for insight into that very, very large real estate company based in Seattle that starts with the magical letter “Z“. To satisfy that curiosity, John and Todd at GeekWire interviewed Zillow co-founders Rich Barton and Lloyd Frink, along with…

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