RETSO is a conference (April 4th & 5th) created to help business professionals refocus. The Atlanta based event was launched in 2008 and features a great slate of presenters. Brad Nix, the event founder took a couple of minutes to answer some questions about RETSO….

Home Improvement is a huge category, $300 billion big. When you combine the retail products and myriad service providers together you have vertical that makes up a respectable chunk of the U.S. consumer economy. When it comes to the web and the creativity of this…

Realtor.com just went through a major design overhaul and I thought it would be interesting to see the reaction of the tech crowd. It looks to me like it’s a move in the direction of most of the larger internet-based companies: simplify, streamline, and create…

Doorsteps, which I’ve covered before just put out a new video… The bar to real estate marketing just got pushed up a notch. Bravo Michele and team. Bravo. PS: I’ll be asking Michele for some input when we embark on creating our own video for Oh…

Anyone out there trying to figure out the next social network of real estate? Active Rain seems to be the last social network of real estate that had any significant adoption, but has fallen off the map lately (3 years ago?). I think the time…

Companies want more leads. The first thing that comes to mind is “I need more traffic.” But is that really your problem? More traffic is not what you need In my previous job, one of the first things I did with a new or potential…

I’m very excited to be back editing helm of GeekEstate Blog. When Drew asked me to partner with him, it was an easy decision. GEB has been a “go-to” resource for real estate industry professionals and the vendors that provide technology services to them. We’re…

I’m happy to announce Mike Price is taking over as managing editor of Geek Estate Blog. Mike is certainly no stranger to Geek Estate — he’s been with Geek Estate since the beginning as a contributing author, acted as the managing editor in 2010 while…

Greg Fischer just launched a new website, FWLocal.com. Yet one feature is surprisingly absent. IDX. It’s no secret most of “leads” from agent or broker websites are converted to contact information with IDX. So, is ditching IDX a risk? Sure it is. I’m guessing Greg’s…

It’s the new year. You’ve likely already begun planning how to achieve world domination in 2013. You decided what your budgets will entail, how much you’ll allocate to marketing and promoting your business. You may have even brainstormed some strategy. All this is excellent and you’re definitely…