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Why Google+ is NOT the Best Thing Since Sliced Bread

Why Google+ is NOT the Best Thing Since Sliced Bread

Don’t get me wrong. I like Google+. I really do. A number of real estate professionals are already using it in hopes of getting ahead of the competition. Everyday, there seems to be new articles stating how amazing Google+ is, how it will annihilate Twitter,…

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What Do Alligators Eat? | Answer:  The Misinformed

What Do Alligators Eat? | Answer: The Misinformed

What do alligators eat?  And WHY, oh why would anyone who wants to embrace real estate technology care? Turns out, you see, alligators actually eat the misinformed.  Yep, what you don’t know about the alligator, or the alligator’s teeth, or the alligator’s friends….just might get…

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Take Care of Those Close to You First

Take Care of Those Close to You First

My buddy Darin posted a great reminder regarding the importance of taking care of your home turf (aka your backyard) when it comes to sphere building. Go read it. Sphere building is something I’ve spent a lot, and I mean a lot, of time thinking…

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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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It's All About Who Knows YOU

It's All About Who Knows YOU

There is a great guest post from Ken Brand over at Productivity Junkies titled It’s not who you know. It’s who knows you. But not like you think. It’s a chapter from Ken’s new book: Less Blah Blah More Ah Ha. It talks about social and professional context —…

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The Only Unique Content You Have — Is YOU

The Only Unique Content You Have — Is YOU

I’ve been thinking more about the content problem lately. One of the best ways to generate traffic is to create great content. But content is everywhere on the web — how is your content differentiated among the hundreds or thousands of others who are writing…

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"Retargeting" – Are Any Brokers (or Agents) Using this as a Marketing Strategy

"Retargeting" – Are Any Brokers (or Agents) Using this as a Marketing Strategy

There’s a great post over at SEOMoz on the topic of “retargeting”. What is it? It is the form of marketing in which you target users who have previously visited your website with banner ads on display networks across the web I encourage you to…

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Wild idea for Realtors: Allocate $10,000 to build a Premium Online Asset (doesn't have to be real estate)

Wild idea for Realtors: Allocate $10,000 to build a Premium Online Asset (doesn't have to be real estate)

Successful Realtors / Brokers tend to lean towards building an offline cash flow portfolio — rental homes, residential flipping or even dabble in commercial real estate. Wild idea: how about allocating two closings worth of cash for an online asset? Real estate investing will always…

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A Beautiful Example of a Virtual Tour. And A Conversion Tip

A Beautiful Example of a Virtual Tour. And A Conversion Tip

I just saw this snippet on Facebook from my friend (and a Virtual Results client) Doug Heddings: Uploaded with Skitch! It got my interested. I clicked through. And I watched this virtual tour (from IMAGEination) in its entirety. [Note to Doug – I tried to…

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Clarifying the "Listing Agent" Confusion – IDX vs Trulia/Zillow/YahooRE

Clarifying the "Listing Agent" Confusion – IDX vs Trulia/Zillow/YahooRE

From the Syndication To Real Estate portals PDF paper from Clariety Consulting after showing examples of Trulia, Zillow, and Yahoo! promoting other agents over the listing agent on listing detail pages: Trulia, YAHOO!, Zillow and others would claim that their ad treatments are no different…

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