If you’re been on Twitter.com lately checking out a users profile you may have noticed the new title tags. They used to be “Twitter / ZipvoJames” but in a change that went live yesterday they are now “James Shiner (ZipvoJames) on Twitter” Anyone who knows…

Flickr.com is one of my favorite photo hosting sites. The SEO generated from Flickr is just one reason I use their “paid” service and membership.  Having said that, here’s a brand new feature PhotoBucket just announced that I hope Flickr will investigate and soon incorporate….

How do you keep track of ALL the social networking sites you’re currently on? Are you on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Friendfeed, ActiveRain and others?  Do you have online profiles scattered all across these continuously growing WEB 2.0 platforms?  How many are you on?  How many…

Many of the listing sites that service the US and Canadian real estate investor don’t accept international properties. And those that do may not rank well for the search terms that are relevant for your property. The classifieds site craigslist, for example, accepts international properties…

The ultimate success of your business will probably be tied closely to your success on the Internet. Your website or blog is your storefront in a very big world. It’s easy to get a dry cleaning customer if they pass your store every day on…

Last week our team at Ubertor and Reachd ran the Inaugural Fraser Valley Real Estate Technology Meetup. We invited Realtor and Uber Video Blogger Ian Watt to talk about how he runs his business completely online. Here is the video from the evening. Death of…

To my surprise, during the last two press releases regarding the Houston Real Estate market stats, HAR has gone video. By and large, the clip consists of summarizing the association’s position already stated in the release. Nevertheless, this is a small step forward in the…

Actually, we’re not just talking about “social networks,” but business networking as well. The Internet has made dramatic changes in the way the world shops, locates information, and in how they communicate with each other. Of course, email is the elephant in the room. But,…

In a previous post I talked about using Picnik as a way to create a custom header and background for your ActiveRain blog. This is a great use for Picnik, and really makes your blog stand out. However, there are many other uses for the…

Video, video, video. It’s the hot topic in real estate these days, and it’s popularity and applications will only increase in 2009. Whether you’re shooting a video tour of a property, a community video, or doing a vlog (video blog), video can help you get…