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Generation X – Caution: Read Instructions Before Use

Generation X – Caution: Read Instructions Before Use

iPods. Treo 700p. Torents. Guitar Hero. Jager Bombs. Flash Drives. Wikipedia. Google Earth. Rehab (not the AA kind). 802.11a/b/g/n. SMS/MMS. If you just read this and have no idea what I’m talking about, then chances are, you’re not part of my generation. What is my…

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Tips to an Effective Landing Page

Tips to an Effective Landing Page

Whether it be Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, Zillow (my employer), Facebook, or somewhere else — I think it’s safe to say many real estate professionals are actively advertising online. For those who do advertise online, you should be giving some thought to the “landing page” that…

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Online Photo-Editing is On the Way For Flickr Users

Online Photo-Editing is On the Way For Flickr Users

Michael Arrington at TechCrunch reports that Picnik, the online photo-editing site has signed a deal with Flickr to allow Flickr users to do basic photo-editing. Picnik is amazingly fast at, sharpening, exposure adjustments, white-balance adjustments and other basic photo adjustments. It will access your photos…

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Adobe Lightroom Makes Life Easier and Faster For Photographers

Adobe Lightroom Makes Life Easier and Faster For Photographers

In February of 2007 Adobe released Lightroom which has turned out to be a breakthrough in Photo management and editing for photographers. Before Lightroom the photo-editing software of choice was either Photoshop or it’s little brother Photoshop Elements. Photoshop has evolved over the years as…

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Where's the Money in Real Estate Blogging?

Where's the Money in Real Estate Blogging?

Attracting clients is where the money is. Here’s a great example of someone brought home the bacon in the form of a attracting a client via blogging — Mike Jones, a mortgage lender for Golden Gate Mortgage in Tuscon, AZ. How’d he do it? Ranking…

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Search Engine Marketing for Realtors

Search Engine Marketing for Realtors

I was at the California Realtor Expo last week in Anaheim (though only for Thursday) and ran into Kris Hutchinson, the CEO of Magnifi Online. Magnifi Online is a company that provides a range of services relating to search engine marketing, including: search engine optimization…

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Addicted to (Real Estate) Podcasting!

Addicted to (Real Estate) Podcasting!

Thanks again to Drew, I recently developed an addiction for podcasting! (CoRE Podcast) I have been interviewed twice on two different podcasts and I have thoroughly enjoyed the experience. Last week I started podcasting myself and can’t seem to stop. I recently got carried away…

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Photo Manipulation – Where Do You Draw The Line?

Photo Manipulation – Where Do You Draw The Line?

These days photo manipulation is making the news all the time. Photo manipulation with Photoshop and other photo editors has become such an issue that Adobe and Cannon have teamed up to create a suite of tools that would allow a photo to be matched…

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Fantastic Way to Build a Brand – Produce an Online TV Show

Fantastic Way to Build a Brand – Produce an Online TV Show

True Gotham has built a fantastic brand as a valuable resource for anyone interested in the Manhattan real estate market. Doug Heddings, a Senior Vice President and associate real estate broker at Prudential Douglas Elliman, is the man behind the blog and covers topics ranging…

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Postlets – One Option to Syndicate Your Listings

Postlets – One Option to Syndicate Your Listings

Postlets is certainly one of the companies you can utilize should you wish to syndicate your listings around the web. Asher Matsuda and Raymond Chen started Postlets about 2 years ago as a side project — and are still plugging away with development while continually…

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