I’ve now taken 20 calls on Clarity.fm (my profile here). There are two distinct types of people that schedule calls: Entrepreneurs in various stages of bringing an idea to light, desiring either technical help & direction or general advice around how to navigate the industry (&…

If you are a realtor or a broker, you probably evaluate and buy software on a regular basis. Next time you are doing so, ask if your vendor provides an API. You’ll be glad you did. Why? Well, first, let’s talk about what an API…

Speaking of search and mobile (& Sam’s response), Estately has gone mobile. I agree with Joel — if you’re in the industry, you should download the app so as to make sure you know what the competition is doing in the mobile arena. The app is the…

Drew wrote a great piece earlier on the state of real estate search.  I was at Inman Connect in New York last week as well, and it appears that not only did we share a few drinks, we also shared some of the same speaker…

There was a lot of talk last week about search last week in New York at Inman Connect. From my discussions (both at the conference and recent offline conversations I’ve had over phone/email), the overwhelming majority of agents and brokers do not plan to try…

Google Page Speed Service has been around for a number of years. It is in Beta and currently free of charge (it has been free for several years now).  Upon the official release Google Page Speed Service pricing will be competitive. So how does it…

I just came across this “Sign up for GaryVIP” link today on Facebook. It seems to be a test of Twitter’s Lead Generation Cards they announced earlier this year. The question for me, is what happens on Gary’s end when someone shares an email address…

Rand Fishkin’s first white board friday of 2014 is a great topic: What Should I Put On the Home Page? The topic is fitting given I had a conversation with an agent from the Geek Estate community earlier today and we discussed this exact topic….

Yesterday I wrote about going deep on content in 2014. Today, I found an amazing example of deep local content certainly worth highlighting. Raziel Ungar in Burlingame, CA. There are teams and brokerages scattered across the country who have done good work in the local…

The other day, I noticed some organic SEO traffic searching for “cheap real estate brokerage website providers”. **Sigh** You’re setting yourself up for failure by searching for something “cheap”. By seeking & choosing a vendor catering to the “cheap” crowd, you’re likely to get nothing more…