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Behind "Door #1" at Inman Connect … "Fear & Embarrassment"

Behind "Door #1" at Inman Connect … "Fear & Embarrassment"

“This is not my Locker” I know it is inevitable that I will be asked (perhaps 100’s of times) “What did you learn from Inman Connect SF this week”? or “What was the most interesting thing you learned at Inman Connect SF”? or some variation…

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WordPress 3.0 has Finally Arrived

WordPress 3.0 has Finally Arrived

It’s HERE!! WordPress 3.0 is now available in its final version for download! https://videopress.com/v/wp-content/plugins/video/flvplayer.swf?ver=1.21 [via Zengy]

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WordPress 3.0 is Getting Closer – Release Candidate 1 Is Available

WordPress 3.0 is Getting Closer – Release Candidate 1 Is Available

It was just announced that WordPress 3.0 Release Candidate 1 is now available for download. I’ve been anxiously awaiting WordPress 3.0 for awhile due to the possibilities it will enable for real estate sites and it’s nice to see that they are nearing completion of…

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RSS Feeds & Real Estate Leads – Really…"Kiss Your 'RSS' Good-bye!"

RSS Feeds & Real Estate Leads – Really…"Kiss Your 'RSS' Good-bye!"

When Eric Bryant wrote the original Kiss Your “RSS” Good-bye, he was referring to RSS feeds being a thing of the past as social networking sites like Twitter provided a filter for really good articles, “Kinda like a ‘Human Aggregator’”. I thought this was a…

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How Can We Drive More Traffic?

How Can We Drive More Traffic?

I am always looking for new effective ways to drive more traffic to my site and help others do the same, so I wanted to explore the most effective ways to do that without organic search engine rankings. Not everyone can get in the top…

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Two Possibilities for Agent and Broker WordPress Web Sites with WordPress 3.0

Two Possibilities for Agent and Broker WordPress Web Sites with WordPress 3.0

I’m hoping the final version of WordPress 3.0 is close to completion (the Beta came out a few weeks ago) and I wanted to take a few minutes to touch on two of the cooler possibilities for agent and broker sites opened up by the…

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Facebook Integration

Facebook Integration

I thought I’d piggy back on Drew’s post on How Are You Using Facebook Pages As Part of Your Real Estate Business? and offer a couple of quick tips to help you integrate your new Facebook pages with your wordpress blog. Fotobook – Ever wanted…

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Update on Google Using Site Speed as Ranking Factor

Update on Google Using Site Speed as Ranking Factor

If you were one of the people interested in Google using site speed in their rankings. I wanted to let you know that Matt Cutts recently posted more information about how Google is incorporating site speed as one of the over 200 signals they use…

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For the WordPress Geeks…WordPress 3.0 is Here (in BETA)

For the WordPress Geeks…WordPress 3.0 is Here (in BETA)

For the WordPress developers, I think you’ll be happy to hear the long awaited WordPress 3.0 has been released in BETA form. The most notable component of the 3.0 upgrade is clearly WordPress and WordPress MU now sharing one code base (instructions for those who…

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Generating Real Estate Leads Through Social Media

Generating Real Estate Leads Through Social Media

The question constantly being asked by agents within my brokerage is, “how do I use social media websites like Facebook and Twitter for real estate lead generation?” At a recent Inman conference I had the pleasure of sitting in on a presentation by Bill Tancer…

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