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How Can We Increase Our Closings From Our Sites?

How Can We Increase Our Closings From Our Sites?

Aloha Tony did a survey in recent post that asked, “What percentage of your closings come from the web leads on your personal site? “.  I was amazed to see the high percentage of net savvy Geek Estate agents in the 0 -25% range. I…

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Check out Apple's Pad

Check out Apple's Pad

Say hello to iPad. Today was the long awaited day that the Apple “tablet” device was unveiled. It’s being touted as magical and revolutionary. The jury is out on those statements but I have to say that with exception of one big glaring omission, I…

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All Ya Need is (Comment) Luv

All Ya Need is (Comment) Luv

Taking a look at blogs around the internet there’s really one factor that sets the good ones apart from the bad, and that’s simply the depth of discussion on the content (posts) on that blog. Beyond the content on the blog itself, the template, et….

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Better to Have No IDX Search or a Really Bad Search Experience?

Better to Have No IDX Search or a Really Bad Search Experience?

There are some great IDX providers and some not so great ones; some expensive and some cheap (or free). At one of the sessions at RE BarCamp NY last week, the following question came up: Is having no IDX search on an agent or broker…

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World’s Top SEO Professionals Reveal Search Engine Ranking Factors

World’s Top SEO Professionals Reveal Search Engine Ranking Factors

Every couple years SEOmoz surveys top SEO Professionals to get their thoughts on current search engine ranking factors. The result is a document detailing the opinions of leading SEOs on what works and what doesn’t when it comes to search engine optimization. When looking to…

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4 Useful Real Estate Applications for Blackberry

4 Useful Real Estate Applications for Blackberry

I was searching the Geek Estate repository recently and saw the significant number of iPhone application reviews for real estate professionals on the market.   I’m salivating over them as I write this and often wish my Blackberry would magically turn into an iPhone.  I haven’t…

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Project WordPress: Theme Selection

Project WordPress: Theme Selection

It’s been a bit longer since my last Project WordPress post.  Holidays, work, & other excuses kept getting in the way of blogging. Back on track, and I’ll post a bit about theme selection.  Theme selection is obviously personal, so this post is intended more…

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Designing a New Blog From the Ground Up – The First Steps

Designing a New Blog From the Ground Up – The First Steps

The combination of every awesome web 2.0 technique and web 3.0 technique I know I like to think of as web 3.1… I realized as I started writing there’s simply too much information to cover in one post, so I’m going to split this bad…

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Get Your Rankings Kick Started in 2010

Get Your Rankings Kick Started in 2010

I thought it would be fun to ask a couple friends that I respect a few questions about Search Engine Marketing / SEO. Both Justin and Bob have been very successful in their real estate markets plus consulting clients in other verticals as well. Bob…

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Consumers are Looking for More than Listings, they are Looking for a Place to Live. Does Your Website Help them Accomplish that Goal?

Consumers are Looking for More than Listings, they are Looking for a Place to Live. Does Your Website Help them Accomplish that Goal?

I’m participating on a panel discussion at Real Estate Connect in New York City on Leveraging the Wide Open Web to Create a Rich User Experience: Consumers are looking for more than a house; they are looking for a place to live. The panel is…

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