Friday Blog Scan: Things We Liked from the Week That Was

Posted on 13. Nov, 2009 by Sherry Chris.

This week began with the bombshell regarding NAR/RPR that was first reported last Friday by Brian Boero of 1000watt titled: RPR Madness: NAR unleashes national property database with Cyberhomes that paints us a very insightful, unbiased and logical picture of what’s happening and what this all might mean. Following that post, other members of the [...]

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There is More to Website Content Than Property Listings

Posted on 08. Sep, 2009 by Jason Steele.

Run a Google search for “Where should I live in…” and fill in any major city in the U.S. and I bet you will be hard pressed to find any national or local real estate brand on the first page of results.  All of the valuable local information that goes into advising a prospective buyer [...]

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It’s Not Over… #rebcsf and #icsf

Posted on 12. Aug, 2009 by Wendy Forsythe.

Last week hundreds of real estate professionals congregated in San Francisco for the annual Inman Connect Conference (#icsf) and the first year anniversary of Real Estate Bar Camp (#rebcsf). Although, both events have passed the exchange of ideas and information continues on through the network of people who were in attendance. It is wonderful to see [...]

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Friday Blog Scan: Things We Liked from the Week That Was

Posted on 10. Apr, 2009 by Jason Steele.

The numbers of boomers adopting social networks and Web 2.0 tools online continue to rise especially in regards to using platform that offer them new way to communicate with their loved ones. While the younger generation may not be so quick to friend mom and dad on Facebook, according to this article in Adage this week, both generations are enjoying the benefits of Skype. Next thing you know, Grandma will be Tweeting to the grand kids. And what a great way to bridge the generation gap.

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Double Sales Leads – No Additional Marketing $$$ Required

Posted on 07. Apr, 2009 by Jason Steele.

In this tough economy marketing dollars are tight. As a savvy marketer you know that right now is the perfect time for you to pick up market share as your competitors are tightening their belts. Let’s assume your emotional side has gotten the best of you and your rational side can’t pry another dollar from your marketing budget.

What do you do?

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Friday Blog Scan: Things we liked from the week that was

Posted on 20. Mar, 2009 by Jason Steele.

Jennifer Ames is a Chicago based agent with a great blog. Though her post is geared towards Chicago real estate, her advice on how to price homes right is universal.
Kris Berg, owns a small brokerage in San Diego but is largely known in our industry as one of the wittiest blogger/writers in real estate. In [...]

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Friday Blog Scan: Things we liked from the week that was

Posted on 13. Mar, 2009 by Jason Steele.

On Monday, The Mortgage Reports published The 2009 First-Time Homebuyer Tax Credit – Everything you need to know about IRS form 5405. If you have worked with or plan on working with first time buyers, this is a must read.
I’ve been focused on SEO and site optimization of late. Marketing Experiments Blog posted this live [...]

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Real Estate SEO – Getting Your Brand and Website Visible in Search Engines

Posted on 12. Mar, 2009 by Jason Steele.

As we have introduced the new Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate franchise brand, one of the challenges we face is making sure our website and our brokers’ websites (Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate – Wilkins & Associates, Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate – Laviano & Associates, Better Homes and Gardens  Real Estate [...]

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Friday Blog Scan: Things we liked from the week that was

Posted on 13. Feb, 2009 by Jason Steele.

Ian Watt is a Vancouver Realtor who has successfully made the move from print to digital. Read an interview with him on Techvibes.com
The benefits of Blogging and its effect on organic SEO were covered nicely here by San Diego agent Denny Oh.
For those who like monitoring the foreclosure markets, Joel Burslem at Forem put [...]

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Friday Blog Scan: Things we liked from the week that was

Posted on 06. Feb, 2009 by Jason Steele.

Marianna gave us 34 reasons to love real estate. It’s worth a read if you need a little pick me up.
Michael Wurzer calls for a marketing-driven approach to MLS data standards. As marketers who need to deal with MLS organizations in every market we enter, we could not agree more.
It was interesting to read about [...]

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