Tag Archives: Web 2.0

Wendy Forsythe Interviews Dustin Luther – 4Realz.net

Wendy Forsythe Interviews Dustin Luther – 4Realz.net

Posted on 17. Nov, 2009 by Sherry Chris.

Watch Wendy Forsythe’s exclusive interview with Dustin Luther, 4realz.net Consulting, on building a presence in the social media world and the emphasis of lead-management access that he believes is going to penetrate the web 2.0 world. Want to hear his best advice for those starting in the industry? Then this video’s a must see!

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It’s Not Over… #rebcsf and #icsf

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

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

Posted on 05. Jun, 2009 by Jason Steele.

Anthony Tjan, CEO, Founder and Managing partner at VC firm Cue Ball believes that businesses rely to heavily on demographics to understand their customers when instead they ought to be focusing more on their psychographics. But now, with new technologies such as OpenID single sign-on service, gleaning that data could change all that. Read more over at Harvard Business Publishing in his post titled Want to Understand Your Customers? Go Psycho.

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

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

Posted on 17. Apr, 2009 by Jason Steele.

We know how well the big sites in real estate (Realtor.com, Zillow, Trulia) rank in the search engines. And we are clear about the vast amount of traffic they receive. We also know that consumers are drawn to these sites first before drilling down to the local broker and agent sites. What we inside real estate know that most consumers may not is how many local listings are actually missing from these search sites. Jay Thompson digs a little deeper into this discussion in his post this week titled Where to search for homes online.

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

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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Manage Your Online Reputation with StepRep

Posted on 28. Jan, 2009 by Wendy Forsythe.

The Internet has given us all the ability to be instantly published for the world to see. While these publishing rights have opened up amazing opportunities for agents and brokers to broadcast and build their brand, they are also riddled with sizable drawbacks. Among the most concerning is the freedom readers and other publishers have [...]

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Real Estate 101 Meets Facebook 101

Posted on 02. Oct, 2008 by Wendy Forsythe.

In real estate 101 training I was taught that you tell everyone you know what you are doing and then remind them every time you see them that you are selling real estate. One of my first lessons was to write down the names of everyone I  knew and then contact them to let them know I [...]

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Media Alert! We are “Off and Running”

Posted on 01. Jul, 2008 by Sherry Chris.

First thing this morning we issued a media advisory announcing the press conference and webcast of our formal launch, which will take place on July 23, 2008 at The Palace Hotel in San Francisco!  To get all the details click here. See you in San Francisco!

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Candidates Secure “Dial Tone of the 21st Century”

Posted on 04. Apr, 2008 by Kevin Doell.

Posted by Kevin Doell I found a great web site called “TechPresident.com” where I read that “the Internet is the dial tone of the 21st Century.” (not sure who gets credit for that gem of a quote: either Andrew Rasiej and Micah L. Sifry, or David Weinberger. Read platform.) This site outlines a platform of [...]

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The Genex Connection

Posted on 26. Feb, 2008 by Kevin Doell.

Posted by Kevin Doell No, I’m not writing about the demographic born between the years 1964 and 1980. I’m sharing the news that we’ve chosen LA Web Dev firm “Genex” to build our site. You can read the press release on their site, www.genex.com. I have to admit, it’s pretty cool to be working with [...]

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