Archive for February, 2011

New Real Estate Community Site Launches – The Hip Roof

Today is the official launch of a brand new real estate education and community site designed to enhance agent productivity through social media – The Hip Roof.

The Hip Roof was created by Maya Paveza (@mayaREguru), award winning REALTOR in Delaware with Coldwell Banker Preferred and real estate social media butterfly! Maya has gained national acclaim [...]

Fun Friday: Chance to Win a $25 iTunes Gift Card!

Hey FOREM fans! It’s Friday so let’s have a contest!
Our Inman News editorial team is working hard on an in-depth report about commissions and compensation practices but they need YOUR feedback!
The 25th person who takes this survey will win a $25 iTunes gift card! The survey takes about 8-10 minutes to complete and your responses [...]

Join Inman News on March 9th for Agent Reboot Seattle

Get a crash course in everything you need to know about real estate technology in one six-hour day. Agent Reboot will teach you the latest in mobile technology, Facebook for business, video marketing, lifestyle branding, WordPress blogging, iPad strategies and much more!
March 9th: 8 AM – 3 PM
Washington State Convention Center

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2 Easy Ways to Work Smarter Using Social Media

Are you working smart with social media?

As a real estate agent or broker – you have to ask yourself: “Am I spending my time wisely or is social media a ‘time suck’?”
Can you track views, clicks, likes, and conversations? Can you track when your name or company name is mentioned across all platforms? If not, [...]

Free Webinar: 3 Building Blocks for a Successful Brokerage

Please join us for a FREE Webinar tomorrow!

3 Building Blocks for a Successful Brokerage
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Thursday, February 24th, 2011 
10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. (PST)
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The Broker Panel includes:

Daniel Rothamel, Founder, RealEstateZebra.com
Jeff Lane, National Account Executive, Market Leader, Inc.
Chad Hyams, Team Leader, Keller Williams, Inc.
Gretchen Faber, Broker Manager, The Kentwood Company [...]

There’s No Whining in Real Estate – 2 Ways to Differentiate Yourself

Exactly 3 years ago yesterday, Seth Godin posted a blog post entitled: Advice for real estate agents (quit now!)

First of all I love Seth’s blog. I love his wisdom and take on technology, business and the world around us. So when I saw he specifically wrote an article for real estate agents, my ears perked [...]

5 iPhone Apps for Presidents’ Day

On this U.S. holiday, Presidents’ Day, I thought it would be fun to share 5 fun iPhone apps I found this weekend. I realize they may have not a whole lot to do with real estate, but I’m hoping on this day that you can take a moment and think about what this day is [...]

Fun Friday: Video Gone Viral – How the Oldest Real Estate Brokerage in the U.S. Busted Through Old-School Thinking

I am always on the hunt for marketing that is fun, unique and viral. I came across this awesome video from NP Dodge Real Estate this week that incorporates all of those themes.
They posted it on the Inman News Facebook page and I knew immediately I had to feature this on FOREM!
I interviewed Jodee Drake-Soto, [...]

10 Easy Solutions to Improve Your Real Estate Website

I think it’s safe to say most real estate agents and brokers have a website. Unfortuntaly many of these sites look the same as they did a year ago or even worse 5 or 10 years ago.
Over the years I have seen a number of awesome real estate websites. I have also seen some that are [...]

What Does the CEO of Twitter Have to Say About Its Future?

There has been a lot of buzz over the last 24 hours about Twitter. 

Dick Costolo, CEO of Twitter, was one of the keynote speakers yesterday at Mobile World Congress yesterday #mwc2011
Here a few of his tweets that I thought were particularly interesting:

I love what he says about the second TV screen being Twitter. If [...]