Two well known real estate bloggers have launched a new training program for real estate professionals.
Jeff Turner and Bill Lublin have announced the creation of the new Social Media Marketing Institute (SMMI) and now offer a new designation to Realtors; Certified Social Media Marketer (CSM). The course is designed “to educate business professionals in the [...]
Late last week I added Google Friend Connect to this blog (if you followed @jburslem on Twitter you would have seen my tweet asking for people to help me test it out). I did so after Google made the service widely available to all web site owners.
Friend Connect is part of the Open Social movement [...]
High profile Finnish search portal Igglo.fi is gone. Kaput.
The company was founded in February 2006 by entrepreneurs Jussi Nurmio and Mikko Ranin and in 2006 Benchmark Capital Europe invested 12.5 million euros in Igglo to help them fund their expansion deep into Europe.
But that investment now looks all for naught, as Igglo declared bankruptcy [...]
Word leaked that #1 Real Estate Blog Curbed.com is getting into the listings game a couple of weeks ago. As of today, the new service is live in Manhattan.
Curbed’s new Marketplace lets Realtors and brokers list their properties inside a traditional classifieds-type environment. For 99 bucks you’ll be able to reach out to some of [...]
In its September 2008 issue, alongside its reviews of tub cleaners and organic produce, Consumer Reports turns its critical eye on the real estate industry.
The publication polled a sample of 3753 readers who sold or tried to sell a home, 4029 readers who bought a home and 7368 readers who did both. The results are [...]
Blogging Fog by nj dodge
The real estate community has been busy this week:
Dustin Luther launches 4Realz Internet Marketing Education.
Jay Thompson breaks away from the mothership and starts Thompsons Realty.
Daniel Rothamel posts a new episode of ZebraTalk.
Loren Nason of Future of Real Estate Technology brings on a new contributor.
Paul Chaney, now with Bizzuka, launches a [...]
Posted by Joel Burslem on Tuesday, January 15, 2008 Filed Under: BloggingTags: Kenya violence, Social-Media, Ushahidi.com
Congrats to FoREM contributor Erik Hersmann on getting his new web site Ushahidi.com (which means ‘witness’ in Swahili) up and running.
Ushahidi leverages the power of social media to document the on-going unrest and political violence happening right now in Kenya.
It’s a much needed voice for the people caught up in events beyond their control and [...]
Check out the Blogger’s Connect keynote speech by Curbed.com’s Lockhart Steele.
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Posted by Erik Hersman on Wednesday, January 9, 2008 Filed Under: BloggingTags: Blogging, Curbed
Lockhart Steele is up on stage to keynote Bloggers Connect. He’s a great choice, being one of the most successful consumer-focused real estate bloggers on the web. Curbed is an example of what a dedicated group of good writers can do with a real estate blog.
Lockhart talks about how blogging is at it’s [...]
Posted by Erik Hersman on Wednesday, January 9, 2008 Filed Under: BloggingTags: , Blogging, Inman
We’re here and it’s started. The first thing to make note of is something that Joel will have a hard time talking about without feeling like he’s bragging… So, I’ll do that for him.
Inman News has completely rebranded, and Brad Inman just hinted at a completely redesigned website look and feel too.
The [...]