Category: Industry News

Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Featured on Flipboard iPad App

Do you have an iPad? If you do like me, you probably have already discovered Flipboard – the world’s first social magazine app. I love Flipboard!
If you haven’t seen it yet, Flipboard allows users to compile their own personal publication by selecting and importing Twitter feeds, Facebook profiles and Really Simple Syndication (RSS) [...]

1 in 5 Smartphone Owners Are “Checking-In” – What This Means for Real Estate

Did you check-in today on Foursquare? How about Facebook Places? Gowalla?

For me, “checking in” is a part of pretty much my daily routine. I love seeing where my friends and colleagues are checking into, I love all the “badges” and gaming aspect of it, and of course I love the specials that may places are [...]

New Product Launched in Collaboration With NAR to Manage Leads & Track Calls

I just became aware of a brand new product that will help real estate professionals manage leads and track phone calls.

This new product is the first voice-marketing automation platform specifically tailored to members of the National Association of REALTORS® – it is called Ifbyphone®.
Ifbyphone®, a voice-based marketing automation platform, announced on Monday, the launch of [...]

Zillow Announces 4 Free Facebook Tabs for Realtors

One of the best parts about Facebook business pages are the ability to add custom tabs. For a while, real estate agents were somewhat limited to what type of tabs and apps were available specifically to them and their needs. Recently, we are seeing more and more companies come out with options and tabs specifically [...]

Fit for a King: What Does $211 Million Get You These Days?

Have you ever thought about what you do if you came into a million dollars? How about $10 million? $100 million?
Luxury yachts. Private islands. An endless array of staff to wait on you hand and foot. I think I could get used to that!
If you think a $100 million is a lot of money to [...]

Brokerage Profile: Raising the Bar With Social Media Education

I had the pleasure of speaking to Marnie Blanco, Vice President, eBusiness at RE/MAX. I first heard Marnie speak at Real Estate Connect NYC a few months back and was really impressed by what she had to say about social media and what RE/MAX was doing on a corporate level – but also to support [...]

A Smarter Solution – Real Estate Job Hunting 101

Problem: When someone in the real estate industry goes job-hunting, it can be difficult to navigate through all the listings posted on Monster, Career Builder or some of the other online job boards posting up.
In addition, when an employer or real estate brokerage is looking for someone with specific real estate experience, it can sometimes [...]

Competition for iPad? Meet JooJoo: the iPad alternative with Flash

It seems like whenever Apple announces the latest and greatest product -  there are always  other companies who see if they can do better. The last couple weeks, there has been a ton of industry buzz about the iPad – what it is and what it isn’t – and specifically, how it could impact Realtors. [...]

Be the catalyst for community in your business – online and offline in 2010

This was my first time being “behind the scenes” with Inman News at Real Estate Connect NYC.  Having worked directly with agents and brokers prior to coming to Inman, this time at Connect I listened with a new set of eyes.
I kept thinking, “If I was a Realtor, what would be my big take-away from [...]

Top 3 Latest & Greatest Products from Google

Greetings FOREM readers!
I am really excited to be a featured writer on FOREM’s blog. I have been a reader and admirer of this blog for some time and am thrilled with the opportunity to contribute!  It is an honor to write along side Joel Burslem. I am equally as excited about my new position as [...]