Category: Technology

Foursquare Marries Quora | Localmind

Foursquare just surpassed the 10 million user mark. Facebook Places has become extremely popular quickly. Whether you “get” it or not people like checking in. A lot.
Quora has recently exploded onto the scene as a new breed of Q and A site with a social and transparent approach. People go to the web with questions, [...]

The Purchase Algorithm | Decide.com

It is simply impossible to avoid. Buyers remorse seems to be ever more cruel when it comes to technology.
Picture this. You have made up your mind that it is finally time to buy a new camera/phone/laptop. You are done photographing your listings with your 5 megapixel point and shoot. Fed up with taking the battery [...]

Your Very Own Walk Around Jack – Uscapeit

I have a fondness for my iPhone. I know many of you feel the same. Waking up and checking Twitter, email and the like with one eye open is typically the way I start my day. Sometimes I feel like I am the only one, but the data we are seeing coming from the mobile [...]

How to do SEO for your Vacation Rental in 5 Steps

Guest blog post by Daniel Weisman
The question on everyone’s mind these days is, “how can I use SEO to get more rental bookings?”
The idea of Search Engine Optimization is that ranking highly in search results will lead to increased traffic and sales. While reaching the top of the Google search results seems to require black [...]

My 9 Favorite WordPress Widgets for Realtors

Widgets are a great way to add valuable content, increase your credibility, foster engagement and “share-a-bility” of your content, and make your site more interactive with your customers.Widgets are available for use on most WordPress.com and WordPress.org sites.

I am very excited to be giving a special presentation today in Vancouver, BC at Agent [...]

An Easy Way to Search for Someone’s Business Email Address

Even in today’s social world of Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, text messaging and blogs – one of the best ways to still reach someone is through email. Have you ever had an open house and couldn’t find a business card a potential buyer handed handed you or couldn’t read the handwriting of the person who signed [...]

Top 5 iPad Apps for Real Estate Agents

The more I use my iPad, the more I see how valuable it is for real estate agents.
In addition to the “cool factor” – there are tons of great productivity tools for real estate agents and brokers. Not only that, but using an iPad in the field eliminates the need to lug around a laptop [...]

Drive Smart: Optimize Your Day With Keyoobi iPad App

I am so in love my my shiny new iPad2 that I’ve gone a little app-crazy. One of the newest apps just introduced to me is Keyoobi. At first glance, although not a real estate app, this app seems to be made for real estate agents. More often than not, so much of an agent’s [...]

Faxing Sucks – Finally a Product That Makes it Faster, Easier and Smarter

Note: I asked Joseph Walla, cofounder of HelloFax to write a guest blog for FOREM. Why? Isn’t faxing a thing of the past?  The reality is that even in 2011, trying to send and receive a fax can be a still be a royal pain – special equipment, special paper, special phone line, and the [...]

SugarSync Helps Realtors Manage Their Documents on the Go

Guest blog post by 
Jill Mayer from Lyman PR, jill@lymanpr.com, @Jill_Mayer
Note: FOREM fans, I am always on the lookout for technology that will make your life easier and be able to service your clients the best way possible. I came across SugarSync and asked Jill Mayer, from Lyman PR, to write a [...]