All Posts Tagged With: "Local-Search"

Realtors – Need a Local Contractor? Check out Fixr – the “eBay for Contractors”

I am always impressed with a company that has a unique idea and value proposition.

Home improvement is always a hot topic – and usually something that Realtors know a good deal about. As a Realtor, you know how important an upgraded kitchen or bath can be when listing a home, or how it pays to scrape the “popcorn” [...]

Local Search Will Affect Your Business – How You Can Win

yellowed pages by wizmo
Is there any doubt any longer than print advertising is a dying medium? A recent study by TMP finds:
33% of all consumers still consider print yellow pages as their primary source of local business info…
What that really means is 67 percent of people are looking for services online these days. Greg Sterling [...]

Know Your Neighbors, Then Tell the World How Bad They Are

It seems that city level real estate search is so thoroughly saturated now (Trulia, Shackprices, Move.com, Homegain, even Zillow getting in the game) that next great trend for web 2.0 services is a virtual land rush to cover your neighborhood, even your street.
Neighborhood Crossing launched this week (see Bringing neighbors together with NeighborhoodCrossing.com) by offering [...]

Neighboroo Adds New Data To Neighborhood Research

Popular heatmap mashup Neighboroo (see Top 10 Real Estate 2.0 Sites) rolled out a new version of their site today, adding a slew of new features and rolling in a couple new data sources and overall, a much tighter design.
In its previous form, Neighboroo took publicly available data (largely from census data) and plotted it [...]

Big Brokers Going Local

I listened in on the Inman News Audio Conference today that focused online marketing strategies. It was well worth it and if you have the chance, I’d highly recommend sitting in on one of the calls in the future.
The panel discussed many of the themes that I have been writing about on this blog and [...]

How to Get Local With Your Internet Advertising

Last week, my local Yellow Pages was dropped off at the end of my driveway. It was still there this morning, abandoned and soaking wet after a weekend of pounding rain.
I can’t even remember the last time I flipped open a phone book.
These days, my instinct is to go straight to the Internet to find [...]