All Posts Tagged With: "NAR"

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 [...]

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 [...]

REALTORS® and Smartphones – 2010 Survey Results

In January 2010, the Center for REALTOR® Technology (CRT) extended an email survey invitation to 45,000 random REALTORS® who have provided NAR with an email address. Close to 1,500 responded to the survey. 93% of those indicated that they were 40 years old or younger use a smartphone to conduct real estate business. 86% [...]

CEO of Inman News speaks at YPN Conference

The Young Professionals Network is hosting their So Cal conference in Garden Grove tomorrow, Thursday, May 20th. Registration opens at 8 am and the conference begins at 9 am.

Location
Crowne Plaza Anaheim Resort
 | www.Anaheim.CrownePlaza.com
12021 Harbor Boulevard, 
Garden Grove,  CA | Phone: (714) 867-5555
According to their website, “The YPN Leadership Conference is to educate [...]

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NAR Leaps into the Fray — In a Big Way.

The Realtors Property Resouce (RPR) is likely the most important technology story of the last few years. And it will probably be the most closely watched story for the next couple of years too.
What is the the RPR? Brian Boero from 1000Watt Blog sums it up nicely.
The NAR has taken over certain technology assets of [...]

More Real Estate Organizations Sued over Search Patents

photo credit: bloomsberries
An old lawsuit over real estate search patents has resurfaced again.
Florida inventor Mark Tornetta and Real Estate Alliance LTD (REAL), who owns Tornetta’s patents (Nos. 4,480,576 and 5,032,989), have announced today they have moved in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles to sue the industry’s largest trade association and several national brokerages, [...]

Heading to NAR

Kicking off a busy week at the National Association of Realtors conference in Las Vegas, here’s my interview with Dale Stinton, CEO of NAR.

I’ll be attending the BloggerCon get-together tomorrow night at the Venetian, so I look forward to seeing many of you there. Big thanks to Daniel Rothamel at the RealEstateZebra for organizing it.
I’ll [...]

Buy Now Campaign Doesn't Cut the Mustard

I’m not a big fan of NAR’s recent advertising campaign (Buy a House, Or The Dog Gets It). Not because I have a problem with what they are trying to say – rather how they’re saying it.
I think it’s uninspired, creatively boring and woefully out of touch.
$41 million for a drab, dreary black and white [...]

Keeping on Top of NARdi Gras News

With NARdi Gras kicking off tomorrow, NAR has gone all out to support Bloggers this year in New Orleans. So far they seem to have responded.
Dustin Luther, Rain City Guide Godfather has unveiled a new blog over at Move.com where he’ll be liveblogging NARdi Gras.
Paul Chaney from Blogging Systems is liveblogging as well. I’ll definitely [...]