“I have nothing to say.”
I have heard this over and over again, not just by real estate agents – but by many people who are trepidacious about getting involved in Twitter.
To many, Twitter has become more useful as a way to tap into what’s “going on today,“ than to broadcast their own messages. And [...]
AgentPress is a brand new Wordpress theme released today, designed specifically for use by the real estate industry. The theme is a collaboration between Wordpress designers StudioPress and the real estate blog MyTechOpinion.com.
You can see a live demo here.
It’s a sharp looking design that really pushes Wordpress beyond its blogging basics. For just shy of [...]
Pam Liebman, CEO of Corcoran Group answered my question – What should the real estate brand of the future mean to consumers?
Her answer was posted on YouTube. I’ve posted the video below.
Thanks Pam!
I’d also like to throw this question out to the rest of the real estate industry – send me your video response via [...]
A guest post from Tim Fagan, CEO of HomeFinder.com
Things were simpler then, more familiar. You knew who to call, what to do and what to expect.
I’m talking about the good old days of real estate advertising.
Back then, you dealt with the sales rep for the local paper over a cup of coffee. Maybe you sponsored [...]
Apture is one of the coolest plugins I’ve stumbled across in a long while.
It allows you to instantly add rich, dimensional media to your blog or website by integrating text, images, video, maps, music and much more from over 50 sources; including Wikipedia, Flickr, NY Times, YouTube, Twitter and many others.
In the data rich environment [...]
6 months ago I gave up my cable TV subscription. How? One word.
Boxee.
Boxee is a revolutionary application that lets you pull together all your media together in a single browser that you can access from the comfort of your couch. I truly believe that Boxee – when combined with a device like my AppleTV [...]
Amazon kicked open the door this afternoon to bloggers of all stripes to get their work on the book seller’s breakout e-reader device; the Kindle.
Previously you could subscribe to a handful of pre-selected blogs on the Kindle, but Amazon now lets all publishers submit their feed for sale in the Kindle marketplace. Prices range from [...]
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 [...]
I know that some companies strive very hard to be creative with their advertising. And yet most in the real estate space, despite their best intentions (and big budgets), fail miserably (see Coldwell and Banker Back At Helm).
And while this may have been forgivable during the height of the bubble; now, when the market is at [...]
A guest perspective from Ashfaq Munshi, co-founder and CEO of Terabitz.
In an earlier incarnation, soon after I graduated, I was a young and eager executive at Oracle viewing life through a much different lens than I do now. While I did not know it at the time, that lens was cloudy, fogged up by youthful [...]
