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Contact Mgmt Systems for Realtors

December 1, 2009
CRM for Realtors

Contact Mgmt Systems for RealtorsWhich Contact System do you use for your Real Estate Business?
Recently we polled our Facebook Fans to see what CRM systems they were using as a platform for their real estate marketing endeavors, see what they have to say …
I was quite surprised at how many systems were being used, to [...]

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Google Wave, a new online communication and collaboration tool.

October 2, 2009
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Google Wave, a new online communication and collaboration tool.Google Wave is …
… a personal communication and collaboration tool" announced by Google earlier this year.
 
The app is now in formal "beta" mode, so what does that mean and how can it help me?
Google Wave is quite revolutionary offering many innovative features …
…to get the complete story you [...]

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Mobile Marketing for Realtors

June 24, 2009
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Mobile Marketing for RealtorsSay NO to Property Listing Flyers…
Imagine the ability to follow up with every prospect who calls on your listings.  Imagine never getting that call from the seller to come out and fill the flyer box with new flyers.
Imagine being able to contact every prospect who ever called on your listing to notify [...]

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Cloud Computing + Google Apps

June 9, 2009
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Cloud Computing + Google AppsWhat is Cloud Computing and why should you care?
Cloud computing seems to be the hot new word, but what does it really mean and why should you care? 
BTW - it’s got nothing to do with this nice young lady either!
Does it have some benefit to you or your real estate business?  Well [...]

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Should you twitter your listings?

June 6, 2009
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Should you twitter your listings?Tweet or No Tweet, that is the question …
…is the question!  Peter and I disagree slightly about how Realtors should use Twitter when it comes to exposing our listings.  This debate came up today when I sent Peter a link to Tweet Lister.
Tweetlister looks like a great tool for Realtors, the [...]

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6 new “must have” free tools for real estate

June 4, 2009
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6 new “must have” free tools for real estate6 new "must have" free tools for real estate
Lots of WordPress bloggers use Google Analytics but you don’t get to see today’s visitors – enter Polaris a desktop widget that interacts with your  Google Analytics account. With 8  reports it’s the easiest way keep keep track of visitor counts [...]

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What’s Your Real Estate IQ?

May 20, 2009
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What’s Your Real Estate IQ?Who Determines homes values anyway?
Realius released its new “Predict It” interactive home pricing widget with ZipRealty. With all the Web 2.0 talk going on, this widget genuinely gives the client a reason to stick around on a real estate search site.  It is pure fun with some obvious practical benefits.  On one [...]

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Is spying on your visitors ethical?

May 13, 2009
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Is spying on your visitors ethical?There are lots of analytical programs out there ..
…. the most well know being Google’s free analytic’s program and no one seems to have a problem with this service including lots of real estate agents.
Now there is a new app called Clixpy which allows site owners to record how [...]

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What’s Taco Bell got to do with it?

May 12, 2009

What’s Taco Bell got to do with it?Ever been at the drive through when the faceless voice at the order point doesn’t get it?
Kelly Olexa does a really good job of explaining how to interact on social media sites with a lovely Taco Bell analogy!
So what’s this all got to do with selling real estate? [...]

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Free IDX for your real estate site!

May 5, 2009
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Free IDX for your real estate site!Free IDX for your real estate website or blog …

… from RealtySoft. You can see for yourself the IDX real estate search in action on one of our Platinum members sites.

For free this is an excellent way to add an IDX real esta te search page to multiple niche [...]

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Mobile Zestimates on iPhone

May 4, 2009
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Mobile Zestimates on iPhoneZillow just released an innovative new iPhone app ..

Using this free app the iPhone pinpoints your location using it’s built in GPS technology and then displays real-time real estate information and data as you walk down the street.
I think this is a bit creepy actually …
… imagine a burglar trawling for secluded [...]

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Mapping & interactions on steriods!

April 15, 2009

Mapping & interactions on steriods!This short video has crazy implications for real estate!
Watch as the demonstrator manipulates a map on one of those really cool new screen tables – if you have seen CNN lately where they pull photos and maps around you’ll know what I mean. (If you cannot see the video on the [...]

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Free iPhone real estate search app

April 3, 2009
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MobileAppLoader is a startup company building a customized, branded smart-phone application real estate agents – it’s available through Apple’s iPhone App Store.

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