Month: July 2009

31 Jul Links for Geeks – July 31st

Posted at 17:14h in Links for Geeks by Drew Meyers

Here are a couple links worth taking a look at: Add millions of listings to your website and blog To Script or Not to Script (a continuation on the discussion on Jeff's Geek Estate post) Social Media And The New Agent 26 Ways for Real Estate Pros to Use...

27 Jul How People Share Online Content

Posted at 14:48h in Marketing by Drew Meyers

I thought this was an interesting chart from Silicon Alley Insider -- the fact that 24% of people are using Facebook to share content with friends is impressive. I knew it was high, but not that high. What social sharing sites and calls to action do...

27 Jul Qualify Your Prospects To Convert More Leads

Posted at 13:35h in Communication, Lead Acquisition, Marketing by Jeff Manson

Are you following a script with purpose? A lot of agents say that scripts are not their style. I say that everybody is using a script when following up whether they think so or not. Agents usually follow up with clients and ask the same...

24 Jul Google Insights – My Favorite Real Estate Keyword Research Tool

Posted at 16:46h in SEO by Justin Britt

There are a lot of keyword research tools out there, but Google Insights is not one that doesn't get much love. Which is strange to me since I feel it is one of the most powerful real estate keyword tools around. The thing I like is...

24 Jul One Week on Google Voice: Progress and Pitfalls

Posted at 14:42h in Communication, Google by Sam DeBord

I was lucky enough to be one of the people with a Grand Central account when Google took over with its new Google Voice service (sometimes being a geek who signs up for every new service pays off, even if you had no idea what...

22 Jul What the Funnel is going on around here?

Posted at 14:35h in IDX, Lead Acquisition, Marketing, Websites by Geordie Romer

Back at Portland's Real Estate Bar Camp I was intrigued by a discussion led by Galen Ward of Estately about how to increase conversions on real estate websites. How do we take visitors to our blog or website and turn them into closed sales? I'm not...

22 Jul 10 Most Useful iPhone Apps For Real Estate Pros

Posted at 10:00h in iPhone, Mobile by Joshua Ferris

As a real estate agent and a full time road warrior, I always look forward to the next iPhone application that will streamline my workload and save time while showing houses. If you have an iPhone or are thinking about picking one up, here are...

17 Jul Short vs Long-Tail — What to Optimize Your SEO For?

Posted at 10:16h in SEO by Drew Meyers

Chart courtesy of Eric Stegemann at Tribus When determining your SEO strategy, one of the first things you need to determine is what keywords you are going to optimize your site for. There are two primary schools of thought -- focus on either a) the long-tail...

13 Jul Linkbuilders: Please Get Less Obvious About Your Commenting Tactics

Posted at 09:50h in SEO by Drew Meyers

There were three comments on Geek Estate Blog this morning that I canned due to being blatant attempts to build links with specific keywords as anchor text. This type of link building is fairly easy to spot because the comments seldom add any value to...