Month: September 2009

23 Sep How Low Can You Go? Instant Traffic by Improving your Bounce Rate

Posted at 16:23h in SEO by Justin Britt

There's been some talk about website redesign on the Geek Estate blog recently. If you haven't read them, check out Joshua Ferris' post about the lessons learned from his real estate site redesign and Matthew Swanson's insight on testing new site designs without impacting production....

21 Sep Whats Important In An IDX Real Estate Website

Posted at 14:27h in IDX, Marketing, Websites by Jeff Manson

In my last post someone asked me what IDX solution I thought was the best. I let them know that we created our own. The main reason was because I could not find the complete package of what I was looking for my self and...

21 Sep How to: Testing a New Site Design Without Impacting Production

Posted at 11:52h in Websites by Matthew Swanson

Let's face it, there comes a time when we all want to give our site(s) a new look and feel, or a fresh paint job. Joshua wrote an excellent post about a month ago on 7 Lessons I Learned From My Real Estate Site Redesign.To...

20 Sep REBarCamp – It's ALL about YOU!

Posted at 09:16h in Communication, General by Brad Andersohn

REBarCamp - It's ALL about YOU! Since the very first REBarCamp which started in San Francisco, CA just over a year ago, we have watched and witnessed it become a National Event. It's spreading like wildfire. Every major city in the Country will eventually host...

18 Sep NAR Social Media update with Todd Carpernter

Posted at 11:10h in SMM by David Gibbons

I caught up with Todd Carpenter in Miami at Real Estate barcamp this week. ...

14 Sep Local Class Information from Teachstreet Now Included in Local Market Explorer

Posted at 15:37h in Blogging, Wordpress by Drew Meyers

I thought I'd give everyone a heads up that version 1.1 of the Local Market Explorer for Wordpress includes a new module -- local class information from TeachStreet. From the TeachStreet blog: To see how it can work, check out this realtor’s local class and real...

14 Sep Don't Ignore the Long-Tail

Posted at 09:59h in SEO by Drew Meyers

Short vs Long-Tail? Whatever you do, don't ignore the long-tail in your SEO efforts. SEOmoz Whiteboard Friday - Ignore the Tail at Your Peril! from Scott Willoughby on Vimeo. [via September 10th edition of Whiteboard Friday with Rand]...

14 Sep REBarCamp Seattle Recamp (Video/Pictures)

Posted at 09:07h in Marketing by Stephen Jagger

Did you miss REBarCamp Seattle? Here is what you missed: Below is the keynote speech that Vancouver, BC Realtor Ian Watt delivered to the crowd of over 400 agents and brokers at the Armory in downtown Seattle: ...

10 Sep Should You Required Registration or Not?

Posted at 17:40h in IDX, Marketing, Search by Jeff Manson

I know this will be as popular with some agents as using a road map or set of questions when following up with a prospect ;-) I have been selling real estate online at a pretty high level for about 6 years now. I have also...