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Blogging is Like Dating

Wednesday, March 19th, 2008

Without any introduction, here’s what I mean….
1. Hard to Get

The method in which one pretends not to be interested, or at least less interested in the other person, as they really are. Actions related to this method may include, but are not limited to: not calling someone who’s number you got for several days, letting […]

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Help Me Welcome Our Newest Geek - Eric “The Coach” Bryant

Thursday, March 6th, 2008

Please join me in welcoming the newest regular contributor to the Geek Estate Blog, Eric “The Coach” Bryant. Eric is the Director of Information Services at Prudential California Realty, a broker with 300 agents and offices located throughout the Central Valley area. Eric spends a great deal of his “coaching” efforts training agents in the […]

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A Normal Morning, then Open Up MyBlogLog and…Lifestreaming

Friday, February 29th, 2008

MyBlogLog is now in the lifestreaming category with their most recent announcement! MBL previously announced their “new with me” feature, which is the main new feature they’ve added to member profile pages. “New with me” looks and acts similar to Facebook’s Newsfeed — it streams updates of your friends online activities inside your profile. All […]

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Introducing Thompson’s Realty in Phoenix, AZ

Wednesday, February 27th, 2008

A huge congratulations has to go to Jay and Francy for getting all the paperwork done and unveiling the newest Phoenix area brokerage — Thompson’s Realty!

If Jay isn’t the definition of a “Broker Blogger,” I don’t know who is.
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Q&A with Morgan Carey at Real Estate Webmasters

Wednesday, February 27th, 2008

There are many real estate technology vendors that build agent websites, with Real Estate Webmasters (REW) being one of the companies in the mix. If you’ve heard about REW before, chances are you’ve also heard about their superb ability to optimize their websites for search engines. In addition to their core business of building websites […]

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Get 4RealzED: Internet Marketing Education for Realtors

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008

Dustin Luther of Rain City Guide and 4REALZ.net fame, along with Jim Marks at Virtual Results are launching “Valuable Internet Marketing Education for Realtors”. (“affiliate” link)
A one-day seminar that promises to be jam-packed with useful info is offered. Cost is $149 and includes a light breakfast and full lunch (note to potential organizers of such […]

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RealtyFlix :: Video Tours with Navigation to Scenes

Friday, February 22nd, 2008

I’ll admit, I’ve been on the fence about video and listings. My 2 core issues w/ video have been the following:

No “Navigation” - I’ve been wanting to see better navigation in video tours, so I can jump right to footage of the kitchen per se…versus waiting until 3 mins & 53 seconds of […]

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Denny Oh: “I AM a good blogger!”

Wednesday, February 20th, 2008

I’ve been in real estate for about 4 years now and am always looking for new ideas on how to improve…learning new marketing strategies, better ways to stay in touch with clients, how to structure my time, etc. When I first started out, I was in my office’s mentoring program for about 6 months and […]

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MyBlogLog Adds Support for Zillow, Trulia, and Active Rain Profiles

Tuesday, February 19th, 2008

It looks like MyBlogLog is aiming to ramp up adoption in the RE.net by adding support for Zillow, Trulia, and Active Rain profiles (and Tumblr, Multiply, and FriendFeed) as part of their Online Services section of MyBlogLog profiles. Now, if you use the About Me widget, it will include a link to your AR, Zillow, […]

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There is No Place for Personal Attacks in the RE.net

Saturday, February 16th, 2008

I 2nd Russell’s point. I’m not going to single anyone out by name or with a link, but there have been several personal attacks in the RE.net over the past several months that have bothered me. This is just a friendly reminder for everyone to follow one of Dustin’s rules when writing — “If you […]

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More Politics - Real Estate Politics

Tuesday, February 12th, 2008

Christopher Zabka & I have launched a new blog titled Real Estate Politics and we’d love to get feedback from the Geek Estate audience. The purpose of the blog is to encourage balanced discussion of industry topics, with the goal of allowing both sides to have an equally strong voice. Related to that, one thing […]

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