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Ok, maybe not just like Britney. But you’re closer than you think. Did you know “Britney Spears” is one of the most searched keywords in both Yahoo and Google? It’s not likely as many people search your name. However your name is a keyword , just like “Britney Spears” is a keyword.
As a Realtor your [...]

Myspace has finally launched a developer platform in an effort to keep up with Facebook’s developer platform.
This begs the question — what, if anything, does this mean to the real estate tech industry? Are any real estate web geeks planning on building real estate specific apps? Or has everyone already given up on Myspace in [...]

A real estate website lacking a property search tool is not only non-competitive, but in this day and age, it can be safely called obsolete. Assuming you are a Realtor who sees the importance of keeping up-to-date technologically, the next question is: where to start?
It can be confusing to choose a search tool. There are [...]

It seems like yesterday the University of Phoenix Stadium (Home of Arizona Cardinals) was heavy in construction. Now it’s poised to serve as home to Super Bowl XLII with both teams landed and engaging practice here as of Monday. The event (along with the FBR / Phoenix Open) should bring millions to the [...]

Many of you may have Zolve.com blog accounts. Its a real estate focused blogging network similar to ActiveRain.com and RealTown.com. According to their site, they have plotted 4008 network participants throughout the world. What makes it nice is how the drill down shows members by state, county and city.

Check it and see if you are [...]

One question that I receive from realtors on a steady basis is “Do single property websites work? And if so, which company do I hire to provide this service?” In my opinion, “yes” single property websites do work and can be a very effective marketing tool. It is a chance for realtors to separate themselves [...]

When Zillow released their neighborhood data last Wednesday night, I was floored. My company had talked about trying to acquire similar data off and on over the past two years, but it was always too cost prohibitive to do so. As I thought about the magnitude of what they had done that night, I [...]

As a follow-up to Drew’s marketing your blog post, I thought I’d re-cap of some of the main points that I touched on during Wednesday’s Marketing Your Blog panel at Inman Real Estate Connect.
Moderator Joel Burslem kicked off the discussion with the question “how do real estate bloggers compete with major online real estate sites [...]

I know a few agents in the Portland area that are working to save the environment and cut paperwork by using a new service called DocuSign. We can all do our part in 2008 for our planet, and I think that online document signing could be a great first step. The legalities of [...]

Joomla is an open-source (free) content management system that you can use to setup the foundation for a website. In this day and age, having a website for your real estate business is essential and is an excellent opportunity to add a new source to your lead generation efforts.
Using Joomla can help you in [...]

A picture may be worth a thousand words to you and I but an image is meaningless to search engines until you describe it to them. In this simple video, Matt Cutts from google explains how to use the alt tag to ensure that search engines index your image content. If you’re trying to lift [...]

As many agents know, one of the best ways to promote your blog, website or agent profile page is to obtain inbound links. For those of you new to link building, it can be a daunting and painful task! Lucky for you, I took some notes while building my own links. Below, I have provided [...]