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To be honest I got the idea for this entry from here which led me to here so I guess what I wanted to do was highlight the basic ideas and get some of your thoughts as well as add my own of course.
A freind-of-a-friend sent me a CMA request on New Year's Eve.
Unfortunately, it was in Fort Myers, Florida. Well, short of hopping on a plane and enjoying the warm weather, I'm going to be referring this one out. I immediately head to Twitter and post
"Real Estate agent in Fort Myers? …
With Picnik you can quickly edit all your online photos from one place. It's the easiest way on the Web to fix underexposed photos, remove red-eye, or apply effects to your photos. …
My favorite Adobe Elements(all photoshops have this feature) feature is the transform feature. It straightens your vertical or horizontal lines so they are parallel with the frame of the photo. The wider the angle the lens the more chance you have for perspective distortion. I shoot most interior photos at 10mm …
Hello Everyone,
Recently a company called Qik.com came onto the scene with a new technology that allowed people to stream live video directly from their cell phone. The idea was genius and the technology worked great. There was only one problem, Qik.com only supported a very limited number of …
That's right! According to Internet audience measurement firm ComScore, 135 million people across the country tuned in to their computer to watch video as opposed to their television. AdAge reports that almost 20-percent of total video consumption is now online...up from 11-percent just a year ago.
So now the burning question, are …
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Here
is an interesting article talking
about how Google is dealing with your privacy and data on the
Internet. Basically many groups are calling for Google to stop
hoarding this data and allow people to opt out. Google currently uses
the data to try to …
Google has updated their Pagerank on December 30th right before New Year's. Consider this a New Year's Eve present!
Word on the web had rumors stirring that Pagerank was going to be updated before Christmas Day but Google once again fooled us making this Pagerank Update the longest …
"What in the world should I put on my website?" I get this question a lot and the first thing I always ask back is "What do you want your website to do for you?". Amazingly this always has a way of puzzling real estate agents. They never …
One of the largest, if not the largest growth areas on-line is the use of web sites for real estate searches for listings , local market statistics and demographic data, and home value estimates.
There are a multitude of sites offering listings and real estate information for Phoenix , Scottsdale and …
Before we get into the last step (for this series) I want you to sit down and write several descriptions about what your site is about. Kinda like your keywords but more of a brief summary.
All there is left to do now that we are happy with our site/blog …
Part two in our series is going to ensure your website is "search engine compatible". Now that we have discussed the keywords and key phrases you are going to use in part one we can actually go into the guts of the website by discussing how to keep …
One of my business goals for the upcoming year is to fully embrace and get on board with all of today's technology to promote and enhance my business. My website will be totally revamped over the next month, and will feature a blog (because I have been told that you MUST …
Hey folks,
I just got an email announcing that Perry Belcher is doing a free webinar tonight at 9pm Eastern. I follow Perry on Twitter & he's a very entertaining guy. Considering he's NOT in real estate, I'll be on the call just to get a perspective about social media from …
AgentMetrics Online has extended its 30-day trial offer for Metrolist members.
AgentMetrics Online provides you with two web-based tools that allow you to extract market information using Metrolist data. Beginning with a simple search, AgentMetrics Online will display market trend and pricing information for any market segment.
Here's a link to …
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This
is an interesting article.
Apparently the Army has developed a technology that can rebuild lost
limbs. The article is rather good and it looks like the technology
can be used for many other purposes as well. If you are familiar with
wars the …
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The
results are interesting. Blogger.com ranks number one in overall
traffic with Facebook and Myspace in 2nd
and 3rd.
The numbers don't include December of course since that month isn't
over yet... almost! You can check
that stuff out here with all sorts
of charts. …
I recently commented on a blog post and felt that my message was relevant to every real estate professional so here it is.
In reference to blog post: http://activerain.com/blogsview/542199/Agent-Uses-Video-To
After reading the many comments posted here regarding effectiveness of video tours as a marketing tool, there is an element I see somewhat unaddressed. …
We recently featured this blog on our virtual tour company blog and added some interesting statistics:
According to the NAR 2007 profile of Buyers and Sellers:
84% of all buyers and 87% of first time buyers use the internet as an information resource during their search for a home. …
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