Archive for Using This Technology

Making Sense of the Real Estate Web-World’s Future

Because many of the leading online real estate sites have opted to source listings directly from brokers, rather than becoming brokers themselves and displaying listings via IDX, there are many gaps in the inventory they display. Consumers are either unaware of this issue, and make life-changing decisions with incomplete information, or throw down their stone and start hopping. – 1000Watt Blog – Online Real Estate’s Dirty Little Secret – Aug. 11th, 2008

My Top 5 Questions for Leading Real Estate Companies of the World

Last week I was asked to pick 5 questions from a list of 13 provided by Leading Real Estate Companies of the World for possible contribution to their blog The Real Estate Beat. Yes, there was a free entrance into the conference at stake, but all the same I thought I would share my responses.

7 Videos to Introduce you to the Power of Social Media

So I found a great new blog that I subscribed to today via @REBlogGirl on Twitter called “Left The Box – Internet Marketing Strategies”. Mary (aka REBlogGirl on Twitter) tweeted about a great post that Samir had put up a while ago entitled “7 Videos About Social Media You Need to Watch”

Why Scribd.com has moved to #1 on my Cool List for Blogging

So I’ve been playing around with a number of free online hosting sites as of late. Since we in Chicago have the ability to access some of the most complete and up-to-date real estate statistics via Agent Metrics by Terradatum, it’s really come down to a couple of things.

Turn Your Gmail Account into a Text Messaging Machine

Big shout out to Joel Burslem from FOREM for sending out a Tweet the other day discussing Google Labs’ new process for sending text messages from your Gmail account.  The full “How To” can be found on the Google Labs Official Gmail Blog here , but it’s easy enough.  I even put together a quick video [...]

Altos Research – All the Stats You Need Delivered to You

So I’ve already said that I’m a numbers junkie. Stats, trends and all of those numbers that horrify some people make me giddy with excitement. A number of months ago we at @properties released our 2007 Market Report based on micro-neighborhood findings here in the Chicago area. I talked extensively about [...]

You’re NOT Marketing… How to STOP Advertising and Start Marketing?

So, I’m driving down the road today and had to take a picture of this. Why? Because it reminded me of how so many companies (not just real estate companies) approach their marketing efforts… Even more so, it made me think about how many people, (and industries), don’t know the difference between [...]

Google Alerts – Managing your Identity, Favorites, and Your Competition

Ok… Maybe I’m a Junkie, but I can’t write enough great things about Google.
So let’s say… hypothetically of course… that you like reading about all of the following things:

Real Estate Market Statistics
The latest technology for your Blackberry
Social Networking Media Developments
Indie Rock Bands playing in Chicago
Great Grilling Recipes
Barack Obama
Matt Dollinger I mean whatever your [...]

Become the James Bond of Real Estate – 20 Ways to Boost your Confidence

 

“He who has confidence in himself will gain the confidence of others.” – Leib Lazarow

So what do James Bond and the most successful Real Estate agents that I know have in common that so many others lack?  It’s simple really… they all have an unbelievable amount of confidence.
Seriously though.  Would James ever face a time [...]

Google Reader Part 2: Recommended Industry and Technology Blogs

Since the Google Reader post got such good reviews, I thought that I would make it easy for you to get “plugged in” (or Turned On for you 1000Watt Readers) to some of what I feel to be the best blogs out there.
Where I believe that these represent many different types of elements that could [...]