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Jerry was a Real Estate Broker… (aka the conduit between new and old)

In countless posts across the Web, from 1000watt consulting to Inman to a post by Ashfaq Munshi over at FOREM and even the Notorious R.O.B. the topic of real estate brokerage’s future (and office) are dotting the radar.

The Holy Grail of How To’s – The Twitter for Real Estate Book

So this wasn’t what I was planning about blogging on, but I have to put this out there…

Nicole and Reggie Nicolay (@nik_nik and @cyberhomes) have completely outdone themselves and put together an amazing (and free) E-book entitled Everything You Want to Know about Twitter for Real Estate at the Cyberhomes Blog.

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

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 [...]

Review of Jott: Speech to Email, Text and More

So, I have jumped on the Jott bandwagon. This free program for iPhone, Blackberry and Treo allows you the freedom of using your handheld to send Email or Text messages to your contact list with your voice. It has one of the most accurate voice recognition programs that I have seen in quite [...]

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 [...]

Understanding Your Client and Creating a Long Term Experience

 
So, what do you actually KNOW about your clients and referral sources?  You probably know the following demographic information:

1.  Where they live.
2.  What they do for a living.
3.  What their general income looks like.
4.  Their race, sex, and family status.
5.  Possibly their educational level.

But the question becomes, “Does this truly make them people,  or are [...]