real estate: Are mobile web and mobile search ready for real estate? - 09/30/08 12:36 PM
As real estate professionals, nationwide, search for sales and marketing tools to better advertise their listings to consumers, talk of mobile advertising capabilities continues to rise to the top of discussion.
We've seen MLS and Associations swarming around the idea of mobile MLS search, in attempt to meet real estate consumer
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real estate: What should you take to your next sales team meeting? - 09/05/08 12:49 PM
As summer all to quickly comes to an end, you'll likely be finding more time to sit in on those weekly team sales meetings in your office. To be honest, now may be the best time to attend these meetings, too! With the attitude about the market, this is a great
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real estate: What should you take to your next sales team meeting? - 09/05/08 12:48 PM
As summer all to quickly comes to an end, you'll likely be finding more time to sit in on those weekly team sales meetings in your office. To be honest, now may be the best time to attend these meetings, too! With the attitude about the market, this is a great
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real estate: Stop pushing your potential customers away! - 08/28/08 04:42 PM
Yesterday I was in a meeting with a group of people and introducing them to mobile advertising and the role it plays in the real estate industry. One particular person happened to not be a real estate professional, but in the process of being a homebuyer/seller in Boise. Once we described
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real estate: Are you branding to college kids? You should be.... but how? - 08/20/08 03:39 PM
Today my colleagues and I took our first trip to the new Hooters that opened just last week (the first Hooters in Montana!). While there we were talking to our lovely waitress and making conversation asked where we worked. On Monday, we hired a new member for our sales team. This
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real estate: Real Estate Olympics 2008 - we need your help! - 08/19/08 10:43 AM
In light of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, a member of Inman put together a Real Estate Olympics competition; "Real Estate Pacesetters 2008".
Last week, over 40 contestants were submitted for the contest as the industries premier pacesetters; companies who are leading our industry towards change.
I'm PROUD to announce that GOOMZEE.com
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real estate: The psychology of managing your professional schedule - 08/15/08 05:05 PM
As a real estate professional you have an important task of keeping your clients satisfied. One of the key factors in keeping your clients satisfied requires you to be available to your client when they are available. After all, they've chosen you to work for them. (I know, I should be
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real estate: Politicians Text Message To Stay in Touch - Do You? - 08/11/08 12:52 PM
I've noticed politicians making an extra effort to reach-out to more young adults with campaigns such as the get out and vote programs by companies like MTV. Other sources for news, information and events have been implemented this year, and if you haven't already heard, one of the biggest has been
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real estate: Do you have a "fall back" to your real estate career - 08/06/08 01:36 PM
So things may not be looking so bright and shiny in the real estate industry as they once were, nor may your wallet be as thick. BUT, does that mean it's time to give up? NO WAY!
You've worked long, hard hours to make real estate your career. Lately, I have
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real estate: It's all about what the seller wants - or is it? It's YOUR job to EDUCATE. - 07/18/08 12:39 PM
"It's all about whatever my seller wants to hear."
Recently I've read some interesting comments in some of the blog posts about agents adopting new marketing tactics - or not adopting them for that matter.
What stands out in my mind the most is a comment that read, "It's all
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real estate: Weight Watchers vs. Your Marketing Plan - 07/08/08 02:45 PM
Some things in life seem so different; but when you break them down to the core, they end up being much more alike than you'd ever have imagined. There seems to be a similar cycle in many of life's challenges and feats.
I got to thinking today about comparing a marketing
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real estate: Just when you thought you had a real mobile office... - 06/26/08 01:18 PM
Sick of driving around in your vehicle (the office away from the office) looking for a WiFi Hotspot?
Now you can really set up a "mobile office". Chrysler has announced they will add wireless routeres to some of their 2009 Chrysler, Jeep and Dodge models. What a great service for REALTORS
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real estate: Have you "Gone Mobile"? Here's why you should... - 06/20/08 10:07 AM
In June's issue of Texas Realtors magazine, Dee Copeland wrote an excellent article about mobile marketing technology and the way it's headed in the real estate industry.
Here area few excerpts and if you click on the title, it'll take you directly to the article online!
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Going mobile New technology
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real estate: Technology is nothing to be afraid of! YOU CAN DO IT! - 05/20/08 11:03 AM
I recently read an article in Inman News: "Old tricks for new market realities" by Glenn Roberts, Jr. In a nutshell, it talked about the changes in the real estate market and how to cope with the downturn in the market, as well as the age of the agent vs. the
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real estate: You haven't heard of AR? How is that possible!? - 05/13/08 12:59 PM
Every day when I speak to Realtors, I am sure to tell them I'm on Active Rain. Nine out of 10 times, they report that they have never heard of it. WHAT?!?! How is that possible?? They are missing out on such a great resource to share thoughts and ideas with
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real estate: Austin, TX visit, success! - 05/13/08 12:41 PM
Last week, Mike and I made a quick trip to Austin, Texas to visit both current and potential clients. One of our current clients, who is managing a 200+ unit condo development in the Barton Springs area of Austin, has been leasing a vanity code for nearly 6-months. By providing out
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real estate: Mobile Phones, Mobile Advertising and Real Estate - an Overview - 03/07/08 12:26 PM
After yesterdays post of Pew Internet and American Life Project's latest mobile phone report, I decided to gather a bunch of my statistical research together as an overview.... Enjoy and let me know your thoughts!!!!! A new research report posted by Pew Internet and American Life Project, has determined that Americans are
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real estate: Chronicles of a Young Homebuyer - 02/08/08 02:57 PM
Chronicles of a Young Gen Y Homebuyer I’m 25. I’ve never bought a house, I’m not quite ready. But you can guarantee I’ve done my homework and I already know what agents I will work with when I am ready to buy. I have several friends, the same age as
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real estate: Must-Have marketing tools - Your favorites - 12/26/07 05:42 PM
It's that time of year again, real estate agents and offices are revising their marketing plans and budgets for the year. Tough job! There are way more than a handful of new technologies to keep up with and the decision of whether to out with the old, in with the new,
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real estate: Drive-by marketing - at YOUR properties! - 08/17/07 04:43 PM
Did you know that 63 percent of buyers who responded to the 2006 NAR survey said they used information from a yard sign to help in their search — a higher percentage than those who used print ads, open houses, or home magazines? What if... If someone drove by one of your
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real estate: Help! How do you keep up on tech trends? - 07/11/07 01:16 PM
As a real estate agent, you may understand the aches and pains of the cold calling approach. My question to you is: What is the best way for us to let real estate professionals know that our marketing tool is available to them? We all know that agents lead a very
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