The Failed Promise of Real Estate 2.0 - 02/24/09 04:41 PM
Marc Davison of 1000 Watt Blog commented today on a blog post from October entitled "Here Lies Web 2.0.
I posted a similar blog post exactly one year ago entitled The Failed Promise of Real Estate 2.0.
The 50 + comments are better than the blog post so please visit http://blog.homegain.com/blogging-and-social-networking/the-failed-promise-of-real-estate-20/
  The Failed Promise of Real Estate 2.0
Posted by: Louis Cammarosano on February 23rd, 2008
Is RE.Net becoming RE.org?
In the past three years, we've seen plenty of new entrants, lots of Venture Capital money and endless blog posts extolling the benefits of the new transparency that Web 2.0 brings to … (2 comments)

HomeGain Invites ActiveRain to Post on The HomeGain Blog - 02/22/09 08:02 PM


          

Connecting the Real Estate Community
Recently I violated the Active Rain terms of service by posting comments on the blogs of three ActiveRain members' promoting the benefits of HomeGain's AgentView product which includes an "outside blog" vs. the new ActiveRain $29 a month blog.
The promotion earned me a personal email from Jon Washburn, Chief Executive Officer of Active Rain, informing me of my suspension from Active Rain.
Today, I received an email from Mr. Washburn letting me know that my suspension was over. 
In Jon's email he noted "I believe that companies (even competitors) blogging on ActiveRain is a great … (10 comments)

A NEW look on Mt. Rushmore This President's Day - 02/15/09 07:32 AM
 
 Max, the HomeGain Gorilla, joins Washington, Roosevelt and Lincoln

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Happy Valentine's Day from Max the HomeGain Gorilla - 02/14/09 10:44 AM
 
 
 

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Blogger's Secret Weapon -This Week's Free Blog Tip - 02/13/09 08:25 PM
 
 
HomeGain Agent View subscribers are fortunate to be enrolled in the HomeGain blogging school run by Joe Ferrara of Sellsius.
Each week Professor Ferrara emails a new lesson to the HomeGain Bloggers that are subscribed to AgentView.
We have been providing free short versions of the HomeGain blogging school lessons.
To access this week's free blogging lesson "Blogger's Secret Weapon"
To access prior week's blog tips, click here. 
Blogging Tip courtesy of the HomeGain Blogging School Professor, Joseph Ferrara. To read the full real estate blogging newsletter, sign up for AgentView and the HomeGain Blogging School
 
 
 
 

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What They are Saying About HomeGain and the Washington Post - 02/12/09 04:10 PM
This morning HomeGain announced that it had been selected by the Washington Post to power its home values tool.
The story was picked up on the news wires and in the blogs.
Here are some of the reactions:
The HomeGain Press release  
The ever spicy Joe Ferrara of Sellsius, taking a poke at Zillow, had this to say
Pat Kitano of Tranparentre.com observed that the move indicated a desire for the Washington Post to have "best of breed" on its site.
The story was also picked up on:
Inman News
RIS Media
Property Portal Watch
The Kelsey Group
Real Estate Industy Watch   
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Washington Post Selects HomeGain to Power its Home Values - 02/11/09 09:46 PM
Tomorrow, HomeGain will announce that the Washington Post has selected Homegain to provide it with instant home values functionality for washingtonpost.com.
HomeGain, the company that brought one of  the first web based instant home valuation tools to the Internet back in 1999 is estactic to have been selected.
The integration is already live and you can check it out here.

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HomeGain Releases Top 2008 Cities - 02/11/09 01:34 PM
2008 was a good year for HomeGain customers for home buyers and home sellers, as well as for our member agents.
Tens of thousands of home sellers and home buyers visited HomeGain during 2008 and completed requests to Find a Realtor to help them with their real estate needs.
In what cities did many of those consumers end up transacting with a HomeGain agent?
Click here to find out!
 

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Max The HomeGain Gorilla in the Mail! - 02/09/09 12:57 PM

Recently we sent out a couple hundred Maxes to HomeGain customers.  We received quite a few emails from delighted real estate agents across the country.  Debra Gravelle, who is also an Active Rainer of Moses Lake Realty Group in Washington, sent me some new of her recent success with HomeGain and photos with her new hero, Max the HomeGain Gorilla! 

 Click here to see Debra's photos
 
 

 

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This Weeks Free Blog Tip - 02/08/09 12:41 PM
 
 
HomeGain Agent View subscribers are fortunate to be enrolled in the HomeGain blogging school run by Joe Ferrara of Sellsius.
Each week Professor Ferrara emails a new lesson to the HomeGain Bloggers that are subscribed to AgentView.
We have been providing free short versions of the HomeGain blogging school lessons.
To access this week's free blogging lesson "Learning from Agent Blogs"
To access prior week's blog tips, click here. 
Blogging Tip courtesy of the HomeGain Blogging School Professor, Joseph Ferrara. To read the full real estate blogging newsletter, sign up for AgentView and the HomeGain Blogging School
 
 

 
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