listing marketing: Unusual places to receive leads from: Walmart - 06/16/08 01:55 AM
For the last two weeks, I have been seeing steady traffic to the RealBird single property websites coming from two new, surprising sources .
Walmart is using Oodle's search engine to power its new, quitely released classified site (among the over 200 other sites, like Lycos, local newspaper and TV … (7 comments)

listing marketing: New listing widget and updated listing map - 05/22/08 10:26 PM

I love to learn creative marketing ideas from our clients. Below are two RealBird updates based on some of our clients' concepts.
Tiny, sidebar listing widget with built-in social sharing
Katy Schaff had a great post about suggesting that with the right technology (widgets), one can utilize his or … (4 comments)

listing marketing: What $1 Million Buys In Homes Across The U.S - 02/18/08 06:46 PM
Forbes has an article with the identical title posted a few days ago comparing different US markets and what one gets for a million bucks.
I'd like to start a project here on ActiveRain calling all of you who have a property at this price point ($1 million +- 5%) to post … (30 comments)

listing marketing: Street View - part 2 - 01/28/08 04:43 PM
Not long after my first tutorial about the embedding option of Google Street View as a widget, single property sites with this option are popping up on RealBird.
See the example below. For this particular property, Google has a street view for the exact location. Look around, "take a walk" on the … (0 comments)

listing marketing: Google Street View - now with embeddable widget option - 01/28/08 01:15 AM
Google Street View is one of the coolest things Google has come out with since their initial Google Maps release. As many of you already know, Google started to take photos of streets not unlike A9 and Microsoft did before. Except the way Google implemented it on Google Maps actually made … (2 comments)

listing marketing: Lat49 - Put your real estate business on the map - 01/16/08 08:33 PM
Lat49 is a new ad network focusing on the growing number of map mashups and map-based services as their delivery platform. The publisher network (websites where ads show up) includes major map sites such as MapQuest Gasprices mashup and our own real estate yellow pages at SearchOnMaps.com  As opposed to other … (0 comments)

listing marketing: A Novel Approach to Online Lead Generation - a whitepaper - 01/13/08 09:56 AM
RealBird's president Gabe Gross had a whitepaper published by Rismedia, BrokerAgentNews and Inman News.
I post the the article in full for your reading pleasure. Comments and questions are welcome. Thanks.
-- Zoltan Szendro
RealBird.com 
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A Novel Approach to Lead Generation for REALTORS®
by Gabriel Gross, President, RealBird.com
A “virtual” paradox is happening … (7 comments)

listing marketing: Map-based MLS Search 2.0 - 12/11/07 01:00 AM
Introducing the RealBird Map-based MLS Search 2.0
It's been a while since our last major update of the RealBird Map-based MLS Search service. I am pleased to announce that the new version is now available for real estate agents and brokers in our current MLS coverage areas.
In the … (2 comments)

listing marketing: Animoto slideshow - simply beautiful - 12/05/07 10:06 PM
Animoto slideshow embedded in RealBird listing sites
I thought I share you a real-world example of Dennis Jonas & Denise Fuit using Animoto slideshow on their RealBird Listing Publisher single property website.
Animoto is one of my personal favorite and it is great to see innovative agents put it to perfect use … (2 comments)

listing marketing: iPod Touch winner announced - 10/01/07 10:53 PM
The RealBird iPod Touch Sweepstakes, which ran from Sept 13 through Sept 28, celebrated the new release of the iPhone / iPod Touch optimized version of the RealBird Listing Publisher service and gave RealBird members a chance to win an Apple iPod Touch by inviting fellow real estate professionals to join … (1 comments)

listing marketing: iPod Touch drawing date changed to Sept 28, 2007 - 09/18/07 09:09 PM
We have moved the iPod Touch sweepstakes drawing date to September 28, to the same day Apple will start shipping the product. See the sweepstakes overview.

Below are some additional listing marketing features not listed in our previous post:
Take your whole listing inventory on the road:Bookmark your RealBird … (1 comments)

listing marketing: Listing presentation on Apple iPhone - 09/13/07 10:20 AM
Fresh off the vine: the free RealBird Listing Publisher single property website builder and listing marketing service is now optimized for Apple iPhone and the newly released iPod Touch.
Below are some screenshots of the iPhone / iPod Touch optimized RealBird listing presentation interface.



Home buyers can now … (13 comments)

listing marketing: Power of presentation - 09/10/07 04:42 PM
I found another great usage of background images by a RealBird member for creating listing presentation which not only delivers the facts about the marketed property but also delivers the mood and emphasizes important characteristics via images.
See Amy Steel's featured listing 

She also uses BrightCove and embeds it with her RealBird … (1 comments)

listing marketing: Featured listings map on Localism - 09/05/07 09:53 AM
I can not stop being amazed on how RealBird members innovate with the tools we provide them for marketing their listings online.
Roland and Linda Hauhe is using the RealBird Featured Listings Map widget to market their open homes on Localism.
See http://localism.com/article/177957/Open-Houses-in-St-Charles-Missouri 
 
Another great example is Ceci Ellis usage of background … (0 comments)

listing marketing: RealBird flies free - 08/06/07 11:54 PM
 Yes. It's true, we let the bird go. It was time. RealBird flies free now.
We are glad to announce that the RealBird Listing Publisher service is now completely free for real estate agents and brokers.
The RealBird Listing Publisher is an advanced on-line listing marketing service for creating listing presentations (aka … (29 comments)

 
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