online tools: Backup or Beware the Tears... - 09/02/08 11:19 PM
Fortunately for me most of the tools I use regularly, including system tools and marketing tools are online. This allows me to work from almost anywhere. Also, I don't run the risk of "losing" everything if my computer crashes.
Unfortunately, not everyone uses online tools for everything. Many people still keep
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online tools: How to Tell Your Story to Generation Y - 07/29/08 04:20 PM
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online tools: Dont Be Skerr'd - 07/09/08 10:55 AM
Oh, those fickle Generation Y workers: Raised by helicopter parents, now these coddled young adults are entering the work force and screwing up everything with their all-about-me attitudes and their impatience with quaint traditions such as working hard for promotions. We're not all like that!
Gasp - a Gen Yer with
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online tools: Online Tracking Tools: measure your time, carbon footprint, diet and exercise... - 06/24/08 07:03 AM
Did you know there is a growing list of handy online tools for tracking whatever you might want to keep track of? It makes a lot of sense; this is a perfect use of some of the natural capabilities of computers and the internet. Some of these services are free or
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online tools: MyRealLiving 2.0 Offers Consumers Comprehensive Set Of Time-Saving & Easy-To-Use Online Tools - 06/23/08 10:21 AM
In 2006, Real Living unveiled My Real Living version 2.0, an industry-first, consumer-agent interface, which allows agents and consumers to work together in real time, and allows consumers to be able to organize, personalize, save and share information in one place seamlessly like never before.
Buyers are able to:
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online tools: Your online office - 06/16/08 10:04 PM
I use most of these online sites, gmail, calendar, jott, etc..
Google could work more on the contact database for Realtors, but I am sure they will add something in the future to make it easier.
http://www.agentdirectnews.com/absolutenm/templates/TopTechTools.aspx?articleid=2200&zoneid=33
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online tools: The internet's impact on the housing downturn - 04/21/08 11:09 PM
Obviously there are many more online resources available to buyers, sellers, homeowners and agents now than at any time in history. These tools have proliferated rapidly -- it's hard to believe, but only a few years ago homeowners couldn't get home valuations; sellers had to rely solely on the MLS to
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online tools: How To Add an Automated CALL ME Button to Your ActiveRain Blog (Widget) - 03/21/08 08:06 PM
This is a cool widget that you can add to your blog page (or anywhere) for free. It allows anyone to click the button on your page, which sends an instant text message to your cell phone with their contact information. It's a great tool to track where leads are coming from. Here's
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online tools: Get Inman News for Free! - 02/08/08 11:14 AM
I keep meaning to join Innman News but I just haven't gotten around to it. I wonder if subconsciously it's the thought of paying for information in a Web 2.0 world. After all, it goes against, my philosophy of free access to information. Heck even the New York Times gives
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online tools: 40+ Real Estate Web 2.0 Websites, Applications, and Communities - 01/19/08 01:56 PM
The following is a list of 40+ online web 2.0 websites, applications, and communities, some that are in beta (or even alpha) development stages. If you know if one we missed, by all means tell us, this should be an organic, ever growing list. Home Values Zillow It allows anyone to
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online tools: Very Cool! Online Document and Image Tools - 12/02/07 12:14 PM
It may be rare but it happens. You find yourself at a friend's home or office or just anywhere away from your computer but you really need to create a word document and PDF with images but all the software you need is miles away. What do you do? If you're
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online tools: Online Tool Helps Us Answer "THAT" Demographic Question - 09/05/07 01:37 PM
Melissa Data helps answer questions Realtors Can't AND gives great information about lookups. I'm always getting the questions, whether it's Politically Correct or not, it's the same thing, what's this neighborhood "like." I'd almost rather you just blurt out racial slurs so I know where you stand. I have had a few
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online tools: Free Tools That Allow You To Spy On Your Competition - 08/31/07 11:48 AM
Before I jump into this post, let me first give you a little backstory of how this post came about…
It all started when I added a comment to a post about the amount of website traffic a site receives. The comment stream had a very good discussion on how to
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online tools: Free Internet Tools - Please Share! - 08/26/07 02:11 PM
I'm interested in compiling a list of free internet tools for real estate. These can include anything that helps us in our businesses. For example, craigslist.com or postlets.com are free for advertising our listings. What else is out there? If you will drop comments and let me know what all is out
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online tools: See Your Site Through The Eyes of Google - 08/19/07 01:48 AM
When a web visitor views your site, they are immediately greeted with graphics, text, and possibly even videos or flash. Obviously, humans can quickly scan and read these elements and then determine what is important. Search Engines however see your site in a whole different light. While search engines are getting
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online tools: Defining The Minimum Presentation Bar For Online Listings: Basic Concepts (Part 1) / AR Post #100 for me - 08/11/07 07:25 AM
Previous comments on my blog post about real estate video by Jeff Turner and Lenn Harley really got me thinking about defining what the minimum presentation bar would be for properties and how various online tools would fit into a conceptual model. I figured this would be an ideal topic for
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online tools: Deleted in Seattle - When to use pie charts - 07/08/07 06:40 PM
Ardell recently posted about a site for making pie charts. In that post there was an example of a pie chart, but it didn't look quite right to me. So I entered this comment: "This isn't the correct use of a pie chart. It looks like you're comparing number of homes sold
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online tools: Sneak Peak at NEW Sales Tool for Ethical Mortgage Professionals - 07/03/07 03:23 PM
Tired of Competitor's Luring Your Customers Away? We have a very exciting announcement on a NEW sales tool for your loan officers that we are officially launching next week called the Offer Challenge. You have never seen anything like this before and neither has your competition.As you are aware the integrity of the mortgage industry
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online tools: Free Online Tools - YourGMap - 05/27/07 11:24 AM
www.YourGMap.com is a tool that allows you to create a fully operational Google Map, insert your listings there and embed it on your website or blog, all for free!! The tool is still in Beta and it is lacking some capabilities (for instance, you cannot link the symbols of your listings
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online tools: 47% Found It On The Internet ... - 01/31/07 06:31 PM
Real estate Classifieds is one of the quickest and easiest ways for consumers to instantly expose their real estate. 47% of consumers searching for real estate found the home they bought from the Internet as compared to only 2% from print newspaper advertisement. If you are still using the news paper
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online tools: Finding your Yawp ... YAWP!! - 12/10/06 12:19 AM
I just found out about this website today called MyYawp.com. For starters, it's just a fun word to say ... Yawp!! (Go ahead, close your office door and let out a couple of hearty Yawps! Even better, tape a sign on the door that says "Don't bother me, I'm finding my Yawp!") When
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online tools: Trulia goes national, adds tools - 09/28/06 09:35 PM
Residential real estate search engine Trulia announced today that they've gone national, adding information on over 60 million properties. The free online service allows consumers to search homes for sale by price, type of home, number of bedrooms, square feet, and geographically by city/state or ZIP code. For brokers and agents,
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