Vacation Property Rentals - Category Spotlight & Trends - 10/22/07 02:44 AM
One of the real estate categories we support on vFlyer is vacation rentals. The Internet in general and online classifies specifically are transforming the vacation rental market by creating a global market for vacation rentals. This has led to increased competition as well as created some new opportunities.Another trend affecting property
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There's more to vFlyer than Just Flyers! - 10/21/07 08:22 PM
I always like to remind users about the many different services vFlyer has to offer to online sellers and real estate professionals. While most people know about our distribution platform that pushes listings and flyers to leading online marketplaces, some are unaware of the many of the other complementing services available
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October's vFlyer Star: John Lockwood - Elite Properties - 10/19/07 05:54 PM
This month's vFlyer Star is John Lockwood, broker/owner of Sacramento, CA based Elite Properties. The vFlyer Star program identifies and recognizes our biggest and most active users, supporters and advocates. (See Previous vFlyer Stars)
Elite Properties does a great job of marketing its client listings and the company itself. John and
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Multiple Accounts - Need Another Account? - 10/19/07 05:46 PM
Need another vFlyer account? As I mentioned in my previous posts on vFlyer Team and Agency, it is possible now possible to have and manage multiple accounts without logging in and out.
Adding Another Account:Perhaps you use vFlyer for business but would like to sell items in other product categories
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My Conversion/Addiction to (Real Estate) Podcasting... - 10/16/07 02:58 PM
Last week I started and can’t seem to stop. I recently got carried away and end up interviewing Sellsius Real Estate’s 12 Top Women of Real Estate Blogging as a series of podcasts.
I just did a post on reasons to podcast on the GeekEstate Blog that I think is
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Top Women Bloggers in Real Estate - Podcast Interviews - 10/16/07 02:32 AM
I was very pleasantly surprised that I recognized at least half of the folks on the list as being as vFlyer "all star" users, including Missy Caulk, Ines Hegedus-Garcia, Kristal Kraft, Teresa Boardman, Laurie Manny and Maureen Francis. As I started speaking with some of them and listening to their
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vFlyer - GeekEstate Blog Contributor - 10/16/07 12:40 AM
Drew Meyers of Zillow recently invited me to be a contributor to GeekEstate blog. For those who don’t know, Drew is involved with community building and relations at Zillow has was pioneered many of the company’s efforts in social media marketing including the Carnival of Real Estate (which we hosted last
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Custom Fields and Attributes - 10/12/07 03:40 PM
I was creating a flyer the other day and remember an important feature that we don’t often talk about – the ability to create any number of custom fields and attributes on your flyer! This is one of the many features that truly sets our flyers apart! In addition to the
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The Art of Blogging and Coaching: Real Estate Tomato - 10/12/07 02:24 AM
I has happy (but not surprised) to see that Jim Cronin, founder of Real Estate Tomato recently made it to Inman’s list of 25 Most Influential Real Estate Bloggers: 2007.I have known Jim for a while but got to meet him in person at the Inman Blogger Connect earlier this year.
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The “Modern Day” Real Estate Agent and Commissions - 10/11/07 11:51 AM
I simply had to laugh when I read this statement that Marc Davison, a founding partner of 1000watt Consulting, made in his great article “The Many Faces of Real Estate” that was published in Inman News. Marc laments the topic of real estate commissions, making a case both for and against
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Flyer of the Week: "Picture" Perfect Listing - 10/11/07 12:50 AM
This Week’s vFlyer makes creative use of an artist’s rendering of the property as part of the listing. Small House, Big Opportunity! features a starter home in Oakland, California and real estate agent Nicole Bailey does a great job in highlighting her listing! Its nice to see so much attention to
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Making the Most of External Links on Real Estate Flyers - 10/10/07 05:01 PM
Yesterday I talked about how easy it is to add audio or podcasts to your flyers using External Links. The reality is that other types of content or information sources you can add external links to your flyers. Here are some examples:
Audio/Podcasts – Podcast Realty (Example)
Blogs – ActiveRain (Example)
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Billboard: Swiss Army Knife for Realtors - 10/10/07 03:22 AM
I have always been a big fan of outdoor advertising – there’s nothing that says “big” like billboard! No, we are not yet canvassing the nation with vFlyer billboards but it’s always fun coming up with billboard ideas. This is one of my favorites – because of its simplicity. I have
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Adding Audio or Podcasts to Real Estate Flyers - 10/10/07 12:51 AM
My podcast with Drew earlier today, as well as my recent exposure to real estate podcasting solutions (this was one of the categories I missed in my original Real Estate 2.0 landscape post), got me thinking about one of the great features that all vFlyers have – the ability to “integrate
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vFlyer Podcast: Carnival, Corporate Blogging... - 10/09/07 08:05 PM
Drew Meyers of Zillow was kind enough to invite me to do a podcast about vFlyer, the thinking behind the 62th edition of the carnival of real estate and corporate blogging in general, one of my favorite topics. You can listen to the by podcast by clicking the icon below.
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Carnival of Real Estate: 62nd Edition - 10/08/07 10:20 AM
So what in the world is a Blog Carnival? Basically is a type of blog event, dedicated to a particular topic, that comes out weekly (or monthly) that tries to summarize the best blog posts that week on that subject. In the past, we have been a contributor to the the
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One Year and 175 Posts Later... - 10/08/07 10:17 AM
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Real Estate Collaboration 101 - 10/04/07 02:12 AM
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Building a vFlyer Collaboration Network - 10/04/07 01:48 AM
I have spent the last two days talking about how individuals, team leaders, brokers and companies can use vFlyer Team and vFlyer Agency to create collaborative environments when it comes to creating, promoting and distributing online listing and flyers. The real power and flexibility of vFlyer’s collaboration services, however, is the
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vFlyer Agency: Managing Multiple Accounts - 10/03/07 01:20 PM
Yesterday I talked about using vFlyer Team to share access to your vFlyer account with other team members. Another exciting new service available in the vFlyer collaborative release is vFlyer Agency, the ability for companies, brokers, team leaders, or your IT organization to centrally create, manage and delegate vFlyer “sub accounts”.
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vFlyer Team: Sharing Access to your Account - 10/02/07 01:24 PM
vFlyer Team is one of the new collaborative services available in the latest release of the vFlyer platform. Many successful real estate agents use real estate assistants to help them in their business. The practice is so common that the NAR has a dedicated set of resources on the subject! Additionally,
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vFlyer Adds Collaboration: Team and Agency Editions Now Available - 10/02/07 12:59 PM
We have been super busy the last couple of weeks! vFlyer now comes with powerful collaboration and delegated administration services aimed at enabling real estate and sales teams and organizations to support multiple accounts and users on the vFlyer platform. These include:
vFlyer Team: Invite and allow “assistants” to access you
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