trulia: Rent or Buy? Check out Trulia's New Index
- 06/03/10 03:59 AM
photo credit: pfala Is it better to Rent or Buy a home? This is a question that many have been asking themselves in today's market. Of course, it depends on the market, type of home, price range and more..... To help consumers make this comparison, we launched our new index today for America’s Top 10 Cities to Buy vs. Rent and the Top 10 Cities to Rent vs Buy. Please let me know what you think? You can see the entire list and download the Top 50 cities here.
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trulia: Trulia invites you to our Social Media Podcast with @Garyvee
- 01/06/10 07:26 AM
Are you ready to Crush It in 2010? Hey Rainers! I will be hosting a LIVE podcast with Gary Vaynerchuk, a.k.a. @garyvee, author of the best selling book Crush It! next Monday talking tips and strategies on how agents and brokers can help grow your business and sphere of influence in 2010. Details below: Date: January 11th, 2010 Time: 3pm EST Register for Trulia's LIVE Social Media Podcast HERE
If you plan on attending, please visit our Trulia Facebook event page too. Have questions you want me to ask Gary? Are you crushing it already? Just leave them in a comment below or on our Trulia … (2 comments)
trulia: Trulia Pro: One size Does not Fit All
- 11/10/09 04:49 AM
Since we launched Trulia Pro over a year ago, we have received numerous pieces of feedback from agents on what they wanted in the product. Some wanted more while others were ok with less. So we decided to take that feedback and build 2 new packages for agents to choose from. What is Trulia Pro? It a suite of tools to help agents market themselves, their clients listings and their brands on Trulia. All Trulia Pro packages receive the following benefits: 1. Featured Listing[s] on search results pages = up to 7x more targeted traffic to your clients listings
2. … (5 comments)
trulia: Trulia Helps Support Breast Cancer Awareness
- 10/29/09 07:36 AM
By Katie Wickham This past Monday was National Breast Cancer Awareness Day, part of the larger Breast Cancer Awareness month. Breast cancer affects many women and their families; a woman has a 1 in 8 risk of developing breast cancer during her lifetime. And that’s exactly why Trulians are doing our part to raise breast cancer awareness and to support Susan G Komen for the Cure. For every Trulia Pro premium marketing subscription purchased through the end of the month, Trulia will donate the first month’s fee to Susan G Komen for the Cure. Just use code PINK at billing … (0 comments)
Today, Trulia helped start a Twitition to help extend the $8,000 1st Time Home Buyer tax credit. We're trying to get the attention of congress and need everyone's support to help spread the word. If you think extending the 1st time home buyer tax credit is a good idea, then please vote.All you need is a Twitter account. Then, please click this link and RT - Re-tweet the Vote.http://act.ly/igTogether, let's see if we can help influence some positive change. … (2 comments)
trulia: What's a Trulia Mayor?
- 09/15/09 03:31 PM
Trulia launched a new initiative today for our growing Trulia Voices real estate community with close to 400,000 real estate professionals – The Trulia Mayor program. The idea is to identify and highlight a local trust worthy community advocate for each state who has served as a local role model and who has led by example within the Trulia Voices community. The program is launching with 5 mayors from 5 states.Each Trulia Mayor will receive special Trulia Mayor benefits as well as gaining some new community responsibilities. We believe the Trulia Mayors can help bring the community closer together while increasing … (1 comments)
trulia: Customer Service by Trulia Via Twitter
- 08/28/09 06:23 AM
photo credit: tuppaware_001 Real estate is a relationship business that is built on trust. Multiple parties rely on each other to reach a common goal. To reach this goal, teamwork and a steady line of communication is essential. Failure to communicate can lead to confusion, delays, errors or missed opportunities. So what does this have to do with Trulia, Twitter and Customer service? At Trulia, we proactively participate in social media in a variety of ways and on various social networks. Each network is slightly different as is the manner in which the community chooses to engage. Regardless of the network, … (0 comments)
trulia: Now that Brett Favre is a Viking, Where Should he Live?
- 08/18/09 03:37 PM
Brett Favre just signed a contract to be the new quarterback for the Minnesota Vikings. As one of the NFL’’s most dominant quarterbacks over the years, I guess he still has one or more years left in him. As a Jets fan, we were happy to have him last year in New York. Ok, so he’s un-retired once again. Does he have it in him to make another run? Who knows. But one things for sure, he has to live somewhere this season, right? Here’s some homes that Brett might want to consider buying: 1. $5750,000 - 2505 E. Lake … (4 comments)
It's raining points! Hello Rainers! Have you accumlulated a significant amount points by your participation on Active Rain? Have you been wondering if you could ever use them for something? Well, today is the day. Trulia, in collaboration with Active Rain, is announcing It's Raining Points - a new Trulia Rewards Program where you can get cash for your Active Rain Points. [ends 1/23/09]So How Does It Work? We have 3 levels of rewards:
Now you can apply your Active Rain Points for cash usable towards an annual Trulia Pro subscription. We won't actually take your points … (125 comments)
trulia: Trulia + Yelp = ♥
- 10/10/08 04:39 AM
We just added Yelp Reviews to our Maps.....See how you can benefit from this … (3 comments)
trulia: Trulia Video - Podcast - State of the market - With Barbara Corcoran, Jonathan Miller, David Michonski and Pete Flint
- 09/26/08 02:36 AM
Today, Trulia CEO Pete Flint hosted an Industry call with some of the top leaders in Real Estate - Jonathan Miller, President/CEO and Co-Founder of Miller Samuel, Barbara Corcoran, Real Estate Guru and Founder of The Corcoran Group and David Michonski, Chairman and CEO of Coldwell Banker Hunt Kennedy. Listen to the call or download it here. Pete started the call by sharing some thoughts and observations about today’s real estate market: When Trulia launched three years ago, housing prices were at an all time high. Toxic sub-prime loans were quite easy to get. Since then, the market has done a … (1 comments)
trulia: Real Estate and the Weather are Local
- 09/12/08 06:52 AM
What’s the Forecast? If you Google the word “weather”, you’ll find national sites like the Weather.com and Wunderground.com. Both sites start with a national forecast. Then, you can narrow down to the local area you are interested in and find what the weather will be for that day or week. You’ll see a 5 day forecast and all the local data about current weather conditions. Google “New York Weather” and Wunderground.com, NYTimes Weather and Intellicast.com appear. They are all national sites that allow you to focus in on your specific area and get hyper-local weather related information. So What’s All … (1 comments)
trulia: Trulia Pro - Cost Efective Hyper-Local Advertising for Agents
- 06/19/08 04:49 AM
Trulia Pro went live last night. It’s our new hyper‐local self service advertising platform for real estate agents, mortgage brokers, local businesses and service providers. Trulia Pro is a fantastic premium service that allows you to cost effectively promote your brand, your listings and yourself to a targeted and highly localized geographic audience on Trulia. Trulia Pro has Two Key Components Unlimited Local Spotlight Ads ‐ This is a 270 x 54 banner ad that will appear in the sidebar on our real estate listing results pages. The ad contains an image of your choosing, a headline, descriptive text and the ability to … (5 comments)
As the resident Social Media Guru at Trulia, part of my job entails pounding the virtual pavement in the social media space everyday. Thus far, my journeys have led me to various social networks in a vast variety of verticals. Besides being educational, it’s lots of fun too. It’s all about making connections and learning from others. So, with that in mind, I wanted to share some of my thoughts and strategies on how you, a real estate agent, can best use non - real estate specific social media sites and communities to your advantage. With so many social … (5 comments)
trulia: If you Like Trulia, Please Vote for us Today - We've been Nominated for Webby
- 04/23/08 05:13 AM
Hi All! If you are a fan of Trulia, then please keep reading :) Winning a People's Voice Webby Award would be like winning a American Idol.If we are to win, we need your support. So please take a couple of minutes of your time and sign up for a free webby account to cast your vote for Trulia. Deadline is May 1st. Please Vote here. With 7 days left, we thought we'd give you The Top 7 reasons to vote for Trulia:7. It's like American Idol only without Simon Cowell6. Trulia karmic forces will make you rich if you vote for us5. P. … (3 comments)
trulia: LIVE Podcast Today 3pm est - Trulia Talks with Dustin from 4Realz
- 04/15/08 06:35 AM
We’re speaking with Dustin Luther from 4Realz today at 3pm est about his upcoming 4Realz seminar this Thursday in Orange County. Phone Number: (724) 444-7444Call ID: 17945 If you have a moment, please stop by. … (1 comments)
trulia: Video - Trulia Gets Behind the Scenes at ReTechSouth
- 04/02/08 03:45 AM
For all those that could not attend last weeks ReTechSouth real estate conference in Atlanta, here's a little behind the scenes video. Trulia.com behind the Scenes at ReTechSouth.com from rudy bachraty on Vimeo … (5 comments)
trulia: Listen to your favorite blogs on Pimpmynews.com
- 02/12/08 01:29 AM
While on Twitter this morning, Founder John Atkinson asked people to add their favorite blogs to his new site. So, I'm on my way to try out Pimpmynews. I guess it's like the talkr application that converts the text on your blog to audio so you can listen to your favorite blogs anywhere. I can't wait to hear it to say Ardell DellaLoggia :) … (0 comments)
trulia: So Why Should I Care About Someone Who Wrote About the Top 100 Condos In New York City?
- 02/11/08 01:27 PM
Because as far as I know, he is the first real estate blogger in New York City to do it in such detail. Chances are, you can be the first to do it in your city or town too. James Hathaway and the New York Condo Blog team put together a list of the Top 100 Condos in New York City. This is a great example of how real estate agents across the nation can demonstrate their local area expertise while adding value to their readers. Information is power. So who's next? … (2 comments)
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