The Altos Research Real Estate Marketing Blog

Seems that more and more major corporations are starting to understand the value of Twitter.  Bill Rice from RICE Interactive "tweeted" this article on Twitter tw(@billrice) - "Companies use Twitter to pack PR Punch" published in the Financial Times. Here are lines to the Twitter accounts of a fe...

Mike Simonsen and I from here at Altos Research will be attending the REBarCamp NYC on Tuesday, January 9 "How's the Market?" is a question that every real estate professional is asked daily - from client, leads, and prospects. New information is available weekly about the stock market, housing m...

In a previous article, I wrote in detail about using an "organic web search strategy" to help with developing traffic and readers to your blog and website.  Another effective strategy is to use effective commenting on other websites to link to your site. Want to know how this works, or need proof...

Here's the basic scoop of developing leads from your website and blog, with some screen shots down below to show you some excellent services that are free (or very inexpensive)... 1. Be found - This is where blogging and a regular updates to your site helps potential prospects and clients find yo...

Yesterday, Todd Carpenter of Lenderama hosted a conference call to continue organization of this year's REBarCamp NY.  Just passing along some information about the event... Here's a the link to the call's recording if you'd like to listen to the details. RE BarCamp New York will be held at the N...

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Spending time Twittering this morning, I came across a blog post from @mashable.  Mashable (self-proclaimed - "All That's New On the Web") takes a very broad-brush approach to reporting exactly that - all that's new on the web. That said, some of the general articles they publish have strong impl...

Seeing that most of us here on Active Rain weren't able to attend the recent Search Engine Boot Camp in Melbourne, Australia... I found this article summarizing each presentation at the conference - chock full of specific ideas and tips that you can translate over to your real estate business. He...

I devoted time this weekend on the continued development of the Altos Research social media and networking channels, spending time on Twitter and updating the Altos Research Facebook page. During the course of this work, I came across a couple of resources that I thought I should pass along to th...

                               We know that lots of agents use the coffee shop as their second (or first) office - meeting clients and referrals, prospecting, and getting a quick break in the day. Those of you that frequent your local Starbucks are probably familiar with the Starbucks JoinRed ca...