AGBeat Columnist: Bob Wilson

A real estate vet, 2009 marked the beginning of Bob's 20th year in the real estate biz, with the last 10 years spent online. Bob practices in San Diego, California and is well known for his expertise in online real estate marketing, SEO and lead generation strategies.

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Lenders Making Bank: Bush, Obama & the FDIC

Lenders Making Bank: Bush, Obama & the FDIC

Anyone ever have the short sale deal that makes sense collapse, only to see it go to sale via the foreclosure process and sell for less? OK, that was a stupid question. But have you ever looked into why it didn’t work out when there was no apparent reason for it not to close? You know, the deal where even ...

Bob Wilson | 2009/12/13  | 13 Comments Economy

Intelligent Design: The Evolution of WordPress

Intelligent Design: The Evolution of WordPress

Wikipedia describes WordPress as “ an open source blog publishing application and can be used for basic content management”.  At WordPress.org the description reads, “WordPress is a state-of-the-art publishing platform with a focus on aesthetics, web standards, and usability.” These two descriptions probably articulate the two most common perspectives on what WP is and does. With the WordPress one though, ...

Bob Wilson | 2009/11/17  | 33 Comments How to

Quality Content Plus Site Navigation = Success

Quality Content Plus Site Navigation = Success

Man, don’t I feel stupid! While in the process of constructing a new website and going into some detail about the importance of preliminary planning and information architecture in this AG series on building the site, I was doing some research on statistics and came across the Dept of Education’s National Center for Educational Statistics. I discovered they have a ...

Bob Wilson | 2009/10/28  | 18 Comments Real Estate

Managing Content For The Multi-Tasking Visitor

Managing Content For The Multi-Tasking Visitor

When it comes to an easy to use out-of-the-box content management system (CMS), WordPress is about as good as it gets. For the ready-to-go blogger, it’s a no-brainer and reason why WP is the most popular open source software ever. But what if you want to power a real estate lead generation monster with it? For the basis of a ...

Bob Wilson | 2009/10/21  | 26 Comments Lead Generation

Websites For Dummies – Is That Really The Goal?

Websites For Dummies  – Is That Really The Goal?

When it comes to options for a web site, agents and brokers have numerous options at literally every price point. I wanted to see how many options I could find using a range of search queries spanning novice to expert. This one is my new favorite: Build My Own Website For Dummies Now I don’t think you are dumb at ...

Bob Wilson | 2009/10/20  | 12 Comments How to

Starting From Scratch- Watch the Live Birth of a Website

Starting From Scratch- Watch the Live Birth of a Website

My Site Under Construction I need a new web site. I have built dozens for myself and others over the last 11 years, but circumstances being what they are, it’s time for a new one for moi. I have a pretty good idea of what works and what doesn’t, having created two sites that have stayed at or near the ...

Bob Wilson | 2009/10/14  | 20 Comments How to

Hats Off To NAR

Hats Off To NAR

Please welcome our newest writer and 2008 Commenter of the Year at Agent Genius as voted by the writers, Bob Wilson of San Diego. Bob has a spirited voice and is well known for his specialization in short sales, please welcome him in comments. Hats off No, that’s not a typo, and it isn’t April’s Fools. It is the response ...

Bob Wilson | 2009/03/27  | 37 Comments Highlights