Keyword: geotagging

Host a Tech Savvy Scavenger Hunt in Your Local Community

Host a Tech Savvy Scavenger Hunt in Your Local Community

OK, Ok, you don’t need to barcode a building, but you can create a scavenger hunt in your community for those tech savvy peeps who would love to rise to the challenge. A fun and simple way to do this would be to create an account with StickyBits.com and place StickyBit stickers around your area requiring your participants to check ...

Janie Coffey | 2010/05/05  | 13 Comments Tech

FINALLY – You Can Add Pictures and Video to Foursquare!!

FINALLY – You Can Add Pictures and Video to Foursquare!!

One of the biggest lacking functions of the ever growing in popularity Foursquare check-in app was the inability to add pictures as you checked-in.  A glaring missing and fundamental element, one might even say. Finally, things have changed.  Pickchur and 39 Inc. have paired up to create an app which allows you to add pics AND videos to your Foursquare ...

Janie Coffey | 2010/03/10  | 14 Comments Social Media

Google Maps Finally Allows Flickr and Picasa Photos

Google Maps Finally Allows Flickr and Picasa Photos

Google has finally opened up their geo-tagged photo source for Maps and Street Views from the irritating and cumbersome Panaramio to Flickr and Picasa. (official Google Release). Geo-tagged photos are tagged by you (automatically or manually) with the location of a photo.  Google takes that data and situates the photo on Google Maps and Google Street Maps with a link ...

Janie Coffey | 2010/03/03  | 12 Comments Marketing

Bing Maps Just Made Me Snap My Head Up and Say “WOW”!

Bing Maps Just Made Me Snap My Head Up and Say “WOW”!

Bing’s announcement last week of their latest and most sophisticated augmented reality integration into Bing Maps was very exciting in both the mapping and augmented reality circles.  Yet, real estate professionals, especially those with local blogs and or websites will find as much to drool over as the biggest geo-geek. For those of us who have been screaming to have ...

Janie Coffey | 2010/02/17  | 31 Comments Social Media

Geo the Google Way: 10 Ways to use Googles Geo Tools for Biz

Geo the Google Way: 10 Ways to use Googles Geo Tools for Biz

Google is a powerhouse.  Why not make sure to hitch your cart to the power of Google to position yourself for maximum exposure to potential real estate clients and contacts? 10 Things You Can Do Right Now to Supercharge the Exposure of Your Business and your Listings: Make SURE your business profile is on Google.  Click Here to see an ...

Janie Coffey | 2010/01/20  | 29 Comments Marketing

Foursquare Now Allows Check-ins Anywhere: Top 10 Ideas List

Foursquare Now Allows Check-ins Anywhere: Top 10 Ideas List

Using Foursquare to build your Real Estate Connections in 2010

Janie Coffey | 2010/01/13  | 49 Comments Social Media

Twitter Acquires GeoAPI and Townme – Game Changer

Twitter Acquires GeoAPI and Townme – Game Changer

Twitter announced yesterday, 12/23/09, that it has purchased Mixer Labs, the developers of GeoAPI and Townme.  This is a huge step, showing the big boys are getting serious about location.  As real estate professionals, we better stay sharply attuned to the development of the geo-location field, as our entire beings are based on location, location, location. 2009 has seen the ...

Janie Coffey | 2009/12/24  | 11 Comments Social Media

Santa, I’ve been Naughty, And This Is What I Want In My Stocking!

Santa, I’ve been Naughty, And This Is What I Want In My Stocking!

Yes, I am a demanding little girl, even with Santa. For 2010, I just have a few little things on my list, not too much to ask for I don’t think! That Panoramio would get a better picture uploader.  Come on!  One at a time?  Why don’t you just ask iPhoto for a quick upload button like Flickr has and ...

Janie Coffey | 2009/12/23  | 17 Comments How to

The Top 10 Hot List for 2009 in the Real Estate Geosocial Web

The Top 10 Hot List for 2009 in the Real Estate Geosocial Web

This year has seen an explosion of hot new apps, technology and uses of Neogeography. Neogeography literally means “new geography”, and is commonly applied to the usage of geographical techniques and tools used for personal and community activities or for utilization by a non-expert group of users- Wikipedia While the newly evolving geo-web is not just for Real Estate professionals, ...

Janie Coffey | 2009/12/17  | 13 Comments Social Media

Real Estate Lessons Learned From a Bottle of Smirnoff

Real Estate Lessons Learned From a Bottle of Smirnoff

Writer Debut: Please welcome AG’s newest writer, Janie Coffey, owner of Pappilon Real estate and Papillon ReDevelopment in Florida. She has a very unique background ranging from commercial construction, residential sales, undergraduate work in historical preservation all the way up to her current higher education pursuit in the history of business and technology. Spend five minutes with Janie and you’ll ...

Janie Coffey | 2009/12/01  | 23 Comments Real Estate