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National wireless initiative unveiled by the President

National wireless initiative unveiled by the President

President Obama travelled to Michigan today to announce a major new wireless initiative with the goal to bring 4G wireless internet access to 98 percent of the country within five years, build a national public safety broadband network and promote wireless innovation through increased research and development. While all of these goals are laudable, for the real estate industry, the ...

Melanie Wyne | 2011/02/10  | 22 Comments Editorials

Real estate niche marketing online – for beginners

Real estate niche marketing online – for beginners

Seek and ye shall find it, on the internet and more specifically on Twitter. I have, in the past, discussed how you can find and follow the people you already know on Twitter and even how to find people that live near you to follow. Today let us discuss niche marketing. (Sidebar, if it is quiche and niche how come ...

Lesley Lambert | 2010/11/10  | 45 Comments Social Media

Digitized Real Estate – Outsourcing to the Internet

Digitized Real Estate – Outsourcing to the Internet

Remember when a social network was you local high school’s PTA meeting? Maybe it was running into a neighbor at the grocery store and doing a quick “catch up” about how Millie down the street is pregnant and what do you think of the new couple that just moved into 4912? The book club or meeting some friends at the ...

Ken Montville | 2010/08/01  | 20 Comments Editorials

Clear – Super Fast Mobile Internet, Unless You’re Mircowaving

Clear – Super Fast Mobile Internet, Unless You’re Mircowaving

… or it rains, or it’s windy? How in the world could I ignore commercials with bubbles floating the skies of downtown, boasting Super Fast Mobile Internet anywhere? The image of those floating bubbles around buildings gives one the impression that coverage is strong, stable, and available everywhere you go. Wrong. Do you remember the days of rabbit ears on television sets, ...

Benn Rosales | 2010/03/28  | 26 Comments Social Media

The Lost Consumer

The Lost Consumer

The Internet is an amazing place (can I call it a place?) – it pushes out incredible amounts of information every minute of every hour of every day.  But what exactly do we do with that information?  How do we find it, use it or dispose of it?  For those of us accustomed to surfing the web, it’s second nature ...

Ines Hegedus-Garcia | 2009/07/27  | 9 Comments Green

Lightbulbs to Replace Wi-Fi Connections?

Lightbulbs to Replace Wi-Fi Connections?

Fancy talk It appears that engineers at Boston University have developed LED lights that allows visible light to transmit information rather than radio waves. They call it “smart lighting” and LEDs replace wi-fi connections and are supposedly more secure and even faster than current technology running between 1 to 10 MB per second. They say you’ll be able to walk ...

Lani Rosales | 2009/01/08  | 10 Comments Social Media

Good News Bloggers- Web Codependency!

Good News Bloggers- Web Codependency!

It’s Coming! This TED Talk outlines in an AMAZING way the first 5,000 days of the web and discusses where we’re going next. What I find exciting is that it reinforces what we’ve been talking about for some time, especially cloud computing and the future of the web, most notably that the future indicates a codependency on the internet (woo ...

Lani Rosales | 2008/10/16  | 5 Comments Social Media

Social Media- Figuring Out What Works

Social Media- Figuring Out What Works

Image Courtesy of Will Lions & Creativecommons.org Impact of Social Media As we all spend time talking and reading about the impact of Social Media in our lives and our businesses, from a business perspective, there is not a lot of quantifiable data that shows a hard return on the time and effort spent in blogging or twittering. At least ...

Bill Lublin | 2008/08/31  | 8 Comments How to

The Shibboleth of Real Estate

The Shibboleth of Real Estate

Can You Be Referred To? Recently my wife asked for some insight into referring a current client who was looking for a specialty property. The client is considered high-end for the market segment they were looking in and was looking in several states. My wife is very protective of her clients and strives to do what’s best. In the rare ...

Matthew Rathbun | 2008/07/02  | 17 Comments Marketing

Risking the Kunahura in the interest of public knowledge

Risking the Kunahura in the interest of public knowledge

Such is the power of the kunahura that I rarely risk even thinking about a commission check until a contract has been signed and escrow’s been closed. The kunahura knows when you’re counting your chickens before they hatch and enjoys squashing those eggs. Having said that … This has been a busy week, most likely the busiest week of my ...

Jonathan Dalton | 2007/11/19  | 9 Comments Marketing