Keyword: new media
50 Facebook timeline covers – examples and best practices
Facebook’s Timeline covers Included in Facebook’s numerous product updates is the new Timeline function which tells a user’s story in a chronological way, literally resembling a traditional timeline. What is most captivating about the Timeline to us is that it offers a “cover” which is a massive picture at the header of a user’s profile. Timelines are now rolling out ...
Americans are almost constantly connected to a digital device
Always digitally connected While some of the information below you have already heard about here on AGBeat and the likelihood that you have your mind wrapped around the fact that our lives are constantly connected digitally, it is fun to read an infographic that doesn’t take the subject too seriously. The hero in the comic is representative of all of ...
Google wants to pick your client’s next mortgage for them
Google’s new financial tool Google has just announced the new “Google Advisor” tool that offers financial tools similar to the offering at Mint.com that we’ve covered over the years. Now, at Google Advisor, users can use Google to track, forecast and get advice on their basic finances ranging from checking to mortgages. Google is the biggest search engine known to ...
New 2012 AGBeat media kit available now
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Smartphone app fring now offers free multi-person video calling
Free mobile video conferencing Today it was announced that fring is offering a new beta program for four way video conferencing. We’ve tested it and we love it! No learning curve or tech know-how is required. Rather than use a pay-per-minute video conferencing tool or a video chat that requires your laptop, allow yourself and your clients to be on ...
Should Realtors care about the Google +1 button? Is SEO now dead?
Google muscling in on Facebook “like” button? Recently, Google launched their “+1 button” as explained in the video above which has bloggers buzzing. In case you haven’t heard, +1 gives your “public stamp of approval” on Google search results which are then publicly viewable. The project is still in the Google Labs section and if you want to participate, simply ...
Farming for real estate prospects on Facebook
Facebook is huge right now and most of us are there, but few real estate agents are using it appropriately or to their best advantage. I will try not to judge you if you are on Facebook playing games like Farmville, but you really need to rethink if this is the highest and best use of the largest network you ...
Google Chrome extension simplifies Twitter’s new embed feature
This is much easier: Last month, Twitter announced their offering of an html generator for unique twitter updates, and we asked why on earth it is so complicated. As it stands currently, there are several steps one must take in order to use the fancy new function and although it’s highly useful for bloggers, it is inefficient. In steps the ...
Google Goggles for Real Estate- Rock Your Marketing- Offline?
Google Goggles and Real Estate Advertising Scratching the surface of the use of this tool would be scanning a business card- how boring (yet so very cool). What we’re thinking about is doing away with that real estate flyer and opting for a more robust and dynamic flyer that is complete with contact information, current pricing and maybe more listings ...
Questions Over Privacy & Social Media- FTC All Over it With Maybes
To be fair, the FTC gets it In his opening remarks of the Federal Trade Commission Conference today, Chairman Jon Leibowitz of the FTC acknowledges, “these advances have created extraordinary benefits for consumers but also have tremendous implications for privacy. The computer cost of data collection seems to be approaching zero. Data storage costs are unbelievably low too.” It might ...
Should Bloggers Follow Associated Press Style Guidelines?
Is the AP Stylebook YOUR Bible? The Associated Press Stylebook is what the AP calls “the journalist’s bible” and for anyone who has ever been involved in the journalism world probably owns a copy from at least one year (although journalism students now use the online version) and determines exactly how an article should be formatted. Some bloggers adhere to ...
ROI in Social Media Marketing for Real Estate
More than a buzzword In the last several years, ROI has become a buzzword in and of itself in the realm of new media, and why not? It’s important for any real estate aficionado to understand it and how to measure it. Although it is important to prove why any endeavor is worth exploring, ROI is also used to effectively ...
What NEXT?
I was at dinner this weekend with non-real estate friends that have successful businesses and as usual, this question came up, “how are you doing? your business HAD to have suffered” …. and the answer was “of course we got hit, but we’re doing things differently to keep us ahead of the game”. That undoubtedly leads to “different? what could ...
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