Keyword: real estate blogging

Hyperlocal web pages for Realtors with no writing required

Hyperlocal web pages for Realtors with no writing required

Local web pages in seconds Real estate website company, a la mode, inc. has announced the launch of their “Featured Community Pages” which are hyperlocal pages created by users’ filling in of a few fields which creates a web page for an agent’s website about a very local area. The goal of the community pages is to give users a ...

Marti Trewe | 2012/01/15  | 24 Comments Business News

Ethics of blogging competing broker property listings

Ethics of blogging competing broker property listings

Is there a definitive answer? I’ve been an active Realtor in the San Francisco real estate market since 2002, and blogging about SF real estate since 2006, so I’m a little embarrassed that I don’t have a definitive answer to this question: is it a violation of the NAR Code of Ethics to blog about another Realtor’s listing? Many have ...

Matt Fuller | 2012/01/11  | 23 Comments Editorials

Startup launches TRIPress – WordPress framework for real estate pros

Startup launches TRIPress – WordPress framework for real estate pros

Launching TRIpress for Realtors Tribus Real Estate Technologies has announced the launch of TRIpress, a framework for WordPress specifically built for real estate professionals. TRIpress is customizable, offers indexable IDX property search, blogging, social media integration and the TribusCRM tool built in for lead management and email marketing. The company says they offer advanced search engine optimization (SEO) and “guarantees ...

AGBeat | 2011/12/13  | 19 Comments Marketing

Startup offers the antidote to uninspired or dead real estate blogs

Startup offers the antidote to uninspired or dead real estate blogs

Face it, blogging is hard work One of the plagues of the real estate industry is the enthusiasm of Realtors about marketing products. Why is it a plague? Because enthusiasm is never enough fuel to keep any marketing tool finely tuned and in use, and the bottom line is that we see real estate blogs go dormant for weeks, months, ...

AGBeat | 2011/12/13  | 39 Comments Marketing

Utah Realtor uses Jux to feature local real estate – blog spotlight

Utah Realtor uses Jux to feature local real estate – blog spotlight

Deer Valley, UT real estate We recently introduced you to Jux.com, calling it “possibly the sexiest underground blogging platform online,” and almost immediately, Ben Fisher at Summit Sotheby’s International Realty in Deer Valley, Utah began tweaking a new blog that took him a very short time to set up, and boy, is it gorgeous! The picture above is the landing ...

Lani Rosales | 2011/12/05  | 22 Comments Marketing

Active Website hosts first annual Blog Swap to discuss real estate in 2030

Active Website hosts first annual Blog Swap to discuss real estate in 2030

2011 Blog Swap On December 15th, ActiveWebsite.com is hosting their inaugural national discussion and blog swap on the theme “Real Estate in 2030,” an in depth discussion on the future of real estate and how technology is changing the industries. The company is a real estate technology provider that was originally born as a web design outfit, and their Blog ...

Tara Steele | 2011/12/01  | 25 Comments News

Ten opportunities to touch market to real estate consumers

Ten opportunities to touch market to real estate consumers

Building credibility online To build credibility with your sphere of influence, it is critical that you stay in front of them, let them get to know you, then hopefully, they will buy or sell a home with you or send their friends your way. The key to this is creating your own content, and showcasing your personality. Unique content is ...

Ryan Schattner | 2011/11/05  | 8 Comments How to

New York brokerage launches creative company blog on Tumblr

New York brokerage launches creative company blog on Tumblr

The power of Tumblr Tumblr is a rapidly growing blogging community with diehard fans, especially in the fashion sector and major metro areas. A lot of real estate agents have taken to the site and are putting energy into featuring themselves, their services, local news, market stats or hyperlocal neighborhood blogs which is helping to market themselves. Halstead Property in ...

Marti Trewe | 2011/10/29  | 19 Comments Marketing

Posterous graduates from blog platform to full fledged social network

Posterous graduates from blog platform to full fledged social network

Posterous’ growth Since the launch of Posterous, we have reported on their easy to use mobile apps, browser extensions, domain registration directly from their blogging back end, exporting options that took aim directly at Active Rain, simple newsletter options built in, private and public groups allowing control over sharing and more. Posterous is now announcing the evolution of their blogging ...

Tara Steele | 2011/09/14  | 4 Comments San Francisco

Blogger says Realtors lie, ordered to appear before board – grievance dismissed

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Mysterious circumstances in California In June of this year, we reported that well known real estate blogger Larry Roberts of IrvineHousingBlog.com was being called in for a disciplinary hearing by the Orange County Association of Realtors (OCAR) for an alleged Realtor Code of Ethics for statements made on his blog. We noted that Roberts has a broker’s license but is ...

Lani Rosales | 2011/08/08  | 23 Comments News

Chat with your real estate website visitors with 2011 style technology

Chat with your real estate website visitors with 2011 style technology

Chat with tools you already have If you or your website visitors prefer to chat via Skype or GTalk or other existing instant messengers, they can without anyone having to download or learn a new technology. SnapEngage is supposed to be super easy to install on your website, allows users to chat from their existing instant messenger, integrates into many ...

AGBeat | 2011/07/31  | 34 Comments Marketing

Top ActiveRain bloggers once highly active have gone dormant

Top ActiveRain bloggers once highly active have gone dormant

Over the years, real estate blogging has changed from an experiment to a standard marketing tool and chosen platforms have evolved as well. Many Realtors choose to own and host their own blog on platforms like WordPress.org while others opt for community hosted blogs like ActiveRain.com. ActiveRain’s long evolution ActiveRain has changed through several iterations over the years ranging from ...

AGBeat | 2011/07/26  | 13 Comments Editorials