Keyword: web2.0

Real Estate Web 2.0, Where Are We in the Consumer Web Evolution?

Real Estate Web 2.0, Where Are We in the Consumer Web Evolution?

Web 2.0, More Than a Party Favor or Shiny Badge “Web2.0″, originally coined by Darcy DiNucci all the way back in 1999 was brought to debate in 2004 signaling a shift in the way we as consumers will experience the web. Web2.0 is a much debated term, there are several hard and widely accepted identifiers of a truly Web2.0 experience. ...

Benn Rosales | 2009/11/17  | 28 Comments Editorials

37 Steps Toward Becoming a 1.5 Real Estate Agent

37 Steps Toward Becoming a 1.5 Real Estate Agent

originally published May 19, 2008 Open minded, but not distracted In this 2.0 versus 1.0 world of disruption, confusion, chaos, I want to lead my business forward. Even though I am a great agent, I must continue to find new ways of demonstrating my greatness to consumers both on and offline. I do not want to become caught up in ...

Benn Rosales | 2009/08/09  | 35 Comments How to

Social Media – The Perpetual Question

Social Media – The Perpetual Question

Web2.0 and Social Media Works – I don’t care what the skeptics have to say, but we have proven it and keep coming up with new ideas to implement on a regular basis.  Sometimes I feel like I am preaching to the choir here on Agent Genius because if you are taking the time to read here, it means that ...

Ines Hegedus-Garcia | 2008/12/01  | 29 Comments Marketing

Bridging 1.0 and 2.0 Real Estate [Part I]

Bridging 1.0 and 2.0 Real Estate [Part I]

image courtesy of I’m $partacus Web1.0 popping its head up again As time marches on and markets struggle in many areas around the country, we’re beginning to see a resurgence of 1.0 practices. A really great example of a 1.0 practice would be for an agent to intentionally seek out a “solution in a box,” and we are currently discussing ...

Benn Rosales | 2008/07/31  | 8 Comments How to

Freakazoid Syndrome

Freakazoid Syndrome

<Yawn > Today was one of those dreaded office meeting days, but I decided to go in with an open mind, with a good attitude and determined to get something out of it, especially after reading Jonathan’s Too Much Time On Our Hands – did I succeed?…..you be the judge Intention is everything I have to tell you that my ...

Ines Hegedus-Garcia | 2008/05/13  | 51 Comments RE Moments

You’re Not Elite Enough For Web2.0

You’re Not Elite Enough For Web2.0

Creative Commons Image Are You Elite Enough? A current Lifehacker poll asks if (or implies, if you will) “Web 2.0″ only benefits the uber-connected elite tech heavy hitters that use twitter 100+ times daily, program new apps and FB apps, vie for VC funding and actually NEED FriendFeed because they sign up for every online network known to man. While ...

Lani Rosales | 2008/04/29  | 8 Comments

Is Redfin.com a True Web2.o Experience?

Is Redfin.com a True Web2.o Experience?

Well, I would surmise by my own appraisal of Redfin.com that you can easily do more than Redfin is doing, and probably are already. With the transparency debate exposed all over the blogosphere, I look at Redfin and wonder, where exactly is the transparency?  They’re counting on momentum from sensationalism, name recognition and a liberal cause to carry them forward, ...

Benn Rosales | 2007/06/12  | 13 Comments Editorials

New Business Approach? Or just another job?

New Business Approach? Or just another job?

The hype turns out to be just another 9-5 grinder, and this is what you get: Zip last month reported a $3.1 million net loss in the first quarter. Despite the loss, the company continues to expand brokerage operations into new markets and recruit more agents. Zip stock (Nasdaq: ZIPR) fell .05% in afterhours trading at $7.47 a share. It just doesn’t ...

Benn Rosales | 2007/06/12  | 0 Comments Editorials

One of RE’s Smartest Blogs

One of RE’s Smartest Blogs

I rarely toot anyone’s horn, but when I see something great it just must be said.  Based on my recent post Whats Dad Doing Here? I wanted to follow up with a real blog example that visibly documents what I am describing and I did not want to post it within the confines of my post because I felt that this would better ...

Benn Rosales | 2007/06/08  | 7 Comments Editorials

What’s Dad Doing Here? 2.oh no

What’s Dad Doing Here? 2.oh no

Web2.0 as it is, claims to be new.  Many in the tech and web design industry claim truthfully that it is nothing new- I agree with this, sort of.  Honestly, clean style sites have been around for a very long time, ask Apple Computer.  The idea of a fresh clean page with little clutter that gets to the point in a ...

Benn Rosales | 2007/06/06  | 15 Comments Editorials