Keyword: Wordpress

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

ManageWP Handle multiple WordPress installs from one dashboard

ManageWP Handle multiple WordPress installs from one dashboard

If you’re a Realtor operating a personal web property as well as multiple niche neighborhood blogs, then surely you know the effort it takes to keep up with constant updates to WordPress, it’s plugins, much less distributing content across your real estate network, right? ManageWP.com may be your answer. By creating one account, you can add each of your blogs ...

AGBeat | 2011/02/19  | 6 Comments Social Media

Box web solution versus self-hosted website: Rent versus own?

Box web solution versus self-hosted website: Rent versus own?

Virtually on a daily basis we’re asked directly if a self-hosted real estate website is better than an out of box solution such as Active Rain or Posterous, and we directly answer, practically speaking, it is a rent versus own debate. The setup This debate spans back as many as five years as I’m aware and probably longer as msn blogs ...

Benn Rosales | 2010/07/09  | 16 Comments Marketing

Which blogging format should a real estate agent choose?

Which blogging format should a real estate agent choose?

WordPress & Blogger & TypePad, oh my! So, you have decided to embark into the addictive world of blogging and have been researching the options for where to host your blog site. After asking about and doing some Google searches you distill your list of options down to (most probably): Blogger, WordPress, ActiveRain, TypePad and Posterous Which is the best ...

Lesley Lambert | 2010/06/18  | 31 Comments Social Media

Managing WordPress on the go with your mobile phone

Managing WordPress on the go with your mobile phone

Think you don’t have time for blogging? If you’re slacking on your blogging or hesitating about starting a real estate blog, consider all of the wasted time you spend in your car sitting in traffic or in line at the bank, or even sitting in that open house with no wireless internet. That wasted time could be used blogging with ...

Lani Rosales | 2010/04/15  | 17 Comments Tech

Announcing VaultPress From the Great Folks at Automattic

Announcing VaultPress From the Great Folks at Automattic

VaultPress by Automattic The Geeks at Automattic are launching VaultPress. A system designed to protect and restore your WordPress environment from ‘aliens’ (more like yourself), possibly faulty plugins, hacks, and other disasters that can destroy seconds if not decades of content in a flash. “VaultPress is the only restoration service built on the Automattic grid that reliably serves over 10 ...

Benn Rosales | 2010/03/31  | 4 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

Intelligent Design: The Evolution of WordPress

Intelligent Design: The Evolution of WordPress

Wikipedia describes WordPress as “ an open source blog publishing application and can be used for basic content management”.  At WordPress.org the description reads, “WordPress is a state-of-the-art publishing platform with a focus on aesthetics, web standards, and usability.” These two descriptions probably articulate the two most common perspectives on what WP is and does. With the WordPress one though, ...

Bob Wilson | 2009/11/17  | 33 Comments How to

Trackbacks- How to Build Strong Authority Relationships That Bring Search Results to Life

Trackbacks- How to Build Strong Authority Relationships That Bring Search Results to Life

What’s a trackback? Simple, it’s when you write a post on a specific topic, and then link out from the same post to relevant content. In order to demonstrate the how and why, I’ll use the subject of foreclosures to illustrate how you can use larger sites to your advantage since you’re probably not wishing to trackback to your local ...

Benn Rosales | 2009/06/20  | 23 Comments Wordpress

Top 10 Ways to Use Blogging in Real Estate [#10]

Top 10 Ways to Use Blogging in Real Estate [#10]

Top 10 Ways to Use Blogging in Real Estate [#10] – SEO SEO = Search Engine Optimization, not Sour Evolution of Optimists (as some still believe). There are a million different blog posts out there (and books, too) that explain why blogs are good for SEO, so this will be short, sweet and to the point. Professional Blogs are sites ...

Mariana Wagner | 2009/05/21  | 7 Comments How to

Real Estate WordPress Themes- Premium Themes You Should See

Real Estate WordPress Themes- Premium Themes You Should See

Turnkey WordPress websites for the not so savvy So if you’re sick and tired of paying ridiculous monthly fees for seriously ugly and outdated real estate websites, a powerful WordPress CMS  may be the solution for you.  CMS is simply short for content management system, and WordPress has proven itself as a disintermediating force in the bill’em monthly solution. WordPress ...

Benn Rosales | 2009/05/02  | 26 Comments Real Estate

Anti-DIY

Anti-DIY

It might come as a shock to many, but I am extremely anti-DIY. I am not trained as a plumber, electrician or mechanic and I have no interest in doing so even though I know it could potentially save me a lot of money.  I am not a REALTOR, lender, home inspector or stager and I don’t pretend to be.  ...

Nick Bostic | 2009/02/26  | 9 Comments Thursday WTF