“I’m not exactly sure how, but I think our listings get there.” It’s difficult to find a subject that’s less clear to most builders – How exactly do their community listings get distributed to directories on the web, and how do they change or improve their content, accuracy, placement, etc? New Home Feed is aiming […]
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If you were unable to make it to the Super Sales Rally at the International Builders Show, you missed an instantly classic performance by new home sales trainer Jeff Shore of Shore Forrest Sales Strategies and Jim Suth of D.R. Horton. I captured all but the first few seconds using my cell phone. The audio/video […]
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BarCamp, RE BarCamp, PodCamp, WordCamp… any of these ring a bell? What about Ignite events, or TED talks? The last few years have brought on sweeping changes in how people gather to support a topic, idea, or purpose. Instead of days of grueling lectures and courses defined by the ‘hours’ for which they qualify, “Camps” […]
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If new media marketing was an onion, 2009 peeled away just the surface layer of potential. However, in 2010, we’re heading deep into that onion – get ready to cry… in a good way. Last year’s new media tools are maturing, and their business purpose is quickly coming into focus for more and more users. […]
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Upon reviewing 2009, and planning for 2010, I realized I want to be sharing more content than I have in the past. I rarely get the opportunity to write as much as I like (and that’s a goal, too), but mainly I thought about the volume of media I’ve produced over the last year – […]
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I am convinced that the mobile web offers some of real estate’s most exciting opportunities in the next 5-10 years. Some of the ideas I’m about to share are certainly not the “show me some case studies” type, but most great opportunities are best identified early, no? And as is the case with all impactful technologies, […]
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Twitter is, by far, the most difficult social tool to explain. It’s not just difficult for builders to see the why of Twitter, but it’s also difficult for most to understand how they could use Twitter. I’ve decided to tackle the how issue in this post with a list of 99 ways for a home […]
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I’ve started to get a bit numb to the huge number of stats regularly thrown about regarding the use of social media. Yes, I am impressed at the growth and the impact of the social web just like most others, but it’s gotten more than a bit concerning recently. First, I’m concerned that the hype […]
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Until recently, I had not been a part of a salesperson job interview for some time. I always enjoyed interviewing salespeople, and I jumped at the opportunity when a client asked me to sit in on his meeting with a prospective employee. He was seeking my opinion of the interviewee and even asked me to […]
Read More »While I’m far from a major real estate investor, with a partner I own a vacation rental property that is about 3 hours from my home. For many reasons, including the shear distance and weekly activity, we pay a management company to run the day-to-day for us. Overall, I’m happy with the job the management […]
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I’ve used this video in more than one presentation, as I find it to be a great reminder of how far the Internet has come in a very short time. This video from 1981 shows some very early methods of transferring data, unbelievably, launched by the major newspapers! One wonders whether the papers would have […]
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Ever read a blog post or article only to be left unclear about the message at the end? I follow a good number of company/corporate blogs; not because I love all of them, but because I like to see how businesses are using them, and look for what I think are successful implementations. A consistent flaw […]
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If we agree that happy customers are a necessity for long-term business success, shouldn’t long term planning be based around that directive? I recently attended REBarCamp in Philadelphia. Okay, so it wasn’t really that recent, but I’ve had some thoughts stirring since I’ve left. I attended a session there titled “The Future Brokerage.” The topic […]
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A few weeks ago I got seriously excited when I saw the future of hyper-local real estate search offered by the Layar browser. At the time, this “augmented reality” browser wasn’t available yet in the U.S. However, now it appears it is, and Trulia is the first one that I know of to offer their […]
Read More »If you’ve toyed with the concept of a mobile campaign or a mobile website, but were turned off by the additional cost or the complexities, there is an option that is fast, simple, and maybe free. Yep, it might be free. NewHomeSource.com is the consumer portal of BHI, and if you’re not part of the […]
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