I added a new blog to my RSS reader today, as it is one of the better ones I’ve found that is precisely on topic for me and my interests. Real Lawyers Have Blogs is really, really good — it deals with topics of marketing, web 2.0, firm marketing, etc. but in the law. I … Read more
(Management suggests you click play while you read this post.) So while just browsing around looking for info (because I wanted to respond to something Alan Bernier of Rofo.com posted), I found something rather interesting: We believe we are the leading online marketplace for commercial real estate in the United States, based on the number … Read more
Joe Ferrara asks whether listings are like airline tickets in his post about American Airlines pulling its ticket listings from Kayak: Are home listings like airline tickets to be freely given by listing brokers and agents to any and all third party listing sites? Do listing brokers have any reason to complain so long as … Read more
Joe Ferrara asks whether listings are like airline tickets in his post about American Airlines pulling its ticket listings from Kayak: Are home listings like airline tickets to be freely given by listing brokers and agents to any and all third party listing sites? Do listing brokers have any reason to complain so long as … Read more
Thanks to Pat Kitano, I saw the cute YouTube ad that San Francisco based Rofo.com produced. Pat already discussed the video itself, and how it shows that smart, creative people can product TV-quality advertising on a fraction of the budget. I agree with him on all points there. All I want to do is wish … Read more
The latest Pew Internet & American Life Project survey on search engine usage has been released (PDF). (H/T: Joe Ferrara) I think they provide an invaluable service in terms of gathering the data. But their analysis ah… leaves much to be desired. To wit: WHY ARE MORE INTERNET USERS NOW INTEGRATING SEARCH INTO THEIR ONLINE … Read more
So let’s say that some brave soul out there has decided to gamble away his life at the urgings of a certain blogger who works for a certain data company in New York City. To him, I offer my deepest sympathies. But courage! If this works, please do remember to look down upon us peons … Read more
In Part 1 of this series, I put forth the notion that a real estate company built on the law firm model — rainmaking partners + salaried associates + support staff — could work. The main requirement is that there is some sort of a competitive advantage that arises from the structure of the partnership … Read more
[This is not related to real estate in any way.] Sometimes, you read something written by otherwise intelligent-seeming people that makes you wonder what the hell happened to rationality. This is one of those somethings: It is not just that the big three ignored the future. From where I stand, they also seem to have … Read more