Garr Reynolds, at Presentation Zen, is a must-read blogger/writer/authority on presentations for anyone involved with marketing, communications, or any sort of presentations. He also has some views that he shares from time to time that are highly relevant to any thinking about marketing. His latest is a masterpiece as well, and it deals with the … Read more
So… I assume there’s still some sort of a raging blogwar going on about Greg Swann, but when the man is right, he’s right. His latest is just some good solid advice: Give your home a blog. Every home for sale should have its own web site. What makes a weblog useful and practical is that … Read more
(Image from Flickr.com, by MarkyBon) There must be some sort of a zeitgeist (literally, “time spirit”) going around the RE.net, like some sort of a benign virus, on the topic of “Web 2.0” — what it is, what it is not. I just posted on Web 2.0, only to see Louis Cammarosano from HomeGain, and … Read more
I hate Web 2.0. I mean I hate the term. People throw it around all the time, and it even comes up in conversation at parties: “So, what’s your cute friend Sarah doing?” “Oh she’s doing publicity for this fabulous Web 2.0 company in the dress-swapping community.” “That’s so cool — can you give me … Read more
Joel Burslem at FOREM (mildly) puts the hammer down on Seth Godin’s SquidZipper: I think he (and Squidoo) may just be a little late to the party on this one. I’m just not sure Agents really need yet another place to blog hyperlocally. And Squidoo, for all its promise as a destination for user generated … Read more
It appears that Zillow has broken the 100,000 real estate agent milestone: Sometime last Friday, real estate agent number 100,000 (yes, one hundred thousand!) registered on Zillow and posted a listing for sale in Niceville, Florida. I’d like to say; “Welcome to Zillow!” to Jamee Graff (pictured at left.) Jamee is a Realtor with The … Read more
Michael Arrington at TechCrunch takes note of a new startup called GenieTown that is aiming at the local services space. From his post: The company says they are addressing the long tail of local services. The GenieTown site allows local service providers (plumbers, dentists, whatever) to put up a web presence. Users looking for providers … Read more
I know I take contrarian views to much of the received wisdom on the RE.net, but… well, I can’t help it. Since I’m not flogging any product, or trying to get leads from this blog, or any such thing, but just write on topics that interest me, I suppose I find it more fun to … Read more
After my… ahem… tirade against Movesmart.org, I felt kinda bad. I mean, they seem like such sweet, nice people with such good intentions. Granted, I still stand by everything I wrote in that post, but… in the spirit of wishing them well, I offer the following suggestions. I base them on this page on Netsquared.org … Read more