Blog Profile / GeekEstate blog
| URL : | http://geekestateblog.com/ | |
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| Filed Under: | Business & Finance / Real Estate | |
| Posts on Regator: | 1208 | |
| Posts / Week: | 4.4 | |
| Archived Since: | January 30, 2008 | |
Blog Post Archive
Vittana
[Note from editor: For the sake of keeping giving on our minds for the entire holiday season, we're going to highlight a non profit organization or specific good deed that has been done everyday until New Year's as part of our Real Estate...Show More Summary
Clark Country ACS Relay for Life
[Note from editor: For the sake of keeping giving on our minds for the entire holiday season, we're going to highlight a non profit organization or specific good deed that has been done everyday until New Year's as part of our Real Estate...Show More Summary
Mothers Fighting for Others
[Note from editor: For the sake of keeping giving on our minds for the entire holiday season, we're going to highlight a non profit organization or specific good deed that has been done everyday until New Year's as part of our Real Estate...Show More Summary
Christmas Fun, Housing Crisis and Real Estate — Why Realtors Can Never Get Bored with Our Work
I thought I was full of it. It was a week before Christmas when everyone was preparing for the happiest season of the year, and here I was writing a scathing open letter to my home country’s President on why he should start preparing for a housing crisis. Show More Summary
Merry Christmas, and the Bigger Picture
[Note from editor: For the sake of keeping giving on our minds for the entire holiday season, we're going to highlight a non profit organization or specific good deed that has been done everyday until New Year's as part of our Real Estate...Show More Summary
Give the Gift of Giving
[Note from editor: For the sake of keeping giving on our minds for the entire holiday season, we're going to highlight a non profit organization or specific good deed that has been done everyday until New Year's as part of our Real Estate...Show More Summary
Nuru International
[Note from editor: For the sake of keeping giving on our minds for the entire holiday season, we're going to highlight a non profit organization or specific good deed that has been done everyday until New Year's as part of our Real Estate...Show More Summary
DailyGiver.org
[Note from editor: For the sake of keeping giving on our minds for the entire holiday season, we're going to highlight a non profit organization or specific good deed that has been done everyday until New Year's as part of our Real Estate...Show More Summary
Real Estate Doers Make a Difference
I’ll admit, I haven’t been feeling the Christmas spirit this year. Truthfully, I haven’t bought a single gift yet and have no real desire to do so. Why? Christmas has become more about spending money on material possessions than it is spending time with family and being thankful for what you already have. Show More Summary
5 Ways to Write PPC Ads That Get Clicks & Conversions
Despite all the buzz surrounding social media and mobile marketing, pay per click (PPC) advertising is still a powerful tool for getting targeted clicks and increasing website conversions. In fact, sponsored search results account for 64.6% of clicks for keyword searches of highly commercial terms. Show More Summary
Going Above and Beyond Client Expectations
Want to wow your clients in 2013? Here’s an idea… Buy a new iPad (or several). Set your logo as the background image. Additionally, ensure a well designed sticker with your brand name front and center is on the back. When someone signs a buyers or sellers agreement with you, hand them a brand new iPad. Show More Summary
Picking a Niche
When it comes to branding, there is a lot to be said for picking a niche. For instance, take a look at Tiny House Listings. The site won’t appeal to everyone, but will absolutely appeal to a big chunk of the population — people likeShow More Summary
What Real Estate CRM Do You Use?
There are a ton of CRM’s out there — Top Producer, Wise Agent, HighRise, PropertyBase, and about 50 others — and software vendors in the industry have to pick and choose which ones to integrate with. The missing piece of the development priority for vendors is — what are the most widely used real estate CRM’s? To answer that, we need data. Show More Summary
A (Almost Free) Link Building Opportunity for Christmas
Three things are making me write this post… 1. To win at SEO, you need links. Without fail, 90% of conversations I have with agents or brokers involve search engine optimization — and link building is where SEO is won or lost. 2. Everyone has a business idea (or 2 or 3). Show More Summary
WordPress Releases Version 3.5
The hard core techies in the audience have likely already heard the news that WordPress 3.5 is officially available (codex here). New features include: New media manager Default theme – Twenty Twelve Admin enhancements Upgrade today...
Sad Truth: New real estate tools don’t integrate with CRM
I have seen a disturbing trend of late among vendors and developers of real estate tech tools. Since it baffles me, I’m sure it bothers other agents as well and I would be surprised if it isn’t hampering the sales of efforts of these innovating tech companies. Show More Summary
5 Ways to use Retargeting for Real Estate
Retargeting has been a buzzword for the past year or so, and for good reason. Retargeting is an effective tool to increase website conversions. Depending on your setup, it can often be an inexpensive marketing channel. So how would you use retargeting for real estate? 1. Show More Summary
Google Authorship & Link Diversity
Drew blogged about Google Author Rank back in April, and the rate of authorship markup adoption has been steadily increasing since then. It’s ridiculously easy to add the markup in WordPress and Google is dangling a pretty big carrot for us all: Better click through in the SERPs due to the nice avatar you get next to your results. Show More Summary
The Agent Selection Process
HomeLight is aiming to help you finding the perfect Realtor, based on their expertise. It’s a great premise. But do people care? My friend’s brother recently got married, and he and his wife are about to buy a house. How did they choose an agent? The real estate agent they’ve known the longest. Show More Summary
Building Effective Wireframes on the Cheap
Once every other week I get approached by an agent that tells me a story that goes something like this: Hey, I know you’ve built a bunch of successful niche real estate websites that generate you over 100 leads each month. I hired this guy in India off elance.com and the thing turned into a mess. Show More Summary