Blog Profile / GeekEstate blog
| URL : | http://geekestateblog.com/ | |
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| Filed Under: | Business & Finance / Real Estate | |
| Posts on Regator: | 1209 | |
| Posts / Week: | 4.4 | |
| Archived Since: | January 30, 2008 | |
Blog Post Archive
Video Email Marketing Made Easy
For the last number of months I have been considering a video email service called bombbomb.com and I have finally decided to take the plunge. After having done so much research I thought GEB readers would like to get the cliff notes version of what I learned and why I decided to do this. Show More Summary
A Glimpse Into the Future
Watch this video… Essentially the same way that you can navigate a touch screen — but without actually touching the screen. That means you can use it with any computer. It does to a computer screen what a Wii did to the TV. More info here: https://leapmotion.com/ Interesting?
BlockAvenue Launches – Discover Neighborhoods Like Never Before
BlockAvenue launched to the world today. Their goal is build a comprehensive database of reviews for every city block in the country (and maybe world?). A pretty ambitious goal — but nothing worth doing is easy. At launch, most of their...Show More Summary
Zillow is Going Mainstream
Not sure who saw today’s news that Zillow launched their first television commercial – titled “Find Your Way Home.” What do you think of the messaging?
Augmented Reality and Real Estate
As humanity evolves and technology grows, people are presented with more and more things that make life easier, more efficient, and just plain cool. Businesses have been reaping the benefits of technology for a long time, especially in the real estate market. Show More Summary
First Look: RealtorDotCom App Solidifies Clients; One Link From a Category Killer (Realtor.com Agent-Branded Real Estate App)
Realtor.com released their new agent-branded mobile real estate app for public use on the Apple iPhone and iPad this week (Android can’t be far off). With their previous version of the mobile app already being the most accurate nationwide...Show More Summary
Moving WordPress Sites via Shell (from WiredTree to Dreamhost)
Those who have done it know moving WordPress sites from one host to another is a huge pain in the butt. I’m currently going through a migration of sites from WiredTree to Dreamhost. My good friend, Andrew Mattie (who works at Zillow),...Show More Summary
Need Traffic? Build Content!
One of the biggest issues agents face with driving traffic to their websites is often the least talked about. Yes you need to build backlinks, establish a social media presence, build relationships online, but the under-utilization of building a site with a large amount of content is often ignored. Show More Summary
Geek Build 2012 update, child theme up for testing.
After four weeks in development the first iteration of our Geek Build 2012 test site is live at http://www.TheClearwaterBeachLife.com. This is a child theme built on the Genesis Framework for WordPress. I sent a first round of questions and changes back to the developer today, and will continue to test the theme this week. Show More Summary
Dizzle: The First Social Media Marketplace?
Have you ever got a direct message on Twitter asking you to retweet something? Did you retweet it? How about a message on Facebook asking you to like a page? Did you like it? Maybe even an email asking for an opportunity to guest-blog...Show More Summary
Brokerage Branded Market Videos
At Inman Next, there is an article by Chris titled “The Real Estate Market Data revolution will be televised“. Give it a read and watch the video embedded below: I’m a skeptic of the effectiveness of videos such as this one produced by Terradatum. Show More Summary
Spark – An App Store for Real Estate
I don’t know about you, but I’m pretty excited to see the real estate app store that Spark is working on (aiming for an October launch). Why? Getting nationwide MLS listing data has been a problem without a clear solution for way too long. Show More Summary
Realtor.com and the Free Agent-Branded Mobile App: Flexing Strategic Muscle, Building Interdependence
In case you haven’t read it yet, Realtor.com is planning to release a new version of its mobile app that is branded for the individual agent–and it’s going to be free. You can read Inman’s review of the upcoming product but, to putShow More Summary
Are you Racing to the Bottom or the Top?
Take a few minutes and read Seth Godin’s Race to the Bottom post. It finishes with this quote: The race to the top makes more sense to me. The race to the top is focused on design and respect and dignity and guts and innovation and sustainability and yes, generosity when it might be easier to be selfish. Show More Summary
Right on time: The Corcoran iPad app
“Introducing the new Corcoran app for iPad! Simply put, when you browse for real estate in New York, The Hamptons or South Florida, we want you to dream big. So we built an app for you that allows you to do just that, every day.” - Description from iTunes Dream big. Show More Summary
A Bit of House Keeping, and a New Travel Website
I know – it’s been a bit quiet around here lately. Over a week since a blog post! I wanted to give some context to why that’s the case. As some of you may know, I’m working full time on a new web startup in the travel vertical. Hence, my focus has been on building Oh Hey World for the past few months (the to do list is beyond long). Show More Summary
dsIDXpress PRO, Now at Your Disposal
In case you’ve missed the news from yesterday, dsIDXpress PRO (from Diverse Solutions) is now available. dsIDXpress was cool. And, though I haven’t personally played with the new product, based on the blog post on Diverse Solutions’ blog, dsIDXpress PRO looks awesome. Show More Summary
Full Geek Estate Text Via Email
I hate being a hypocrite, and I just realized I’ve been one when it comes to email updates on this site. You see, when I sign up for something via email elsewhere on the web and the emails make me click through to the website to see the entire text, I get annoyed. Show More Summary
Conversion Numbers for Agent and Broker Websites
I was having a conversation with a real estate agent the other day as a result of the test I ran as part of Startup Weekend Amsterdam, and we got to discussing conversion. Conversion, of course, varies depending on your goals. Generally,...Show More Summary
Why You Should Steal Like an Artist
It’s not where you take things from—it’s where you take them to. So says, the late great Jean-Luc Godard, one of many influential thinkers highlighted in Austin Kleon’s “Steal Like an Artist.” I picked up the short, pithy (and visually...Show More Summary