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A Closer Look At Google Presentations
2007-09-19 19:51:00 Google Presentation’s Greatest Strengths Are Collaboration And Interactive Presentation When I introduced Google’s latest app yesterday, I was in a bit of a hurry and really didn’t do a very good job of illustrating it’s capabilities or explaining what I thought it’s strength’s were. Today I’d like to take this just a bit further and talk ... More About: Google , Commentary , Advice , Google Presentations , Presentations
Google?s Latest App - Presentations
2007-09-18 14:21:00 In April, Googl e announced that they would be developing a presentation application for Google Docs to complete their suite of applications. The new application is called Google Presentations . Maybe more than any other type of document, presentations are created to be shared. But assembling slide decks by emailing them around is as frustrating as it is ... More About: Resent
Real Estate Is A Business - It?s For Grown-Ups Who Understand How Business
2007-09-17 16:39:00 Even though I?m not a Real tor I hear about situations daily involving Internet marketing that have me scratching my head and asking myself, ?Does that Realtor understand that they are running a business? And does he/she understand what a good business person ought to focus on in making solid, thoughtful decisions?? For the purposes of this ... More About: Business , Estate , Real Estate , Understand
Buying A Home Is A Personal And Private Decision
2007-09-15 15:34:00 The headline is actually a quote from Doug Scott, a Real Estate Shows user in Houston, Texas. He said this in response to an explanation I gave him for how people might use social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace when they are in the process of making a decision to buy a home. I told ... More About: Personal , Commentary , Buying , Home , Decision
The Art Of Poetic Real Estate Descriptions
2007-09-13 18:29:00 We’ve been talking about the need to go beyond presenting information from the first moment we started Real Estate Shows. One of the early posts I wrote on ActiveRain was entitled, “Front Of House & Other Really Important Information.” In it I said: Do your clients a favor: use more verbs than adjectives. Don’t describe what’s in ... More About: Commentary , Advice , Real Estate
New Real Estate Shows Flyer Templates Uploaded
2007-09-12 05:11:00 We uploaded eight new internet flyer templates today. They are all live and ready to be used. You can change the template for any flyer any time you choose, so if you see a new one you like, you don’t have to wait for a new listing to use it. Go ahead and edit an existing ... More About: Estate , Real Estate , Templates , Flyer , Real
Making a Second Real Estate Show
2007-09-12 04:46:00 I feel a need to get at least somewhat serious on my personal blogs and add some good local content. Yes, the easiest way I know to get my point across is with a Real Estate Show , so I set out this morning with my camera in hand. I went to a place I’ve already ... More About: Real Estate , Makin
To V Or Not To V - Part 2
2007-09-10 19:13:00 Video’s Potential In Real Estate Internet Marketing ? Part 2 In my previous post (To V Or Not To V ? Video’s Potential In Real Estate Internet Marketing) I began by referencing a recent post by Jeff Turner (”Will Video Kill Virtual Tours?“). Jeff stated that video will NOT kill virtual tours but that video ? ... More About: Commentary
The Power Of Less - A Skeptic?s Story Of Real Estate Success
2007-09-10 18:20:00 Thesa Chambers was not an instant convert to RealEstate Shows.com. She was using another product that allowed her to put as many photos as she wanted into the main presentation. She saw that as a decided benefit. She decided to give RealEstateShows.com a try after hearing the reasons why we limit our main Shows to 30 ... More About: Power , Story , Real Estate , Skeptic
To V Or Not To V - Part 1
2007-09-07 22:31:00 Video’s Potential In Real Estate Internet Marketing Jeff Turner recently published a post on ActiveRain entitled, “Will Video Kill Virtual Tours?” His answer was, NO. But Jeff went on to say that Video, well done, is a compelling medium and will have its place whenever the combination of competence and cost so dictate. When those two ... More About: Commentary , Part
Where Do My Internet Flyers Go And Who Sees Them?
2007-09-05 05:57:00 I was forwarded the following question from our customer service department today: I love this new flier feature. The only question I have ( don’t laugh) is when I publish it to whatever place…where does it actually go and who sees it?? We’re definitely not laughing. Why? Because it’s a more common question than you might first imagine. ... More About: Internet , Flyers , Sees
How To Get More Agents at Your Next Brokers Open House
2007-08-31 04:11:00 Today Beth Morrison and Pam Myatt with Old Colony held a brokers open house. They had a nice cookout and a lot of agents stopped in to see the house. This is a good way to get marketing suggestions if you’re having trouble selling a home, and it’s a quick, effective way to ... More About: House , Agents , Open , Brokers , Open House
How To Start Your Real Estate Career Right!
2007-08-28 18:43:00 Can I assume that by now you?ve seen all the nifty new updates Real Estate Shows has recently unveiled? How cool is THAT?! I?ll let Jeff and the techy people tell you all about it. I think this is the time for me to point out what a HUGE help Real Estate Shows can ... More About: Start , Career
Activating New Sharing Features
2007-08-25 11:00:00 Less than an hour after we “soft launched” our new features, I got an email from one of our long time clients, Doug Scott. Doug is an avid supporter of RealEstateShows.com, but his email was less than flattering. He was unhappy. Specifically, he was unhappy with the social bookmarking links that now came up at ... More About: Features , Sharing , Feat , Shari , Hari
Where To Find Links, Realtor.com and MLS
2007-08-25 10:23:00 The publishing/distributiom options available as a result of the new Flyers feature required that we find a better way to group the various distribution methods. This has caused a little bit of confusion, so I thought I’d put together a quick tour of the new “Publish” page so you know where to find ... More About: Links , Find , Realtor
1000 Watt Consulting Maps Real Estate Web 2.0
2007-08-25 00:58:00 There are some bright guys over at 1000 Watt Consulting . If you’ve never visited their blog, I highly recommend you do. Brian Boero and Marc Davison are thinkers, and creative thinkers at that. So I listen when they speak. And now they’ve decided to speak about Real Estate Web 2.0. We included only companies focused on the ... More About: Real Estate , Maps
Back to School, Back to Real Estate Shows
2007-08-24 17:16:00 All across the country, the kids are either going back to school or they’re already there. This creates many opportunities for you to market yourself using your Real Estate Shows! Think of all the schools in your area. If you had a Show for each one of them, how often could you use them? ... More About: Real Estate , School , Back
New Real Estate Shows Features Have Launched
2007-08-24 08:19:00 We’ve done all we can in the lab, now it’s your turn! We can only learn so much in a beta test. We need real world exposure to understand how things really work under pressure. So, all of the new features are now officially live! But we want your feedback to help us understand what is ... More About: Estate , Real Estate , Features , Real , Launched
The Whole World Is Going To Video - Or Not
2007-08-22 16:16:00 The newest set of proclamations and trumpeting is around Video being the next great thing in real estate presentations. In fact, it is so great, say the trumpeters, that it will obsolete everything that came before it. So throw away your digital cameras. Say goodbye to all other forms of multimedia. They are about to ... More About: World , Going , Goin
Real Estate Show Number 200,000
2007-08-22 02:01:00 It took almost 3 years to go from Show #1 to Show #100,000. Show #100,000 was created on October 12, 2006. One month later we began promoting the use of Real Estate Shows on blogs to highlight communities, parks, schools and events. Today, just 10 months later, we have hit Show #200,000. It didn’t take us ... More About: Real Estate , Number
The Most Visited Real Estate Shows - July
2007-08-21 21:18:00 I regularly scrub through the unique visitor data on our server logs. I need to get a life, I know. But you can learn some interesting things late at night. One of the things I learn is which Real Estate Shows get the most visits in any given period of time. The number represent a kind ... More About: Real Estate , Showcase , July
New Features Delayed Until August 23!
2007-08-21 05:33:00 Nothing pains me more than to have to write this post. We are on the brink of releasing flyers, distribution, rss feeds and new player features, including full screen play. But we have to hold off for another full day of testing and will now launch some time on Thursday, August 23. Our Trulia distribution testing is ... More About: Features , Feat
How Does Google See Your Website?
2007-08-20 20:29:00 Brad Carroll is one of my favorite writers on ActiveRain. I subscribe to his blog there, as do a great many others. Today he wrote, “See Your Site Through The Eyes Of Googl e .” It is a well written post with a good comparative analysis of various sites using Poodle Predictor. Brad starts: “When a web ... More About: Commentary , Website
Pick The Best Of This Weeks Real Estate Writing
2007-08-20 20:06:00 The Bloodhound Blog is hosting The People’s Choice Award and our very own Jeff Turner has a post nominated: The Problem With Alexa Rankings - Accuracy. The Hound says, “Voting ends Monday at 12 Noon PDT/MST. We have file permissions issues with the new server, so you definitely can vote more than once, and I definitely ... More About: Writing , Estate , Real Estate , Real , Pick
How To Start A Wordpress Blog
2007-08-17 21:28:00 Here’s a site that may be very helpful for those who like to do things on their own. Those of you looking to start a real estate blog may want to hire a professional to assist you. A quick Google search will help you find out who can help you build a real estate blog. But ... More About: Wordpress , Commentary , Blog , Start
What Is An RSS Feed?
2007-08-15 06:31:00 What is an RSS Feed and why should I care if RealEstateShows.com now has them? Since we announced that your public Shows would be available via RSS Feed, as a full list or by category, this has become a common question to our customer service department. Several clients called in wondering what they were and others ...
How Did You Do That?
2007-08-14 19:07:00 I blog. Sometimes more, sometimes less, depending on how much the rest of my life throws at me. My brain thinks in terms of blogging now, and my self-talk sounds more and more like my blog “voice”. I also use my Real Estate Shows for as many different things as I can. I get to ...
Not Closings - Celebrations!
2007-08-13 19:37:00 Cyndee and Jack Haydon, Clearwater Area Real Estate Experts with Belloise Realty have a knack for relating to people. I can only imagine that their clients feel like the most pampered people on earth! Recently, they helped a client buy her first home. Her family is out of town but this was a big ... More About: Celebrations , Brat , Sings
Flyers And Distribution - Coming August 21st
2007-08-10 20:17:00 On August , 21 we will be launching the ability for you to instantly create a flyer from the photos and information already contained in your Real Estate Shows. Like everything else at RealEstateShows.com, this will be universal and unlimited as part of your yearly subscription and will be backwards compatible with all existing Real Estate ... More About: Distribution , Tribu , Ming , Flyers
Flyers And Distribution - Coming August 21st
More articles from this author:2007-08-10 20:17:00 On August , 21 we will be launching the ability for you to instantly create a flyer from the photos and information already contained in your Real Estate Shows. Like everything else at RealEstateShows.com, this will be universal and unlimited as part of your yearly subscription and will be backwards compatible with all existing Real Estate ... More About: Distribution , Tribu , Ming , Flyers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 |
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