Has the Social Web turned fine businessmen and women into mush heads? I just read a post from a very successful marketer that transparency is about making friends. And then he proceeded to show a bunch of pictures of his dog and mansion. Listen. When I sell my house the last thing I want is a...

Did you know that our medical Doctors get most of their ongoing education from the pharmaceutical Industry? Isn't that the "tail wagging the dog"? However, similarly most of the "leaders" in real estate marketing online has been the vendors. It has always been this way even pre-internet when I was...

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Website traffic comes from a referral from another website. That referral could be a link from another website, like a blog or even non hyperlink link on say a video.It could be for bought traffic like Homegain, or banner ads.  Or it can be the motherload of all traffic the search engines. The...

And I gotta Bridge I want to sell you. So not to try to take anyone's dinner off their table, but lets be real here and have a real conversation. Let's not be parrots and give a xerox copy of every other website advice that claims to do SEO. Google so called enamoration with blogs makes for a good...

Or perhaps we can call this one.... The Scourge of the Coffee Room Blogger The 80 20 rule is alive and well. Go to any real estate office or any sales office in the U.S. And you will find the producers talking on the phone or belly to belly. While the non-producers will be caught chatting in the...

Or Should I say : Mashing Up Online Marketing? The Web has created a bunch of labels that we all use. And smart marketers (self included) reinvent labels to persuade our buyers to buy into our techno wizardry. As if it is something new. And the most powerful word in marketing some say is free. But...

Dooming For Votes The candidates for President, and President Bush are starting to offer their plans to "fix" the economy. Never mind that the economy might not need so much fixing. From the Dan Kennedy Letter: For all of '07 retail and wholesale revenues of U.S businesses were up vs 2006. Black...

Predictions and advice to succeed in 2008 2008 will no doubt mean huge shifts in the real estate industry and henceforth the online community. Words that come to mind are some of the obvious ones. The following may be experienced by the public and certainly agents: Foreclosures Bankruptcy Office...

It is that time of year again where we reflect and plan. I offer my very short review of 2007 while giving you a list of real estate reviews as well as reviews from throughout the Internet culture and beyond. The story of real estate in 2007 has got to be receding real estate sales and values that...

When I started in real estate years ago, I was an Apartment and Investment specialist. Mostly 2's and 4's. And of course it was always great to get into an exchange on a 20 unit! In the late 1989 I recall reading the L.A Times Apartment Sales report. Like one building over 20 units had sold in the...

I was given this from my rep Deana Morgan over at HomeGain. This is something that I have wished I could find forever. They have built a calculator that helps you decide where to spend money to increase the value of your home and property.Nice tool....

A New report from American Pulse says that Americans are shopping this Holiday Season, despite mixed economic news. But what I found most interesting was: The Spirit of Christmas is alive and well as almost half (48.7%) plan to head to religious services this Holiday season. Only 9.4% of Holiday...

Is there a new Bubble gurgling online? Not real estate, technology. The first Internet bubble burst from an overabundance of estimated value. Ruby Red Ajax won't launder the 2.0 Today, the promises of old has been repackaged for those that weren't around or easily forgot. The recent run up in...

My "elevator" definition of what is a blog? Web Blog=blog The word blog has reached the inevitable level of over-hype. However, I give my pith revelations form years of blogging (This blog has been around since 2004). A great blog concept in my humble opinion is to define what it can do for you....

What did the leader of the free world, co founder of the largest search engine, founder of Re/Max, a Presidential Candidate, and yours truly do when we got together up North? Can you guess who is who?* JibJab has grown by leaps and bounds and is a great example of viral growth as guys like me...