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One valuable piece of advice for Realtors …

by Peter Toner on September 2, 2010 · 9 comments

This could be an interesting experiment ..

.. if you went back in time and had the sheer luxury of being able to offer yourself just one valuable piece of advice based on what you know now -

What would that advice be?

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3 social media secrets for Realtors

by Peter Toner on September 1, 2010 · 1 comment

the 3 big secrets of online success ..

.. and they are probably not quite what you imagined either!

Tell us about your unexpected opportunities!

Agent Reboot takeaways

August 28, 2010

Our takeaway from this weeks Reboot conference .. … in San Diego and where better to do it than right on Sail Bay in beautiful San Diego! WOW! (Click for larger image) In the video Drew Burks talks about marketing lifestyles rather that just pushing the property. We also shot a short video demonstrating a [...]

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Google Phone Call

August 26, 2010

Google now offers FREE Phone calls Now you can make free Google phone calls to anywhere in the US and Canada right from inside your Gmail.  It's hard to believe that cell phone companies are still getting away with the ridiculously expensive service plans and overage minute fees.  Until recently Skype was the only real [...]

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Drew on stage at Agent Reboot

August 26, 2010

Our very own Drew Burks … on stage during yesterday's Agent Reboot conference. He was given the opportunity to wrap up that part of the conference giving some advice about how to make social media work in your real estate business. Were you there at Agent Reboot? What do you think? What was your best [...]

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“Come in Houston – we have a problem”

August 23, 2010

I wrote last week how my local MLS consumer print outs sucked. In the article one of the commenters pointed out that HAR – The Houston Association of Realtors have a great reputation in the industry for innovation so I went over and checked out their consumer facing portal at HAR.com. So I headed over [...]

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Facebook Places, is there value for Realtors?

August 21, 2010

Facebook Places. What's all the hype about? If you have been on the internet this week you know that Facebook Pages was just released, but what is it and does it offer any value to  Realtors? Facebook places is another form of mobile marketing.  Not sure what mobile marketing is, you will want to read [...]

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Crappy MLS consumer listing sheets

August 20, 2010

Why should MLS listing sheets look like this? Realtors are meant to be marketing professionals right? Then we go and give consumers reports like this: (click for larger image)  This sheet is from the San Diego County MLS provider – Sandicor, but from what I've seen, similar sheets are used all across the US. Why [...]

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How to get Google to notice your blog

August 19, 2010

How to get the attention of Google for your real estate blog .. Google's algorithms are a carefully guarded secret, but it's not hard to work out what Google is looking for when their search crawlers come looking at your site.   Google is likely to take in these factors: how often the blog is [...]

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Social Media School for Realtors -Winner Announced

August 18, 2010

The Lucky Winner Is Announced … … Thank you to everyone who attended our free webinar this afternoon. We are pleased to announce the winner of our Social Media School for Realtors giveaway. It was a tough decision, all of your comments were awesome and we wish we could give everyone a FREE membership, but [...]

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Live Facebook Broadcast – a first!

August 18, 2010

Live internet broadcast this afternoon! This afternoon we are going to host a live show on our Facebook page to give you a VIP sneak peak at our new Social Media School for Realtors Check our Facebook page to RSVP Facebook.com/webrealestatetools This will be a unique experience on Facebook, the technology is brand new and [...]

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An honest real estate commercial?

August 16, 2010

Is there such a thing as an honest … real estate commercial? This probably comes the closest that we have seen. A little in your face but if I were in the market for a mobile home this would resonate. Can you see something like this working for you, adapted for your real estate market?

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Internet Explorer is 15 years old today

August 16, 2010

The first version of Internet Explorer 1 .. ..debuted on August 16, 1995 reports Mashable. Based on Mosaic, which was a web browser Microsoft had licensed from Spyglass Inc. – it was a pretty basic browser with little ability to format a page. Microsoft started bundling Internet Explorer 3 with Windows, increasing its market share [...]

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More Facebook fans than Zillow :-)

August 14, 2010

Zillow named one of the top 15 business blogs on Mashable … Here is the link to the Mashable article – - we just love it that we have more Facebook fans!           Thank you Web Real Estate Tools fans!

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What’s the BIG Secret behind Social Media?

August 13, 2010

Can social media really transform your real estate business? Over the past week we released a series of short videos to help real estate agents implement Social Media & Blogging into their online marketing. Today is a big day! We just published the 4th and Final Video in the series so be sure you check [...]

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Get a Kodak Zi8 video camera at 36% off!

August 11, 2010

This is a modern miracle of a video camera! We reviewed the Kodak Zi8 alongside the Flip video camera on our latest free video tutorial on how to leverage streaming video in your real estate marketing. Either of these cameras – the Kodak or the Flip are worthy additions to your techy toys – if [...]

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Drew Burks talks about Social Media

August 10, 2010

This is a reprint of an article in the August 2010 edition of the California Assoc of Realtors (CAR) magazine – featuring our very own Drew Burks. Social Media Means Business How some firms are beefing up their marketing efforts with social media, by Alex A Kecskes Social media marketing can be extraordinarily effective, creating [...]

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So easy a kid could do it ..

August 6, 2010

Pictures are nice and glowing descriptions are helpful, but there is no substitute for using a nicely done video tour! Realtors can also use them in their blogs to communicate with a specific targeted group or broadcast to more general audience. We have realized that many real estate agents have been unsure where to start [...]

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Ever wondered how the Internet works?

August 5, 2010
How The INTERNET Works (via Online Schools)

This is an excellent visual of how the WWW – World Wide Web works – courtesy of MakeUseOf …  

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Facebook Questions now in Beta

August 4, 2010

Facebook now has "Questions" … will Realtors have the "Answers"? The new Facebook Questions feature, currently in Beta is not yet  available to most users. Questions will work like Trulia Voices and Yahoo Answers, it will also be in competition with Ask.com, which just announced that users can have questions answered by real people. Realtors [...]

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Free Facebook Landing Page template

July 31, 2010

Yes, that's right a free template! Plus a free wysiwyg editing tool to customize the template with your own graphics and text. Easily add video as the YouTube code is already embedded in the template! Earlier this week we released the first of a series of free real estate training videos. The first was all [...]

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More privacy stuff you need to know

July 29, 2010

The pluses & minuses of transparency … A number of new websites are on the bleeding edge of content and information retrieval, with implications for the real estate industry. So we thought we would introduce you to a couple so you have an idea of what's out there. OpenBook is one of these newer sites [...]

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Google is watching your every move :-(

July 28, 2010

This is a quick follow up post .. .. to the one we wrote about Google and Facebook tracking your movements across the web. Not to alarm you or anything, but you might want to watch this and then check out the plugin for Chrome & Firefox to see which sites you visit are affected. [...]

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How to succeed in Social Media

July 27, 2010

There are 3 critical components to online success as a real estate agent that … … Drew talks about in the introduction to our new Realtor video training series. The Internet has changed the fortunes of many real estate agents over the last 10 to 15 years. Early adopters and techies leveraged this new frontier [...]

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Free social media video lessons!

July 25, 2010

Drew & Peter have been working day and night … … to bring you exclusive video tutorials that will help you get up to speed with social media in your real estate business! We are today starting with an introductory video in which Drew outlines the 3 essentials of succeeding on the web today. The [...]

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