Archive for September, 2007



A Real Real Estate Broker - Christine Forgione

Over the last month, the real estate blog community has missed the writings of a fantastic real estate blogger, Christine Forgione of NY Houses 4 Sale. For those who have been wondering, Where’s Christine?, now we know.
I’ve met many a real estate broker over the years and I can honestly say that Christine is one […]

Increase Business Using Bikini Marketing

Exclusively4men is a men’s hair salon business that stands out from the crowd using the power of bikini marketing. We hear business is up. Customers only complaint is that it is hard to keep their head still.
The staff looks skilled in the art.

I wonder if this could be used to lift the real estate […]

In Memory of Ben Aaron Anglin

The young star of this video is Aaron Anglin. He died in a tragic car accident yesterday. Our prayers are with the entire Anglin family.
Although I never met Aaron, I am deeply saddened by the news of his passing. Aaron’s older sister Lani, is part of our online real estate blog family, so it […]

Zillow Needs More Money and Gets It

Investors who know Rich Barton, founder of Expedia, have given his valuation website Zillow $87 million so far to figure out how to make money from the real estate industry. Barton, who has no experience in the real estate business, decided homes were just like cars and said he would create the Kelley […]

Heavy Traffic: Trulia Top Referrer to Major Real Estate Firms

 
According to its blog (citing traffic bean counter, Hitwise), Trulia  was one of the top 3 websites referring traffic to 12 major residential real estate broker firms nationwide last month (August 18- September 15, 2007) .  The others in the top 3– some guys named Google and Yahoo!
According to the post, the Trulians outpaced fellow […]

Skyscraper Spiderman Climbs Europe’s Tallest Building

Alain Robert
Most of us prefer the inside of skyscrapers. Not Alain Robert. Known as the French Spiderman, Alain is an elite solo urban climber. His latest conquest was Europe’s tallest building, the 242 meter West Tower of Moscow’s City Business Complex on September 4, 2007. He said after the climb: “The ascent […]

How to Network Offline: Meetup.com

We love Meetup.com. It is a great networking tool. Whatever your interest, social or business, there are many others out there who are interested in the same thing and willing to share. It is nationwide. Check it out.
Social networking online is fine but meetups are far better. Here’s why—online relationships require […]

What You Can List on Google Base with Expiration Dates

Google Base is not only for real estate listings, which they call Housing. You can list anything. Here are the most popular and interesting items:

How long is your listing active? Here are some expiration dates:

The following have NO EXPIRATION DATE. This is a good place for press releases, website news and blog […]

NAR Bashing or Some Hot Air Bloweth

[WARNING: Rant ahead. Strong language. Mature audiences only. Some partial nudity. Read at your own risk.]

Search for People in Video: Viewdle

Viewdle uses face recognition technology to visually index people on the internet. It goes “inside the clip” to find you. It intends to build the world’s largest “people-in-video” reference database.
Oh boy, another way to be found on the net. Smile

Giant news gatherer, Reuters, is using Viewdle in its Lab “Face […]