AUSTIN, TX July 30, 2008 – Technology continues to evolve by leaps and bounds, and the role it plays in the real estate industry is a vital one. The Keller William’s Northwest Market Center (NWMC) in Austin, Texas recognizes that value-add, and has recently taken initiative to enhance their agents’ education in the field [...]
Archive for July, 2008
Press Release: Goomzee Showcases Product at Keller Williams Geek Affair
Published by July 31st, 2008 in Press Release. Comments3D Image Search with Pic Lens Firefox Add On: Cool Eye Candy
Published by July 31st, 2008 in Cool Tools. CommentsPicLens is a Firefox add-on that lets you browse images in a whole new way. It’s faster image surfing. And it’s kinda cool. Use it to spice up your slideshows. Works with Windows, Mac, Safari, IE. You’ll love this.
Instead of scrolling images and clicking to the next page, you simply roll through images iPhone-like [...]
UK Study Says Home Improvements Now a Waste of Money
Published by July 31st, 2008 in Home Improvement. CommentsFrankly, I found this UK study shocking and don’t know whether to believe its truth. According to recent research by Abbey Bank, real estate agents in not-so-merry-ol-England are now advising clients NOT to do the ever popular kitchen and bath home improvements during the down market. The reason given is most of the money spent [...]
Yesterday, I saw a spike in traffic from this post: 10 Marketing Tips You Can Learn From a Prostitute. While always a popular post, it somehow got linked on a sex site forum, somewhere in Scandinavia. That’s the risk you run when you dabble in the real estate porn trade.
From the Real Estate [...]
Register your business and get it mapped on Google Maps Local Business Center. Click here to get started. It’s quick and easy.
Once you complete your business profile, go a step further and create a printable coupon (you can even add an image).
Here’s one I created for blog consulting services:
Google will give you visitor stats for [...]
Don’t Let Your Brand Be Hijacked By Misspellers
Published by July 30th, 2008 in Marketing tips. CommentsOnline Marketing 101: Protecting Your Domain and Trade Name
Buy the domain names for likely misspellings of your trade name to keep others from grabbing them and your traffic. Besides confusing consumers, it may also affect your brand. Case in point:
Zillo.com (above) is not Zillow.com but it sure sounds like it. As a result, consumers [...]
Market Your Expertise on Knol, Google’s Wikipedia
Published by July 29th, 2008 in Marketing tips. CommentsGoogle launched Knol as an alternative to the popular Wikipedia. But unlike wikipedia, Knol does not allow anonymous posting and modification of entries by others. Authors get full credit for their individual work. And your writing gets indexed on Google and the other search engines. And there may be money in it if authors let [...]
