Archive for August, 2008

Do You Miss The Olympics?

I do. So does this guy, who apparently can’t get it out of his system.

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Coldwell Banker’s House Astrology Quiz: A Marketing Lesson

Real estate giant Coldwell Banker has a fun little quiz that asks visitors to answer 7 questions to discover their “house sign.”  It was built as a Facebook application to be shared with your friends.  Turns out I’m an Urbanist.  OK, if you say so.
From a marketing perspective, I found the quiz interesting because:

it’s short, […]

Blog Lite: Bimbl

Bimbl is a new blogging platform you can set up in 6.2 seconds (I did it in 5.7, setting a new bimbl record).
Bimbl is blogging shaved to the bone. There are only 2 themes. You can post text, a link, a video, a photo, a quote– that’s it. Oh, you can post entries to […]

Bare Butt Marketing

Believing that less is more, Lush, a British company that makes handmade soap uses little packaging on its products. The company decided to hit the streets the same way to promote their wares (yes, the soap). Copyranter called it Girlrilla Assvertising.
This unveiling event was in Berlin but Lush has bared its butt in […]

Go Mobile With Your Website or Blog at Mofuse

Sellsius has gone mobile. You can too. Visit Mofuse and mobilize your blog or website. It’s easy.
Customize your mobile site (colors, logo) and get visitor stats too. Add a mobile badge to your blog.

Visit http://sellsius.mofuse.mobi
Here’s a screenshot:

Hey, got a QR code too:

h/t AgentGenius (Lani Anglin-Rosales)

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Twitter Voices: ToAnswer is Twitter Question and Answer

ToAnswer is a Twitter mashup that lets folks ask and answer each other’s tweety questions. It’s Yahoo!Answers meets Twitter.
Question and Answer sites are good places to market your expertise in online spaces which are not crowded with others in your profession.
If you are a real estate professional, you might find it nice […]

Dome Home of Styrofoam

From coffee cup to house…. that’s progress for styrofoam.  A company in Japan has designed styrofoam dome houses to meet the country’s stringent building codes.
Called the “habitat for the 21st century,” the Dome House is constructed of 100% expanded polystyrene foam (styrofoam) that resists earthquakes and hurricanes.  It does not rot or rust and is […]

Ground Level Tree House

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Press Release: Home Buyers, Sellers Benefit Via New RealComp Partnership with Point2 Technologies

 
Farmington Hills, Mich. and Saskatoon, SK – August 25, 2008 – Realcomp, Michigan’s largest Multiple Listing Service, and Point2 Technologies Inc. (‘Point2’), the largest independent provider of real estate website and listing syndication solutions today announced a partnership that will extend to Realcomp members the very latest, most comprehensive online marketing tools designed to […]

Guess the Gadget

From the 1920’s.  It actually had two functions.

Answer and more old gadgets in this BBC inventions quiz.
h/t Coilhouse.

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