Archive for the 'Sellsius Real Estate Blog' Category

REALOGY Jumps into the Real Estate Aggregator Pool

Realogy Corp. (which owns Coldwell Banker, Century 21, Sotheby’s International and ERA) announced it will be syndicating its listings on the internet, sending them to real estate aggregator sites Google, Cyberhomes, AOL, Homescape, HGTV’s Frontdoor, Zillow, and Trulia.  Other big real estate listing players, like Prudential, are sure to follow this marketing approach.
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Hypocrisy Hound Gets His Hand Caught in the Comment Jar

The true hypocrite is the one who ceases to perceive his deception, the one who lies with sincerity. - Andre Gide, French author (1869-1951)

I have said elsewhere that Greg Swann’s comment policy is more about manipulating the conversation, than preventing insult and name calling. Well, Ardell put it to the test. […]

Real Estate Valentine’s Day Cards

Real Estate eCards offers greeting cards for real estate business marketing.  There are listing cards, rental cards and holiday cards.    “Build your own” cards cost $39 each (unlimited cards: $199 a year).  Custom cards cost $300.
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Yahoo Looking for AOL White Knight to Save it from Microsoft?

Stating that Microsoft’s $44.6 billion dollar bid “massively”undervalued the company, Yahoo rejected the offer and talk is of rekindling merger talks with AOL.  Yahoo’s complaints center around the belief its online advertising will bulge to $75 billion by 2010 (from $45 billion in 2007) and that Microsoft is taking advantage of its lowest stock price […]

Should You Register Your Cell Phone Number with The Do Not Call List?

You may have received the email below.  Although cell phone numbers are not being released to telemarketers, this urban legend continues.  Nonetheless, you can register it anyway.  It’s easy to do.
Just call 888-382-1222 from the number you want to register. Or do it on the website donotcall.gov.

Radio Ad Reaches Out to Local Home Buyers

 
This post on using offline marketing media to draw consumers to your online business prompted Alfie at CityBurb.com to comment on their local radio ad .  Alfie says he gets the most traffic to their online real estate brokerage based in Boise, Idaho, when the radio ad runs .  By Edison, this stuff may work!
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How to Build an Online Real Estate Brand: Market It Offline

According to Jupiter Research, the best way to get a person to visit your website is to market to them in offline media.
Mock Billboard Ad for Redfin (Glenn Kelman, send check to Sellsius)
Real estate listings will soon be so widely distributed across the internet to various portals, search engines and franchise websites, that consumers […]

New York Giants Put Super Crimp in Patriots Season: Win 17-14 in Super Bowl XLII

David Tyree’s Super catch (AP Photo)
Move over 1969 Amazin’ Mets, slide over “It gets through Buckner*” 1986 Mets, make room Joe “Willy” and your ‘69 Super Jets, another New York sports team has done the seemingly impossible.
The “18-1″ New York Giants earned their seat in sports history by defeating the 18-0 New England Patriots […]

Get Advertising At Steep Discounts Using Remnant Ads

 
As our readers know, we are big believers in building brand awareness through offline methods.  Consumer eyes are on the street too— perhaps more than on a computer screen.
Traditional offline advertising venues such as newspapers, magazines, radio and television are still valuable brand building vehicles to carry your message to the masses.  The problem has […]

What’s It All About?

I was inspired (again) by a recent blog post by Frances Flynn Thorsen.   The post is entitled 100 Gifts of Presence.  Frances says it was inspired by this post by Joeann Fossland.  While the holiday season is often a time for reflection and inspiration, any time is a good time for putting inspiration to […]