Last week I talked about being visible via blogging, Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter. And I alluded that there was a caveat to doing so and that it wasn’t what you might think. For years now I have been concerned about what I perceive is the lack of focus or direction that most real estate websites…
This week’s post is not about technology. or about the latest and cool web site, or even about how to do something. Instead I want to toss out a thought that I have then ask you some questions in return. This blog reaches over 600 readers via RSS feed, quite a few more subscribe via…
I often come across interesting things while noodling around on the internet. But, most of the time they don’t warrant a full write up here. So, I just collect them in a file until I collect enough to fill an article. That day has arrived, so here are three web based services that can help…
Recently a friend and I experienced similar computing “disasters. We both had iMacs that were approximately 3 years old and both of them experienced hard drive failures. Don’t draw any conclusions about the reliability of the iMacs as that isn’t the point of this article. A conclusion that is fair to draw is that hard…
Most of my time on computers is spent on my iMac or my MacBook Pro and I am thrilled that I made the switch to Mac a few years back. But, there are occasions when I have to use my Windows 7 desktop machine at my office. I also have Windows XP Service Pack 3…
Regular readers will know that I am completely enamored of my iPhone 4. I have yet to have it let me down when I need it to do something for me. Even on AT&T’s reviled network it still performs well. (When AT&T is absent I just fire up my Sprint MiFi and connect via wifi).…
It’s that time of the year! Thanksgiving is only 10 days away and that means that Black Friday and Cyber Monday are 11 and 14 days away as well. I shouldn’t have to tell you what they are, but if you need a refresher, here are links to Wikipedia articles that will fill you in…
On September 5th, I wrote about Nutshell Mail which aggregates everything social into an email. Today I want to briefly tell you about Social Mention which does a similar thing, but goes further to help you understand your reach and the sentiment that you evoke among your social graph. I’ve included a screen shot of…
On Friday, November 5th, the National Association of REALTORS® will kick off it’s annual love fest. This year it is in New Orleans. Billed as NARdiGras 2010, the event will feature 4 days of speeches, lectures, classes and exhibits all designed to educate REALTORS®, fete REALTORS® and separate REALTORS® from their money in the Exhibit…
Recently I saw the topic of QR Codes and Microsoft Tags come up in a group that I follow. A few of the members were using one or the other and others had questions. So, I thought it would be a good topic for this week’s post on RealtyTechBytes. What is a QR…
