How to effectively use Social Media for Lead Generation

So much has been written about the benefit of using social media in general, and Facebook in particular, to generate leads that you may be weary of yet another such post.  But, stick with me because I think you’ll find some real value in this one. Almost everyone agrees that there is opportunity in Facebook. …

Jerry Kidd

Are you safe while showing property?

If you have been reading this blog for any length of time, you probably realize that I love to find to new products and services that are beneficial to real estate agents. Hopefully that is obvious to you. One of the services that I saw at the recent Inman conference in San Francisco is SecureShow.…

Jerry Kidd

How to use Pinterest in real estate

Do you like to take pictures and wonder if there is a free and easy way that you could use those pictures to help your business? If so, have you looked at Pinterest yet? Pinterest is a social, photo and video sharing site, that has become one of the fastest growing social sites…ever. (According to…

Jerry Kidd

Protect yourself on Facebook with these free apps

The world’s most popular social networking can be a great place to stay up with your friends, meet new friends and even find new clients for your business. But, that same popularity also means that it is an attractive and fertile hunting ground for scammers, spammers and other people who want to take advantage of…

Jerry Kidd

Put an end to password madness!

It’s time to revisit one of the biggest problems faced by all of us.  I’ve written about it before and even reviewed a couple of products that purport to solve the problem. But, either my words fall on deaf ears (or aren’t even heard in the first place) because it keeps rearing it’s ugly head.…

In Memory of my Father

RealtyTechBytes has been published weekly on Sundays for the past seven+ years without exception. Until now. Today, I will be burying Venious Franklin Kidd in Pine Knot, Kentucky. Next week I’ll resume my normal schedule.  

Jerry Kidd

Keep calm and reboot!

On three different occasions this week I was contacted by people who were in a near panic because their technology was mis-behaving. In each case I determined that a simple fix would solve their problem and get them back to work. What was the simple fix you ask? It’s called rebooting!  This technique needs to…

Jerry Kidd

Want a viral business card?

With all the online choices that consumers have today it’s difficult to get them to pay attention to our web offerings. So, having a tool that doubles as an online business card, brochure, social sharing device and much more seems like a good idea. Especially when such a tool is free! Please check out http://www.SavvyCard.com…

Jerry Kidd

Want to know how to email multiple photos from your iPhone?

Long time readers know that I am a big believer in Apple products, and have pretty well equipped my immediate family (and myself) with iPads, iPhones, iMacs and even a MacBook Pro.  There are lots of advantages to having my computing platform on the Apple “standard” and only a few “disadvantages”. I have quotes around…

Jerry Kidd

Do you know about Mobile Collaborative Search?

You know that mobile is the current must have technology right?  If you don’t, you might want to read some of the posts that I have written about it in the past, and get yourself up to speed. (Click here to see a list of articles about mobile marketing for real estate agents) What I…