How to open a Supra Lockbox …with your iPhone 5

If you are an active real estate agent you know how important it is that you be able to access lockboxes when showing property to prospective buyers. In the dim distant past we had physical keys that we carried to open lockboxes.  Then we got little electronic boxes that communicated with the lockboxes.  Once you…

10 QR Code marketing tips for real estate agents

QR codes, which are the little black and white 2D bar codes you’ve probably seen popping up everywhere, can be quite beneficial to real estate agents. Instead of having to wait until they get in front of their computers to see what you have to offer, QR codes allow you to immediately direct consumers to…

10 Mobile website tips for real estate agents

Today, there is no question about it; every real estate agent not only needs a website, but they also need a mobile friendly website that is completely accessible by their mobile audience.  Traditional websites were built to perform on desktop computers; not small mobile devices with far less processing power and tiny screen sizes. How…

10 Pinterest Tips for Your Business

Social media is quickly becoming one of the most popular forms of marketing to ever hit the business world. Everywhere you look, you see something about Facebook or Twitter.  And now there’s a new social platform gaining a lot of attention from business marketers all over the world; Pinterest. Although Pinterest may be the new…

10 Online Reputation Management Tips for Your Business

Today, before someone chooses to do business with you, chances are they may take the time to ‘Google’ your name or business name. While this may seem like the smart thing to do as a consumer, it can be a nightmare for businesses.  If you happen to have an unhappy customer who wants the world…

SortMyBox ends Dropbox chaos!

I have been using Dropbox for a few years now.  I started out with the free version and once I got the hang of how versatile it was, I upgraded to the 50 GB paid version.  A few months back, Dropbox upgraded me to 100GB of storage at no additional charge.  Since I was approaching…

Have you made time for Timeline?

I was out to dinner last night with my wife and two other couples.  We talked about a variety of topics, laughed a lot and generally had a good time.  In due course of time, the topic of conversation changed to from music (they all are musicians or singers) to technology and the question of…

Rethinking the agent real estate web site

Last week I taught a class that I recently wrote called “The Facebook Money Machine…your next client is on Facebook” at a local Association of REALTORS®. We had about 20 agents and brokers show up and for the next 90 minutes they learned about my vision for using the social media giant to locate and…