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…
A few weeks ago I attended a real estate BarCamp in Redwood City. Don’t ask me why it’s called that. Instead, go to http://rebarcamp.com/ and learn more about what BarCamps are all about. While I was in a session that was talking about marketing yourself online, the presenter was talking about how his team uses…
Unless you have managed to avoid turning on your computer, television and radio for the past several years, you already know that social networking is probably the biggest thing to hit the web since AOL popularized the online experience in 1996. Some of the most talked about social sites are Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube and Twitter. …
About a month ago I received an email here at RealtyTechBytes.com from a reader asking me to review a product that he has invented and is currently selling. I wrote back and explained that I don’t do product reviews per se, unless I actually own and use the product. He wrote back and offered me…
As I travel around teaching real estate professionals how to use the new social tools to grow their businesses, I continue to get questions about Facebook. More specifically, I get the question “Should I be friends with other real estate agents?” (Substitute whatever industry your competitor is in). The concern seems to be that the…
Last week I talked about your need to have a prospecting plan that brings you the customers that you want to work with, instead of always having to work with whoever shows up! Wouldn’t it be nice if we always had a steady stream of prospective clients moving towards us as we move towards them?…
I have long held the belief that in order for me to be happy in my business life, that I really need to work with people that I like and to avoid those people who seem to make it their mission in life to grind down my soul. I discovered that working for other people…
I got an interesting email from Realtor.com the other day. Nothing unusual about getting an email from them, there always seems to be one from them trying to get me to come to a seminar or buy one of their products. Most times I simply delete them without opening it, but this time the subject…
As I write this post it is Easter, so Happy Easter to those of you, like me, that celebrate it. Since this is a day that I reserve for family, this will be a very short post. A few weeks ago (https://realtytechbytes.com/idxworth-itor-not/) I asked for your help by filling out a short survey…out of over…
Are you looking for a way to reach new clients that won’t cost you an arm and a leg and is also effective? If so, I may have the answer for you. By now you have either become a member of Facebook, or are considering it. After all, there is so much buzz about it…
