In a world population of approximately 7 billion, more than 6 billion people have mobile phones. That’s more than the number of people who have computers, televisions and radios. On top of that, mobile web usage has increased tremendously in recent years; in fact, more than half of internet searches are performed on mobile…
DetailsIn the minds of some people, “Social Media” is just one of the new buzzwords in today’s global marketplace. However, it’s so much more than that – especially for real estate professionals. Social media marketing has become one of the most popular methods used by agents today to generate more leads, customers, and revenue. Social…
DetailsOne of the big drawbacks to today’s mobile technology is the difficulty in storing documents locally on your phone or tablets. True, you can use iCloud, DropBox and many other cloud based storage systems to keep your documents available, but if you lose your internet connection you also lose your ability to access your documents.…
DetailsDid you know that ½ of all Internet searches for LOCAL products and services are performed from mobile devices? Imagine your potential customers whipping out their cell phones to look for real estate while “on the go”… Yes! They found YOUR website, but once they get to your website, they can’t find your phone number……
DetailsAs this is being written we are only a few weeks away from the mid point of the year. This should not be startling news unless you are one of the many real estate agents who have not hit their income goals for the year so far. If that is you, and your income for…
DetailsWe are having a power outage for the second day in a row. It seems like PG&E cannot get it’s act together in fixing this one. A little while back they tore up some roads nearby and and told us that after they were done we would have fewer and less severe outages. Right! Last…
DetailsIf you are a REALTOR® then you are entitled to make use of the many member benefits of membership. Some of these benefits come from your local Association, some from the Sate Association and some from the National association itself. One NAR benefit that I recently leaned about is http://www.repurposedapps.com a website that features apps…
DetailsI am often asked “what ______ should I buy?” (Fill in the blank!) While I appreciate the vote of confidence that the person asking the question has in my opinions, it does put me on the spot. Many times I haven’t been keeping up with the gear i’m being asked about and because of that…
DetailsI ran across a cool iPad app the other day and the more I work with it the more I like it. This could be the perfect app to tell your clients about because it will let them visualize, on an iPad, what their living space could look like, or even better, I think it…
DetailsIf you are one of the many California REALTORS® who use zipForms 6 Professional to create contracts, then you are probably at the end of your rope when it comes to the nearly incessant Java updates of the past few months. If you are a Mac user you have discovered that Apple shuts off the…
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