Category: Real Estate Agent Tips

  • Statistics on REALTORS® and Technology

    Some more interesting statistics again found on www.realtor.org this time about REALTORS themselves. The typical REALTOR® spent up to $1,200 on technology for real estate purposes in 2008. The top three tools that respondents plan on purchasing or replacing in the next year are: smartphone with email/Internet connection (42%); notebook/laptop (34%), and digital camera (26%). […]

  • Real Estate Marketing Ideas

    I read a great article today aimed at REALTOR’s exposing them to the idea of creating web content as a tool to help themselves. If you look around www.martawalsh.com you will see exactly that. The full article is here. I try to create content about North Scottsdale, it’s people, it’s restaurants, what to do here […]

  • Standing out as a REALTOR

    One of my all time favorite commentators on marketing is Seth Godin. The first book of his I read was Unleashing the Ideavirus and I’ve read quite a few more since. I’ve been meaning to pick up his latest Linchpins for the iPad, I just need to find some time to read. Below is a […]

  • Controlling your brand for REALTORS

    I was reading an exceptional article today by Roger Sametz discussing the new rules of brand management. Quite a few interesting takeaways if you are interested in branding. Of course as a real estate agent your name is your brand and its importance should not be understated. On becoming a real estate agent I was […]

  • Top 5 mistakes Real Estate Blogs Make

    I was reading The Top 15 Mistakes Bloggers Make by Amitabh Shukla and I decided to make my own version of the list but in reference to Real Estate and Realtor blogs. Here’s the list. 1. Not updating enough. There is nothing worse than seeing a link to a blog and want to find out about […]

  • Social Media and REALTORS

    Today while I was checking out Sotheby’s Realty monthly online magazine Reside I came across a very interesting article. It talks about how social media is becoming a tool for REALTOR’s to use in aquiring clients. The article is written by Derek Duncan with contributions from Roger Ewing another member of the Sotheby’s Realty family. One […]