QR KICK!

April 5, 2012

The first thing I noticed when I went into the bathroom stall was the white card with a QR code on it, sitting on top of the toilet paper dispenser.  I picked it up.  ’Search for HOMES on the MLS, just like an agent,’ it said.  Of course I pulled out my Android phone, opened [...]

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Google Places Update

March 29, 2012

I am so pleased.  I’ve been checking Help-U-Sell office listings in Google Places and many are now claimed, edited and verified.  Thank you all. Now:  do you want to see one that’s really done right?  Check out Tiffany and Sonny Bulaj’s listing for Help-U-Sell Hometown in York, PA.  Notice the photos!  The $1,000 offer!  The [...]

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Claiming Your Business on Google Places

March 28, 2012

A couple of years ago we talked with our team about claiming their businesses and editing the information on Google Places.  Earlier this week I decided to check up and see who had actually done this.  I’m sorry to report that I looked at almost 20 brokers’ pages before I found one that had been [...]

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Get Ready to Rule the World!

March 22, 2012

That was Tears for Fears, wasn’t it?  Everybody wants to rule the world . . .  So, the real estate world is waking up right now.  We’re having a bit of a spring thaw and the buyer-bears are stretching and yawning from five years of hibernation.  It’s the kind of climate where you really can [...]

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Building and Managing Your Online Presence

March 19, 2012

Nick Taylor from Zillow spoke to the Help-U-Sell team at our Success Summit last November.  He brought a wealth of good information, not only about Zillow but also about online marketing in general.  In the four months since I’ve heard from several brokers who have increased their lead generation success using what they learned.  Nick [...]

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Please Do The Analysis!

March 14, 2012

On today’s Power Hour Web Conference, I asked all Help-U-Sell brokers to do a little analysis.  I asked them to see just how accurate the big real estate aggregation sites (Trulia, Zillow, et al) are in their local marketplaces.  I asked that they search for homes for sale in a reasonable, manageable price range in their own [...]

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The Flaw In Zillow’s Strength: Your Competitive Advantage

March 13, 2012

Yesterday, Kendra Gemma sent me a link to an article in the San Diego Union Tribune about the real estate syndication flap.  That, in itself, is pretty amazing:  Kendra, who is in Sarasota, is sending me a link to an article in my hometown newspaper!  (Here is a link to the article) The piece was [...]

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Impressive Stats!

March 8, 2012

Great information here about the universe of real estate Internet marketing! Click It To See The Full Piece (there’s lots more here)! Via: Fixr  

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