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Social Media Field Guide Review

Swanepoel Social Media Report 2010 Earlier this week, I picked up the Swanepoel Social Media Report 2010, written by Stefan Swanepoel and Mel Aclaro while I was at the National Association of REALTORS® meeting in San Diego. As I've written so...

Published Fri, Nov 20 2009 2:22 PM by Bru5W

Filed under: social media, Aclaro, Swanepoel

Homebuyer Tax Credit Extended

November 5, 2009--It may be an early Holiday for some. Last night, the Senate unanimously passed a bill aiding the unemployed as well as to struggling businesses and prospective homebuyers. Most of the attention for this bill will center on the extension...

Published Thu, Nov 5 2009 10:51 AM by Bru5W

Filed under: Tax Credit, Senate, Homebuyer

Town Square Guidelines

Town Square is a real estate community of real estate professionals and consumers with an active interest in all things real estate. Made up of blogs, wikis, forums, groups and other social tools, Town Square is continuing to grow and evolve with the...

Published Fri, Oct 16 2009 11:12 AM by Bru5W

Filed under: Town Square, REALTOR, guidelines, blogs, community

It's Like Pulling Teeth

I have a startling admission to make...I don't like going to the dentist. I've never liked it. Not since they strapped your head in place and giant rotating cameras took pictures of your head. Not since you had to chew the tablets that tasted...

Published Fri, Oct 9 2009 3:35 PM by Bru5W

Filed under: real estate, REALTORS, real estate experience, dentist, hygienist, agent

Back to Basics, Part 2--Your Product

I talked about the Four P's of marketing in my previous post (product, price, placement and promotion) and in this post, I'd like to spend a little time talking about YOUR product. What are you selling? If you answered "real estate,"...

Published Fri, Sep 18 2009 9:03 AM by Bru5W

Filed under: real estate, expert, Jeffrey Gitomer, service marketing, Product, Conversation Agent

Pre-Labor Day Thoughts

September? Really? The summer went by all too fast. Kids are back in school and soon that big day will be upon us that we're not prepared for. That's right, Monday, November 30. What? You don't remember? That's the day the Tax Credit for...

Published Fri, Sep 4 2009 10:38 AM by Bru5W

Filed under: real estate, Facebook, RealTweet, Town Square

Back to Basics, Part 1

I recently read a blog from 1000Watt Consulting. Many of you may read them, so this may not be surprising to you. But the subject of the blog was shocking to me and I couldn't help but wince through the video . But while the author laments about how...

Published Thu, Aug 27 2009 9:19 AM by Bru5W

Filed under: real estate, marketing, Inman, 1000 Watt, Guerilla Marketing, Marketing Mix

Twitter for Us Real Estate Types

I've gotten a few requests for more Twitter information since the Inman Conference. Twitter has exploded and so has third party development for add-ons, tools, widgets and more. I've tried to compile an ongoing list, but Nicole Nicolay (@nik_nik...

Published Fri, Aug 21 2009 11:40 AM by Bru5W

Filed under: Twitter, Dustin Luther, Tools, Widgets, Tips, Nicole Nicolay

Social Acceptance

It's been an interesting week for the Bruce Almighty blog! I've tried something that was quite challenging for me: blogging every day. I've tried to report on the Inman Conference, offer some opinion. Today I offer some tips and tools that...

Published Fri, Aug 14 2009 3:50 PM by Bru5W

Filed under: opinion, real estate, social media, Inman, Bruce

The Brokerage of the Future

During the Inman conference last week in San Francisco, there was a session about the Real Estate Office of the Future. I was really intrigued by the session title and decided to give a listen. And I'll be very honest, I was surprised by what I heard...

Published Thu, Aug 13 2009 6:10 PM by Bru5W

Filed under: real estate, realestate.com, Inman, future, brokerage, Sherry Chris

Big B, Little B, What Begins With B?

My apologies to Dr. Seuss. I thought about going with something more provocative, like "Does Size Matter?" but decided you read Bruce Almighty for the content and not the headlines, right? Ahem, RIGHT ? During one of the breakouts during the...

Published Wed, Aug 12 2009 1:37 PM by Bru5W

Filed under: social media, marketing, realestate.com, Inman, Redfin, blogging, Kris Berg, Rob Hahn

Can you judge a book by its cover?

What about an agent? One of the areas of conversation last week at the Inman Connect Conference that I found most interesting was the discussion of agent ratings. We know HomeGain has been doing it for a while, but hasn't gotten a lot of discussion...

Published Tue, Aug 11 2009 11:34 AM by Bru5W

Filed under: Inman, brand, Brian Boero, 1000 Watt, reviews, Redfin, agent ratings, Houston Association of REALTORS

Thoughts From Inman

The Inman Connect Conference officially ended Friday, at Noon. But frankly my head has been filled with thoughts and commentaries about the conference. About strategies and techniques we can be using with our own constituencies. Everyone wants to know...

Published Mon, Aug 10 2009 11:29 AM by Bru5W

Filed under: real estate, Facebook, social media, Dustin Cooper, Gahlord Dewad, Inman

Housewatch and Twitter

Ready for more Twitter stuff? Well, how about a tool developed in house that will allow you or your clients to instantly deliver statistics and information to home buyers and sellers? Our own Dennis Kuntz has developed a tool we are simply calling our...

Published Fri, Jul 31 2009 7:09 PM by Bru5W

Filed under: Twitter, housewatch

Farming with Twitter

I was spending some time over on ActiveRain, looking at the site set-up and organization and ran across some blogs that talked about "marketing" in really, very general terms. And talked about what you should do but without any real substance...

Published Thu, Jul 23 2009 2:26 PM by Bru5W

Filed under: real estate, Twitter, farming, Xpressdocs

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