Real Estate Technology Archive


Free Webinar: Goal Setting Next Steps to Achieve Your Goals

NAR PULSE—I've set my goals. Now what? Attend this REALTOR.com® Webinar on March 20th to ensure you are on the right track in reaching your target for 2013.


High Tech but Down to Earth

“Online video is the next big thing,” says Stacie Staub of LIVE Urban Real Estate. Read on to learn Staub’s tech tips, plus how she stays motivated and connected.


Monday Morning Mobile: Response to ‘Responsive Design’

I recently had the great pleasure of attending one of my favorite events of the year, the LeadingRE Annual Conference. This event always brings out the best and brightest


The Consumer Retention Conundrum

• Only 18 percent of brokerages received repeat business. • Six percent of agents with 3 to 5 years of experience received repeat business. You can argue that makes sense since consumers don’t move that often. • When you look at agents with 6 to 15 years of experience, that number is only 17 percent. • Only 38 percent of agents with over 16 years of experience receive repeat business. Most real estate agents—or their companies—don’t make the effort to maintain a solid relationship after the closing. Yet every closing is a huge opportunity for referrals and future repeat


MVP: There’s Still Time to Earn Free Webinar

You can still sign up for Daily Real Estate News from REALTOR® Magazine and earn a free Webinar titled "Tablets Compared: Find the Right Fit for your Real Estate Business Download," thanks to the MVP program.


Monday Morning Mobile: No Mobile, No Business

Last week, a conversation with colleagues became heated when someone challenged the well-known quote from Google’s executive chairman, “If you don’t have a mobile strategy, you don’t have a future


CirclePix Simplifies Social Networking and Multiplies SEO, Exposure for Real Estate Agents and Brokers

CirclePix.com, LLC, which specializes in comprehensive, automated marketing solutions for real estate professionals, announced today that it is offering a new and improved social networking feature to its Social Networking Suite for agents and brokerages. CirclePix helps real estate agents use all major social networking platforms, which increases ...


Is Google+ Better for Business than Facebook or Twitter?

In the world of social networks, innovation can quickly change the field of frontrunners -- remember LiveJournal? We just saw it again as Google+ overtook Twitter


Ask the Experts: Creating A Video That Connects with Consumers

In the following Q & A, Christian Sterner, Co-Founder of WellcomeMat, will address what real estate video marketers need to accomplish to stay successful and connect with their audience.


California Association of REALTORS® Launches Tool to Help Buyers Bridge Down Payment Gap

Regional spotlight--In an effort to provide California home buyers with up-to-date information about available home buyer assistance programs, the California Association of REALTORS® (C.A.R.)


How-To: Protect Your Company from SEO Robbery

According to Wikipedia, SEO is the process of improving the visibility of a website or a web page in a search engine’s “natural,” or un-paid, search results. In other words, free lead generation. If you can get your company to show up at the top of a search results page you’ll generate more leads. With over 88 percent of homebuyers searching online for their dream home, SEO is crucial. But are there really thieves stealing your traffic and hurting your search ranking? Yes there are, and they might even be your marketing partners. However, most of these so-called thieves don't even know what they are doing. Below are two ways


MVP: Earn Real Estate Business Webinar

NAR PULSE—Thanks to the MVP program, sign up for Daily Real Estate News from REALTOR® Magazine by February 28, and earn a free Webinar titled, "Tablets Compared: Find the Right Fit


Top Producer Systems Now Integrated with Dropbox and Google Drive

Top Producer Systems, a leading developer of media and technology solutions for real estate professionals owned and operated by Move, Inc., recently announced the expansion of its CRM product


Survey Status Gives Brokers Competitive Edge

Leading real estate firms from across the country are quickly completing RISMedia’s 25th Annual Power Broker Survey, securing their opportunity to be ranked among the nation’s Power Brokers. The survey deadline is February 27, 2013. If you have not completed the survey yet, please click here to do so. By participating in the Power Broker Survey, brokers are given the unique opportunity to document their success, especially important in today’s highly competitive, recovering real estate market. Firms who meet the criteria will appear in RISMedia’s preeminent ranking of real estate’s top firms, The Power Broker Report. This year’s Power Broker Report is sponsored by Move, Inc. and HSA Home Warranty.


Home Heating Warning Signs: Video Series Offers Helpful Tips for Homeowners

American Home Shield, a leading provider of home protection plans, is urging homeowners to protect their homes from potential heating system hazards this winter by learning important warning signs.