by bkingbobsmith@vendasta.com | May 6, 2006 | news, Real Estate Industry, real estate Marketing, Real Estate Marketplace, search, Uncategorized
Steve Murray closed out the first morning with research and observations from talking to many brokers. He had some very insightful comments and some obvious comments. In the obvious column is the observation that the Internet has taken away the ability for Realtors to...
by bkingbobsmith@vendasta.com | May 5, 2006 | Photos, Real Estate Industry, real estate Marketing, search, Syndication, Uncategorized
News from the front! I am attending the Real Trends “Gathering of Eagles” and am going to attempt to provide updates and tidbits, here goes: A little birdie told me that the Inman news article titled “Prudential opens real estate Web metrics to...
by bkingbobsmith@vendasta.com | May 1, 2006 | Lead Capture, Real Estate Industry, SMS, Uncategorized
So here are some facts for you. 65% of consumers expect a response to an online request within 4 hours and 65% don’t even get a response within 12 hours and fully 45% never receive a response. This from a Homestore secret shopper survey of a very substantial amount...
by bkingbobsmith@vendasta.com | Apr 20, 2006 | news, Real Estate Industry, Real Estate Marketplace, search, Syndication, Uncategorized
The idea of a “National MLS” has been floated around for years. Lately, with the arrival of Google Base and consolidation of some large MLS’s the talk of a National MLS is heating up again. Hmmn, it makes one wonder what would/should a National MLS look like? ...
by bkingbobsmith@vendasta.com | Apr 17, 2006 | news, Real Estate Industry, real estate mapping, real estate Marketing, Real Estate Marketplace, Syndication, Uncategorized
Many people are impressed by the map searches at sites like www.redfin.com , www.trulia.com , www.homepages.com, www.zillow.com, www.realestateabc.com, . I do agree that these sites are fascinating and are generally a great tool for consumers. That said I have always...
by bkingbobsmith@vendasta.com | Apr 6, 2006 | Real Estate Industry, real estate Marketing, Uncategorized
Sometime next week we will hit 78,000 signups for the Point2Agent product. This after just slightly longer then 3 years after the product release in January of 2003. Of course I am proud of that number but what the heck does it really mean? It is actually the...
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