Back in 2000, the online real estate category flamed out with the rest of the “dot-com” universe. It was five cold years before innovation flowered once more. That will never happen again. Yes, there are plenty of failed Web 2.0 companies, thousands of silly apps. Many more are on the way. But there is no [...]
Archive for June, 2009
Layar launches, RETS feed mashed up with my cerebral cortex
Well almost… Layar, an “Augmented reality browser,” was presented this past weekend at the Mobile 2.0 Europe conference in Spain. The application allows users to view an enhanced version of reality through the lens of their mobile phone’s camera. It is currently available in the Netherlands, on Android phones. Layers, or “Layars” of information integrated with [...]
Must Reads
Hunch: The intelligence of a million clicks
Hunch, a website that claims it “Helps you make decisions and gets smarter the more you use it” emerged from private beta this week.
Get a jolt of 1000Watt
Receive new blog posts the instant we hit publish.
Selling sanctuary, sparkle and a path to better branding
Something caught my attention the other night while watching a rerun of Scrubs. Here’s the set up. J.D. watches the Janitor pack up a duffel bag of cleaning supplies. J.D.’s narration: Sometimes when you’re down, you end up taking it out on the wrong person. J.D.: Going on vacation? Janitor: I get it — ’cause [...]
Real estate technology is headed straight to the small screen
The announcement of the iPhone 3G S this week adds confidence to my belief that real estate websites as we know them are a legacy platform. The handheld device will be the locus of real estate technology innovation in the coming years. The inherent “limitations” of the small screen are in fact liberating for the [...]
Rebirth of a brokerage
It’s not often I find myself speechless when approaching the podium after an introduction. Actually it’s quite rare. But rare too were the words of Mike Hickman, President and General Manager of Seven Gables Real Estate who spoke before me setting the stage for the rebrith of his brokerage. I hope they inspire you as [...]
Breaking through the haze of social media confusion
Since I don’t live in the Bay Area – where I hear posting Yelp reviews like this is prevalent – I snapped this photo prior to entering Damon and Pythias in Calabasas on my way home from a full week of meetings with brokers. It got me thinking. Breaking through the haze of social media [...]
Now this is news: A local association jumps on the market data opportunity
10k Research officially launched today. The company is a for-profit entity set up by the Minneapolis Area Association of Realtors that slices, dices and visualizes MLS data into local market metrics suitable for consumer consumption. Their service is available to brokers, MLSs and associations across the country. I wrote about their hometown market effort a [...]
A tale of two cities
Spring 1972. We all waited with great anticipation for Dad to come home. On this day, it would not be by cab or subway. When pop turned the corner, he didn’t just come home. He arrived. And gracefully moored his shiny new El Dorado into the parking spot before us. Personally, I favored Mustangs. But [...]
Email Exclusive
Free Downloads
Our latest presentations and publications
Read us on Kindle
-
Recent Posts
Comments
- Cyndee Haydon: Wish it didn’t hit home so much! It makes me disgusted everyday when I try to book appointments...
- Chris Smith: I am just wondering where to pick up the application for the work from home sperm donor
Freaking... - Jeffrey Douglass: I agree with Kevin on the Re-max thing, but that is just more big box spin than walking the talk....
- Kevin Tomlinson: The commercial would be more compelling if Re/Max wasn’t associated w/the most part time...
- Annie: Agree with all comments about the same old pictures of houses in shop windows. At least in the USA you can get...
1000watt Video
Get your video produced by 1000watt »
20 Tools to Bring your Real Estate Business to the Cloud
A mist of difference
From Carchemish to Ur
Tags: Advertising, Agents, Commentary, Ideas | Filed in: Marketing 19 Comments
I wrote about this home a few weeks ago in a post titled Susquehana Real Estate Company. Between then and now, I have been gone from home and focused on other things.