Posts Tagged ‘Ideas’

Real estate freestyle – what if?

Watch this video. As you do … Replace the branded beverages with branded brokerages. Replace the content of each beverage with listings, data, content. Replace the typical fountain dispenser that offers limited selection and significant backroom dependency with IDX rules. Replace freestyle integration of complex flavor cartridges w/micro-dosing technology with a freestyle integration of apps, [...]


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 [...]


From Carchemish to Ur

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.


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Nicole sat across the dinner table from us Friday night. She was not her usual positive self. Something happened. I decided to pry. Replaced A former actress, Nicole followed her true calling behind the camera. She did film. Music videos….


Flikr, Skittles, Oodle and other cool developments

Photo sharing site Flikr now allows free users to upload video. As I noted in my “Seeing online real estate” post a couple weeks ago, Flikr is one of many services that will drive a much more visual online real…


“Seeing” the future of online real estate

A couple weeks ago, Frontdoor.com released its City Guides product [Disclosure: Frontdoor.com is a 1000watt Consulting client]. This is worth noting for several reasons. The user experience is first rate; the balance between content and design, data and vibe is…


A couple of things, a few ideas and well wishes

As 2008 winds down, the news continues to distill fear, confusion, and sepulchral predictions for 2009. No doubt, there will be challenges in the coming year. But so what? When aren’t there challenges? Since I’ve been working inside this industry…


On the brighter side: 2 things that suggest a path for online real estate innovation in ’09

My post on online real estate innovation yesterday was pretty bleak. That’s still my sentiment, but here’s a counterbalance: I think the single biggest opportunity in online real estate in 2009 lies in improving our grasp on the real estate…


It won’t cost a dime and will blow your clients’ minds

Your clients must be freaking out about their property values. I know I am. So what are you, the real estate professional, doing about it? I can tell you what the agent who sold me my residence is doing about…