Today we’re going to answer one of the age old questions of marketing. What differentiates your business from a similar business right around the corner? The answer my friends, according to Moz, is good service design. Good service design is a series of choreographed tangible and intangible brand experiences that lead users to differentiate and choose between products and services, according to this post. One Major Principle of Service Design…
Who doesn’t like getting a new technology toy? You may think your trusty smartphone is all you need, but in order to be more efficient in 2014, you’re going to need to expand your connected empire, according to this article from Inman. Your smartphone is a good place to start, but today’s it’s become a necessity. I know I couldn’t live without my smart phone. It’s my alarm clock, calendar,…
The New Year is the perfect time for fresh starts, new beginnings and a brand recognition update. We’re talking about revamping a long forgotten, dormant home page. After all, a home page is a potential client’s first impression of the brand or person they could be working with later on down the road. Realtors, a successful website and home page can do wonders for your business. Help! How Do I…
In an article from Inman News, a real estate brokerage based in New York called Bond New York has announced that it will accept the popular internet currency bitcoins as a form of payment. The brokerage says it thinks it’s the first brokerage to accept the digital currency and cited a number of reasons why: reduced or nonexistent processing fees, security reinforced by what they called “military-grade cryptography, fast international…
These days’ new apps are popping up right and left. I just recently deleted a bunch of apps off my iPhone and there were a ton I didn’t even remember downloading. If you’re going to download an app, better make it worthwhile so you can be as efficient as possible. Enter Tipbit The app surfaces social networks, documents and calendars related to the topic or person who is the subject…
2014 is just around the corner and it’s getting to be almost impossible to avoid the hype of social media for one more year. Social media can help almost any business, person or brand market itself—especially real estate. How Social Media Can Take Real Estate to the Next Level Brand exposure Referrals Connecting With Other Professionals Before we dive into the nitty gritty, we should probably tell you what social…
One of the most challenging functions of the SEO world is link building. Thankfully, there’s Pinterest, the breakout network of 2012 according to CNN. And according to Mashable, Pinterest drove 3.68 percent of traffic to publishers last September, the second highest of the social networks on the list and three times as much as Twitter, which ranked third. In fact, Pinterest’s share of overall visits increased by 66 percent year-over-year,…
A video-centric site doubling as an agent directory and listing portal is the new real estate tool on the block. RealBiz Media Group has announced its national launch of Nestbuilder.com, according to Inman. “Nestbuilder.com’s mission is to both empower the real estate agent and to connect the homeowner/homebuyer directly with the agent in a personalized and meaningful relationship without interference from large, impersonal, third-party lead generation sites,” said Steve Marques,…
Have you ever heard anyone say that green is the new black? Going green is a trend that has been sweeping the nation for quite some time now and it has no intention of stopping. And real estate is slowly, but surely hopping on board. Recently more homebuyers have been seeking out “green homes”. And according to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Small Business Nation, going green means taking steps…
Many CEO’s want to manage their business’ social media presence, but they don’t know where to begin. How do you carve out a block of time when just thinking about carving out a chunk of time dedicated to social media each day just seems stressful? And once you do find time, how do you use it effectively? Using these helpful tips from Moz, we’ll give you some pointers. But First,…