Some of you will remember my post awhile back about the “Future Real Estate Office or Brokerage.“ This post and video received a ton of attention and though many of the comments reflected a controversial and expected response, others agreed and saw this type of technology and office being the future of Real Estate in
The power of the people. Active Rain is a powerful network of people. With more than 32,000 members, this is a huge representation of our Industry, and it’s still growing in leaps and bounds. Is Active Rain really the On-line National Association of Realtors and Affiliates? It seems to me that when real issues need to be
As I was driving home this evening, I couldn’t help notice all the “For Sale” signs along one of the residential back roads I travel. As I started really looking closely, I noticed a sign about every 5 – 10 houses. I started wondering what was going on in this neighborhood? You know the kinds
Do you use Posterous? Are you uploading photos to your Posterous site from your mobile device? Did you know you can post to Posterous using the email feature? I started using Posterous when I discovered how easy it is to take a picture with an iPhone (or other mobile device) and upload it to my
While it was with every intention I planned on sharing this presentation at the RainStorm this past weekend, somehow my final decision to do so was influenced by the environment, the ambiance, and the folks I was fortunate to be surrounded by at the Ultra Heat Lounge in Anaheim. There was a great line-up of
ActiveRain University – How To Maximize Your ActiveRain Blogs with Zillow Join us for a FREE Webinar on March 29 Hey Everyone, just wanted to let you all know that Sara Bonert (Director of Broker Services from Zillow) will be coming to ARU and sharing some tools you can use to bring greater value to
How Big is Twitter? This is without a doubt the largest “Twitter related” graphic I have ever embedded into an ActiveRain blog post. If you printed twitter today, here’s some great comparisons of what that might look like with a really good printer! LOL~ I’m not sure how accurate this comparison is, but I did
This week in the Real Estate Technology arena, the Gigabytes have been over-run by the Tera-bytes, and the CPU’s and PC’s are fighting the good fight with the MacBook Pros. The PC vs MAC commercials just keep getting better and better. But in the Real Estate Technology side of the “techKnowBabble” world, there are some
Can you have more than one link attached to a single graphic? Have you ever wondered how website designers do that? This is called layering or “Hotspots“. You can easily create multiple links to any single graphic by doing the following. I like to use photos or graphics that are in .jpg formats. My earlier post
How To Create HyperLinks to Anchor Text
How To Create HyperLinks to Anchor Text Many of our Members and Bloggers have heard, read, or been told that it’s not good to include links in your Blog posts to other sites. Nonsense! In this post, I’ll share my difference of opinion, then show you how to do it. Creating Hyperlinks to Anchor text
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