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Our world pushes forward, nature cycles, leafs fall from the trees, the landscape changes and evolves, tides rise and fall, and the face of our society and business changes along with the ebb and flow of the natural world. Such is the case today. When someone introduces a new technology, things change. That is the way of things, as it should be. People sometimes forget how linked to nature we actually are. The face of commerce and business changes as does our natural world. Well, this isnt about nature its about a new business model.

Roost, a real estate search portal, has introduced a new way for real estate agents to interact with home buyers. Traditionally, Roost has worked in the real estate community by exchanging data between themselves and brokers and agents to list information about properties. However, their world has evolved and the services they offer are born anew, into a "Social Real Estate Toolkit." Social networks have changed the way people interact with each other, so its reasonable to guess that it would change the way business people interact with their customers.

This model helps brokers and agents acquire referral contacts through the social networking website Facebook. The idea is to capitalize on the concept of word of mouth business, which is how most real estate professionals gain the bulk of their business anyway; this seems to be a natural next step. Real estate agents, like the rest of us, are not necessarily web or social network experts, but they are experts at building relationships with people and clients, and this simply helps them further their reach. A natural next step indeed! I wish Roots and the real estate industry good luck in this new endeavor.

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We all want traffic on our websites; its our store front of the modern era. Most of us offer a particular product or service, and thats what we put on our website. However, it is possible to put more content on our website. Perhaps more information about the product or service you provide, more information about your industry, or more information about the area you live in, your community. This is really a big deal for real estate agents. The idea is to be a neighborhood resource for people.

Buying a home is not something people do on a regular basis, but they do do other things on a regular basis, and you can provide information for those things. When theyre ready to buy a home, guess where theyll go for an agent, to the website theyre used to going, to the environment theyre comfortable in, to the website they go to get their information, your website Mr. and Mrs. Real Estate Agent.

There is a lot of information out there to pull from. The Chamber of Commerce is a good resource for information as well as your local City Counsel. Of course, there are City Guides you can obtain information from, local civic event centers, local fire departments, neighborhood restraints and theaters, pubs and bars that hold concerts, major event centers, the list goes on.

Be a resource for people and you will get companies, organizations, and agencies offering you information all the time. Write a standard letter introducing yourself and tell your focused groups, agencies, and companies you will post their information about their events, sales, and happenings on your website and they will more than likely email you all information you need for your website without having to do a bunch of research on a weekly or monthly basis.

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Posted in Traditional Marketing, Blogging, Real Estate Market Conditions, Colorado Association Of Realtors, Real Estate Industry, Real Estate Industry Trends, Technology And YOU

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Every once in a while technology jumps forward and we all get to look on with chagrined amazement. Back in the 80s Star Wars gave us a glimpse into the future and we were all simply amazed. Dumb struck, we all looked at the screen with hopes of our own space ship in the near future, at least I did anyway. Apple Corporation has certainly given us a technological jump or two in the last decade. Looking at the iPhone and iPad, and even the iMac, it really feels as though we are in the new millennium, but our cars still have wheels. No floating around for us yet.

Well, one of those technology jumps forward is here. Its not ready for the public as of yet, but wow, its cool looking. I think it has a little ways to go, but it looks like well be floating around before you know it. This is almost better than one of those futurist sci-fi movies. The movements are what make this thing so cool. It looks like magic.

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Technology is something I write about quite a lot, and for good reason, because it affects most aspects of our lives, both personally and professionally. How many people go for a jog without listening to your iPod? How many people shop online? The list goes on and on of how we have integrated technology into our lives. Of course, we thank technology for saving us a bunch of time and work in our professional lives. Remember the old fashioned typewriters? It gave you a workout every time you typed a document, push, push, oh woops, wrong key! Now I have to start over...Thank god for word processors.

Well its the professional aspects of technology that I would like to address in this post. The tools for real estate professionals are constantly expanding and growing. Every time a new technology comes out were not sure how it will affect us, such is the case with Google property search. The phone book, it seems, is a thing of the past. You are not a business unless you register with Google, and your property listing needs to be posted on Google too.

There a bunch of cool tools real estate professionals can use and incorporate into their real estate business and listings. Remember, technology is your friend, it is here for us. There is a list of up sides for listing your property with Google, and Katie Lance from Inman News has a list of her 9 favorites. Go on to Googles property search and look around to find out how it can benefit you and your real estate business.

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Posted in Metro Brokers, Denver Colorado Real Estate, Traditional Marketing, Real Estate Market Conditions, Real Estate Industry, Technology And YOU, Downtown Denver Lofts and Condos

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People are polarized as to whether they like the Apple computer system or Windows. The debate and polarization may not be quite as bad as it is in sports, but its sure close. How many people out there have actually worked on both systems and made an educated choice? Its kind of like religion, you are what you were raised in, not many people actually study it and then decide, "Ill be, fill in the blank."

If you started out Mac you more than likely stay a Mac person, and the same is true with Windows. There are some, however, that do convert. Again, as with religion, some do actually study the subject and make a choice from there. "Im a Mac person or Im a Windows person," they declare to the world. The debate goes on, and like with religion, passionately.

Its always fun to hear why people have decided to be in the camp they are in. Macs are better, Windows is better, blanket statements many people use. Which just means its just a system they prefer, not that there is any technical reasons for their decisions, they just like their system, fair enough. I like listening to the techies talk about both systems. What are you, a Mac or Windows person, and why?

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