Erin's Real Estate Tech Space

Posts Tagged ‘technology’

Get Involved, Be a Joiner. Reap the Rewards.

I’m new at this real estate thing. I have lived my life in technology, an industry that has a community that knows many of its influential members and keeps an eye on them. The real estate community is large as well and made up of lots of people who know about specific areas, which means [...]

Do Realtors Have a Future if They Continue to Ignore Online Video?

Video is the fastest growing segment online, yet the real estate industry continues to be the slowest to adopt these changes. The question every Realtor should be asking now is why? Our verdict: cost and real estate companies not providing Realtors the resources to do it! Its a fact that consumers have moved to the [...]

Notes for the REvolution Road – Friending Facebook

Facebook is a great place to maintain existing relationships and make connections. Facebook will alert you to when your sphere of influence experiences major life changes such as engagement, marriage, birth of a child, etc. Facebook also provides a forum to join groups or fan pages based upon your personal and professional interests and also [...]

Tei's Tech Tip – Prepping for Black Friday Battle

Contributed by Tei Baishiki, CTO Realty World NCA

That time of year is upon us and it feels as if the holidays are racing towards us faster than ever. Thanksgiving is here and then it’s Black Friday shopping madness which leads to continued waves of shoppers, and all seem to be a bit more pushy [...]

Notes from the REvolution Road – Sustainable Blogging

Sustainable Blogging – I believe blogging is a fantastic form of self-expression, a way to showcase your skills, and a medium to dive deeper into subjects than email or other social media typically allow. Below are some thoughts on who should blog, who shouldn’t, how to blog faster and what to do when you want [...]

Notes from the (Social Media) REvolution Road

I’ve been making my way around Northern California and Nevada (with a brief stop in New York for a marathon) for the past few weeks. I have met amazing people, been inspired by their desire to learn, learned some new things myself and had a few laughs.
From problems with wireless Internet (sorry Angels Camp and [...]

Does Our CAR Need a Tune-Up?

After a full week of CAR Conference related activities in San Jose, I left feeling exhausted and quite honestly a bit weary about the road ahead. I visited ReBarCamp Silicon Valley, Tech Tuesday, the CAR Expo and a number of networking events where the talk often turned to the economy, questions about how to implement [...]

A Rising Tide Raises All Ships – Don't Let Social Media Sink You

In times of plenty we’re all quick to share our knowledge, information and surplus with those around us, but as times of famine (aka – recession) draw upon us, we hoard our knowledge and use it as a bargaining tool, a method of separating ourselves from others and a way to intimidate the competition.
This is [...]

Caveat Emptor!

Let the buyer beware. As Realtor’s you’re probably accustomed to hearing this phrase used by buyers and sellers in the market, but I’m here to ask you to use it in your own life as well. I’m asking you to beware of what you’ll hear in social media, technology and marketing that sounds too good [...]