Zipvo Revisited: Zipvoplatinum, Business Models, and a Q&A

Greg Afarian of Zipvo.com was kind enough to alert me in the comments section of my original post on Zipvo that they are about to announce Zipvo Platinum: I wanted to get back to you about our “incredibly flawed business model”. We are revealing http://zipvoplatinum.com/ after MANY months of production. We have kept ZIPVO Platinum … Read more

Zipvo Revisited: Zipvoplatinum, Business Models, and a Q&A

Greg Afarian of Zipvo.com was kind enough to alert me in the comments section of my original post on Zipvo that they are about to announce Zipvo Platinum: I wanted to get back to you about our “incredibly flawed business model”. We are revealing http://zipvoplatinum.com/ after MANY months of production. We have kept ZIPVO Platinum … Read more

Three Thoughts On Local Blogging

I wrote a longer piece on the OnBlog recently about this topic, but in light of this and this, I thought it worth revisiting the issue in plainer language and shorter sentences. 🙂 1.  If your “local blog” is of little interest to people who actually live in your “locale”, then guess what?  It ain’t … Read more

To Hunt Elephants, You Need An Elephant Gun

The conversations continue. It appears there are a whole bunch of folks who want to talk about the future of listings. And rightfully so — listings are important to the modern practice of real estate. The latest salvo marks the return of David Harris of Geek Estate to blogging, and it’s a good one. Read … Read more

HomeGain Throws Down the Gauntlet

Louis Cammarosano is a really smart dude. I know you might think you know that. But, really. He’s a smart smart guy. In this interview he briefly mentions his history prior to HomeGain: Upon graduation from the Fordham University School of Law, I worked at Cravath Swaine and Moore in New York and London. I … Read more

HomeGain, ActiveRain, Trulia – The Tale of the Tape

In my little prognostication about the upcoming Trulia Blog Platform vs. ActiveRain, I neglected to include HomeGain in the mix. Louis Cammarosano of HomeGain pointed out over on the followup OnBlog thread that HomeGain had launched an Agent Blogging Network earlier this year, and that they were even conducting blogging schools for agents on HomeGain. … Read more

Followup to Trulia to ActiveRain Post is Up

I’ve decided to post the followup to the Trulia Blogs & Active Rain post over at OnBlog.  The main reason was that what I ended up writing was exactly the kind of marketing advice I would offer to our clients.  The other reason is that I’m too tired to copy and paste it into this … Read more