September 3, 2010

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roost.com Swaps Listings for Social Strategies

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Until recently, roost.com had been steadily expanding its presence as a US-based real estate search engine. But over the past few months, the people behind this website have been watching Facebook’s exponential growth, and changing their strategy accordingly.

Ad Spending Up in US, Down in UK

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Small businesses in the US are spending more on paid advertising and getting more online conversions than they were a year ago, according to a new report from online advertising company WebVisible.

How to Work Social Listing Options

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US real estate marketplace zillow.com has just plunged its listings into the social web with the addition of a “share” button on its home details pages. The question is, how should agents make use of this feature?

Google: We’re Not in Real Estate

“We are no more in the real estate business than we are in the cafe or the museum business.” That’s the contention of Carter Maslan, Google’s director of product management, who attended the Inman News Real Estate Connect conference in San Francisco last week.

Location-based Marketing from homefinder.com

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Agents aren’t the only people in the real estate industry getting in on the growing location trend. Now, US-based listings website homefinder.com is starting up its own location-based marketing campaign.

Move Inc. Makes Real Estate Marketing More Social

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realtor.com owner Move Inc. is catching on to the importance of social media for real estate agents, integrating new social features into the latest release of Top Producer 8i.

Tiny Market Share Isn’t Stopping Twitter Marketers

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The latest US-based figures from Hitwise show Twitter is the fourth most popular online social network with a tiny market share of just over one percent.

NAR Finds Agents Quickly Going Social

US real estate agents are leaning heavily on email and many are taking up the social media challenge, according to the National Association of Realtors’ latest survey.

Webby Nominees Want Your Votes

The annual Webby Awards are on again and this year’s real estate nominees are hungry for your votes to land them the coveted People’s Voice award.

SureDocs Expands Service for Agents

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a la mode, the US-based company behind the TourNarrator iPhone app for home tours, is expanding its “SureDocs” e-signature system to offer a version designed specifically for real estate agents.