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I asked our team to come up with a mission statement today. Although they were not very happy with the short deadline, on a Friday no less, they all pitched in and came up with some good ideas. Now I am taking these ideas to our membership to help us refine what we currently have and hopefully e...
01/24/2009
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ActiveRain moves fast. So fast that I know of only a few people who really have a clear picture of everything that ActiveRain has to offer. AR is now averaging a site upgrade at least once a week. To put that in proper context, most software companies are on a quarterly or 1/2 yearly deploymen...
01/21/2009
The real estate brokerages website traffic represented in this chart that are not dropping off a cliff are all of the online, "non-traditional" variety. Little tiny 100 person company Redfin is about to surpass Coldwell Banker? Zip Realty has almost as much traffic as the next three largest bro...
01/16/2009
For years I've been a believer that it was best to "Work smart so you don't have to work hard". Lenn, I am sorry to hear that you've been unsuccessful in your endeavors to not have to work hard. Obviously you are extremely successful, but even after all of your success you are still one of the ...
01/15/2009
It is a great deficit to start with. Being smart, or God forbid "extremely talented", has to be one of the single greatest impediments to becoming successful in real estate. No, it's not that real estate is a special field; there are in fact only a few highly specialized fields where brains end u...
01/14/2009
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I just stumbled upon the comment above that was a part of a post where people were debating the returns on various online real estate websites. I have heard the sentiments of the comment above numerous times since founding ActiveRain. Because of the rich professional-to-professional networking ...
01/13/2009
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Rank Website Index Change Rank 1 Curbed 0 12,256 2 Bigger Pockets 0 27,197 3 Bloodhound Blog 0 38,165 4 The Real Estate Bloggers 0 43,690 5 Agent Genius 0 49,838 6 Zillow Blog 0 51,553 7 The Housing Bubble Blog 0 56,601 8 Sellsius Real Estate Marketing 0 64,498 9 The Future of Re...
10/18/2008
"What do they want to see on websites? 61% wanted multiple pictures and a slide show; followed by maps and directions; agent contact information, virtual tours and neighborhood profiles. " Why doesn't someone just make a simple home listing site that has just those features?The California Associ...
09/23/2008
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So after an all night-marathon development session we are finally ready and happy to announce ActiveRain's newest addition: Channels & Topics. For an overview of what Channels and Topics are check out this post by Brad Andersohn: "How to Use ActiveRain Channels" Although the content being display...
09/15/2008
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Rank Website Index Change Rank 1 Curbed 0 12,256 2 Bigger Pockets 0 27,197 3 Bloodhound Blog + 1 38,165 4 The Real Estate Bloggers + 1 43,690 5 Agent Genius + 2 49,830 6 Zillow Blog + 3 51,553 7 The Housing Bubble Blog - 4 56,601 8 Sellsius Real Estate Marketing - 2 64,498 9 The Future of Re...
09/15/2008