The BVAS Connection

Attention all bloggers, young and old, newbie and experienced. I stumbled upon a great contest today that you may want to check out.  The prizes are the coolest (at least to geeky bloggers like me) and they would be of tremendous value to whoever wins. Plus,  I think it is impressive that he is using [...]

On the blog earlier in the week I started the conversation about the social networking tool, Twitter and a few tips for the beginner. Twitter can be a great real estate marketing tool and is easy and fun. Today I have more tweet tips about applications to make Twitter easier to use and integrate it [...]

Since social networking for the real estate industry has become heavily woven into the internet marketing fabric, many new and unique opportunities have cropped up. This week, my focus is on the fun micro-blogging tool, Twitter, and some great ways to use it for real estate. And I am probably the last one in my [...]

I am always talking about the importance of social networking and blogging, and some cool news was announced last week from Active Rain: Active Rain Launches Outside Blogs.
The awesome people over at ActiveRain had made blogging for real estate professionals that much easier by offering Outside Blogging.  Some of the coolest features about their outside blogging includes:

The ability to host outside [...]

This great articlefrom SitePro news popped up in my inbox today and it got me thinking…
Over the last year I’ve wondered what was the value of LinkedIn or Facebook for my business. Why was it generating all this buzz in my industry and others?  I joined both networks ages ago, but just wasn’t sure what the [...]

The temptation is there. All these slick internet lead companies are hounding you weekly, telling you that they can promise 100 ”scrubbed” leads per month that are ready to buy and sell RIGHT NOW. And for a significant chunk of money, all those “great” leads could be yours. Sure, why not pay that exhorbitant amount for those leads [...]

Your business is growing and you have decided it is time to hire an Office Assistant. Hiring in-house staff can become complicated. Questions to answer are “where to advertise”, “what skills and experience should the candidate have”, “what will their work schedule be”, “what equipment and furniture do I need to purchase” or “what if [...]

You may or may not have heard of Craig’s List, but if you have listings and want a free place to advertise them, you will be using it after reading this. Craig’s List is basically an internet classified site where people list and sell things, homes, post jobs, etc. And best of all… it is FREE to use in [...]

Like me, you probably have been reading all over the news about blogs and how they are all the rage. Now you are probably asking yourself, “What is this whole blogging business and how would it be a benefit to me?” Blogs and social networking sites, are the new way in this new Web 2.0 atmosphere to communicate and interact with the world about whatever you [...]

Widgets are nothing new to the internet world, but there are now many new widgets available that are relevant to the real estate world.
What exactly are widgets you ask? Widgets are fun little technology applications that you can embed into a website or blog that provide specific tasks or information.  They can be as fun as interactive games, a virtual [...]