http://blog.justsnooping.com Musings on the evolution of real estate technology and marketing Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:36:46 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Have you heard the term “Search Engine Optimization” (or its acronym SEO)? Ever wondered how it works and why it matters? SEO is an important component of the online marketing you do for your listings because it helps your homes show up higher in search engine rankings. First, a little background ... http://blog.justsnooping.com/general/how-to-get-your-virtual-tour-on-the-first-page-of-google%e2%80%99s-search-results/ I just read a recent blog post by Seth Godin, speaker and author of such best-selling marketing and business books as The Dip, Purple Cow, and Meatball Sundae. His post, entitled "Advice for real estate agents (quit now!)", made several good points about  how there is a tremendous opportunity now ... http://blog.justsnooping.com/general/be-a-successful-real-estate-agent-in-a-down-market-by-specializing/ In this era of Internet Real Estate, getting as many eyeballs as possible on your listings is important. We've made it easier for you to get more of those eyeballs by expanding the number of websites you can send your Virtual Tours to! You can now distribute your tour to: Google ... http://blog.justsnooping.com/virtual-tours/get_more_eyeballs_on_your_virtual_tours/ The fall of the Dollar in 2007 has made real estate in the U.S. much more affordable for international home buyers. Severe dollar declines against the Euro (€) and the Pound (₤ ) have made U.S. homes much cheaper for Europeans, while problems with mortgage lending has kept many ... http://blog.justsnooping.com/general/460/ We’ve just released a new upgrade to InStitches, our panoramic photo-stitching software, that features faster stitching speeds, quality improvements to the final stitched photo, and multilingual support (meaning you can now install/run it in English or Spanish). In our testing, high-resolution photos stitch up to 12x faster(!), and there’s now ... http://blog.justsnooping.com/institches/create-high%e2%80%93quality-panoramic-photos-faster/ Recently it seems we have all been bludgeoned by the various news outlets touting how unstable our industry is. Sub-prime rates this...consumer price index that…tales of foreclosure market misery and economic instability all collide together to paint a very dismal picture for Realtors and consumers. Personally, I spend the majority of ... http://blog.justsnooping.com/real-estate/real-estate-market-woes%e2%80%a6fact-or-fiction/ Our live, one-on-one training has been a hallmark of Just Snooping.com and one of the key benefits of our Premier Online Marketing System. But as good as our Certified Trainers and Customer Service reps are, they have to actually sleep once in a while! That’s why we’ve created and recently ... http://blog.justsnooping.com/institches/get-training-24x7-with-our-online-video-trainer/ With all the new technology available to real estate agents today, it's extremely important to have the proper training available. Good training makes it easier to learn new technologies and allows agents to get the most benefit from them. Having been a certified trainer for over 5 years, I ... http://blog.justsnooping.com/general/the-importance-of-training-in-todays-real-estate-market/ Our talented development team has been chained to their desks all summer, toiling away to add a bunch of new features and functionality to our product. They've recently emerged from their fog of programming with a great new release of our software in tow. Technically, this release is an upgrade ... http://blog.justsnooping.com/virtual-tours/new-release-of-our-virtual-tour-and-website-software/ As a REALTOR®, when it comes to securing a listing we all start to look the same. We offer similar commissions, newspaper placement, MLS access, etc. We all know that, more times than not, what a listing decision is really based on is the relationship between Mr. and Mrs. Homeowner ... http://blog.justsnooping.com/real-estate/how-effective-is-your-leadership/