Real Estate Technology Blog

A great way to keep your blog readers updated is to allow them to receive email alerts each time you add a new blog entry.  There are a few services that offer this for free but one of my favorites is FeedBurner. First go to feed burner and submit your feed.  You can get your ActiveRain feed by ...

Many of you may be aware that the new Localism and ActiveRain outside blogs have a fixed width and will cut off images, html, flyers, etc. that are wider then the fixed width.  Our members whose flyers were being cut off due to the fixed width limitations quickly made us aware of this.   Soooo......

Add value to your localized posts with local area widgets. I believe too many widgets in a blog are not a good thing but a widget that relates to your blog post will indeed add to your visitor’s experience. For example, if you are blogging about mortgages or mortgage rates why not add a loan cal...

Add interactivity to your local posts while capturing leads. You have just created a great blog post about one of your local cities. What if you could add a poll or a questionnaire to your city post? Just think of the questions you could ask. Check out Zoho Polls for free polls you can add to you...

You are most likely creating localized blog posts to gain additional search engine exposure for your local area. Yes, this is a great motivating factor but you also want to grab the visitors that find your post and keep them on your page or at least give them something to remember you by. This is...

This tutorial explains how to setup a domain name for your ActiveRain outside blog using GoDaddy for the registrant.  I know there are many other domain registration companies but GoDaddy is well known and used by many, which is why the tutorial is written using GoDaddy. Login to GoDaddy.com and ...

I see so many empty flyer boxes on for sale signs in front of properties. I suppose flyer boxes are fine but how effective are those flyer boxes especially when they are empty? I imagine that it is hard to keep them filled and even harder to track down who is taking them. Are neighbors taking the...

New Slideshow Widgets We recently had a member request for a specialized widget. While we have many other widgets to choose from (listing widgets, map widgets, click-to-call, virtual tour, calculator, local area widgets, etc,) none fit the bill exactly for what this member needed. So, we develope...

I am not a Real Estate Agent so this is coming from me as a buyer and also someone who provides services/products to Real Estate Professionals. Something that has always stumped me is the lack of photos on many listings I see on the internet. Why am I blogging about this tonight? Well because I a...

ClassifiedFlyerAds.com has just launched a new Local Area Widget Local Area Widgets Create local area widgets and use them in your real estate listing pages, real estate website or any other website or blog where localized information is used. - Choose from 7 different color themes - Create as ma...