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Web sites like Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and ActiveRain present a golden opportunity to connect with friends, colleagues, and clients. April 2009 You hear a lot about social media today, and rightly so. Get the most benefit from these tools by following these basic rules: Be authentic. Your profile is the first thing people will see [...]

The new year is a new opportunity to upgrade, integrate, and streamline your operations. Learn more about the technologies that can make you a more effective professional. By Michael Antoniak | January 2010 With each new year comes an opportunity to rethink the products and services that empower your real estate career. As 2010 dawns, [...]

Joseph Ferrara of TheClozing.com, a real estate news aggregator site, predicts increased reliance on technology in the property industry in the coming year. He expects more brokerages to go mobile or virtual to lower costs in a weak market; and he believes agents will take advantage of mobile video text-messaging to send virtual tours and [...]

With Every Tweet, Provide a Takeaway By Katherine Tarbox | September 2009 By now you’ve heard plenty of talk about the free microblogging service Twitter. The way it works is simple: Once you’re signed up, you can broadcast short (140 characters or fewer) text messages and links to your “followers” and receive updates from the [...]

On March 17, Apple presented the blueprint for iPhone OS 3.0, the next version of the world’s most advanced mobile platform. In addition to previewing its innovative features, Apple gave members of the iPhone Developer Program immediate access to the iPhone OS 3.0 software beta and an updated Software Development Kit (SDK) with over 1,000 [...]

Matthew Fraser and Soumitra Dutta 03.11.09, 4:35 PM ET Social networking has clearly reached a tipping point. Sites like MySpace and Facebook boast hundreds of millions of members. Barack Obama’s presidential victory demonstrated that platforms like YouTube and Twitter could transform electoral politics. Yet in corporations where such tools have been expected to bring profound [...]

By Michael Antoniak | January 2009 Is your real estate office ready for 2009? Technology is so interwoven into the real estate business that keeping up with new products and services is necessary to stay competitive and efficient. Start making a list and check it twice to make sure you’re up to date for the [...]