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March 3, 2015

Why 2015 will be a breakout year for real estate sales

I believe that the real estate market will make a comeback in 2015 — but it will do so in spite of the terrible economic environment and the government. (Please don’t confuse what I’m about to say with any credit you might hear taken by a politician or the government. Politicians…
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March 3, 2015

Create content, not clickbait, with Canva

Editor’s note: This week, Inman is launching a brand-new daily series of articles focused specifically on evaluating the technology you use in your real estate business. Have suggestions for products that you’d like to see reviewed by our expert? Email him at craig@inman.com. The pitch When it comes to your social media marketing,…
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March 3, 2015

Lisa Archer: ‘Social media is about being social. Do that, and the business will come’

Age: 36 Years in real estate: Eight Job title: CEO, Live Love Homes Location: Charlotte, North Carolina (and seven more expansion cities around the United States) Hours per week spent on social media: Five Social media accounts: Too many to count. Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn are just a handful. Target demographic: Anyone in my world.…
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March 3, 2015

How real estate agents can create market advantages using Zillow data

Opportunity, at times, cloaks itself in annoyance. Some real estate agents like to grumble about Zillow and their clients’ propensity to take the Zestimate and other data points as gospel. However, a website with the level of access and data-gathering power that Zillow has presents a real opportunity. One interesting…
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WFG News
March 2, 2015

How I landed 54 new prospects in 4 days

I have had three articles published on Inman in the last two months. For a blogger, guest-posting is an excellent way to gain exposure in your industry. There is also an opportunity to add email subscribers to your list, which is something I have focused on during the last two months.…
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March 2, 2015

Zillow Group’s game of ‘chicken’

For months now, the rumor mill has been flying with talk of Zillow and Trulia (now Zillow Group) ending the featured listings placement for brokers and franchisors by the end of 2015. Large brokers and franchisors who pay $5 to $10 to feature a listing, with all competing agents stripped…
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March 2, 2015

Melissa Kwan: ‘Movements never happen with just one person or company’

The Spacio CEO talks about why transparency is paramount and reveals which cross-continental move helped her business. The post Melissa Kwan: ‘Movements never happen with just one person or company’ appeared first on WFG National Title Insurance Company.
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March 2, 2015

Artificially low interest rates hurt job growth, housing sales

Companies get a better return on investment buying back shares than hiring employees or investing in capital equipment. Buying back a company’s own shares is so attractive, it even makes sense to fire employees and reinvest the savings to do so. But what are the larger economic consequences of this behavior…
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March 2, 2015

Rae Catanese: ’80 percent of my leads come from my real estate blog’

Inman is interviewing real estate professionals in every area of the field to talk about technology use. Here’s Rae Catanese, a Realtor at RE/MAX Bay to Bay and Author of The Tampa Real Estate Insider Blog and an Inman contributor. What kind of phone do you use and why? I have an iPhone…
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March 2, 2015

4 hot strategies to boost your online real estate presence

What does it take to soar to the top of the search engines or the newsfeed on Facebook? The speakers at Agent Reboot recommend that you avoid “vanilla marketing,” identify “trending personas,” incorporate niched-based tagging and employ targeted boosting. Would you like to improve your online and social media presence?…
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