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March 1, 2015

5 tips for working within Facebook’s promotional limits

Facebook has done it again! The social media powerhouse recently announced that starting in January 2015 it has placed limits on posts that are “too promotional.” That’s the bad news. The good news is that if you’re like most other real estate professionals who already use Facebook for business, you can…
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WFG News
February 28, 2015

Watch bird’s-eye video of Boston’s snow-covered cityscape

Boston Virtual Imaging, a specialty video and photography firm, compiled this aerial view of some of the city’s historic landmarks dusted by the historic winter storm. The post Watch bird’s-eye video of Boston’s snow-covered cityscape appeared first on WFG National Title Insurance Company.
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WFG News
February 27, 2015

Does staging add value to the home-selling process?

From Realtors to bloggers to HGTV, sellers hear about the need to get creative to attract prospective buyers to their homes. Suggestions include filling the rooms with warm and inviting scents, providing the perfect lighting or playing up fun and interesting features. Another popular option is home staging, which involves…
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WFG News
February 27, 2015

5 places to find a stellar idea for your next piece of real estate content

Writing content is for your real estate blog is great; everyone is doing it. And if you stick with it long-term, it can help pick up long-tail keywords on Google and drive more traffic to your website. What everyone is not doing (yet) is writing content that they know will…
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WFG News
February 27, 2015

Indie broker F. Ron Smith on the wonders of Wunderlist

The Leverage Global Partners president talks about his favorite new app and the appropriate order for meditation and cocktails. The post Indie broker F. Ron Smith on the wonders of Wunderlist appeared first on WFG National Title Insurance Company.
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February 27, 2015

Sam DeBord: ‘If you try to leverage influence too much, you’ll diminish it’

Age: 38 Years in real estate: 10 Job title: Managing broker Location: Seattle Hours per week spent on social media: 10 Social media accounts: Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn Target demographic: Homebuyers, industry supporters Average number of posts per day: Two posts; many more comments Which social channels do you work more? Just…
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WFG News
February 27, 2015

Motivate move-up buyers with home trade-ins

How can Realtors get sellers — and buyers — motivated? In Ohio, new home builder Trinity Homes is turning to a page from the automotive industry to move inventory: home trade-ins. Columbus-based Trinity Homes, the largest new home builder in central Ohio, has partnered with HER Realtors, the largest volume…
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February 27, 2015

Is Realogy’s portal an innovation or smoke bomb?

Now that Realogy’s portal, homesforsale.com, is live, one big question is up in the air: is this new arrival on the market an innovation bomb … or is it more of a smoke bomb, a temporary distraction that simply won’t last? Realogy’s portal has got a clean, almost minimalist design,…
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WFG News
February 26, 2015

Establish real estate authority through guest blogging

Guest blogging simply means publishing an article or blog post on someone else’s blog, website, magazine or newspaper — in fact, this is a guest blog post for Inman. (Interested in learning more about Inman’s contributors program? Email contributors@inman.com.) If done correctly, guest blogging is an excellent way for real estate…
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February 26, 2015

The tech tool real estate agents aren’t using (but should be)

Inman’s recent special report, “How to deliver technology agents need,” highlights one of the most common challenges faced by the real estate industry: agents are not taking advantage of the technology that brokers offer to them. It is somewhat understandable. As consumers of technology, if we don’t see a quick and…
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