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Category Archive for: ‘Online Trends’

BuilderRadio Podcast – New Tools to Communicate with Your Prospects and Buyers 0

Be sure to stop over and check out the new podcast of an interview I did with my friends at > In this interview, we discuss the following strategies for upgrading your sales tools: 1. Lose the ‘Dumb Phone’ A smart phone, such as the iPhone, is like a Swiss Army Knife for communication. It’s …

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Posted on: 07-14-2010
Posted in: Best Practices, Interviews, Online Marketing Experts, Online Trends, Resources & Tools

5 Ways to Engage Echo Boomers 6

Are you ready for the new generation of home buyers? Echo boomers – there are 80 million of them with a total of $200 billion annual spending power. With an average gap of 24 years between those buying or selling real estate and those who represent them, will you be able to speak their tech …

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Posted on: 05-6-2010
Posted in: Best Practices, Online Trends

Home Buying Process from a Woman’s Perspective (i.e. the decision maker) 6

It is no secret that in most families when it comes to decision making or for better terms – money spending- the woman “wears the pants”. If you are a home builder or real estate agent trying to sell these homes – you need to know the deal breakers in this process. So here is …

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Posted on: 04-30-2010
Posted in: General, Online Trends

Get Some Raving Fans Talking For You 4

I had an interesting experience the other day. I had become a fan of a builder’s Facebook page but had not interacted at all on the wall of the page. At the time of this post – the community has 75 fans. This message below showed up in my Facebook inbox. This prospective customer is …

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Posted on: 12-30-2009
Posted in: Online Trends

Social Media Webinar – Link and Re-Cap 0

I wanted to send out a thank you to all who were on the webinar last week. It was a great turnout and a lot of fun. If you missed it – you can access the stored version from Blue Tangerine Solutions by clicking here >> Sarah Yaussi from Big Builder posted a great article …

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Posted on: 05-29-2009
Posted in: Interviews, Online Trends

Predictions from Seth Godin 32

For those of you who haven’t heard yet – Seth Godin will be presenting at PCBC this year. I am pretty amped about this. It is exciting to see this industry embrace his theory. On that note – a recent post from Mr. Godin (may I call you Seth) highlights a few predictions: Prediction: there …

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Posted on: 04-27-2009
Posted in: Online Trends

Guest Post: How to Use Twitter To Reach A Local Audience For Your Business 0

By Marie O’Brien It seems that everyone is talking about Twitter these days, and the top two questions seem to be: 1. What exactly is Twitter? 2. Can I really use this to grow my business? What is Twitter We’ve addressed the “what is Twitter” in other blog articles, but I must admit that I’ve …

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Posted on: 04-17-2009
Posted in: Online Trends

Over 50 and online: Don’t underestimate the Boomers! 20

I continue to get questions from homebuilders about using the Internet to reach buyers over the age of 50. Apparently, there is the belief that Baby Boomers still do their home search the old-fashioned way. If you think that Baby Boomers haven’t embraced the Internet for home buying research, you’re grossly underestimating the techno-savviness of …

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Posted on: 02-24-2009
Posted in: Online Trends

Mobile Websites for Home Builders 9

Are you Third Screen Marketing enabled? For years, I have been asking “Do You Convert”? Now I have to ask does your website convert for the mobile internet. Internet enabled phones hit today’s market at an astonishing rate, resulting in a mobile internet boom. Hence, third screen marketing. With this trend we must now ask, …

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Posted on: 02-10-2009
Posted in: Online Trends

Social Media Advice for Builders & Sales Execs 28

“Better to ask for forgiveness than for permission,” is how the old saying goes. We’re going to come back to that later. I wanted to rant a little on the social media thing. It seems that builders are reluctant to release some of the control to their local agents. Understandably, they are concerned about controlling …

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Posted on: 01-15-2009
Posted in: Online Trends
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