REtechReport for July 16, 2010

by Dean Ouellette

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An argument for social media evangelism

When Jeff Turner found himself in small town in rural America, he gained some insights into social media. Namely, how it’s presence, or lack thereof, can be your big marketing tool. Even if nobody’s really using it.

Elsewhere on the net…

Are you at risk on Facebook?

Did you hear about the Facebook Fan Page that had 47,800 members and it got was shut down? (It was a real estate related site). The good news is that after a few days the page was returned. But make sure you learn the lesson, when you post everything you have on resources like Facebook, you do not own them so make sure you are not putting all your eggs in one basket.

How much value do your old blog posts have?

Are they useless? This valuable post reminds us that we should probably set aside a little of our time dedicated to blogging to not forget the classics.

Realtor.com unveils their new iPhone app

So you like the Realtor.com iPhone app? Things could be getting a lot better real soon. Check out this iPhone app from Realtor.com and tell me this isn’t going to be a real slick upgrade.

What you can learn from a local niche blog

There are many great local niche blogs out there and one of them was featured this week. 6 Things RailLife.com Can Teach You About Real Estate Blogging. Nick does a great job at Raillife.com building a community and using tools suck as video and Flickr.

Why you may want to wait before you upgrade your blog

Have you upgraded to Wordpress 3.0 yet? If not you may want to reference this A Couple of Gotcha’s with WP 3.0 Upgrade to Avoid before you make the jump.

Who’s joining RPR?

So what is the latest status with RPR? Who has joined? If you are not sure if your local MLS has joined the movement check out this post to see. But rest assured, the way it is headed they all will be soon.

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