Thursday, September 2nd, 2010

It’s been at least a decade since real estate listings hit the web – plenty of time to try every trick to attract consumers. Unfortunately, some websites are still trying dinosaur ideas, scaring away the next generation real estate consumer.

Nowadays, you’d think there’s nothing more to do online than social networking. But don’t count out the power and potential of the Old Internet just yet!

Catch up on the latest links, research, reports, videos and knowledge nuggets from Matthew Ferrara & Company with our OnScreen Summary.

If you think communicating with Gen X sellers and Gen Y buyers was tough, get ready for a whole new level of (neo)communication as the “next, next generation” and hope you don’t see CYA L8R, RLTR come across your cell phone.

Conducting office meetings can be an expensive proposition. Follow these “do’s and don’ts” to make your office meetings really count.

Popular wisdom in the real estate industry says the reason homes don’t sell is because of their price. Maybe we should look at how the agent is marketing them to find the real problem.

The iPad’s destiny isn’t how it will revive newspapers and magazines, but how it will finally kill off the real estate property listing sheet. Hopefully.

Here’s a case study on everything NOT to do when dealing with GEN X consumers in the modern era. Sorry, Lenovo: You’re fired.

The recession holds answers to the real estate industry’s troubles – if it’s willing to listen. Otherwise it might just find out who’s buried in Grant’s tomb.

What’s the point, after the novelty wears off, that makes social networking a viable channel to create new business? Just what is the outcome to be achieved with social networking for real estate professionals?

There are two basic reasons why companies fail: unwillingness to embrace the obvious changes of their day, and a smug rejection of customer feedback. At Barnes and Noble, you can get both.

Prospecting in social media is different than advertising. Here are five ideas about what to say to engage with consumers online.

Facebook’s face lift confusion provides businesses a good lesson in how not to confuse your customers while building your brand.

Traditional housing reports lack useful data for the modern real estate consumer. What Gen X and Gen Y need to know in the future goes far beyond the traditional CMA.

Perhaps the Aflac spokesduck can teach real estate brokers how to avoid quacking-up by the time the housing market turns around.