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Chittenden County Vermont, a new audience snapshot

Slide deck with 10 minute audio commentary describing a study of web visits recently performed by Thoughtfaucet. Some of the results were surprising.

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Convergence is a fairy tale told by people who miss the good old days.

Video and slides from my presentation on Convergence.

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In 2008 the US changed the way it thought about a place to live.

Language and events change the way people talk about property online.

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Online Video: A tipping point

Last night the topic of #retechchat was using video in real estate. Drew Meyers, who hosts the event, did a great job stirring up the conversation and keeping it rolling. There was an obvious interest in the topic, as there should be. Real estate estate is one of those industries where images and narrative are [...]

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Online Event: Gahlord Dewald and Justin Cutroni talk web analytics

Gahlord Dewald and Justin Cutroni will be having a conversation about web analytics this Thursday May 5 at 1pm Eastern. Who knows what exactly they’ll cover, but if you want to learn more about your online audience, chances are good you’ll get something useful from listening in on their conversation. This is bound to be [...]

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Data + app design and making mobile stuff: a conversation

I had the opportunity to take a phone call with Errol Samuelson, president of Realtor.com and talk about their new iPad app. We covered some of my favorite topics: impact of data on design decisions, how people use mobile stuff and so on. Even if you aren’t part of my real estate audience I think [...]

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Seeking feedback: Crowdsourced research on Google Algorithm change and real estate

Update: Google’s algorithm has spread to all the proxies I have access to. So the research will change accordingly. A shortened version of what I discovered before the changes when examining four different markets in the US can be found in my Inman Column on the new algorithm. Free on March 1st, 2011 and paid [...]

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Three questions about your website — Google’s “Farmer” algorithm update, with real estate as an example

Will Google’s “Farmer” Algorithm update hurt the real estate agent and broker website rankings?

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Social isn’t a strategy.

Can social media save small business?

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Tech trends from Stefan Swanepoel

Stefan Swanepoel’s Tech Trends as a mind map.

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