This is a bittersweet post to write. It was almost 10 years ago that I started this little blog on a small corner of the Interwebs. Ten years is close to an eon in "blog time." Since then, The Phoenix Real Estate Guy (or "TPREG" for short) went from a readership of one (well, three or four if you count family) into having over a million unique visitors in its last full year of prime activity. It helped us open a brokerage, and it opened a lot of doors. 'Twas quite the ride. Today, I … [Read more...]
Why Pinning May Be Sinning in Real Estate (and elsewhere)
Source: google.com via Diego on Pinterest If you are even remotely connected to the real estate interwebs you have seen all the buzz lately from real estate agents about Pinterest. Pinterest is booming, according to some it is "the fastest growing social network site in Internet history." As such, real estate agents are flocking to the site in their never-ending quest for lead generation nirvana. Shortly after Pinterest "jumped the shark," agents began barfing real estate listings all … [Read more...]
LiveFyre Comments Added to TPREG
Longtime readers know I like to play around with different things on this little corner of the Interwebs. About a year ago, I tried out LiveFyre - a commenting system that has more bells and whistles than the built-in native WordPress comment system. That little blogsperiment lasted about 20 minutes before I realized that it required a commenter to establish an account with LiveFyre. Jay doesn't like forcing people to create accounts just to leave a comment. Well, LiveFyre is back … [Read more...]
The Best of TPREG 2011
"Best of..." lists are never easy to compile. What constitutes a "best" blog post? Number of comments, Likes, or Retweets? Number of visitors? Ones that make the phone ring with paying clients (YES! But that is virtually impossible to measure). "Best" is subjective. What one person thinks is a great post, someone else may find to be complete crap. So with all that in mind, I present you with what I felt was some of the best of the blog in 2011. I used a completely scientific and … [Read more...]
Testing Hello Bar. Highlight your Calls to Action!
Over the weekend, I installed Hello Bar on our little piece of internet real estate. Look up at the top of the page and you'll see a colored bar spanning the width of the page, practically begging you to click through to search for homes. Which color bar you get is randomly assigned because at the moment, I am A/B testing various colors and text to see which is most effective. That's just one of the slick features Hello Bar offers. Real estate bloggers and those with more traditional sites … [Read more...]
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