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Zillow Mobile Tips for RE Pros
Let’s face it: mobile is global. Every real estate professional has a mobile device and is able to conduct their real estate business while on the go. And don’t forget that consumers and clients are...
View Article5 Top Tips for Ratings and Reviews on Zillow
We all know that ratings and reviews are influencing buyer/seller choices and decisions all across the Web. Online companies such as Yelp, Expedia, Google Places, and Amazon — among others — all use...
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Top 10 Tips for Premier Agents
While it’s free and beneficial to have a profile on Zillow, many agents go a step further by taking advantage of the Zillow Premier Agent membership, which allows agents to own a ZIP code(s) in their...
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Time Is On My Side. Or Not.
Time is on my side, yes it is Now you always say That you want to be free… Those would be the words of Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones. Well, actually the Stones covered it. “Time Is On My Side” was...
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Quick Tips for Zillow Agent Profiles
Your member profile on Zillow is the space and place where people stop by to find out more about you. Creating your member profile on Zillow is free, it’s easy, and it connects you with local...
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Time-Saving Tool for Agents: Zillow’s Agent Hub
Zillow’s Agent Hub provides members easy access to multiple time-saving features. The Hub helps real estate agents better manage their contacts, reports, inventory and information. Agent Hub keeps...
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Zillow’s Advice and Discussion Tips
Zillow Advice is a free service on Zillow that allows consumers to ask questions, get advice, start discussions, connect with real estate professionals, and more. Today, we reviewed some of the best...
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How Do I Contact You? Let Me Count the Ways
As the freshly minted Director of Industry Outreach & Social Media, part of my job is, well, reaching out to people in the industry. In my ongoing quest to do just that over the last couple of...
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Zillow’s Mobile Real Estate Apps Help Sell Homes & Generate Business to Agents
The Zillow Mobile App is one of the most popular real estate apps across every platform, including iPad, iPhone, Kindle Fire, BlackBerry, Android, Windows Phone and Android Tablet. Did you know that in...
View ArticleZillow Partnership Platform: Designed for Shared Interests
When I joined Zillow in March, my primary assignment was building bridges to the MLS and broker communities – talk with them and help them understand what Zillow is all about and more importantly how...
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Facebook Apps Enhance Business Pages
Having a Facebook real estate business page is no longer a questionable requirement, it is essential. In today’s market and economy, having niche Facebook business pages for short sales, foreclosures,...
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A Tale of Two Listings. Mobile Matters.
Imagine this scenario … A home buyer is driving around a neighborhood, scoping out potential homes. (Not so hard to imagine, is it?) They stop by a lovely home with a for-sale sign in the yard. They...
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How to Create Online Listing Flyers
While teaching a class this week on Postlets, and showing agents how easy it is to create Zillow listings over on Craigslist, I discovered a way that you can create an online flyer to be shared with...
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Zillow Launches Premier Agent Websites
Let’s face it. As a real estate agent, your time is valuable. Your job requires you to have expertise in sales, marketing, the financial and legal fields, and sometimes a fair amount of handholding...
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Enter to Win a Trip to Agent Reboot in Hawaii
Aloha, real estate friends! To celebrate the launch of Premier Agent Websites, we are taking the opportunity give back to the real estate agents who make Zillow a great resource for home buyers and...
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Top 10 Things You Don’t Know About Premier Agent Websites
Yesterday was a pretty exciting day in the halls of Zillow, and across the Internet, as we announced our Premier Agent Websites. There was a lot of chatter in the blogosphere, on Facebook and Twitter....
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Setting Up Your Premier Agent Websites
Zillow’s Premier Agent Websites are popping up all across the Internet. Agents all over the country are raving about the new WordPress-powered IDX sites. Setup is easy, fast, affordable, and doesn’t...
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Listing Agents Benefit with New zPro for Brokers Program
Today Zillow is announcing zPro for Brokers – a free, five-point program that will improve listings accuracy, benefiting brokers, agents and consumers, and provide greater visibility for listing...
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Did You Enter to Win a Trip to Hawaii? Deadline is Noon Today!
Zillow CEO Spencer Rascoff digs Hawaii Time is winding down for you to enter to win a trip to Agent Reboot in sunny Hawaii! Entries close at NOON Pacific time TODAY. It’s easy to enter (see below) and...
View ArticleA Distressed Homeowner: One Agent’s Story
The following guest post was written by Justin Lindsey of Ben Slade Realty in Niceville, FL I am one of five real estate agents in a brokerage that specializes in assisting distressed homeowners. An...
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Feedback Matters: Introducing the Zillow Agent Advisory Board
It is both exciting and an honor to announce today the formation of the Zillow Agent Advisory Board. Consisting of 21 practicing real estate agents/brokers from all across the country (see interactive...
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Adding Widgets to Premier Agent Websites
Zillow’s Premier Agent Websites come with the ability to easily add real estate and text/HTML widgets. Widgets are tools and content that can bring additional value to your readers, subscribers, and...
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Mauricio Umansky: Ethics & Integrity Make the Difference
Here at Zillow, we think of him as a well-respected Zillow Premier Agent, but many more know Mauricio Umansky from his appearances on Bravo’s hit reality TV show, “The Real Housewives of Beverly...
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5 Ways to Use a Zillow Premier Agent Website
So you have your Zillow Premier Agent Website. (What? You don’t? Go here and get one. I’ll wait…) Now, what do you do with it? Maybe you already have a website that is working well for you, and that’s...
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Behind the Scenes of Bravo’s “Million Dollar Listing” With Heather Bilyeu
Heather Bilyeu From HGTV’s “Selling L.A.” and “Selling New York” to Bravo’s “Million Dollar Listing,” TV networks have figured out that the business of selling homes, well, sells. Add in some eye candy...
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Gary Gold: ‘Get Educated’
Zillow Premier Agent Gary Gold has sold thousands of estates and luxury properties over the course of his career. A sought after expert, Gary has been cited for publications and broadcasts that include...
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Video Tutorials – Premier Agent Websites
Now that you have your Premier Agent Website all set up with the correct information, a cool theme and color scheme, the perfect homepage slideshow, an IDX feed, and a rockin’ domain name, what’s next...
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7 Tips for Handling Negative Reviews
No one wants to get reviews like these: This Agent won’t even call you back!! Not to mention his office said that his cell phone is un-disclosed when I asked for his cell phone number or direct line....
View ArticleJoin Coach Tom Ferry for a Live Webinar on July 25
Real estate sales coach Tom Ferry and Prospect Mortgage’s Chief Performance Officer Todd Duncan have teamed up to offer a live webinar to real estate agents looking to accelerate their sales growth....
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Zillow Announces First zPro for Brokers Partners
Last month, we announced zPro for Brokers – a free, five-point program to improve listings accuracy, benefiting brokers, agents and consumers, and providing greater visibility for listing agents. Since...
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Mobile, Mobile, Mobile
The following guest post was written by Matthew Shadbolt, Director of Interactive Product & Marketing for The Corcoran Group, New York City When we think about the Web, we have to think about...
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Zillow Premier Agent Websites Keep Getting Better
It’s been two months since Zillow launched Premier Agent Websites, and the developers have been hard at work to bring new designs and features to the product. Today several enhancements are being...
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Zillow Contact and Lead Management
Leads and contacts come from a variety of online sources and locations. Many contacts, leads and relationships are established and built on Zillow.com. It takes contacts to get appointments, and you...
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10 Best Practices When Working With Celebrity Clients
By Kofi Natei Nartey As the director of the Sports & Entertainment Division at The Agency, I have the pleasure of working with celebrities from the world of TV, film, music and professional sports....
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Show Us Your Premier Agent Website for a Chance to Win $200
Do you love your Zillow Premier Agent Website? We want to see it! Email us with your website URL and tell us why you love your new site. In 10 days, we’ll reward the owner of our favorite website with...
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The Art of the Caravan
By Billy Rose Every Tuesday, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., is “caravan” in Los Angeles, during which about 500 to 600 houses open their doors for real estate agents to come preview and determine whether any...
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Online Conversion Tips and Strategies
Jay Thompson hosted a “conversion tips” webinar at Zillow Academy featuring Chris Speicher and Karen Van Ness as his special guests. Rather than posting the video, we’ve decided to make it available as...
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What Is Your Goal for Your Real Estate Website or Blog?
Source: ekkebus on Flickr. CC Licensed. One fundamental thing that is missing for many real estate agent websites is a defined goal for the site/blog. Believe me, I talk to a lot of agents. When I ask...
View Article5 Essentials When Dealing With Foreign Investors and Buyers
By Carol Dotson It’s no secret that foreign investors are changing the real estate landscape in the U.S. right now, especially with respect to the luxury market. According to the National Association...
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Prove Your Track Record to Prospects
You’re making your prospecting calls and scheduling your appointments. You’re working hard to get listings and sell homes. So what differentiates you from other agents? Your reputation matters, and...
View ArticleIntroducing… Zillow’s First TV Ad
Today at Zillow we are very excited to launch our first-ever TV commercial, titled “Find Your Way Home.” It’s airing nationwide this fall on channels such as HGTV, CNN, ABC Family and Travel Channel....
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The 2 Best Tools for Real Estate Blogging Success
Source: john_a_ward on Flickr. CC Licensed. There are tons of tools out there to help make blogging more efficient. Do a Google search and you’ll find them: editors, plugins, content ideas, how-to...
View ArticleHow to Create a New Blog Post
The Premier Agent Websites offer some really valuable features and tools for your targeted prospects, but one of the best tools/features available is the ability to create and customize your own unique...
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What to Write About on Your Real Estate Blog
Source: Laineys Repertoire on Flickr. CC Licensed One question I get consistently anytime I talk to people about real estate blogging is, “What do you write about, and where do you find the time?” And...
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Reviews Matter: One Agent’s Story
The following guest post was written by Zillow Premier Agent Brandi Pearl Thompson of Pearl & Associates in Chattanooga,TN. In the world where real estate agents sometimes spend time overanalyzing...
View ArticleZillow Winners Share Aloha Message
Dale and Stephanie Chumbley, who coincidentally are Zillow Premier Agents, won the contest for round-trip airfare and paid admission to Inman’s Agent Reboot recently held at the Hyatt Regency in...
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Ratings and Reviews: Making the Difference for Lenders
We often read great pieces about how ratings and reviews on Zillow can have a positive impact on consumers who use them to decide on choosing a local real estate agent. Ratings and reviews also help...
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Keller Williams Top Producer Shares Success Tips and Strategies
What qualifies a real estate agent as a top producer? Is it their production volume? Their dollar volume or their awards? While trying to define the answer to questions like these, I had the chance to...
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Rhode Island Agent Helps Worried Sandy Evacuees
A beach home destroyed by Hurricane Sandy in Charlestown Breachway, RI. Photo courtesy of Erin Diaz Erin Diaz There’s a sense of feeling useless when a disaster hits, explained Rhode Island real estate...
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Sara Bonert: My First Day (Back) at Zillow
Sara and her three-month old daughter, Piper. Recently you’ve read about the first days at Zillow for Director of Industry Outreach and Social Media, Jay Thompson and Vice President Partner Relations,...
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