Innovative Blogs & Their Secret Plugins – My Real Estate Blog World 2010 Presentation
October 18, 2010 by Stacey Harmon · 7 Comments
I presented last week at the Blog World and New Media Expo and had several requests for my slides so wanted to share them here. I also wanted to specifically call out the innovative blogs and developers that were featured in the presentation allowing this presentation to serve as a resource for those in the real estate space who are looking to create or improve upon their blog. All examples in the presentation are WordPress sites. Here is the slide deck and links to the specific sites appear below:
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The specific real estate wordpress blogs featured in the presentation are linked to below. If I was able to identify the developer, I’ve included it after the blog. For details of why each blog was selected for the presentation (it might be for their use of theme, as an example of a specific functionality, or for their use of a specific plugin), please reference the presentation itself.
Featured Sites:
- Managing Broker/Principal Brad Nix’s Maxsell.net
- Agent Loren Sanders iCarlsbad.com (Developer – Agent Evolution)
- Agent Irina Netchaev’s PasadenaViews.com
- Agent Dru Bloomfield’s AtHomeInScottsdale.com
- Agent Amanda McMillan’s ChicgagoHomePartner.com (Developer – Loren Nason)
- Agent Janie Coffey’s TheCoralGablesStory.com
- Agent Downtown Scotty Brown’s ScottyBrown.com (Developer – HomeQuest)
- Agent’s Ginger Wilcox’s BlogByTheBay.com
- Agent Brad Coy’s SFres.com (Developer – Virtual Results)
- Escrow Company American Trust Escrow (Developer – Real Estate Tomato)
- Apartment Management Company PenmarProperties.com (Developer – Twin Cities Tech)
- Agents Linda & Steve Haycox’s HomesByHaycox.com (Developer – Agent Evolution)
- Owner/Managing Broker Bob Lilley’s RobertLilley.com
- Broker/Owner Jay Thompson’s PheonixRealEstateGuy.com (Self Developed)
- Agents John and Sarah Payson’s ThePaysonGroup.com (Developer – HomeQuest)
- Agent Terence Richardson’s MetroAtlantaPros.com
- CoastalHomeFinder.com (Developer – 1 ParkPlace)
- Agent Mariana Wagner’s ColoradoSpringsRealEstateConnection.com
- Agent Brian Copeland’s NashvilleAndBeyond.com
- Mortgage Broker Scott Schang’s HomeownershipUniversity.com (Self Developed)
- Agent Kendra Todd’s KendraToddGroup.com
- Agent Steve Wickland’s WicklandGroup.com (Developer – Dakno Marketing)
- Agent Michelle Silverman’s ViewsOfLaJolla.com
- Broker/Owner Linsey Planeta’s MRealtyOC.com (Developer – HomeQuest)
- Escrow VP Bob Fox’s MyBuyerNeeds.com
- Brokerage EWM’s blog.Ewm.com (Developer – Real Estate Tomato)
- Agent Riley Smith’s CoralGablesRealEstateVault.com (Developer – Real Estate Tomato)
Special thanks go out to Steve Zehngut and Scott Schang for taking the time to share their knowledge with me which contributed to the content in this presentation. Also, thanks to Jason Berman for the opportunity to be part of RE BlogWorld – I had a blast!
Real Estate WordCamp Presentation | 32 Realtor Websites Running on WordPress
April 15, 2010 by Stacey Harmon · 1 Comment
I debuted a new presentation last week at the first installment of Real Estate WordCamp in Denver, Colorado. The presentation was a compilation of 32 Realtor and Brokerage websites that are run on WordPress (which is my recommended platform for Realtors looking to develop a website or blog). I find that people learn from seeing examples of what other people are doing. The point of the presentation was to fill the minds of the audience with creative, interesting, and excellent examples of real estate websites as well as show what is possible with the WordPress platform. For additional details about why I find WordPress to be THE application for real estate websites, check out a post I wrote on Agent Applause highlighting one of the best Real Estate websites I’ve found that is built on the WordPress platform. As a side note, the websites for both Harmon Enterprises and Agent Applause are built on WordPress.
I’m looking to keep this presentation current. If you know of any great examples of real estate websites that are built on WordPress, please let me know about them either in the comments, or by contact form.
And, if you are interested in consultation on a WordPress strategy for your real estate business, please contact Harmon Enterprises to discuss further.