{"id":1636,"date":"2009-02-27T10:25:55","date_gmt":"2009-02-27T15:25:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bhgrealestateblog.com\/?p=1636"},"modified":"2024-12-30T14:48:30","modified_gmt":"2024-12-30T19:48:30","slug":"friday-blog-scan-things-we-liked-from-the-week-that-was-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bhgrecareer.com\/bebetterblog\/friday-blog-scan-things-we-liked-from-the-week-that-was-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday Blog Scan: Things we liked from the week that was"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Drew over at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.geekestateblog.com\">GeekEstateBlog<\/a> took readers on a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.geekestateblog.com\/searching-by-walk-score-values\/\">stroll<\/a> through <a href=\"http:\/\/walkscore.com\">WalkScore,<\/a> revealing some of the more useful aspects of this service for buyers. The benefits Walkscore offers &#8220;green buyers&#8221; was especially interesting to us.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">How do you manage sending large files filled with photos, contracts and floorplans to clients? Mail is too expensive and your email server might bounce those large files back. AgentGenius offers us some nice solutions <a href=\"http:\/\/agentgenius.com\/?p=10255\">using Box.net<\/a> and others.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">RealEstatePrincess offered an interesting look inside the <a href=\"http:\/\/realtechspeak.blogspot.com\/2009\/02\/facebook-doesnt-kill-privacy-people-do.html\">privacy issues<\/a> plaguing Facebook makes sense out of the debate over whether or not the giant social network is a safe place to build your profile.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Joe at Sellsius is one of the most entertaining bloggers in our industry &#8212; and he&#8217;s frequently brilliant. <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.sellsiusrealestate.com\/twitter\/how-to-find-clients-on-twitter-the-aks-method\/2009\/02\/21\/\">How to find clients on Twitter<\/a> is one very clear reasons why.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Kurt Weinsheimer,\u00a0General Manager of Local Marketing Services at <a href=\"http:\/\/spotrunner.com\">SpotRunner.com,<\/a> offered <a href=\"http:\/\/www.futureofrealestatemarketing.com\/all-aboard-the-brandwagon\">six simple rules <\/a>to help you develop your own online video and capitalize on this growing opportunity.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Until next week&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><!--more--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Drew over at GeekEstateBlog took readers on a stroll through WalkScore, revealing some of the more useful aspects of this service for buyers. 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