This is an important strategic benchmark for service providers to the real estate industry to remember - impacting marketing communications, product usability, and support expectations.  Here is a summary.

Read more »]]> http://waves.wavgroup.com/nar-realtor-profile-released-vendors-beware#comments http://waves.wavgroup.com/pc-or-mac-now-you-dona-039-t-have-to-choose Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:38:42 -0400 Marilyn Wilson Main category 15363@http://waves.wavgroup.com/ <p><img src="http://www.rsspieces.com/m/blogs/wavgrp/Picture 3.png" alt="" width="244" height="173" />Just over two years ago I was really excited about a purchase of my IBM ThinkPad. It had a really "fast" processor and "state of the art" security.&#160; How quickly my enthusiasm waned, however.&#160; My computer became slower and slower and more and more frustrating every day.</p> <p><br />At the same time I purchased a PC my partner Victor Lund purchased a Mac Book.&#160; His computer was intuitive, fast and just about never crashed.&#160; It was great for building slick graphics for power point presentations and terrific at collaborating and editing documents.&#160; It was getting consistently "smarter" with the way it interacted with CRM programs and social networks.&#160; I was JEALOUS!</p> <p><a href="http://waves.wavgroup.com/pc-or-mac-now-you-dona-039-t-have-to-choose#more15363">Read more &raquo;</a> Just over two years ago I was really excited about a purchase of my IBM ThinkPad. It had a really "fast" processor and "state of the art" security.  How quickly my enthusiasm waned, however.  My computer became slower and slower and more and more frustrating every day.

At the same time I purchased a PC my partner Victor Lund purchased a Mac Book.  His computer was intuitive, fast and just about never crashed.  It was great for building slick graphics for power point presentations and terrific at collaborating and editing documents.  It was getting consistently "smarter" with the way it interacted with CRM programs and social networks.  I was JEALOUS!

Read more »]]> http://waves.wavgroup.com/pc-or-mac-now-you-dona-039-t-have-to-choose#comments http://waves.wavgroup.com/hey-realtor-show-me-your-mls-data Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:43:13 -0400 Victor Lund Main category 15144@http://waves.wavgroup.com/ <p><img src="http://www.rsspieces.com/m/blogs/wavgrp/MLS Data.jpg" alt="" width="322" height="150" />Yup, that is the call of the wild.</p> <p><br />Organized online real estate is facing the biggest change since the launch of IDX, and the seeds of that change are already beginning to sprout.<br />The Department of Justice settlement with the National Association of REALTORS instigated changes to VOW or Virtual Office Website policies for the display of listings on an agent or broker website.&#160;&#160; Although the settlement did little to change the IDX or Internet Data Exchange policies, it may have that unintended consequence as MLSs grapple with the best way for VOW data to be displayed.</p> <p><a href="http://waves.wavgroup.com/hey-realtor-show-me-your-mls-data#more15144">Read more &raquo;</a> Yup, that is the call of the wild.

Organized online real estate is facing the biggest change since the launch of IDX, and the seeds of that change are already beginning to sprout.
The Department of Justice settlement with the National Association of REALTORS instigated changes to VOW or Virtual Office Website policies for the display of listings on an agent or broker website.   Although the settlement did little to change the IDX or Internet Data Exchange policies, it may have that unintended consequence as MLSs grapple with the best way for VOW data to be displayed.

Read more »]]> http://waves.wavgroup.com/hey-realtor-show-me-your-mls-data#comments http://waves.wavgroup.com/dona-039-t-bother-me-ia-039-m-researching Tue, 17 Jun 2008 12:48:24 -0400 Marilyn Wilson Main category 15077@http://waves.wavgroup.com/ <p><img src="http://www.rsspieces.com/m/blogs/wavgrp/Picture 2.png" alt="" width="456" height="143" /><span style="font-size: small;">Online consumer shopping behavior has changed the way consumers shop for real estate.<br /><br />I am currently looking for a new car. Knowing that car salesmen are notorious for creating a lot of sales pressure by trying to close the deal and negotiate the highest price they can regardless of the competition, I have avoided visiting any car dealerships yet.&#160; To start the process I visited automotive.com.&#160; While there I looked at every luxury sedan available and learned more about each of their unique features and benefits. &#160;<br /><a href="http://waves.wavgroup.com/dona-039-t-bother-me-ia-039-m-researching#more15077">Read more &raquo;</a> Online consumer shopping behavior has changed the way consumers shop for real estate.

I am currently looking for a new car. Knowing that car salesmen are notorious for creating a lot of sales pressure by trying to close the deal and negotiate the highest price they can regardless of the competition, I have avoided visiting any car dealerships yet.  To start the process I visited automotive.com.  While there I looked at every luxury sedan available and learned more about each of their unique features and benefits.  
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