We previously talked about what the best settings might be for forced registration on your mapping IDX. While there isn’t a clear-cut answer as to what will work for your specific website and market area, it’s quite easy to customize the registration settings on your mapping IDX and test your results. Here’s how: (If you ... Read more +

This year’s Agent Reboot show tour is coming to a close next month, but we have a few tickets to give away to make sure you get a chance to go before it’s over. For real estate professionals looking to up their game in technology, these events are not to be missed.  Agent Reboot is a one day conference jammed with discussions and ... Read more +

dsIDXpress is our WordPress IDX search plugin that gives IDX functionality to your website, allows users to search for and browse available properties in your MLS, and lets the search engines index properties from the MLS on your website. Though dsIDXpress integrates seamlessly into your WordPress Theme with matching colors, fonts, styling and ... Read more +

Consumers are going to visit your Real Estate Site for one of four reasons: Search for Homes. Find out how the market is doing. Inquire over what their home is worth. Learn about the local community. How easy you make it to access all of that information is going to determine whether they decide to work with you or not. Is your site easy to ... Read more +

In our recent client spotlight we hi-lighted a site that uses expandable sidebar menu’s to link to their listings. That effect is created using a WordPress Plugin called J Shortcodes. Between a combination of the dsIDXpress link-structure and J Shortcodes, you can create the same effect for your own real estate blog. Here’s how… ... Read more +

Consumers are visiting your website for one of four reasons: Search for homes. Find out how the market is doing. Find out what they’re home is worth. Learn about the local community. The easier you make it to access all of this information, the better. If they can easily access one of these four, you’ve satisfied their taste for ... Read more +

There are dozens if not hundreds of Real Estate Blogs getting started every day. Still, you know that starting one of your own is going to be good for your business. A well authored Real Estate Blog can help you gain visibility – both via search and in your community. It can help you build trust with your readers which ultimately, leads to ... Read more +

On September 20 – 22nd, the Diverse Solutions Team will be at the California REALTOR® EXPO – we’ll be presenting and managing a booth.  On Tuesday, we’ll be leading a discussion on the ROI in Social Media with a focus on measurement metrics, tracking tools, and a strategic outlook. Then on Wednesday, we’ll be ... Read more +

Over on the Diverse Solutions Community Forum Michael Reilly asked: We just launched a brand new site at www.cedarparkhomelistings.com. We are driving traffic to this site using google PPC ads so I want to make sure I’m getting the most leads for the $. Does anyone have any thoughts on the best settings for forced registration? I had the ... Read more +

Earlier this year we launched the Diverse Solutions Help Desk as a way to provide you (DIY) instructions on how to use our various products. Well, I’d like to add more to the Help Desk but also publish more here on the blog to help you optimize your website with our IDX technologies for better results. I hope to do this in two ways: More ... Read more +