I know this will help me. I administer multiple Google Apps domains for different clients and during testing and configuration of each I am constantly logging out of one account and then back in to another.

From Mashable.com:

Now, according to Google Operating System, Google is testing a feature that will let users log in to multiple Google accounts in the same web browser. Personally, I have at least four different Gmail accounts open at all times, and this feature is very high on my wish list.

Google services that are currently being tested include Gmail, Reader, Sites, Calendar, Code and Docs. There is one limitation: if you turn on multiple sign-in, you cannot access Gmail in offline mode.

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Another great article from Tech Savvy Agent: When it comes to Facebook and real estate ads, do you think you should be advertising your listings on your Facebook PROFILE? No, me neither. But, at the same time, you have all these friends that you want to be able to promote what you do as much as possible without being obnoxious, right? How can this be accomplished? Facebook’s Marketplace. Click here to read the entire article on Tech Savvy Agent

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From Tech Savvy Agent: It’s really not a question anymore, it’s a statement:  You MUST have a real estate blog if you want to be successful in the online world of real estate.  But for those of you who are still questioning the importance of blogging, I think it’s appropriate for us to be completely transparent and let you all in on a little secret.

In the infancy of Tech Savvy Agent, we were truly unfamiliar with the importance of a blog, but we knew that it was definitely something that we needed to break into.  Unfortunately, we started our original Tech Savvy Agent blog as a WordPress.com blog!  Yes, even TSA made that huge mistake!  ”But, I thought WordPress was the most robust and greatest ROI blogging platform there was”, you say?   Whereas that is true, it’s the host location of your blog that will be the driving force behind this most power tool of real estate, and WordPress is not the place for it to be hosted!

“Ok, so what’s the difference between a self-hosted and free (non-self-hosted) blog“?  Well, right there is one difference - one is free and one is not.  When you see that something is free, you have to question it’s validity (well, at least I do). AWordPress.org (self-hosted) blog run about $55 per year (plus you can normally get a 20% discount – do a google search for “godaddy promo codes”) not to mention the countless benefits of hosting it on your preferred platform (such as our preferred site, Godaddy.com).

Additional reasons to self-host your real estate blog are:

• Limitless plugins – Search engine optimization (SEO) is a huge factor when it comes to real estate blogs ROI.  All-In-One SEO Pack is one that allows you to easily search engine optimize each page (or post) that you create.
• Another highly effective real estate plugin is IDXPress by Diverse Solutions which allows you to include your MLS search into your blog, and each search result is search engine optimized!  This is not achievable on a real estate website as your IDX is iframed into the site and so is useless when it comes to SEO!  If that doesn’t make you switch, I don’t know what will…
• Unlimited number of pages – WordPress.org allows for an unlimited number of blog pages whereas WordPress.com or Blogger is limited.   For those of you that would like to have a page about each community within your market area, for instance, may have to stop mid-stream – how frustrating?!
• It’s not yours, it’s theirs – Blogger has been known to delete their users blogs for various reasons.  A sense of security for this not to suddenly happen is definitely worth the minimal expense, wouldn’t you say?

So, we have explained the main factors as to why you need to host your blog yourself, but why should you blog to begin with?  That is the question of the Century.

The majority of Realtors have their website in place, with the average 10-20 pages of basic information, including the home page, seller and buyer information, MLS search, about us, contact us, etc.,  Once the site is set up and looking “pretty”, that’s often the end of it.  This is what is known as static content – it remains the same, often for years.  You may hire a web designer and/or search engine optimize specialist who adds meta tags (which is now not so important anymore, to Google at least), keyword phrases to each static page, and gets those 10-20 pages indexed with the search engines.  However, with a blog, your content is no longer static; it is consistent, relevant, highly keyword-rich, ever-growing content with endless pages, each having the ability to be indexed by the search engines!  (REMEMBER, that includes your MLS Search pages too!)

The ultimate power behind a blog is your ability to be positioned on the search engines within many different keyword phrases within your market niche and is so much more attainable than through your static website.  And the more presence you have on the search engines, the more traffic you will obtain and the more leads you will get.  Simply put, your real estate blog feeds your online fire!

How often do you need to blog?  Honestly, the more the merrier, but even if you can only commit to just once a week, you will have doubled your content from that of your static website within a very short period of time.  The more pages you have with relevent, keyword-rich content, the more opportunities you have to be found by the search engines and the better your ranking!   Add the social networking and social media aspects to this scenario and you’ll be well on your way to achieving an amazing web presence!

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Google is testing a new feature in Gmail: as you can see in this image obtained by Google OS, a phone icon opens a special Gmail chat window, which consists of a dialpad, contact search, credit balance and a call button. The feature is not yet publicly available. Read the full article on Mashable.com

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Mashable.com has an article on a new Google Apps gadget, just installed it, worked great! Relationship manager Gist has just launched the Gist Gadget for the Google Apps Marketplace. The Gist Gadget basically lets you find out way more about the people in your inbox, directly from Gmail. Read the rest at mashable.com

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Google Apps for Business is a suite of applications from Google that allow small businesses to receive email, share calendars, store, share and collaborate on documents, upload internal training videos and presentations, all in a secure web based environment. Tired of managing documents, templates, contracts, calendars, contacts, presentations etc… the old fashioned way? Copying them from one machine to another, storing them on a “thumb drive” then copying them over to an employees computer or sending them as an email attachment when they need them? Worrying if your team is all using the newest version of a contract, showing clients the latest presentation or sending out correspondence on the old letterhead? Google Apps will solve all those problems and more! Contact MacWin Consulting to get a free quote on:

• Domain configuration, setting up Google Apps to work with and receive email for your domain
• User account creation and provisioning
• Initial setup of folder structure
• Full data migration
• Training covering:
  • Day to day administration tasks
  • Creating and sharing new folders
  • Uploading documents and files, videos
  • Creating Google Sites

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Mashable.com has a Facebook Guidebook online. Facebook is the world’s leading social network, with over 300 million users and more than 900 employees. But how do you get the most out of it? To answer this question and more, Mashable has created The Facebook Guide Book, a complete collection of resources to help you master Facebook. Check it out at http://mashable.com/guidebook/facebook/

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From Mahable.com: Gmail has a new feature for Firefox 3.6 and Google Chrome users: drag-and-drop file attachments. The feature is very straightforward — just drag files from your desktop onto your e-mail, and a green box will appear where you can drop your files.

Google promises it will “enable this for other browsers as soon as they support this feature.” Why the wait? Drag-and-drop functionality is an HTML5 feature. Currently only the Gecko layout engine — the engine that powers Firefox — fully supports HTML5 drag-and-drop. WebKit, which powers both Safari and Chrome, has only partial support for drag-and-drop.

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Jing makes it very easy to grab screenshots and videos straight from your PC, and then save them or share them on the Web. The coolest part of this experiment–in theory–is Jing’s integration with Screencast.com, a hosting service for videos recorded off your computer. Once you’ve recorded a video, you can save it to your Screencast account, and from there you can get an embed code to put it in a blog or other page. Try it today at http://www.jingproject.com/

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The headline around the Web was that, for the first time, Facebook had eclipsed Google as the most-visited site in the U.S. for a full week. Previously, Facebook had hit No. 1 on a few big holidays, like Christmas and New Year’s Day. That makes sense—everyone is home and uploading photos from that digital camera Santa left under the tree, or furiously untagging photos from the night before (respectively). But for the week ending March 13, the biggest holiday was Registered Dietitian Day. It’s clear from the chart below that Facebook’s days of needing major events to eke past Google are over.

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