So, one of the partners (DL) has some friends who’ve started up some sort of software program that works with Outlook and doesn’t make much more sense to me than that. Fortunately for them, it makes sense to a VC somewhere, who’s offered them $1.3M… and they’re still in production/development.
Let’s set the record straight. […]

Click here to read a short conversation about how little value buyers/sellers often place in realtors.
I think the problem is that realtors, like all the marketers out there, are dependent on controlled marketing messages. “I want to control what people hear about me.” In an online world —- where blogging, wikis, social applications/networking, etc. are […]

As we expected, we’re getting some pretty strong resistance from realtors who don’t want to be put on the line personally…. (Check out the comments on this Edmonton real estate blog, where I [Joanna] am discussing our site with a few other interested parties.)
To be clear: What-Customers-Say.com is not a site for rating whether you […]

Looks like someone’s let it out that our site is up and running. (Gina, was it you? If so, thanks!) Thanks to whomever did that…….
Actually, we haven’t yet sent out a press release. (We wanted to make sure the site worked, first; and we’ve now noticed the IE 6.0 users are having trouble with it. […]

I can’t even believe it, but someone has contacted a highly rated realtor (Bev O’Shea) on www.what-customers-say.com to ask to meet about possibly hiring her for a future sale or purchase (the email doesn’t specify which).
Unbelievable! If I didn’t see it with my own eyes, I’d never believe it.
So, the reason I know about this […]

We started our first day with our launched site in great spirits (team breakfast - yay!). Then we got 3 reviews… and we got really pumped. And then a realtor (Bev O’Shea) set up her profile… and we got excited again.
And then we got rejected.  
We emailed a local blogger/realtor to tell him about […]

In the words of Dave the Designer:
DING DING DING
Great job, team! We’re live… and we’re a huge step closer towards helping clients share real feedback about realtors and helping the good-to-great Edmonton realtors/real estate agents rise to the top. 
Check it out now: www.what-customers-say.com

Well, it’s finally [nearly] here! www.what-customers-say.com is set to launch by 8am on Wednesday, August 27, 2008 —- yup, that’s tomorrow. Lance and Steven have worked out all the technical bugs (Dave plans to do a visual QA post-launch), and now it’s just up to us to get the site as smooth as possible… and […]

So, I’m a Web writer, and everyone involved in What-Customers-Say.com is totally involved in the Web and has been for years and years.
But here we are, trying to determine what the best advertising/marketing media are for getting people to the site to rate their Edmonton realtors (or other local real estate agents)… and we’re stuck. […]

I read the millionth (or so) blog post-slash-news article today about the cooling real estate market in Edmonton. Yes, Canada, what’s been happening in Phoenix, Florida, SoCal and Las Vegas is happening here.
That shouldn’t shock us. Most areas in Canada are overpriced for what you get (priced for about 30% higher than market value… I read […]