It's our favourite time of year here at Real Estate Webmasters. Not only is it the holiday season, it's also a time to reflect on successes of the past year and a time to look forward to the year ahead. At REW, we've successfully grown our business by every conceivable metric every single year since our inception in 2004. But that doesn't mean it's time to take the foot off the gas. Looking ahead to 2019, REW is investing in our technology, people, and marketing more than ever b...

We're going to Vegas, baby! Real Estate Webmasters is thrilled to announce that this year's REW Summit will be taking place during Inman Connect Las Vegas 2019. Our team is proud to offer two value-filled days of hands-on learning in afternoon sessions on July 24 and 25. Learn from industry leaders as they discuss lead generation, lead conversion, website optimization, marketing strategy and all the latest technologies coming out of product development.  Attendees will a...

Real Estate Webmasters is happy to announce our first new platform release of Fall 2018! This update includes several features requested by our incredible clients related to Discover, REW CRM, and the REW IDX mobile app experience. And if you read all the way to the end, you'll see a revolutionary new home search feature that we've added to the REW IDX app. Discover Updates Here's what's new and exciting with Discover: Map Pins Highlight on Hover This suggestion origina...

The 2018 REAL Trends Real Estate Website Rankings are here. And once again, Real Estate Webmasters clients dominate the list. REW is proud to have more clients featured on the REAL Trends list than any other real estate technology provider. The annual REAL Trends rankings serve as a wonderful showcase of some of the most beautifully designed websites in the industry. Websites are judged in a number of categories including: Best Overall Website Best Community Best Des...

Real Estate Webmasters is pleased to announce our third and final product update release of the Summer. Yes, it's technically two weeks into Fall, but that's because we spent two extra weeks incorporating new client feedback and suggestions into the platform—making this an even bigger and better release. This update focused heavily on Discover—our newest and most innovative website platform yet. This update brings a combination of exciting new features, new color themes, an...

We live in a world that's downright obsessed with smartphones, tablets, and overall screen time. And yet, apps are nearly ignored completely by most real estate businesses. But they're starting to gain popularity with the heavy hitters. Zillow, Realtor.com, and Redfin now have mobile apps. It's time for agents to step up and take advantage of this underutilized marketing channel. Why would an agent need both an app and a website? As a real estate tech provider, we had to ask ...

We no longer measure distance in miles or kilometers. We measure distance in time. In this post, we'll explore how this will impact real estate in a big way. Table of Contents: Measuring distance in minutes, not miles Why you should care about drive time What is INRIX Drive Time™? Two driving distance real estate myths How Drive Time makes you a better agent How to add INRIX Drive Time™ to your website We Measure Distance in Minutes, Not M...

So this month I decided to join our sales manager in a really fun sales contest against our entire sales team. You can read about the contest at this facebook post (please feel free to share). As I've started to discuss projects (especially large custom projects or upgrades) the subject of the "queue" comes up. IE what is the wait time to get a project started / completed?People are often surprised by the answer (and that is there is a pretty long waiting list) and someone today asked me ...

REW is happy to announce our second product release of the Summer. This update includes exciting new features to Discover, the launch of INRIX Drive Time™, improvements to the REW IDX App, and bug fixes to REW CRM. Here are some of the biggest updates you'll see over the next few days: New Updates to Discover We designed Discover to offer the best real estate listing search experience in the business, and that's only improving with our latest release. So what's new with Dis...

At Real Estate Webmasters, we are constantly creating new features and tools. I was recently in a conversation with one of our most progressive and innovative clients Davis Bass from Florida (we were discussing REW's new "Home Search App") and he challenged me with this question: "Sell me on the App" As I replied to him, I realized that this was probably a question many folks are going to ask, so I decided to put some additional effort into a more robust response—one that all REW ...