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jennifer rathbun
July 28, 2009 at 5:46 pm
So how is this better/different than wordpress. Granted, I read thison my phone & I may have missed something.
Lani Rosales
July 28, 2009 at 5:49 pm
Jen, better: easier, less work; worse: you don’t own content, less customization, far inferior as a CMS.
Carrie Isaac
July 28, 2009 at 5:58 pm
The disadvantage that I’m seeing, at least initially, is that you’re putting these in as a blog post *with a date*, which means it’s going to immediately be obvious how long it’s been on the market. Is there an option to select a page (as opposed to a post) as the landing page?
We use WordPress for single listing sites and love its flexibility. Has a *little bit* of a learning curve, but well worth it.
Mark Jacobs
July 28, 2009 at 6:01 pm
Great Post, will give it a try.
Lani Rosales
July 28, 2009 at 6:08 pm
Carrie, it does not have an option to disable dates. There are many downsides to tumblr as there are to any service. This is a good option for those who don’t have time/care/ability to learn a new service as it’s a point&click freebie.
Mark Eckenrode
July 30, 2009 at 2:02 pm
nice and snazzy and perfect for those who aren’t interested in paying the bucks or designing their own. great tip
Michael @ My Single Property Websites
July 30, 2009 at 5:22 pm
Great post Lani. Another thing to keep in mind is automatic syndication to sites such as Zillow and Trulia. Most single property website providers offer this these days. Though a lot of brokerages already syndicate their agent’s listings, so maybe not that important to everyone.
Andrew Mooers
June 6, 2010 at 1:11 pm
“antique or too shamwowie” are both bad conditions whether it’s your blog, website, podcast, vebcast or social media “look”, “style”, “functionality”.
a tip
August 21, 2010 at 3:00 am
i get that this is an old article, so people have probably figured it out by now. don’t use this site for your home listing. it’s seriously for young hipsters, and buyers WILL NOT take you seriously no matter how much you customize the page, even if you do use a specific url without “tumblr.” in it.
if you want to remove the date look for the “permalink” coding in the “customize ccs” or “data” option in the themes section once you’re on the customize page.
i have never once looked at a tumblr user who is advertising something (alone) on their tumblr page (as in, a specific tumblr for “x” (real estate, apparel, automobiles, etc.) and thought they were good business.
Agent for Movoto
January 3, 2011 at 6:46 pm
For anything that’s Image-heavy, I think Tumblr is the way to go. Also, the way in which you can interact with other users is fresh and easy – they can re-post in a way that’s kind of like a re-Tweet, but the traditional “comment” box is still an option.
Amanda Cornelius
January 4, 2011 at 12:54 pm
LisitngDomains.com includes a sign rider, craigslist posting tool, video builder, PDF flyer builder, feedback system, widgets, blog flyer (I could go on here…. ). And is so quick and easy to setup. Shameless plug I know 😉