{"id":19625,"date":"2012-04-13T10:14:49","date_gmt":"2012-04-13T14:14:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ewm.com\/internalblog\/?p=19625"},"modified":"2012-04-13T10:14:49","modified_gmt":"2012-04-13T14:14:49","slug":"localmind-app-opens-up-info-about-local-spots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.myewm.com\/?p=19625","title":{"rendered":"LocalMind App Opens Up Info about Local Spots"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Help your clients get a pulse on the neighborhoods they&#8217;re interested in with LocalMind, a question-and-answer app for iPhone that lets you ask questions about a general area or a specific location.<\/p>\n<p>LocalMind is like Yahoo Answers meets location-based services. It enables users to ask a question using the app on their phone and get answers from people in the area. Some examples of things people ask and answer\/provide insight for:<\/p>\n<p>How crowded is it at that restaurant?<br \/>\nWhat&#8217;s the best thing to order on the menu?<br \/>\nHow late is that place open?<br \/>\nWhere can I find the cheapest gas around here?<br \/>\nWhere is the best nearby playground for toddlers?<\/p>\n<p>These are all things prospective buyers would likely want to know while out sampling a neighborhood. LocalMind gives a forum to ask and answer these questions, and leave local tips about what to see and do.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of trolling dozens and sometimes hundreds of reviews on Yelp, you just ask a question about your chosen location and get real answers from real people.<\/p>\n<p>Questions generally get answered by users in the area within just a few minutes. The people answering questions get judged according to a bunch of different criteria, including their number of check-ins on Foursquare (which gives the LocalMind team an idea of whether their knowledge is just in passing or derived from a deeper experience of a place).<\/p>\n<p>The app also looks for answers from people who share your interests. For example, if you&#8217;re looking for East Coast-style pizza, the app will look for people that like pizza, and then restaurants, then restaurants in the particular neighborhood, city and region you&#8217;re asking in. Once an answerer has passed these hurdles, they will be highlighted for an answer that best matches your inquiry.<\/p>\n<p>Check out LocalMind and refer it on to your clients who may be new to the areas they&#8217;re looking to move to. It can help them discover insider tips that may even help them decide whether or not an area or neighborhood is a good fit for them.<\/p>\n<p>LocalMind is available for free download in the iTunes App Store.<\/p>\n<h5><em>Article By: John Thompson, Intero Real Estate, Inc<\/em><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Help your clients get a pulse on the neighborhoods they&#8217;re interested in with LocalMind, a question-and-answer app for iPhone that lets you ask questions about a general area or a specific location. LocalMind is like Yahoo Answers meets location-based services. It enables users to ask a question using the app on their phone and get [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1401,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_expiration-date-status":"","_expiration-date":0,"_expiration-date-type":"","_expiration-date-categories":[],"_expiration-date-options":[]},"categories":[59,61],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.myewm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19625"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.myewm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.myewm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.myewm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1401"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.myewm.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19625"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.myewm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19625\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.myewm.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.myewm.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.myewm.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}