List of technology tools discussed during our roundtable

Mega Agent Roundtable

January 19, 2009

Blogging and Social Networks

• Active Rain
  • ActiveRain Real Estate Network is a free social network and marketing platform for real estate professionals. This network helps agents to create business relationships both within the industry and with the consumer. Sign up free with this link.... http://activerain.com/action/referrals/mcoffey1

Meetup.com

•o Meetup is the world's largest network of local groups. Meetup makes it easy for anyone to organize a local group or find one of the thousands already meeting up face-to-face. More than 2,000 groups get together in local communities each day, each one with the goal of improving themselves or their communities.

•o Find a group here: http://www.meetup.com/topics/ or start a group here: http://www.meetup.com/create/

Plaxo

• • Connect to your family, friends, and business network. We make it easy to find who you know; Use Pulse to discover the great content your friends are creating all over the web - and share your own; or Take your address book and Pulse with you to Outlook, Mac, and your mobile phone. Sign up here: http://www.plaxo.com/signup?page=2
• Twitter
  • Twitter is a service for friends, family, and co-workers to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent answers to one simple question: sign up here: https://twitter.com/signup
• Inman Connect
  • Industry news/blogs and events: Subscription based at http://www.inman.com/
• FranklyMLS.com
  • Agents web based search tools for his clients (and yours?) http://franklymls.com/
• Realping.com
  • Welcome To realPING, a consumer focused communications tool that empowers real-time assistance for your website visitors. When questions arise and prospects are on your site, looking at tours, reading your email, they need help NOW. Not tomorrow, not by an email, they demand immediacy. Sunscription based: http://realping.com/index.cfm?action=c1&id=1017
• Myhomemanagement.com

•· Not sure what this was? There is one site that has some links to home managers: Myhomemanagement.com and a site that has links to home maintenance software: http://www.prohomemanager.com/ http://www.managemyhome.com/

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• Whitepages.com

•· Site for phone number look up: http://www.whitepages.com/ or

•· http://anywho.com/

• Facebook
  • Social networking site- referrals? www.facebook.com invite me to ‘be your friend' http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/profile.php?sid=1458c71127f1e1cb0292c37bcffd8346&id=772488115&hiq=michael%2Ccoffey

• Linkedin
  • Professional networking site...referrals? invite me to be a connection http://www.linkedin.com/in/mvpcoffey

• IDX www.wolfnet.com; www.listhub.com
• SEO Search engine optimization (SEO) is the process of improving the volume and quality of traffic to a web site from search engines . For lots of information, vendors, etc- visit my google search string: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=SEO&aq=f&oq=

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• Market snapshot The Market Snapshot system sets you apart from standard drip marketing and automated newsletters which increasingly (and painfully) present prospects with a flurry of recipes and friendly household tips. Market Snapshot stays on message and positions you as the local market expert, by sending the up-to-the minute MLS graphical reports to address demanding consumer queries. http://www.topproducer.com/Products/Market-Snapshot/

• Click to Call/ Push-to-talk technology (PTT), which requires no dial-up and is always "on," Click To Call allows you to initiate a telephone call from any internet application see google search strings http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=click+to+call%5C http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=real+estate+IVR+solutions&btnG=Google+Search&aq=f&oq=

• I.V.R.- customer interactive voice response systems see my google search string
• http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=real+estate+IVR+solutions&btnG=Google+Search&aq=f&oq=
• "The Platinum Rule" book Mastery of The Platinum Rule will give you an unfair advantage over other salespeople. .... www.amazon.com/Platinum-Rule-Sales-Mastery-Prospects/dp/1933596899 - 307k -

• Listhub- ListHub, the premier listing asset management network, will integrate seamlessly with Keller Williams Listing System (KWLS). The integration with the ListHub network will provide Keller Williams agents with a single-point of entry for their listing data - one entry into their MLS and all their listing details will also be pushed to the KWLS for posting on more than 125+ home search sites on the Internet.
• IDX www.listhub.com

Or do it yourself....

• Postlets http://www.postlets.com/home.php
• Craigslist http://www.craigslist.org/about/sites

•- PropertyMinder, Inc. - Internet Marketing, Web Technology, Content Management, Post-Sales Follow-Up and Search Engine Advertising offers a suite of agent productivity tools ranging from the basic website to fully inclusive content rich websites with sophisticated client relationship management, lead generation and tracking tools. PropertyMinder is a complete solution for experienced and new real estate agents who want to grow their business by leveraging the power of Internet technology, computer training and marketing coaching.

• Jott.com - put into text V.M. (voice recognition) http://jott.com/
• Virtual tours (realestateshows.com) www.mouseonhouse.com

LEVERAGE

• TP8i www.topproducer.com

• Elance.com

• Google Alert
• Twitter
• Relay
• Realbird.com
• For Outlook: Xobni

TRUISMS

Narrow your niche ‘Push' it to drive traffic Provide content

•- Info

•- Listings

•- 1 stop shopping

•- Online directory

• Brand your website

•- Search Savers

•- Immediate response

•- Meet expectations

•- Consistancy