I'm sure most of you post or have your listings "feed" to Trulia.com. They just launched an exciting new feature that allows you to add as many photos as you would like to your listings. This gives you some control over your syndicated or manually added listings.
Best of all, you do not have to upgrade your account to access this feature, it is FREE!
Here's how to use it:
First, access your My Listings page (if you don’t already have a Trulia account, you’ll be prompted to create one). Then, for any listing on your page, select from the drop-down menu as per the screenshot below. (If you don’t yet have listings on this page, you can also add them here).

Next, you can edit photos from this page. Add photos (as many as you’d like!) by uploading them from your computer or just entering the URL if the photo is already posted elsewhere online. Delete any photos you don’t like. Or, using simple “drag and drop” functionality, move the photos around — into the order you’d like. You can also add captions to the photos.

This is a great new feature and really gives you more control over the information that is being displayed on your listings! Take advantage of this FREE upgrade and go in and update your listings!
Don't have the time to utilize this new tool? Need a Real Estate Virtual Assistant? Contact us today. We're a team of real estate specific Virtual Assistants and because we're in the industry working with Top Producers every day, we can help!
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I wanted to share a quick idea that I've implemented recently. At one point, I had a running list of people I needed to send a thank you notes to. This list of course was growing and I never had time to write out any of my notes. My email and everything else always took priority. My solution? Everyday while my computer is booting up, I write a quick note. I've got a MAC, so it is pretty quick to boot up, but it still allows me time to write my note and not feel like I should be doing something else, 'cause there isn't anything else to do until my computer is up! Then, at just about the time my note is done, my computer is up and running... I go right to my address book and write out the envelope.
It is a simple solution and the best part is I practice gratitude everyday. Try it!
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Carrie Gable, President
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Remember back in the day when we all realized the importance of getting just the right domain name? It was like a light bulb moment and if you were like me you went and registered as many as you could think of in relation to your business because “better safe than sorry”. Now, it seems nothing is left as far as domain names go...
Well, the race is on again for Facebook user names! Facebook is now allow users to register a username.
What is a Facebook Username?
There are two types of usernames. One type is for anyone that has a Facebook account. The other has to do with those people that have created a Facebook Page. For more on Facebook Pages, please read my previous blog post. In general a Facebook Page is for a business, group, public figure, etc. I will be blogging about the username for your Facebook Page next week, as there are some different rules in place for usernames for Facebook pages.
A user name for all Facebook account holders will allow you to use a personalized Facebook URL (web address) by selecting a unique username. For example, www.Facebook.com/SallyRealtor. So in this case, Sally would have selected SallyRealtor as her username.
Why Do You Need to Set-up Your Facebook Username?
Let’s face it, especially in the Real Estate industry, Facebook and other Social Networking sites ARE here to stay... How long, I won’t get into that debate in this post, but for now, they ARE important. Currently if you wanted to tell someone to look for you on facebook, you’d have to say, “search for me on facebook” and hope they found you. With a username you now simply say, “I’m on Facebook, just go to www.facebook.com/sallyrealtor.” It is a direct link to YOUR profile, and the person going there, doesn’t have to be logged in, they will get to your page regardless. Important to note: if they had to “search” for you, they would have had to log in to their Facebook account first and then searched vs. a direct link to your username where you don't have to be logged in.
I’m envisioning all business cards to have social networking sites on the back. In fact, at RealSupport now, our design department is laying out our new business cards to include all our social networking links (when they are not working on our real estate client’s marketing that is). The fact that we can have a direct link to Facebook is so great, because now we can have it on our card, our email signatures, etc.
So, just like the domain names in the past, hurry up and GET your user name before your name is gone!!!!
How do you Set-up Your Facebook Username?
As of Saturday, June 13, 2009, anyone with a facebook account was able to select a username at http://www.facebook.com/username.
You can select a username that Facebook suggests or create your own. Select "Check availability" to check for available usernames. If the desired username is available, click "Confirm" in order to confirm your choice.
When you log in, if you have not already chosen a username, you will see this at the top of your page:
Click on “Set-up Username”
Users can only have one username for your personal profile.
Once you have claimed a username by clicking the "Confirm" button after checking for a username's availability, it is not possible to edit it, or to transfer your username to a different account on Facebook. Additionally, when an account is removed from the site, its username will not be made available. Facebook does this for security reasons.
You should make sure it is something you like and that it’s appropriate for friends, family, co-workers, and anyone else who might use it to find you.
Need help setting this up? Ask your Virtual Assistant. Don’t have a Virtual Assistant, need one? Contact RealSupport today!!!
Carrie Gable, President
RealSupport Inc.
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Email: Carrie@RealSupportInc.com
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I just blogged about Google Maps and it's latest feature, What's Here. The more I am on Google Maps, the more cool features I find! It is really becoming a business tool to take advantage of! I have just discovered their Real Estate Search - another great tool!
This feature allows users to search for listings on Google Maps. The listings on the search pull through from GoogleBase - which is free to post your listings to and also receives feeds from several sites. So your listing could potentially be on GoogleBase without you even being aware - try doing a search!
The way it works:
If you go to GoogleMaps, and enter a city, street, etc - then choose Real Estate from the search options dropdown, you get the following:

The search options are pretty limited at this point, but it is still worth your while to have your listings here! Like I said, all it takes is adding them (or letting them feed) to GoogleBase, which is FREE!
This is an ever evolving site, so don't be suprised if I blog again in the near future with the next great thing!
Don't have the time or patience to figure out how to get your listings on this site? Need a Real Estate Virtual Assistant? Contact us today. We're a team of real estate specific Virtual Assistants and because we're in the industry working with Top Producers every day, we can help!
Jen Miller, Marketing Manager
RealSupport Inc.
Phone: 847-705-1655 x202
Email: Jen@RealSupportInc.com
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