Elayna Fernandez - Marketing Expert - Naples FL

Constant Contact's new features make it easier to build your list on Social Networks.

When you prepare your newsletter (which could be information on that new listing you picked up), Constant Contact allows you to archive it so it is available to you in the form of a URL (address on the World Wide Web people can go directly to view it).

What this means in terms of Real Estate is that, you can create a custom URL to advertise that listing, while adding contacts to your database.

If you are farming a particular community, you could also register a domain such as "bestdealincommunityname.com" and "gorgeousvillaincitystate.com to which you can point that URL to (through domain forwarding). These you can use anytime you have a listing there and you can easily change the URL to which they are pointed to.

Through Constant Contact e-mail archiving, you extend the life of your communications and, by adding a Join My Mailing List box, you can grow your list, as well.

They have now also added a share button so you can make it easy for your customers to share your archived e-mails. The share button links to more than 20 social networking sites! That’s what I’m talking about!

An auto-responder to welcome your new sign-ups would be ideal and don’t forget to include “follow me” and “friend me” statements and on your newsletter content so people can connect with you on Twitter, Facebook, and other social networks. If you are blogging for consumers, make sure your Active | Rain link is on there as well!

Now THIS is truly Constant Contact!

For more information, connect with me:

My Website| Positive Mommies Network | E-mail | Facebook | Twitter

About the Author:

Elayna Fernandez is a proud mother, founder of the Positive Mommies Network, blogging/social media/web design instructor, and marketing/branding strategist. Her company, Designed 2 Impress, is dedicated to assisting individuals and small businesses in creating successful and consistent brand and achieve their marketing goals.

Thank you for taking the time to reading my post. Have a powerful day!

This article is intended to educate and it constitutes the sole intellectual property of Elayna Fernandez and Designed 2 Impress. Any full or partial reproduction or duplication without the author’s express written consent is strictly prohibited and will be considered copyright infringement.

You can now submit you own template to Google Docs.

Templates? You may ask. Yes!

On Google Docs, you can create anything from a resume to a budget form to a Power Point business presentation using one of the pre-set templates.

Here are some template types:

Documents

Spreadsheets

Presentations

Forms

Here are some Google Docs template categories:

Albums & Flipbooks

Business

Calculators

Calendars & Schedules

Cards & Certificates

Holiday

Labels & Business Cards

Letters & Faxes

Miscellaneous

Personal Finance

Presentation Designs

Resumes & Cover Letters

Statistics

Students & Teachers

Before you use one of the templates, be sure to read their Terms of Use.

If you own a pretty cool design and want to share it, you can also now do so. Simply go to Google Docs --> Template Gallery --> Submit a Template.

I think it’s a cool way to put your name and brand on Google. I gotta now go to my thinking chair and figure out which template I’ll submit.

What will you share?

For more information, connect with me:

My Website| Positive Mommies Network | E-mail | Facebook | Twitter

About the Author:

Elayna Fernandez is a proud mother, founder of the Positive Mommies Network, , blogging/social media/web design instructor, and marketing/branding strategist. Her company, Designed 2 Impress, is dedicated to assisting individuals and small businesses in creating successful and consistent brand and achieve their marketing goals.

Thank you for taking the time to reading my post. Have a powerful day!

This article is intended to educate and it constitutes the sole intellectual property of Elayna Fernandez and Designed 2 Impress. Any full or partial reproduction or duplication without the author’s express written consent is strictly prohibited and will be considered copyright infringement.

Google Docs.now allows you to create forms from a Google Docs.spreadsheet. It’s very powerful! It’s a web form powered by Google.

Creating the form is very easy:

1. Click the Form drop-down menu and select Create a form.
2. In the form template that opens, you can add any questions and options you'd like. (You know, name - last name – e-mail – feedback/comment etc.)
3. Click Email this form once you've finished adding your questions.
4. Add the email addresses of the people to whom you want to send this form. (You can actually also add it to a website/blog by clicking on “more actions” and selecting the embed option then pasting it to your site or blog – tell me you’re NOT excited!)
5. Click Send.

All responses to the form are collected in a spreadsheet and if you use Google Apps, you can keep track of the e-mail addresses of the people who fill it out and record them. To me, that’s just beautiful! (To activate this feature you have to check “Automatically collect respondent’s yourdomain.com username” when creating the form. There will be a disclaimer letting them know you’re recording their information, so it’s totally opt-in!

Are you NOW convinced I’m a Googleholic?

For more information, connect with me:

My Website| Positive Mommies Network | E-mail | Facebook | Twitter

About the Author:

Elayna Fernandez is a proud mother, founder of the Positive Mommies Network, , blogging/social media/web design instructor, and marketing/branding strategist. Her company, Designed 2 Impress, is dedicated to assisting individuals and small businesses in creating successful and consistent brand and achieve their marketing goals.

Thank you for taking the time to reading my post. Have a powerful day!

This article is intended to educate and it constitutes the sole intellectual property of Elayna Fernandez and Designed 2 Impress. Any full or partial reproduction or duplication without the author’s express written consent is strictly prohibited and will be considered copyright infringement.

…because I’m a Googpy (Google groupie LOL) and I’m not afraid to admit it publicly. Maybe I’m a Googleholic. Well, you get the point. I just love Google!

One of the features that you have access to with your Google Account (AKA Gmail) is Google Docs.

Google Docs is an amazing tool for teams to work together and collaborate on a document. Google Docs make virtual teams more efficient.

To upload documents to Google Docs and add team members as collaborators, do the following:

1. Log into your Gmail account. Click Docs in the Top Left Corner.

2. Click Upload in the blue bar on your screen

3. Under Browse, Choose a File and name it.

4. Click upload

5. Click the Share button (After you upload the document and click Upload, the Share button will automatically come up in the top right hand corner. It is a blue button.)

6. Then click the Share button and Invite your collaborator(s).

7. Click Invite Collaborators.

8. Type a short message.

9. Send it out

10. You can choose to receive a copy for your records.

Google Docs supports PDF, Excel, Word…and there are so many other features you can enjoy. Did I say FREE? That’s right! The T-shirt may cost a bit LOL

Are you Doc-Sharing yet?

For more information, connect with me:

My Website| Positive Mommies Network | E-mail | Facebook | Twitter

About the Author:

Elayna Fernandez is a proud mother, founder of the Positive Mommies Network, , blogging/social media/web design instructor, and marketing/branding strategist. Her company, Designed 2 Impress, is dedicated to assisting individuals and small businesses in creating successful and consistent brand and achieve their marketing goals.

Thank you for taking the time to reading my post. Have a powerful day!

This article is intended to educate and it constitutes the sole intellectual property of Elayna Fernandez and Designed 2 Impress. Any full or partial reproduction or duplication without the author’s express written consent is strictly prohibited and will be considered copyright infringement.

I finally got my invitation to register my new Google phone number! I choose my birthday on the digits (239-244-1216) - December 16th.

The Google voice system is yet another amazing free service by Google.

It offers a personal phone

number that rings all of your existing phones when people call.

All of your voicemail in one inbox with unlimited online storage and free voicemail transcripts sent to your phone and email. I tried this and it works perfectly.

Low-priced international calling to over 200 countries and free SMS. So I can now call all my family in the Dominican Republic for 0.9 cents a minute- YaY

Google Voice actually has a phone spam filter to say google-bye to unwanted callers. I also had the system call me to record a name and greeting. So cool!

You can customize your Google Voice experience by simply clicking on the Settings link at the top right of the page.

If you'd like to be Google connected, get an invite to Google Voice . You'll love it!

Gotta go...call me!