Anna Stern

Move over internet! The next revolution in real estate sales is happening on cell phones. It wasn't that long ago that the posting of MLS listings on the internet forever changed the way people shopped for houses. Savvy realtors eager to capitalize on web-searching house hunters started adding detailed descriptions and photo slide shows to website listings. Today 90% of home buyers begin their search on the internet. But cell phone popularity is signaling the next big change in real estate marketing.

As the versatility of cell phones increases, industry experts expect them to surpass computers as an information and business tool within the next decade. Google Engineering Director Andy Rubin predicts that in the very near future all cell phones will have complete computer functionality. Apple's iPhone and a growing number of strong competitors already combine mobile phone service with defined email and internet access, GPS locator functions, picture taking and manipulation, interactive gaming and a host of other amazing capabilities.

With the speed at which communications and computer technology are changing, enhanced cell phones are quickly becoming the premier business tool for power players in the real estate industry. TxT2Sell gives you a jump on the competition by putting the impressive power of cell phone communication into your hands today.

TxT2Sell allows you to send MLS listing details and multiple photos of houses for sale to potential buyers instantly via cell phone. You never miss a potential sale. Equally important, the TxT2Sell reporting system provides you with a complete list of cell phone contacts. With so many people dropping their landlines -- and thereby their phone book listings -- in favor of cell phone use only, TxT2Sell gives you a valuable tool for contacting potential clients.

Immediacy, The unique ability to provide detailed information instantly, to anyone, anywhere sets texting apart from other forms of communication. Text messaging is poised to become the most powerful marketing tool of the century. Harnessing that power is the challenge that has everyone scrambling, from savvy presidential candidates to forward-thinking police departments to cutting-edge real estate agents.

Barack Obama's presidential campaign has pioneered the aggressive use of text messaging as a political organizing tool. In our increasingly cell-phone centered world - many under 40s don't even have landlines -- people carry their cells with them 24/7. Texting doesn't depend on computer availability for message checking or, worse, on the questionable and often lethargic delivery of snail mail. It allows you to leave detailed messages to keep people instantly in the loop. Obama's savvy campaign managers have used texting to alert followers to last minute campaign stops, pass along new platform info, rebut campaign ads from opponent McCain and get out the vote. Texting is changing the way politicians connect with their constituents.

Immediacy is also what prompted the Los Angeles Police Department to launch its anonymous SMS text messaging tipline. Text-a-Tip allows nervous citizens to tip police the minute they spot suspicious activity without calling attention to themselves. A third-party provider ensures that the tipster's identity remains anonymous.

TxT2Sell allows savvy real estate agents to capitalize on the immediacy of texting as a powerful new marketing tool. TxT2Sell ensures that you never miss a potential sale. When passing a home they like, buyers follow instructions on customized signage to text in for more information. They instantly receive listing details and interior photos, and you receive notification of their interest and their personal cell phone number. To find out how to make texting work for you, visit the TxT2Sell website today.

When you’re in real estate, you want every dollar you spend on advertising to produce results. TxT2Sell allows you to quickly calculate the real value of each advertising dollar you invest. Like most real estate agents, in addition to advertising on the For Sale sign, you probably place ads in newspapers, publications and realty magazines Homes.com and Gallery. How often have you wondered whether you’re spending your money wisely or just throwing it away? TxT2Sell’s state-of-the-art REA reporting system provides detailed statistics that allow you to compare and analyze your actual return from each specific marketing source. If you’re a high-powered agent or broker looking for every edge in today’s challenging real estate market, TxT2Sell’s cutting-edge reporting technology allows you to maximize market coverage, hone promotion efforts, boost sales leads and turn those leads into sales. By adding TxT2Sell’s text messaging feature to For Sale signs, listings and ads, potential buyers can easily access listing information and photographs for each property you represent. TxT2Sell provides you will a detailed REA marketing report that not only provides an invaluable contact list of every cell phone number used to text for property information, but also tracks information requests by marketing source. For the cost of one text messaging code, real estate agents actually get five targeted codes with TxT2Sell. Each code tracks a different marketing medium: house sign, newspaper ad, publication information, Homes.com and Gallery magazine. You need enter the property listing information and photos into our system only once and we do the rest. Your personalized REA marketing report is accessible via the Internet so you can instantly track response to marketing initiatives. Reports can also be downloaded into Excel to track leads and analyze marketing data. TxT2Sell gives you the competitive edge demanded to succeed in today’s challenging real estate market. For more details go to www.txt2sell.biz

According to a recent survey by the Wireless Association, Americans send about 75 billion text messages a month. That's an increase of 160% over last year. We're so crazy about text messaging it's affecting the way we write. College professors complain about receiving papers typed completely in lower case with no punctuation from text-obsessed collegiates. For the future home buyers of America, texting is the preferred mode of communication.

Young people in their teens and 20s use their cell phones more for texting than for verbal communication. A growing majority of 20 and 30 somethings don't even have landlines. They rely strictly on cell phones to communicate. Text messaging has become such an ubiquitous part of American life that cell phone manufacturers are racing to develop text-centric phones with full QWERTY keyboards which have greater appeal among more mature texters than the T9 number pads favored by teens.

Texting is the fastest way to reach people. Most people carry their cell phones with them at all times which means your message is received immediately. Your message isn't lost in a jumble of unchecked e-mails or languishing on an answering machine while the recipient is out and about. When you text, your message is received instantly, no matter where the person is or what he's doing.

Savvy business people are tuning in to the immediacy, speed and reliability of texting. Texting is being used to confirm meetings, notify clients of document/package delivery, pass along last minute instructions, communicate with sales reps at trade shows, and even sell houses. Using TxT2Sell, potential home buyers can punch a number into their cell phone and instantly receive detailed listing information and multiple photos of houses for sale.

Visit the TxT2Sell website to find out how texting can both increase your sales leads and help you close the sale.

According to a recent survey by the Wireless Association, Americans send about 75 billion text messages a month. That's an increase of 160% over last year. We're so crazy about text messaging it's affecting the way we write. College professors complain about receiving papers typed completely in lower case with no punctuation from text-obsessed collegiates. For the future home buyers of America, texting is the preferred mode of communication.

Young people in their teens and 20s use their cell phones more for texting than for verbal communication. A growing majority of 20 and 30 somethings don't even have landlines. They rely strictly on cell phones to communicate. Text messaging has become such an ubiquitous part of American life that cell phone manufacturers are racing to develop text-centric phones with full QWERTY keyboards which have greater appeal among more mature texters than the T9 number pads favored by teens.

Texting is the fastest way to reach people. Most people carry their cell phones with them at all times which means your message is received immediately. Your message isn't lost in a jumble of unchecked e-mails or languishing on an answering machine while the recipient is out and about. When you text, your message is received instantly, no matter where the person is or what he's doing.

Savvy business people are tuning in to the immediacy, speed and reliability of texting. Texting is being used to confirm meetings, notify clients of document/package delivery, pass along last minute instructions, communicate with sales reps at trade shows, and even sell houses. Using TxT2Sell, potential home buyers can punch a number into their cell phone and instantly receive detailed listing information and multiple photos of houses for sale.

Visit the TxT2Sell website to find out how texting can both increase your sales leads and help you close the sale

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