Jackson Area Association of REALTORS® Selects Point2 to Power Consumer Real Estate Portal
  The Jackson Area Association of REALTORS® (JAAR) recently launched JacksonMIHomes.com, a consumer real estate search portal powered by Point2. The new website uses data from the local multiple listing service (MLS) to provide consumers with current real estate listing information in the Jackson, Mich., area. The site is a Point2 MLS & Association Consumer Portal that has been specifically developed for JAAR. Website visitors can use the portal to search for Jackson properties for sale or rent. Homes can be filtered by neighborhood, price and other features, including property type, number of bedrooms, and more. Listing detail pages provide supplementary photos and descriptions, as well as neighborhood demographics and comprehensive maps. The website is mobile-friendly to provide more convenient access to all users. On-the-go homebuyers can quickly utilize the open house search feature to find properties that are open for viewing. "The Jackson Area Association of REALTORS® is excited to offer a powerful, consumer website that makes searching for your new home fun and enjoyable," commented JAAR Executive Vice President Melissa Tee. "Point2 made the experience seamless and simple. Their up-to-date technological features and support are phenomenal. They were very responsive to our needs as well." JacksonMIHomes.com also fosters the connection between agents and home buyers and sellers. The listing agent's contact information is prominently featured next to each property on the site, and a "Find a REALTOR®" tool appears at the top of every page. "Now is the time for real estate associations and MLSs to use their strengths to secure their position for the future. Consumer search portals for real estate are a step in the right direction as certain aspects of syndication lose their appeal," said Saul Klein, industry principal at Point2 and longtime industry expert. "Congratulations to the leadership and members of the Jackson Area Association of REALTORS® for leading the way in a movement that will change the face of advertising real estate on the Internet." About the Jackson Area Association of REALTORS® The Jackson Area Association of REALTORS® is the advocate of private property ownership in our community, promoting professionalism, ethics, education, diversity and cooperation among all of our members. The Jackson Multiple Listing Service exists to provide up-to-date, accurate real estate information to its users in the most cost-effective manner through technology and continues to encourage cooperation between its members and other MLSs. Visit JacksonMIHomes.com for more information. About Point2 Founded in 1996, Point2 provides online marketing solutions for real estate agents worldwide and real estate organizations in North America. Point2 also owns and operates the consumer real estate search portal, Point2 Homes. Point2 is a member of the Yardi® family of companies. For more information, visit Point2.com.

BIRDVIEW Technologies Introduces 4-Step System
BIRDVIEW Technologies has introduced their 4 Step System™ designed to provide real estate agents and brokers with a systematic approach to internet success. The 4 Step System™ is the product of the experience we have gained from generating nearly 4 million leads for our clients in the past 9 years," said Bob Kehoe, National Director of sales. The fundamentals to internet success are the same whether you are practicing real estate in Florida, California, or anywhere else in between," added Kehoe. The 4 Step System™ is a proven guide that successful real estate professionals have employed to reach a high level of success on the internet. Executing on all 4 steps of the system has shown to significantly improve the return on the investment real estate professionals make on their online business. Agents and Brokers can receive information about The 4 Step System™ free of charge by visiting http://www.TheProven4StepSystem.com. In addition, BIRDVIEW clients receive free in-depth training on the system with the licensing of a BIRDVIEW solution. BIRDVIEW Technologies provides websites and related software to real estate offices and agents in 28 States and over 100 local MLS. The BIRDVIEW network of websites generates over 20 million Home Views per month.  

Expand Your Meeting Network with Tungle.me
Making that first connection is great.  But where you go with it after the fact is what defines the relationship. Whether you connect at a conference, exchange emails, connect on LinkedIn or Twitter, or share an event on Plancast, Tungle.me provides the last mile of actually making meetings happen, and getting the relationship started. With Tungle.me Search, it’s now even easier to make that first meeting happen. Using a name, company name or Tungle.me URL, you can now search the Tungle.me Directory to find the people you want to meet with. Once you find them, you can add them to your contact list, or go directly to their Tungle.me page to schedule a meeting with them. Concerned about Privacy?  Don't Be. We Respect Your Privacy and You Have Full Control In an effort to reduce the barriers between companies, and make it easier to schedule meetings with other busy professionals, Tungle allows you to join the growing number of professionals that have agreed to be listed in the Tungle.me directory. FACT: 85% OF TUNGLE.ME USERS AGREE TO BE LISTED IN THE TUNGLE.ME DIRECTORY What does being part of the directory mean? This means that users will be able to find your Tungle.me page when searching for you on Google, Bing, Tungle.me and other partners that integrate Tungle.me on their platform. Go Google yourself, and see if you’re there! The Directory is Your Choice We ask you first before including you in the directory—it’s entirely your choice. If you decide later that you don’t want to be included, simply go to your Management tab, select “Account” from the menu and uncheck the box where it says “Have your Tungle.me page searchable.” Save changes, and you’re done. Your Tungle.me page will no longer come up in Tungle.me search results and people will not be able to find you in the directory. What WILL be indexed (searchable) Your name, title (if you provided it), company name (if you provided it), the link to your Tungle.me page, and any information you chose to add to your page. What WON’T be indexed (not searchable) Your calendar details, your email address, and everything else that is not listed above. You WON’T get spammed The great thing about Tungle.me pages is that others can come to your page and easily schedule a meeting with you without ever signing up. However, we do require them to confirm their email address before a meeting request can be sent to you. What does that mean? It means SPAM bots cannot contact you. Only real people who receive the confirmation email and click to confirm their address can contact you. We have found that people do not abuse your Tungle.me page, because they want to build a relationship with you to conduct real business. No one has ever reported any problems. However, please contact [email protected] if you know of anyone that should be blacklisted. You Can Be Added to a Contact List If you’ve opted to be searchable, people who find you will be able to add you to their contact list. That does not mean they get your email address. It’s more like bookmarking your Tungle.me page. They’ll be able to get to your page and add you to meeting invitations by clicking your name in their contact list, but they won’t be able to contact you any other way unless you’ve added contact info to your page. Remember that people can only search for you by name, company name or if they already know your Tungle.me URL. You Can Contact Us If you need clarification on anything, have more questions we didn’t address here, or want to share your feedback and ideas, please feel free to contact us at [email protected] or through the Tungle.me Support Community. We’re ready and waiting to hear from you.

BIRDVIEW and RealBird Partner to Provide Map Search
April 19, 2010 — RealBird, Inc., a leading provider of online maps and GIS tools tailored for the real estate industry and BIRDVIEW Technologies, a leading provider of Internet based software products for the Real Estate Industry announced today their partnership to work towards providing an integrated set of GIS tools for real estate applications. Under the agreement, BIRDVIEW Technologies will license and build upon RealBirds GIS mapping services a sophisticated set of search and analysis functionalities intended to help home buyers make better informed decisions. RE/MAX A-1 Excellence in Minnesota www.a-1homes.com will be the first BIRDVIEW customer to utilize this new mapping solution based on the RealBird GIS tools. According to David Feerhusen, Broker/Owner, Mapping on real estate websites is an idea whose time has arrived. Based on what we have seen, we are confident that BIRDVIEW and Realbird will deliver an exceptionally valuable tool". Over the last six months BIRDVIEW has conducted a thorough evaluation of mapping alternatives. BIRDVIEWs selection of Realbird was based on the quality of their mapping tools, their product vision and their familiarity with the real estate community," said Michael Kehoe, Executive VP for BIRDVIEW. RealBird is an innovative company that has begun to have an impact in the real estate mapping market. Looking forward, we both see numerous opportunities to utilize mapping tools to improve the consumer experience and increase the ROI for agents and brokers using BIRDVIEWs suite of software." Gabriel Gross, Founder and President of RealBird said: The online mapping industry is evolving very quickly these days, and map-based search tools will soon be found on every real estate website. To achieve a leadership position in the real estate technology market we need strong partners, and BIRDVIEW, as an established industry leader, with a track record of success is best positioned to help us. BIRDVIEWs experience in translating technology into profit for its customers is exactly what we were looking for." Through this partnership, the home buying public is going to realize a dramatic improvement in how they search for homes on the Internet," added Bedros Bedrosian, co-founder and President of BIRDVIEW Technologies. Current search methods will go the way of the horse and buggy. The implications are profound." About BIRDVIEW Technologies BIRDVIEW Technologies (www.birdview.com)is a leading provider of web based software to real estate offices and agents in 28 states, in over 110 local Multiple Listing Services. The Company's scalable software platform provides Lead Generation, Lead Management, Lead Distribution, Communication, and Productivity tools. Each month, BIRDVIEW clients utilize the Companys software to manage over 3.4 million visitors, 100,000 inquiries and nearly 1,000,000 listings. About RealBird RealBirds service (http://www.realbird.com) includes street, aerial and topographical maps, broker-branded driving directions and various visualized data layers, with interactive hotspots that can be linked to photos, websites or virtual tours leading to a superior home buying experience. RealBirds recently announced map-based search service couples the traditional, form-based search with the ability to browse listings on a street or aerial map. Full integration with Google Maps and the Google Earth Viewer are also included. RealBird is a trademark of Realbird Inc. Author: Michael Kehoe BIRDVIEW Technologies

Coming Soon: New 3D Property Advertising Program
In a ground-making move, CyberCity 3D, Inc., and Prudential California Realty's Cyber Advantage Referral Services have inked a deal for the first 3D property advertising program. Prudential Realty's Cyber Advantage Referral Program connects Prudential and outside agents with relocating buyers in need of representation. Thanks to the CyberCity 3D/Cyber Advantage agreement, this system will now also support inquiries generated from 3D real estate posted on Google Earth™ through the Google Earth™ API. Modeled by CyberCity 3D The partnership gives Prudential's agents the ability to display residential properties in 3D nationwide through the power of CyberCity 3D. Visitors will see not only the property, but get a true feel for the neighborhood and its nearby schools, businesses, parks, and other amenities. The properties advertised will also include the CyberCity 3D/Cyber Advantage detailed metadata information on the listing, generating client referrals to selling/buying agents. "During this downturn in the real estate industry, work continues to upgrade the consumer experience in the real estate search space," explains Prudential California Realty President and CyberCity 3D advisor Ed Krafchow. "CC3D represents a next generation experience for consumers. To be able to "fly over" an available home, see the context of that home, and be able to receive additional information is an exciting and "must-have" type of technology. With this search capability, CyberCity 3D offers a dynamic platform that gives those in the real estate industry a new connectivity to consumers." CyberCity 3D, a state-of-the-art, 3D geospatial modeling company located in El Segundo, CA, specializes in emerging Geo-Web solutions for the real estate, travel destination, government, and geographic information systems (GIS) industries.  

LinkedIn Joins Forces with Tungle
Announced today on LinkedIn’s blog is Tungle.me’s integration of the LinkedIn Widget. This is an exciting announcement because it not only brings together the scheduling power of Tungle.me and LinkedIn’s 55 million+ member network; it also makes meetings happen even easier for you (just when you thought it couldn't get any easier). We're super excited about the integration, becuase we truly believe that these two services were made for each other.  We all know that looking someone up on LinkedIn is an integral part of planning a meeting (whether you are the meeting planner or an invitee). This is one of those relationships that just makes sense. You now have one-click access to everything you need to know about your meeting participants, right from your Tungle.me meeting pages—current roles, company profiles, past and present affiliations, recommendations, network contacts and so much more. It’s all just a click away. As if scheduling a meeting with Tungle wasn't already super fast and easy, you now can get your pre-meeting recon done right from your meeting invitations. So forget the searches. Forget Google (sorry our friends at Google), forget the new browser, forget the extra leg work all together. Just point, click, and make meetings happen.

RISMedia to Introduce the Real Estate Social Marketing System
RISMEDIA, February 26, 2010—John Featherston, CEO and publisher of RISMedia and chairman and co-founder of the Top 5 in Real Estate Network®, announced today that RISMedia and 1parkplace, under the direction of Allan Dalton, chief marketing officer of RISMedia and president and co-founder of the Top 5 in Real Estate Network®, along with Steve Hundley, founder and CEO of 1parkplace, have developed what will be branded as the RISMedia Real Estate Social Marketing System(SM). This transformational system will be launched at this year’s RISMedia Leadership Conference—“The Real Estate Social Media Summit," being held June 9-10, 2010 at the Hilton Rye Town in Westchester County, New York. For more information on the conference, or to register to attend, click here. Featherston announced that Dalton and Hundley have spent the past several months, along with the RISMedia and the 1parkplace developmental teams, creating what will be branded as “The Real Estate Social Marketing System(SM).” “This much-needed system,” Featherston stated, “will merge only the more strategic purposeful and real estate-relevant functions of existing social networking and social media resources available to real estate companies, agents and networks.”  “The level of frustration that has been expressed by thousands upon thousands of interviewed real estate professionals regarding the chasm that exists between their time spent engaged in social networking training, education, classes, and in social networking activity itself, compared to any significant and measurable ROI is startling,” said Dalton, a former 20-year president and owner of a 32-office real estate company. “Our research has provided irrefutable evidence that the preponderance of real estate professionals who claim to be significantly involved in the conventional practice of social networking and social media and who have built an enviable aggregation or community of ”so-called” or liberally defined friends, fans, followers and users are struggling to attribute much, if any, additional income for what has become a pressing time-management issue to some and almost an addiction to others.” Dalton, former CEO of Realtor.com®, also shares that many real estate professionals report that they are experiencing conflicted feelings, or an approach-avoidance conflict, regarding how some consumers might be viewing their online activity within certain communities as representing a real estate-related form of trolling. Given how most consumers already enjoy relationships with at least several real estate professionals leads one to wonder if social networking and social media, if not elevated to real estate social marketing, does not, in a sense, represent “chasing a solution to a consumer problem that really doesn’t exist.” Dalton specifically suggested that “mere social networking, meaning connecting friends, fans, communities and even tribes, although a much more efficient way to promulgate oneself and one’s brand, without a strategic purpose or providing valuable content, is like inviting 100 people to your home for dinner and not feeding them.” “Real estate professionals are far too hardworking, knowledgeable and skillful to miss out on how these great qualities can be best reflected through a more strategic online marketing strategy,” he said. Therefore, according to RISMedia and 1parkplace, the Real Estate Social Marketing System(SM) needed to be developed in order to properly integrate the best of social networking and social media as a more forthright, clear, consumer-acceptable and strategic use so that real estate professionals can better serve the needs of the real estate marketplace. 1parkplace CEO, Steve Hundley, who is responsible for much of the technological integration of this new, robust solution, suggests that a major paradigm shift is necessary—one where forward-thinking real estate professionals recognize that yesterday’s approach of personal promotion and contact management must give way to what he has coined as “content management.” “The difference between contact management and content management, when one considers how consumers want content more than being contacted, is similar to how social networking/social media is different from real estate social marketing,” Hundley asserted. Featherston summarized this major company announcement by offering, “In my 30 years as CEO and publisher of a real estate-based media company, I am thrilled that what we in publishing refer to as ‘the new age of citizen journalism,’ or the ‘democratization of information’ is now empowering consumer-centric real estate companies and agents to go beyond making superficial networking contacts and elevate these potentially invaluable online relationships with exciting real estate content. That said, information or content alone does not spell success, nor does networking as a stand-alone. Real estate success is achieved when the two converge for the purposes of strategic real estate social marketing.” Featherston added, “We look forward to enabling all real estate professionals who want to strategically insert themselves through the targeted use of actionable real estate content and who are interested in measuring their online ROI and SEO to join us at our industry-altering social media summit, where they will be most welcome.”

iseedocs™ Goes Live on Major U.S. Carrier Network with Remoba Email Service
TORONTO and SANTA CLARA, CA, Jan. 5 /CNW/ - iseemedia, Inc. (TSX-V: IEE), a leading provider of technology and services that allow mobile phones to be experienced like desktop devices today announced that it has begun commercial deployment of iseedocs™ on the T-Mobile Network in the U.S. with Remoba. iseedocs enables instant attachment viewing and navigation without having to download content. Handsets provide access to enterprise email, calendar and contacts. The combined offering is now being rolled out to T-Mobile customers as a choice download with affordable email data plans. "As more people travel and work from multiple locations, mobile phones must perform more complex tasks and access email with sizeable attachments," said Anthony DeCristofaro, President and CEO, iseemedia. "iseedocs is the ideal solution to perform this task on mobile phones. We are excited to be working with Remoba to deliver a complete PC experience on T-Mobile sidekick handsets." Unlike most email attachment handlers, iseedocs delivers a document index which is also the document management system. All pages, images and graphs are accessible on demand. Unlike other attachment viewers, iseedocs does not download the document to the mobile device, but streams pages as they are requested. The user can also zoom and pan the document, providing a higher degree of information than is normally available on mobile devices. Using a Smart Adaptation Engine, iseedocs maintains virtually all document formatting and content. So if a chart embedded in the Word document is too small to see, the user can zoom in to view more detail. If a 30-page document is being viewed, and the reader needs to view page 21, they can access the page directly through a table of contents or page thumbnail navigation. "We provide the Smartphone alternative for consumers and business users without the costly data plans, proprietary devices and IT infrastructure modifications," said Guru Thalapaneni, President and CEO of Remoba. "iseemedia serves as the perfect complement so users can readily manage their everyday activities directly from their mobile phones. More importantly, we help network operators to control their bandwidth costs while allowing them to offer new services on mass market devices. We look forward to expanding our efforts with T-Mobile as we make steady progress with this launch." The mobile phone application allows users to access business on their mobile phones. It can securely access email stored on servers and perform almost all the functions through the mobile phone just the way one would do from a home or office computer. The application can be downloaded to the phone like any ring tone or game, and setup by entering username and password. About Remoba: Remoba is a leading developer of high-value, and affordable mobile phone software that makes "Every Phone a Smart Phone." Remoba provides Wireless Access to Email, Contacts, and Calendar from the Desktop, Corporate Server, or Hosted Server on most Cell Phones. Remoba is based in Hayward, CA, with a development center in Bangalore, India. For more information please visit www.remoba.com. About iseemedia: iseemedia, Inc., is a software development company focused on the commercialization of a Service Delivery Platform (iseemail™) for delivering Blackberry-like email services to the mass market and an advanced Content Delivery Platform (iseedocs™) for rich media adaptation and extremely cost-efficient delivery to mobile devices. The Company maintains a broad portfolio of issued and pending patents that support authoring, streaming and interactive viewing. iseemedia is publicly traded on the TSX Venture Exchange (Symbol: IEE). Forward-Looking Statements: This news release includes certain forward-looking statements that are based upon current expectations, which involve risks and uncertainties associated with iseemedia's business and the environment in which the business operates. Any statements contained herein that are not statements of historical facts may be deemed to be forward-looking, including those identified by the expressions "anticipate," "believe," "plan," "estimate," "expect," "intend," and similar expressions to the extent they relate to the Company or its management. The forward-looking statements are not historical facts, but reflect iseemedia's current expectations regarding future results or events. These forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results or events to differ materially from current expectations, including the matters discussed under "Risks and Uncertainties" in the Filing Statement filed on March 31, 2009 with the regulatory authorities. iseemedia assumes no obligation to update the forward-looking statements, or to update the reasons why actual results could differ from those reflected in the forward-looking statements. Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release. For further information contact: David Berman, CFOiseemedia, Inc. (905) [email protected] PropertyMinder Launches New Interactive Map Search Platform Zillow Launches A Free Online Agent Endorsement System Free Expert Q/A Session! Tighten Up for 2011!

Top Producer® and Instanet Solutions Announce Integration
VANCOUVER, BC and AUSTIN, TX – April 1, 2008– Top Producer Systems and Instanet Solutions announced an agreement that will result in the seamless integration of the best-selling real estate sales and marketing software, Top Producer 8i, and the leading Transaction Management software, TransactionDesk™. Also included in the integration is InstanetForms™, Instanet Solution's electronic forms software and Authentisign™, Instanet Solution's online electronic signing solution. This integration speeds the creation of transaction files and electronic contracts by eliminating duplicate data entry, as real estate professionals will now be able to import buyer, seller, and other transaction participant data from Top Producer 8i for use in TransactionDesk™ and Instanet Forms. Additionally, real estate professionals will be able to send task, event and appointment information from TransactionDesk™ to Top Producer. This connectivity enables them to view transaction related tasks and appointments in Top Producer, as well as in mobile devices that are synchronized with Top Producer. These integrations will save real estate professionals time and help them manage their transactions more efficiently and more effectively. "Top Producer recognizes the importance of having seamless integration between the productivity tools that agents use day-to-day. The addition of this connectivity further moves the real estate industry toward a fully electronic, paperless transaction" stated Errol Samuelson, president of Top Producer Systems. "We're extremely excited about this partnership. Because Top Producer is so popular and because we have over 360,000 licensed users of online technology services, we are able to positively affect the efficiency of many real estate professionals," says Joe Kazzoun, vice president of business and product development for Instanet Solutions. About Top Producer® Systems Top Producer Systems is the real estate industry leader in sales and marketing solutions. Top Producer helps real estate professionals provide better service and generate more business. From effective contact and time management, to power prospecting and marketing, to highly-organized listing and closing service, Top Producer applications set the standard for agent productivity and customer service. Top Producer began marketing its products throughout North America in 1989, and has grown rapidly ever since. In May 2000, the company joined Move, Inc. the leading online provider of real estate information and decision support tools. Move's first site, Realtor.com, is the official Internet site of the National Association of Realtors and has pioneered the use of the Internet as a channel for buying and selling homes. About Instanet Solutions About Instanet Solutions: Instanet Solutions is a leading provider of real estate technology with over 360,000 licensed, paid, user accounts of their various real estate focused products—Instanet Forms™, TransactionDesk™, DocBox™, InstanetFax™ and AuthentiSign™. Instanet Solutions began delivering residential real estate technology in 1992. Further information about Instanet Solutions and its products is available at www.instanetsolutions.com. PropertyMinder Adds SmartZip Investment Ratings to Website Platform Yardi Systems Acquires Point2 Technologies