Using Facebook Ads to Fill Your Pipeline [FREE WEBINAR]
  Research from the National Association of REALTORS® Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers has shown that buyers consistently cite honesty, responsiveness, knowledge of the real estate market, and communication skills as being very important qualities a real estate agent should have. Today's real estate consumers want to work with a professional who knows their local area extremely well and can provide relevant market information that will assist in the home buying or selling process. What if you could predict when these specific consumers might be preparing to buy or sell a home, and you could target them online? Using life event triggers frequently tied to a home sale/purchase you can do so with Facebook's ad targeting. According to a study from the Pew Research Center, as opposed to simply reading or viewing content, 65% of Facebook users frequently or sometimes share, post, and comment on Facebook, making it a great place to reach consumers where they are already engaged. With the ability to target ads based on a number of demographics and "life events" such as people who have recently gotten engaged or married, started a new job, or moved, you can more effectively zoom in on people who are more likely to be in the market to buy or sell. It's time to start using this information to target those hot prospects! Join us on Thursday, September 29 as we explore the use of Facebook ads for lead. We'll walk through how you can use specific life events to target potential buyers and sellers and build a network of "future leads" to fill your pipeline and nurture until they're ready to start the real estate process. Here's a quick sneak peek of what the webinar will cover: Click here to register for this free webinar on Thursday, 9/29 and learn how you can start leveraging Facebook ads like a PRO!

RESPRO's Ken Trepeta To Answer Questions About the October 3 RESPA/TILA Changes
Washington, D.C. August 10, 2015--The Real Estate Services Providers Council, Inc. (RESPRO®) will host a webinar on the October 3 implementation changes to RESPA and TILA. On September 10, RESPRO®'s President & Executive Director, Ken Trepeta, will explain to those who work with consumers what they need to know about the upcoming October 3 implementation changes to RESPA and TILA also known as TRID. These changes will affect the way they do business and most importantly, how they will affect consumers. Trepeta has spent the last year educating real estate agents, brokers, and other settlement services providers on these critical changes. He will focus on the practical things you need to know so your customers and clients have smooth transactions during this period of change. This is the perfect webinar for real estate agents, brokers, loan officers, and others who deal directly with your clients and customers. For additional details on this webinar, click here. About RESPRO® The Real Estate Services Providers Council, Inc. (RESPRO®) is a national, non-profit trade association of real estate broker-owners, real estate franchisers, mortgage lenders, title insurers and agencies, home builders, and settlement service providers united to deliver convenient, innovative and cost-effective services to consumers through affiliated businesses and strategic alliances across the home buying industry. For more information about RESPRO®, see www.respro.org.

IXACT Contact Hosts Webinar: 5 Simple Steps to Building Relationships and Staying Organized Using a Real Estate CRM
  Toronto, Canada (November 21, 2013) -- For Realtors® struggling to keep in touch with past clients, hot prospects, and important referral sources, and those who feel overwhelmed and "behind the eight ball," IXACT Contact is hosting a real estate webinar that will provide Realtors® with solutions to these common issues. The webinar will cover how easy it can be for agents to: Keep in touch with everyone in their database using an automated monthly e- Newsletter. Remember to wish clients a Happy Birthday or send them a note on their move-in anniversary. Stay top of mind with hot prospects. Identify hot real estate leads hiding in their database. Get better organized and in-control of all the to-do's associated with listings and active buyers. The webinar is completely free and space is limited. That's why Realtors® are encouraged to sign up now at bit.ly/18oK9R8. "In this real estate webinar, we'll share powerful tips and advice on how agents can build lifelong relationships with their sphere of influence (SOI), get organized, and see more referrals and repeat business flow their way. If you're looking for some great suggestions on how to improve your business, you'll want to sign up for this exciting webinar," said Rich Gaasenbeek, Vice President, Sales and Marketing, IXACT Contact. This webinar will be featured on RE Technology, a leading real estate technology portal that integrates with MLS systems across North America. IXACT Contact is profiled on RE Technology and is a regular contributor to the site. About IXACT Contact Solutions Inc. IXACT Contact® is an easy-to-use web-based real estate CRM that helps REALTORS® stay organized and build lasting relationships with past clients, hot prospects and important referral sources. IXACT Contact makes it easy to stay in touch with clients in a way that's personalized, relevant and timely. With IXACT Contact, real estate agents can convert more leads into listings and attract more referrals and repeat business. Real estate marketing is also a snap with IXACT Contact's personalized mass email, drip marketing, real estate newsletter, and Email Campaign Reporting features. The Active Business side of the system helps Realtors® keep control of transactions by managing all the to-do's associated with listings and buyers. Sign up for a free 5 week trial today at http://www.ixactcontact.com.

Join Homes.com for a FREE Webinar with Gary Keller, co-author of the #1 bestseller “The ONE Thing!”
Gary Keller and co-author Jay Papasan demonstrate in the #1 Wall Street Journal bestseller that the results you get are directly influenced by the way you work and the choices that you make. In this exclusive webinar event, Keller and Papasan will discuss ways to: Cut through the clutter Achieve better results in less time Revive your energy Stay on track Master what matters to you Space is limited for this exclusive webinar. For registration and more information about this exclusive webinar event, please visit: http://www.secretswebinars.com/GaryKeller.

Straight talk from agents who close an abundance of online leads
There are agents who get large numbers of online leads and successfully convert them to sales. But not every agent has the right systems in place to convert online customers, particularly in great numbers.  To address this challenge, we have arranged for top agents from around the nation to appear live in our webinar and share their experience in converting and closing a high volume of leads. We will provide a walkthrough of the systems they use, and then let them share their interpretation on the best ways to follow-up and close. In this special webinar, you will hear straight from the agents who have successfully created solutions to store and maintain high weekly volumes of new prospects, find out how they classify customers and also who they decide to call first. They will also share techniques for taking online email inquiries and building relationships from there – using tools they have collected plus their own skills and dialogue. Join us and you will get their frank opinion on the quality of leads from realtor.com® and online lead response in general, plus hear how they use our systems and others in an open and honest discussion. Register for this free webinar – see what realtor.com® does to create opportunities, and get real answers from real agents on how they evaluate this and what can be done to translate this into success. Register today!

Announcing NEW Search Results Features in WOLFnet BackOffice
We are pleased to announce additional features for customizing the display of listings on the Search Results page! Now BackOffice administrators can configure the default sort order of listings, as well as the default number of listings displayed per search results page. These exciting new tools are completely free to existing WolfNet customers and can be utilized immediately! The new settings include options to customize: Number of Listings Per Page: Increase or decrease the default number of listings that appear on the search result pages, with options to display 10, 20, or 30 properties per page. Sort Order Setting: Manage the order in which search results are displayed by criteria such as price, size, location, and property type. Test drive these new features TODAY in your WolfNet BackOffice! To begin, log in to your WolfNet BackOffice, and click the "Search Results Settings" link (located in the yellow column on the left side under "Property Search Configuration"). This will bring up the page that allows you to update your new default property search results settings! As always, if you have any questions, please contact our top-notch service specialists via email at [email protected] or by phone at 612-342-0088. To view the original post, visit the WOLFnet blog.

Zillow Completes Acquisition of HotPads
SEATTLE and SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 14, 2012 -- Zillow, Inc., the leading real estate information marketplace, today announced it has completed the acquisition of San Francisco-based HotPads, a map-based rental and real estate search site, for approximately $16 million in cash. The company announced its plans to acquire HotPads on Nov. 26. This is Zillow's first acquisition of a consumer-facing company. HotPads™ is an established and significant player in rentals for both consumers and professionals, offering a robust website and five mobile apps across iPhone®, iPad® and Android™. Nearly 2.8 million unique users visited HotPads in Octoberi, primarily to shop for rentals. The addition of HotPads allows Zillow® to expand the size of its growing rental audience and extend the reach of its marketing tools and productivity solutions for rental professionals. "HotPads brings a younger, complementary and rental-focused audience to Zillow's growing portfolio of brands," said Spencer Rascoff, CEO of Zillow. "With this acquisition, Zillow becomes even more relevant to consumers at the beginning of their real estate life cycle. And with the addition of the talented HotPads team, we'll be able to innovate and monetize our rental marketplace faster than before. We're thrilled to officially welcome HotPads to Zillow." Founded in 2005, HotPads has 19 employees, who will continue to be based in San Francisco and eventually operate from Zillow's new consolidated San Francisco office, which is expected to open in early 2013. HotPads co-founder and CEO Matt Corgan has been named Group Program Manager, continuing to oversee the HotPads brand and products. "We're incredibly excited to join Zillow and to continue to empower consumers with information and resources to help them quickly and easily find the best place to live," said Corgan. "With Zillow's resources, not only will we be able to innovate faster on the behalf of the consumer, but now we can offer rental professionals unmatched productivity tools to help them better market and manage their listings." Zillow is in the midst of growing its rental marketplace for consumers and professionals. In October 2012, the company launched Zillow Rentals, a free marketplace and suite of tools for rental professionals, which includes listing distribution across the Zillow Rental Network, the largest rental network on the Webii that also includes Yahoo!® Homes. HotPads will join the Zillow Rental Network, further broadening the marketing reach of rental professionals and landlords who join the network in reaching active renters. HotPads is Zillow's sixth acquisition in less than two years. The company recently acquired Mortech™, a provider of essential software tools to the mortgage industry. In October, Zillow acquired Buyfolio™, an online and mobile collaborative shopping platform where home shoppers can search, track, organize and discuss for-sale listings with their real estate agent and others in their personal network. In June 2012, Zillow announced the acquisition of RentJuice®, the foundation of Zillow Rentals. In 2011, the company acquired Diverse Solutions®, which helps real estate agents market their businesses and improve their personal websites, and Postlets®, a leading online real estate listing creation and distribution platform. Each of these companies also provide valuable services that support Zillow's strategic expansion beyond a traditional media model to offer a suite of marketing and business services to local professionals. About Zillow, Inc. Zillow (Nasdaq:Z) is the leading real estate information marketplace, providing vital information about homes, real estate listings and mortgages through its website and mobile applications, enabling homeowners, buyers, sellers and renters to connect with real estate and mortgage professionals best suited to meet their needs. Thirty-three million unique users visited Zillow's websites and mobile applications in November 2012. Zillow, Inc. operates Zillow.com®, Zillow Mortgage Marketplace, Zillow Mobile, Postlets, Diverse Solutions, Zillow Rentals, Buyfolio, Mortech and HotPads. The company is headquartered in Seattle.

Homes.com Partners with ‘The Steve Harvey Show’ to Shelter Family Impacted by Hurricane Sandy
Everyone has a story and life event that shapes who we are. Homes.com recently asked real estate professionals to share stories that captured your successful moments that have shaped your career. And, at this year's National Association of REALTORS® Expo in Orlando, we shared our story, "Discover the Dream," with you to empower you with the tools to help homebuyers discover their dream of home ownership. As real estate professionals, you play a key role in helping others establish that new beginning. Like you, Homes.com helps people find a home...even when Mother Nature takes it away. In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, our purpose never rang so true. Homes.com and ForRent.com teamed up with actor and comedian Steve Harvey to help a Staten Island family, the Correas, whose home was wiped out by Hurricane Sandy. We committed to cover the cost of rent for the family's new rental home over the next 12 months, surprising them with the donation during The Steve Harvey Show episode, which aired on December 6. No stranger to challenges, Pedro Correa, an Iraq War veteran and 9/11 first responder, and his wife Jessica returned to their home after the storm to find next to nothing. Dozens of family photos, their wedding video and baby books were destroyed. "We help people find homes," said Terry Slattery, president of Homes.com and ForRent.com. "There are a lot of special families that deserve our help. Pedro has a history of service to our country, and it was nice to be able to give back to his family," said Terry. "America has not forgotten about the people who are still struggling, and we encourage people to continue to donate." We are grateful to be able to help the Correa family establish a new beginning. Do you have a compelling story to share about giving back or paying it forward to someone in need? Homes.com and ForRent.com encourages you to give back to the Hurricane Sandy relief efforts. Watch the video below to learn more about this story and how you can help Hurricane Sandy victims. Please consider a donation to the American Red Cross at www.redcross.org/charitable-donations.

Inc. Magazine Recognizes Real Estate Software Company, BoomTown, on 2012 Inc. 500 I 5000 List
CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA – August 22, 2012 -- Inc. Magazine ranked BoomTown, LLC number 8 in the software industry and number 96 overall on its 31st annual Inc. 500 | 5000 list, an exclusive ranking of the nation's fastest-growing private companies. The list represents the most comprehensive look at privately held businesses that are driving our economy, by reviewing overall percentage revenue growth from 2008 to 2011. This is BoomTown's second consecutive appearance on the Inc. 500 | 5000 list and joins other prestigious companies such as Microsoft, Zappos, Intuit, GoDaddy, Oracle, which also gained early exposure as members on the list. This honor includes a number 1 ranking in South Carolina software and number 2 ranking overall among South Carolina businesses. "Fast growth at any time is a big achievement; fast growth during the past few years is just short of miraculous," said Inc. editor Jane Berentson. "The Inc. 500 consists of these just-short-of miraculous companies, the ones that through ingenuity and ambition have increased revenue, hired employees, and grown fast in difficult economic times." BoomTown has achieved record growth of 3,084.8% during a challenging economic environment by combining nimble management, a top-notch technical team, and unequaled customer success management. The 6-year old real estate software company embraces a unique culture committed to intuitive design and an unrelenting passion to help their clients thrive. "We are thrilled to receive this recognition for a second consecutive year," says BoomTown CEO, Grier Allen. "We are extremely passionate about our platform, as well as, our relationships among our team and with our clients. We've focused on hiring forward-thinking professionals that genuinely care about our clients. We are dedicated to building the right tools and support systems to make them successful. BoomTown's vision is to constantly innovate and share knowledge to drive the future of real estate technology. Our vision is deep rooted into every aspect of our business – from product development to the support and success teams that make our company so unique. All of our business decisions are focused on how to best serve our clients with technology and services that will lead them to success." BoomTown's intuitive, web-based software solution is being used by over 500 of the top-producing real estate brokerages and teams across the country. Their end-to-end marketing platform includes a customized real estate website integrated with local MLS data, personalized online advertising campaigns, dedicated Client Success Managers, and a cutting edge leads management system with marketing automation, which gives real estate agents the tools needed to turn clicks into closings. "We decided early on that we wanted to design a solution that delivered what our clients truly needed, something more intuitive and more intelligent," says Cooper Bane, Vice President of BoomTown. "We spend countless hours studying the user experience, collaborating with our clients on features, as well as testing our designs." BoomTown's focus on design and collaboration with their clients has provided them with a recurring source of client referrals and continued growth. To be recognized for a second consecutive year is a true honor for BoomTown and the future continues to look even brighter for this young team. About BoomTown, LLC Founded in 2006 and headquartered in Charleston, SC, BoomTown is a fast growing web-based software company specializing in an end-to-end web marketing system for real estate professionals. The platform includes a customized real estate website integrated with local MLS data, personalized online advertising campaigns, dedicated Client Success Managers, and a cutting edge leads management system with marketing automation, which give real estate agents the tools needed to turn clicks into closings. Visit us online at www.boomtownroi.com.

Docusign's August 2012 Release Announcement
On August 3rd, DocuSign makes using the Global Standard everywhere even easier with a new look and localized sending capability in ten languages. Plus get more signature and form field options to further tailor DocuSign to your business. Visit the upcoming release web page to get the latest information. Release Highlights Localized Sending Use DocuSign in your languageDocuSign builds on our unique browser-aware localized signing capability in 39 languages with the introduction of localized sending in August. Localized sending lets you use DocuSign in your native language - any of ten languages in addition to US English. The new localized sending languages include: Japanese, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Simplified Chinese, Russian, Korean, Portuguese and Dutch. New DocuSign Visual DesignExperience greater ease of useDocuSign's getting a new look and feel to make it even easier to use. Steps and actions remain the same but the style of buttons, navigation and page layouts will become more natural and allow users to easily access the features they need. Look for a peek at the new visual design coming soon. Fax Out for SignatureEasily manage fax recipientsDocuSign can help you manage signatures and transactions across any type of device including fax machines. Fax Out for Signature lets you simply select 'fax out' as a delivery option, provide the fax number and let DocuSign execute through completion. In June DocuSign made this capability available via the API and in August it will be available via the web user interface. Sign On Paper Only OptionIncrease security, compliance and speed of required paper signaturesDocuSign offers signers the option to sign on paper today but for some documents, you prefer your signers to only sign on paper. In August you can require signing on paper for embedded signing recipients to get signatures on paper plus DocuSign's security, signer authentication, audit trail and transaction management. Hand-written Signature Only OptionCustomize signature capture to fit your businessFor organizations that need to compare electronic signatures to a signature card, DocuSign offers a Hand-written Signature Only option in August. This option requires signers to draw their signature online either during signature adoption or for every signature. Calculated FieldsGet added flexibility with date and cross document calculationsIn April DocuSign released Calculated Fields to enable values in your documents to update automatically as recipients entered information, eliminating manual steps and errors. In August, your calculations can use date fields, and any appropriate field in any document in the envelope. Want your document to prorate an amount based on days left in the month using data from multiple documents? This enhancement lets you do that, in seconds. Auto-Populate Fields OptionReduce steps for recipientsToday information that a recipient enters into a field automatically populates to all fields with the same tag name in the document. In August, you can set this auto-population to work either across one document or across all documents in an envelope giving you even more capability to save steps for your recipients.a

Free Webinar: Social Media Update for 2011
Free Webinar: Social Media Update for 2011 Celebrate Geek Day on May 25th with your friends at IMSD as we provide a mid-year review on social media and real estate. Join Ben Kinney and Chad Hyams from the Internet Marketing Specialist Designation program and our surprise guest speakers for this valuable interview to learn the next steps to social media success! We encourage you to post your questions in advance to www.Facebook.com/IMSDesignation. ***LIMITED CAPACITY*** Social Media Updates for 2011 Geek Day - Wednesday, May 25th - 1PM PST / 4PM EST About IMSD The Internet Marketing Specialist Designation teaches agents real-world social media and online marketing strategies. When you learn through IMSD, you actually implement the strategies as you take the training. Traffic increases, leads start coming in, and business starts rolling in!

Free Webinar: Choosing a Contact Manager Software
Picking a contact manager is a complicated decision. Gary David Hall and Amy Chorew will discuss the different options and benefits available based on aptitude with technology; current needs and future goals. We will discuss the "must haves" and "can do without" options. Gary David Hall started as a Realtor® in 1987 and has been, reviewing, using, and teaching. Real Estate Contact Management and CRM software databases and programs ever since. Date: Wednesday, May 25, 2011Time: 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM EDT Click here to register for this FREE Webinar. Seating is limited, so sign up now!   The Writings on the Web: Fun with Format Are You Technically Ready to do Business Today? Create a Fancy iPhone Email Signature for Free

SMS, Voice & Video Mobile Messaging for Small Businesses
This Wednesday April 20, 2011 2:00 pm ET/ 11:00 am PT CallFire presents a free webinar!   Mobile messaging is a simple yet powerful way to communicate with all of your customers in just a few minutes. Learn how your company can utilize CallFire to market your business and get results. a) How to send a Text Message to your customers. b) How to send a Voice Message to your customers. c) How to send a Video Message to your customers. Part 1: SMS Text Messaging Learn how to send a text message to 1 or 100,000 phone numbers, all at once. After this portion of the webinar, participants will understand how to upload an Excel list of contacts, compose a custom text message, and immediately send that message for as little as 3¢ per text. Industry examples: Nonprofits & Collections. Part 2: Voice Broadcast Messaging Learn to send a voice recording to thousands of people at once. After this portion of the webinar, participants will be able to record a voice message using any telephone, and immediately broadcast this recording for as little as 3.5¢ per call. Industry examples: Insurance and Political outreach. Part 3: Video Messaging with SMS Learn how to send a video notification or commercial to your customers, for just 3¢ per message. After this portion of the webinar, participants will understand how compose a custom text message with an embedded YouTube URL, and immediately generate views by any customer with an android or iphone device. Example: How to send Marketing or Instructional videos to your customers. Presenters: Jacob Weiss Sales Czar, CallFire Jacob is CallFire's Sales Czar. When he's not playing Ultimate Frisbee, writing Haikus or baking challah you can find him at the forefront of CallFire's sales team. Jacob has patiently assisted thousands of CallFire customers understand CallFire's Mobile Messaging solutions for small businesses. On April 20th, 2011 Jacob will be conducting TMCNet's exclusive CallFire webinar to teach you the basics Patrick BarnardSenior Web Editor, TMC   Patrick Barnard is senior web editor for TMCnet. He is former managing editor for Multichannel Merchant magazine, a Penton Media publication focused on all aspects of multichannel marketing. He is also former associate editor for Customer Interaction Solutions magazine, a TMC publication, and also served as assignment editor for TMCnet. Barnard is also former editor of the Darien Times, a community newspaper serving the town of Darien, CT. Register Now!  

Learn to Win in the Generosity Generation
Secrets of Top Selling Agents invites you to attend their free webinar on Wenesday, March 30, 2011 from 1:00 PM - 2:15 PM EDT. Best-selling Author and top-producing Realtor® Michael J Maher joins Secrets of Top Selling Agents for a fast-paced, engaging Webinar on "How to Win in the Generosity Generation." The Generosity Generation is one of the fastest-growing trends in business and those who know how to best surf this wave will be those who win. You will hear from other agents who went from nothing to top-producer in the last few years by learning how to leverage this profitable and benevolent trend. If your database is not producing as many referrals as you'd like, you're in for a treat! Here are a few of the highlights of what Michael will discuss in this webinar: How some agents went from nothing to top-producing status How to leverage from this profitable and benevolent trend Learn the 3 most powerful referral-generating questions of all time About Michael Maher Michael Maher is a self-described "Leader Who Happens to Sell Real Estate." As the president of real estate, marketing and business development and REALTOR with The Maher Team Residential Real Estate Marketing with Realty Executives of Kansas City. Only 8 years ago, Michael made the transition into the real estate world after a successful teaching career. In first year alone, Michael did $7.1 million in real estate volume in his first year of being a full-time agent in Kansas City. Michael proceeded to explode his business to $19.1 in his second year, and then soared to an astonishing $40.1 million in volume in 2004 and has been in the Top 20 of all Residential Real Estate Agents in Kansas City ever since. Michael and his team are the national model for customer service in real estate. This is indicated in their over 500 documented referrals per year for the last four years and that over 90% of their business is referrals. Michael Maher is also a nationally-recognized speaker and coach appearing at Realty Executives International, RE/MAX International, RE/MAX Satellite Network (RSN Live!), STAR POWER® Annual Conference, several STAR POWER® Universities, the RE/MAX Success Conference and many brokerages around the United States (Realty Executives, Prudential, Coldwell Banker, Keller Williams, RE/MAX and independent). His recent affiliation with Seven Levels Communication, LLC has led Michael to coach many of the top-producing mortgage and real estate professionals infusing the industry. His book, The Seven Levels of Communication, due out later this year, will include much of his highly-sought advice and promises to infuse the real estate industry with new communication strategies vital to survival in these changing times. This webinar is free!

New Webinar from Secrets of Top Selling Agents!
Secrets of Top Selling Agents says: Real estate professionals in the U.S. spend millions of marketing dollars each year to get to that all-important initial meeting with prospects. Are you making the most of each presentation and real estate proposal? Your success as a real estate professional depends on how well you present yourself and your value to prospects. The web and social media channels are powerful tools, but there's no better opportunity to turn prospects into sales than in-person meetings. Join real estate coach Dave Beson in this special 45-minute program as he delivers Seven Secrets for More Sales. Better presentation skills mean more clients, more sales and more income for you in 2011! Register TODAY! About Dave Dave Beson knows real estate, and real estate knows him. He was a real estate salesperson, training director, and manager. His speaking has taken him to 50 states, plus Mexico, Canada, the Virgin Islands, New Zealand, Australia, South Africa, Ireland, and across Europe. He has also been a featured speaker at the National Association of Realtors convention for 33 years. Additionally, Dave is a former senior instructor for five CRS courses as presented by the Residential Sales Council of RNMI. He is the author of numerous books, periodicals, and articles for real estate professionals. He has created the LetterWriter client follow-up systems and the LIFE SUCCESS COACHING PROGRAM which have nearly 12,000 users across the world. If you would like to register for this free webinar, please click here.  

Delta Media Webinars Cover SEO, CRM and Website Updates
This week Delta Media is hosting three webinars on key technology topics for real estate professionals. Topics will include SEO, website upgrades and customer relationship management (CRM). We invite you to click here to select a webinar and attend one of these online events: CRM, Customer Relationship Management: Tuesday, January 25, 2011, from 1:00PM – 1:45PM EST All The Things You Can Do With Your Upgrade Website: Wednesday, January 26, 2011, 11:00AM – 11:45AM EST Getting Started with SEO Homepage & Custom Pages: Wednesday, January 26, 2011, 1:00PM – 1:45PM EST Tuesday's webinar will cover the topic of customer relationship management software. Associates will become familiar with Delta's CRM structure, and supporting CRM features and functions. Topics include an overview of CRM features and functions (group, contact, campaign, email letters, blasts, etc.), followed by a live demonstration. This webinar is recommended for associates that have upgraded (gold) Delta sites and agents considering upgrading, as well as office and management users assisting agents. Wednesday Delta's Ray Lester will present two webinars on two topics: The first of these webinars deals with website upgrades. Associates will become familiar with the features and functions included in Delta's upgrade website. Topics include Property Pursuit Atlas Search, Atlas Search Map View Link, Lead Notification via Text Message, Responding to Leads with Your Smartphone, Site Design Expanded Template Library, 99 Custom Pages, E-Card System Expanded Library, CRM Campaigns, CRM E-Blasts, Capturing Customer Registration Detail, Exporting Customer Detail, and the Google Analytics Interface. This webinar is recommended for all agents using or considering the upgrade website, as well as office and management users assisting agents with their website. The final webinar this week will be focused on learning how to ramp up SEO on homepages and custom pages of real estate websites. Associates will become familiar with DeltaNet features and functions supporting Search Engine Optimization strategies. Topics include an overview of SEO terms, suggestions on relevant content and examples of how to enter content for your Delta Homepage and Custom Pages. This webinar is recommended for all agents interested in getting started with Search Engine Optimization using DeltaNet support tools, as well as office and management users assisting agents. To learn more about Delta Media, please click here.

3 Tips to Help You Deal with Your Scalability Problem
Scalability is defined as “a characteristic of a system, model or function that describes its capability to cope and perform under an increased or expanding workload.” Or in more relevant terms ... the ability to expand your coaching business and its revenue AND increase your profit margin (your labor stays constant while revenues grow ... sounds nice doesn't it?). 99.9% of coaches, trainers, consultants, counselors, authors and solopreneurs of every kind have 1 very big common problem: scalability.  It’s a problem because if you’re not in action doing whatever it is you do to make sales, sales stop.  Which means the money stops.  That’s the real problem. Wouldn’t it be great if money came in without you having to exert tremendous amounts of energy to generate every damn penny? On Wednesday, December 15th at 11am EST, Kim Andes, founder of Frame of Mind Coaching, will share the 3 keys to establishing scalability: 1.       Leverage what you know 2.       Provide an extraordinary customer experience over and over 3.       Technology Click here to register! Scalability is as much about leverage as it is about growth.  For a business to grow, evolve, and/or simply stay afloat, it must gradually move from prospecting-based to marketing-based.  A prospecting-based business means revenue is only generated when you are actively seeking sales; a marketing-based business is one with leverage – and therefore scalable – in which sales transpire without you having to exert tremendous amounts of energy. On Wednesday, December 15th at 11am EST, Kim Andes will share with you exactly how they have achieved a sustainable level of scalability in their coaching business, Frame of Mind Coaching (and in what areas theyneed to keep evolving). Scalability is also about working smarter not harder.  If you want to achieve higher sales, while exerting less energy, then don’t miss this event; the content of this call is HUGE for you – especially as we enter into a new year, with new goals! Join us Wednesday, December 15th at 11am EST and finish 2010 with a BANG!  Get serious about making more money, in less time, in 2011. Click here to register! To learn more about Frame of Mind Coaching, please click here.

Create Client Loyalty, Close More Business
This Wednesday Market Leader is hosting a webinar featuring real estate agent Deanna Storms, an expert marketer who's using innovative relationship-building techniques to close more business. When: Wednesday, Novemeber 3, 2010 What time:11:00 AM Pacific/2:00 PM Eastern Cost: None Who should attend: New & experienced agents looking to close more business Your success starts with effective, targeted marketing, right? Sign up now to learn cutting-edge strategies for marketing tools that clients love—from Deanna Storms, a successful agent with a thriving business. Her relationship-building tools are helping her create customer loyalty and close more business than ever! To discover how you can use her secrets to build your business and receive the $25 gift card, simply click here and register now. To learn more about Market Leader, click here.    

Want to Learn about Increasing Your Income AND Your Work-Life Balance?
This Tuesday Market Leader is hosting a free webinar featuring Mandy Eads, a real estate agent who uses a system to ensure she only works with 'active, motivated, ready buyers.' When: Tuesday, September 21, 2010 Time: 10:00 AM Pacific/1:00 PM Eastern Cost: NONE Who should attend: New and experienced agents looking to close more business If you want to achieve work-life balance while increasing your income, sign up now. This gives you an opportunity to learn more about the system Mandy uses to balance her work and family, so she only spends her time with active buyers. As a 20-year veteran of sales, marketing and customer service, Mandy can show you how to make your career more rewarding than ever. Attract motivated buyers and sellers who contact you directly Enhance your business to generate new prospects Quickly identify your most motivated prospects Convert prospects into closed business To hear Mandy's secret and receive the $25 American Express gift card, simply click here and register now. Talk to you soon! The Market Leader Team

Premise or Hosted CRM- Which is Right for You?
With all the recent attention on on-demand, or software-as-a-service (SaaS) CRM solutions, it might seem like this is the future of software. Though many are jumping on the on-demand bandwagon, many are also jumping off. Churn rates for on-demand are as high as 30 percent while renewal rates with on-premise software stand in the 80 percent range. There must be a reason an increasing number of organizations that tried hosted on-demand applications have returned to an on-premise solution. In fact, we can think of 10.   Learn which approach is best for your needs, topics include: Total cost of ownership  Ease of customization  Control of data User-interface Disaster recovery Building the business case Tuesday, August 17, 2010, 11:00AM - 12:00PM Pacific Time * All attendees will receive a complimentary "Premise or Hosted CRM - Which is Right For You?- CRM Success Kit" and discover how you can realize these advantages. This webinar is sponsored by FrontRange Solutions. FrontRange Solutions manufactures GoldMine Software used by more than 130,000 companies and over 1.7 million users worldwide to optimize sales, marketing and customer service performance.

Listing Presentations that Beat Your Competition
Jennifer Cummings, real estate marketing expert and RETechnology.com content contributor, will teach you how to create a listing presentation that will make YOU the obvious choice for homeowners in today's challenging market. In this webinar, you will... Learn 3 proven strategies to get more listings...at the right price! Find out the 3 best ways to DOUBLE your confidence before any presentation  Discover the #1 mistake most agents make in their listing presentations...and how to avoid it And more...  Title: Create a Listing Presentation That Will Blow Your Competition Out of the Water! Date: Thursday, July 1, 2010 (1 Hour) Time: 12:00 p.m. PT / 1:00 p.m. MT / 2:00 p.m. CT / 3:00 p.m. ET    

The REALTOR's Social Media System for Lead Generation
Technology moves at lightning speed. How do you keep up, especially with your busy schedule? You know Social Networking sites like LinkedIn, FaceBook, and Twitter are all the rage, but just how do they work to the advantage of a real estate agent? The answer is not as obvious as it may seem. And all too many agents are using the new media in the wrong way, which will hurt their reputations rather than build their business. In this idea-filled webinar, you will learn the ins and outs of social networking and the strategies for making this new technology work for you and learn how to generate leads and new clients. Greg Herder will take you through what you need to know about today's technology and provide you: "The Realtor’s Social Media System for Lead Generation." In this 90-minute webinar, you'll learn: What to do and what not to do on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter. How to make sure to register your name or a key phrase...before it's gone. Make sure you don’t make these embarrassing mistakes with Social Media. How to integrate Social Media with your website so they work together and improve your Search Engine ranking. Ideas on what to post on and how to maintain just the right balance between personal and professional. How you can update all your Social Media accounts in just minutes per day. And most important: How to generate referrals, leads and new clients with Social Media. You need answers to some important QUESTIONS… What photo will you use? What “voice” will you use? What value you will you provide in your communication? How will you stimulate a conversation/dialogue/relationships How will you connect with people? And, how will you do this when you’re already pressed for time as it is. In this timely webinar, Herder will share proven strategies to generating more leads and making more money with Social Media. This webinar is the perfect starting place for you to get started or get instantly better at Social Newtorking. It took radio 38 years to reach 50 million listeners. Terrestrial TV took 13 years to reach 50 million users. The Internet took four years to reach 50 million people. In less than 9 months, Facebook added 100 million users.  This is not a fad, not something you can put off and definitely not something you can decide is “not for you.” Spend 90 minutes and a few dollars to get on track or get make yourself even better at Social Media. The webinar couldn’t be more affordable or convenient.  

a la mode and iHomefinder Partner
ORLANDO, FL, Nov. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- From the floor of the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) Conference here, a la mode, a leading developer of desktop, mobile, and Web tools for real estate professionals, and iHomefinder, a leading developer of Web-based tools to enhance productivity and increase sales for real estate agents, announced that users of a la mode's Agent XSites will be able to implement iHomefinder's customized solution for displaying MLS active listings on their personal websites. By using iHomefinder's IDX solution, agents can provide their clients with robust features for conducting home searches. Clients can not only search for current active listings but can also request email notification when new listings meeting their custom search settings are available. Listing search results include property details, maps, school information, mortgag calculators and lead generation forms. Agent XSites users will be able to automatically display their personal listings as "featured listings" and large Broker/Agent offices can create individual agent bios for each company agent. Agents' personal listings are displayed and agents can monitor their own clients' search activities. "As we roll out a more vibrant, robust Agent XSites version here at the NAR show, we're very excited to be able to offer iHomefinder's customized IDX/MLS search capabilities and marketing tools for XSites users at a discounted rate from standard retail pricing," said Rusty Lindquist, Product Manager for a la mode. Flyers including the agents contact information can be printed for any listing and clients can request a showing for any property. Agents can create an "Open Homes" page that will display their open homes for the week. The iHomefinder IDX solution includes features not available to agents accessing their local MLS data directly. "Agents who have invested in an Agent XSite know the value of online marketing, and how to attract Internet-savvy home buyers and sellers," said Jim Humphrey, Sales Director of iHomefinder. "We are delighted to be able to offer significant enhancements in that area to Agent XSites users at special pricing. The partnership between a la mode and iHomefinder is natural," he said. About iHomefinder: iHomefinder's suite of website tools and services empowers local real estate offices and agents to increase sales, improve productivity, enhance customer service, and compete in the online real estate marketplace. All iHomefinder programs operate on a client's website using the client's branding and website design. iHomefinder uses Internet Data Exchange (IDX) as its core MLS search engine, tailored to the location of each client, and offers several other website tools to enable clients to capture leads. To learn more about iHomefinder's services, call 1.866.700.8855, or go to www.iHomefinder.com. About a la mode: a la mode, founded in 1985, develops desktop, mobile, and Web tools for real estate appraisers, agents, inspectors and mortgage lenders. Each year, over half of the nation's home appraisals are created with a la mode's WinTOTAL software and delivered electronically through its server network, which handles nearly a million and a half paperless mortgage transactions a month. a la mode XSites allow real estate professionals to deploy a professional Web presence that manages transactions and communications with their clients and provide an integrated platform for their own day-to-day processes. Learn more at www.alamode.com. Contact: Brett DeSchepperiHomefinder(866) [email protected] Matt Barra la mode(330) [email protected]