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[18 Sep 2009 | 2 Comments | 286 views]

Real Estate Virtual Assistant Website Screenshot
I was! I just had my website redesigned and turned into a WordPress blog based site with a custom theme created by a fabulous designer. I have been waiting to unveil my new Real Estate Virtual Assistant site for quite some time now, and I am excited to share it with you today! Cookie cutter sites be gone…customization is key!

Advertising/Marketing, Advice and Guidance, Agent Productivity, Business Planning, Client Relationships, Education & Training, Featured Post, General, Internet/eCommerce, Marketing, Productivity, Real Estate Marketing, Real Estate Technology, Technology, Time Management, Video »

[1 Sep 2009 | 5 Comments | 341 views]

I am back today with my 3rd video tutorial in this Gmail series that I have uploaded to YouTube. This one teaches us how to create canned responses in text based email messages as well as how to create nice html stationery, which could also be used as canned responses for certain things, or just for your basic everyday messages…your options are pretty limitless once you learn the basics.

Advertising/Marketing, Advice and Guidance, Agent Productivity, Featured Post, General, Internet/eCommerce, Marketing, Productivity, Professionalism, Real Estate Marketing, Real Estate Technology, Technology, Video »

[31 Aug 2009 | One Comment | 215 views]

Ok, this is the second video in my Gmail Tutorials series that I am uploading onto my channel on YouTube.  As a real estate virtual assistant I often times will get asked about how to do certain functions on the computer…I can’t come personally to everyone’s office and show them how to do it, so this is the next best thing.
To do this, you will need to know three keystroke commands.  I say them in the video, but want to type them out so you can see them visually as …

Advertising/Marketing, Agent Productivity, Featured Post, Internet/eCommerce, Marketing, Productivity, Real Estate Technology, Technology, Time Management, Video »

[29 Aug 2009 | 2 Comments | 235 views]

I hope you enjoy this and that it helps some of you out there with the daily frustrations of manually adding signatures in Gmail everytime…this way it will do it automatically for you.

Or View It Directly At YouTube At A Bigger Size
There are some promising Add Ons for FireFox out there that will allow you to create multiple html signatures for each account that you have working within your Gmail account; however, the ones I have played with still seem to have some bugs that they need to get worked …

Advertising/Marketing, Advice and Guidance, Blog Marketing, Economy & Housing Bubble, Lead Generation, Past Clients and Sphere, Productivity, Real Estate Marketing »

[16 Mar 2009 | One Comment | 370 views]

Most business people seem to be struggling out there, what with the economic slowdown, but that’s absolutely no excuse to quit trying to make your business the best that it can be!

Productivity, Technology »

[7 Jan 2009 | 4 Comments | 399 views]
9 Ways to Save Time When Working on Your Computer in ‘09

Here are some quick keyboard short cuts to save you time and energy when working on your PC. They are simple and easy to learn, try them a few times and they will quickly become habits that you will wonder how you ever lived without!

Agent Productivity, Blog Marketing, General, Real Estate Careers, Real Estate Marketing »

[18 Nov 2008 | 2 Comments | 12,404 views]
10 Ways to Find New Blog Topics

My main website is built on a TypePad blog, so I receive their newsletter.  Today they had a great post about how to come up with new blog topics.  I often sit here, staring blankly at my computer screen, willing my fingers to type…I’m sure that lots of you do as well.  If you blog on a regular basis, give yourself a pat on the back…you deserve it!  
If you need some help to replenish your blog topic repitoire, read on…you’re like the rest of us
I have just listed …

Agent Productivity, Blog Marketing, Business Planning, Career Development, General, Lead Generation, MLS Services, New Agents, Real Estate Technology »

[17 Oct 2008 | 6 Comments | 233 views]
So Many Real Estate Websites - Which Should You Choose?

There are many real estate website solution providers out there today.  And of course there’s also the option of going with a custom website.  This is an expensive options, but if you can afford it, I say do it - right.  Make sure you take the time to check references and google results for this person or company that says they can build you your dream site.  If all the sites in their portfolio are doing not so well on Google, why would you want them involved with your site?  You wouldn’t.  That said, if you cannot afford a custom site, which most agents cannot, I suggest you go with Advanced Access.  I have nothing to gain by recommending them…no affiliate code or anything.  And I know they have had their issues in the past as all growing solut

Agent Productivity, Blog Marketing, Broker Profitability, Business Planning, Career Development, Featured Post, General, Generational Selling, Internet/eCommerce, Lead Generation, Neighborhoods, New Agents, Professionalism, Real Estate Marketing, Real Estate Technology, Specialty Services »

[13 Sep 2008 | No Comment | 134 views]
The 12 “Ways” of Christmas

This is a follow up article to my September 3, 2008 article entitled “It’s That Time Again…” We’ve all heard the song, The 12 Days of Christmas, and of course this article is just a useful play on that. Don’t waste one of the biggest marketing opportunities out there, implement as many of my 12 “Ways” as possible to see the maximum outcome and to get 2009 off to a great start! Here we go…

Agent Productivity, Business Planning, Buying & Selling A Home, Career Development, Commercial Real Estate, Featured Post, General, Generational Selling, Internet/eCommerce, Lead Generation, MLS Services, New Agents, Professionalism, Real Estate Marketing, Real Estate Technology, Real Estate Trends, Specialty Services »

[9 Sep 2008 | 3 Comments | 307 views]
Craigslist - Better than Realtor.com?

Not necessarily, they are very different sites. But the fact is, that in my reading over the weekend, I saw that Craigslist gets more hits than Realtor.com – are all those visitors there to buy real estate? No. But many are. Or they are looking for rentals, or they are potential sellers looking to see what agents are being pro-active in their marketing efforts for when they are ready to sell their home. The bottom line is that’s a lot of traffic and if you’re not taking advantage of it, I don’t see how you can be doing your best for your clients.