Facebook Deals: A Powerful New Social Media Tool For Your Business | RealtyGo_blog

Do your friends like the same deals as you do? Facebook is betting they will!

In their most recent effort to achieve total global internet dominance, Facebook recently released further details on its “Deals” feature.  Similar in concept to Groupon, Facebook Deals allows users to purchase daily-deal vouchers through Facebook.com.  Currently, Facebook is differentiating itself from other group buying sites by only offering deals that provide social interaction. On their website, Facebook states, “Deals gives your business the opportunity to offer people unique social experiences that they can do with their friends. This encourages people to share their excitement about the experience you’re providing, not just the discount you’re offering. For example, some businesses may offer people a 5-course tasting menu, a rock climbing lesson, or a concert package.”

Facebook Deals: The Basics

Once you have made the decision that Facebook Deals is right for your business, contact Facebook through the Deals signup section of their website. Facebook may ask you to provide two pictures for your business.  As with Groupon, you will need to enter information such as the product offered, the discount, and any other relevant information.  With this information, Facebook will list your deal in a format attractive to Facebook users (your potential customers, there are many of them).

Once created, your deals will reach Facebook users through the following mediums:

In short, Facebook Deals will get your business’s name out in front of many Facebook users within your geographic area.  The deal you create will attract current and new customers to your business, while Facebook’s social networking platform will encourage these customers to share the discount offers with their friends.

We believe Facebook Deals will present significant competition to Groupon, LivingSocial, and other group buying sites.  Although late to the game in social commerce arena, Facebook is famous for perfecting an idea, executing, and taking over the market.  For example, look at the outcome of the Facebook/MySpace battle.  What gives Facebook a leg-up over Groupon is their already enormous user-base as well as their social network platform, which is the most advanced in the world.  When a consumer makes a purchase through Facebook Deals, potentially hundreds of their friends will be notified of this, usually not the case with Groupon.

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What Buyers Need to Avoid Doing! | RealtyGo_blog

What Buyers Need to Avoid Doing!  | RealtyGo_blog

I keep on saying it and I’ll say it again….  The Mortgage Industry has gone back to the future.  Underwriters are looking at loan applications the old way.  They are looking at everything.

A 780 FICO score, money in the bank and job . . . Not too long ago if a buyer had two out of three of these,  they were almost guaranteed a loan approval.  Not any more.

Underwriters are looking at the contents of that credit report, they are looking at the source of the money in those bank accounts, they are looking at the pay checks and tax returns even if the buyer is a salaried employee.

Make sure your clients are prepared and well counseled.  Preparation and proper expectations will cure 90 percent of the problems and delays buyers are having in today’s mortgage market.

Below is a list of “rules” all mortgage applicants should follow.  It will make their life easier and yours.  The only call we want to hear the week of closing is,  “Docs are at title and the wire has been ordered.”

Share this with all your clients regardless of who they are.

Things you should avoid before and after making application for your mortgage

Congratulations! You finally found the house of your dreams. Your offer has been accepted by the seller, you have been pre-approved for the mortgage. It looks like you’ll qualify. The closing is only weeks away, and you’re feeling pretty good. It’s smooth sailing from here, right? Probably….

… However, more than one buyer has had the wind knocked out of his sails at some point in a real estate transaction by the mis-steps described below. If at all possible, steer clear of the following until AFTER you have gone to settlement.

These suggestions are merely that—suggestions. No one is saying, flat out, that bad things will necessarily follow if you do any of the below.  They are offered as cautions. Many buyers seem to view the mortgage application procedure as a static action, a snap shot of their financial lives at a given moment in time. It’s not. It’s an on-going process that takes into account everything you do right up until the day of closing.

• Do not take on new debt. The temptation is strong. There are so many big purchases that people want to make in connection with a move: appliances, window treatments, furniture, etc. When you add to this the fact that, today, everyone offers easy terms and no money down—well, why not just do it? Answer: because you will change what the mortgage industry calls your “debt-to-income ratios” (the relationship of your income to your debt).
• Do not move money. In preparing for payment required at closing you may be tempted to consolidate accounts.  Contact  me before you move your money.  We may require additional documentation and verification of those accounts.  Trying to re-trace your steps can be confusing and delay the process.
• Do not make unusual deposits into your accounts.  Unusual or irregular deposits could indicate undisclosed debts.  The underwriter will need to know and document the source of those funds. If you do have an odd deposit, make copies of all the documents so that it is easily sourced.
• Do not change jobs. If at all possible, try not to make a career move during the time between your mortgage application and the closing on the home you are purchasing. But, you ask, “What if it’s a BETTER job, for MORE money, in the SAME field?” Still, try and wait until AFTER closing. One of the factors mortgage companies consider is length of present employment; they are partial to stability. At the very least, changing jobs initiates the need for more paperwork, and may delay your closing.
• Do not pack too soon. Well, go ahead and pack your clothes and dishes. But do not pack your bank statements, tax returns, or other important paperwork. Most especially, do not pack your checkbook! More than one buyer has had closing delayed while a friend or relative hurried over with additional funds because the checkbook was in the moving van.
• Do not lease a new car. This should go under the general heading of “no new debt.” It is highlighted here because, for some strange reason, many buyers do run right out and lease a new car during the time between mortgage application and closing! As with any debt, this will change your “debt-to-income ratios” and may cause you not to qualify for your mortgage.
• Do not sell something unless you have proof you owned it. This can go under odd deposits.  Discuss this with me before you sell.

In short, do nothing that negatively impacts your ability to qualify for your mortgage loan, or initiates a new round of paperwork. If you have any doubts about doing something that may affect your ability to qualify for your mortgage loan, please consult me  before you do it.

Special thanks to Nino Pascale for this email article!

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20 helpful tips your business can use to build web credibility using technology and mobile.

A web site is a must have for all small businesses in today’s digital age but to stand out among the crowd you need to build credibility and use technology, like the internet was designed for. RealtyGo offers QR Codes, SMS/MMS TAG technology, delivering immediate information to prospective buyers, new customers and other real estate business professionals.  Here are 20 tips to help promote your online network, they have worked for our company and I believe will work for you as well:

1. Secure a Unique MobileURL

A “name”  is usually the first impression the customer gets of your business and most likely will use to tie that impression to your for future contact and lead generation. If you’re going to plaster it all over the internet, be sure the name is easy to remember, spell, and more importantly is relevant to the products or service you are selling. A well though out name above your QR Code will create a online resumer of sorts, linking all your listings, social network, websites and professional contact information in one easy to use Mobile friendly application. RealtyGo – Your Real Estate Listings Best Friend!

2. Have a professional looking website and a mobile friendly version.

Tasteful simplicity is usually the way to go. Something too flashy or sales-oriented will drive customers away while an attractive but straightforward layout will denote professionalism. Make sure end users can use their favorite hand held devices, like iPhones, Tablets, iPads, Smartphones, etc to get all your real estate information from advertisements ads, real estate signage, digital ads using your RealtyGo TAG. Also make sure you have your own domain name (www.yourcompanyname.com) and a blog that links from the site. Try Weebly or WordPress for easy, tasteful website building.

3. Showcase Press Coverage

Press coverage is a valuable badge of credibility. In the physical world we see restaurants displaying positive reviews on the door; why not do the same online? Even ask your customers and clients to visit your Mobile real estate application by forwarding them your site or sending an email with your QR Code, asking them to visit your listing and leave a review and/or helpful tips for others about their real estate experiences.

4. Blog

Keeping a well-maintained blog is simply the standard these days. It’s an opportunity for you to engage customers, as well as to demonstrate your vast knowledge of the industry. As stated previously, match the blog to your website and unique MobileURL for a unified brand feel. RealtyGo enables you to add your blog, twitter, facebook, corporate or professional website and much more, for one easy to use application and landing place for end users, needing more information about your real estate business and listings.

5. User Testimonials

Testimonials go a long way in reassuring visitors that you indeed have happy customers. Reserve a prominent place on your site, blog and mobile site for users to share their praises, and include pictures to prove these are real people. You can even link out to Trulia, Craigslist or any other social networking sites that end users may find useful.

6. Find a logo

Similar to your name, a logo can define your business as professional and established. Try to come up with a clean, tasteful stylization of a common word or image relevant to your business. If you need some help, you can consult Logoworks and they will come up with one for you.

7. Video Content

When it comes to web content, eyeballs tend to gravitate toward pictures and videos. Produced videos of reasonable length will grab the attention of browsers, and establish further your web credibility. For help producing a professional looking business video visit Pixability.

8. Social Media

Also a new standard, sites like Twitter, RealtyGo, Digg, Facebook, Scantac are now integral to a respectable web-presence. Build out your own social media pages, engage the community, and include link buttons on your mobile web site from RealtyGo.

9. A Friendly About Page

Often overlooked, your site’s about page is the first stop for many internet-goers. Speak in a relatable voice about what your company does, and include pictures your bio for personality. End users will be able to auto schedule an appointment to meet with you, reading notes and other pertinent information you provide within your mobile website from RealtyGo.

10. No Errors

If your site is riddled with typos and broken links, who’s to say your product isn’t flawed as well? Attention to detail is the mark of a professional business. RealtyGo does most of the heavy lifting, enables you to test your website by sending a text message or email, so you can see exactly what the end users will see. Make sure and do “once over” testing all your links, info and photos you uploaded, etc.

11. Mention Company News

Customers will always prefer an active company to a stagnant one, and sharing company news and updates is a great way to establish yourself as the former. Link you Twitter up to your Mobile website from RealtyGo and enable end users to access your tweets while they view your real estate listings pictures and information form right in front of the home or from a local realtor magazine or news feed. Place your Mobile TAG everywhere and let people know about you and your real estate business.

12. Update Content Often

Changing the content of your site (even a little) shows that there is a living company behind the webpage, a fact vital to your credibility. RealtyGo enables you to Archive your previous listings once they are sold, and reassign a new listing to the same QR Code and/or Mobile TAG, keeping your new listings updated and current while showcasing your sold or previous listings for SEO ranking and content and relevancy ‘weight’.

13. Establish yourself as an authority

Engage in community functions and social networking (like your local coffee shop) showing consumers and potential buyers/sellers you know your community. Leaving informed comments on relevant articles and forums will help you and your company be known as a credible resource and business and then link the articles to your blog or Mobile website from RealtyGo.

14. Provide Helpful Information

By offering genuine, unbiased information relevant to your industry you show both that you are knowledgeable in your field, and also that you aren’t just trying to sell something. Provide interesting information on your Trulia blog for others to leave, with a TAG, which enables readers to visit your real estate listings and other social networks.

15. SEO Optimize

Customers obviously need to find you , Major engines like Google, YouTube, Yahoo and Bing need to have your real estate listing information indexed the way consumers like to search for real estate. RealtyGo does all the proper coding and presents the content from your Mobile enabled website and Web enabled website, using zip codes, city, state and even neighborhoods to increase your chances and parring up content relevant to search queries when end users are typing keywords in their Search bar. If people have a hard time finding you on major search-engines, they assume something is wrong. Let RealtyGo worry about your search ranking, all you need to do is focus on your real estate business and we handle the rest.

16. Make Contact Easy

RealtyGo enables you to offer your Phone numbers, email, address, and any other forms of contact available for new customers and other business professionals. Showing customers that you’re open to talk improves trust and professionalism. Secure an 800 number, a mark of professionalism, easily set up with Grasshopper. Update your Calendar within your RealtyGo account and enable end users the ability to schedule a time to meet, preview and show your real estate listings, All completely automated

17. Show Affiliations with Credible Sites

If you are somehow associates with or work alongside credible people and websites, let that be known. People like to review, share and link to others that have the same business ideas. Link all your Social Networking sites and information within your Mobile real estate listings from RealtyGo.

18. Awards

Awards act as a shiny badge of credibility that customers can take comfort in. If there are any industry or other awards you and your company have earned recently, be sure to include them and links to them for consumers to read and review. RealtyGo enables you to link all your social networking sites as additional information for potential home buyers and sellers to review when looking through your real estate listings.

19. Choose content wisely, lead generation and consumers first impression is key.

Consumers and end users want to see what they are interested in immediately. Using your unique TAG from RealtyGo, you can place end users in the Sweet spot of what every your promoting at that time for dynamic real estate listings and auto scheduling. Keep end users looking at your listings and your information, people can become distracted and loose sight of why they originally took notice to your promotion and real estate listing. RealtyGo offers exactly what you want the user to see, and can be updated and edited with ease, without  costs associated with traditional advertising and real estate listing promotion.

20. Highlight Experts on Your Team

If there is anyone on your team that would qualify as an expert, find a way to include this on your site. It gives customers that personal feel, and makes them feel that they are in good hands.

As you can see, building web credibility takes a lot of work and patience, and that is precisely why you should do it. Your competition may not be up to the challenge leaving you standing above the crowd. Link your services within RealtyGo, Social Media, Personal website, Reviews, Contact information and more, offering all your relevant and current information to the end user in a well organized and established channel compatible with all mobile devices.

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QR Code – YouTube Video Contest. Send us your favorite video, showing off your RealtyGo QR code/TAG being used in your real estate business..

Free QR Code_MobileURL_Micro-Mobile-Website for life from RealtyGo. We are giving away 100 free QR Codes and all the services to 100 lucky winners!

QR Code_YouTube Video contest from RealtyGo. Send us your favorite YouYube video/link URL showing how you or your company uses QR Codes for your real estate listings/business. Win a Free QR Code_MobileURL_Micro-Mobile-Website for LIfe. RealtyGo is giving away 100 Free QR Codes including all the services, SEO, technology, micro website, auto scheduler and more to each winner.  Send us your YouTube Video and we will post it on our RealtyGo YouTube page, asking others to vote for the top 100 videos. The top 100 videos with the most votes at the end of the contest will receive one free QR Code for life.

Please be creative and have fun with the videos. Your Videos will run on our YouTube Channel offering free advertising for your and your real estate business. Please have some type of real estate related business video in order to be considered for the contest. Please also use a RealtyGo QR Code / MobileURL in your video. There is no purchase necessary, visit at Twitter and choose ‘ follow’ us for your free 45 day trial using RealtyGo and the most unique and dynamic QR Code system available. Once you follow us on Twitter you will receive an Auto direct message thanking you for following, with a link and the free 45 day trial. Please remember there is no purchase necessary and you will not be charged. Good luck and we look forward to seeing your QR Real Estate Videos.

Please email your questions and/or Video link to info@realtygo.co

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Lets talk QR Codes; Why and How can they help you in your current marketing business | RealtyGo

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What is that Odd looking image?

We are referring to a QR Code. If you are not yet familiar with them, you soon will be. If you haven’t seen one yet, you soon may in an area near you. The funny looking box thats black and white and looks like a pixelated patch, is a QR Code.  A QR Code is a matrix code (or two-dimensional bar code) created by Japanese corporation Denso-Wave and is the most popular open 2D-Code for Mobile Tagging. The “QR” stands for “Quick Response”, as the creator intended the code to allow its contents to be decoded at high speed. RealtyGo uses QR Codes to deliver dynamic real estate listings via the mobile channel using Smartphones, iPads, Tablets or any PDA device.

What does a QR Code do?

A QR Code is a bridge from the displayed QR TAG to a web URL (website address page) that has been formatted for viewing on mobile devices. Delivering dynamic information quick and efficiently to the end user. All you need is a smart phone like an Android, Blackberry or iPhone, then you simply visit your App Store of App Market to get your FREE QR Code reader, by typing in ‘Free QR Code Reader’ in the search bar. A QR Code reader is necessary to ‘read’ the QR Code. Basically, a code contains data and links to many different avenues within the internet. RealtyGo offers QR Codes as part of promoting your Mobile real estate listing(s), at no additional cost. Our Analytics also allow you to track and report on how effective the QR Codes are with consumers. Why are analytics important, well we know for sure that banks giving agents foreclosure homes to list are a huge fan of analytics and tend to give their business to agents/brokers that provide them. Once you start using QR Codes and you realize the power of how they help you business grow, you will be a fan forever. With a smart phone like an android,iPhone,Windows,etc..,  you can open up the QR Code reader which will load through your phone’s camera. With your camera you will snap a picture of the QR Code by selecting the scan button and then it will return the data held within the QR code, instantly to your mobile device. This might be a photo, website, video clip ect…  For example, you see a QR Code on a real estate sign or within a real estate magazine.  You scan the QR Code, then instantly you recieve current and relevant information about the real estate listing; pricing, square feet, bedrooms, photos, contact information of the lister, videos, as well as other listings the lister may have for sale or lease.

There are many bar codes today, why is this one different?

Well, it’s made of funny little squares. Seriously, the most important thing for us (the users) is the fact that it’s two dimensional. 2D barcodes contain more information than conventional one dimensional linear barcodes. Conventional barcodes get wider as more data is encoded. 2D barcodes make use of the vertical dimension to pack in more data, giving the end user more specific information about the real estate their interested in. Many experts involved in mobile marketing think that QR Codes, being one of the more versatile systems, are going to be the next mobile linking systems of the future while the rest are supported and funded by large corporations with commercialism in mind. RealtyGo goes a step further. Most QR Codes are only good for a one time use or a promotion. RealtyGo has designed our service and QR Codes to last forever. We assign a MobileURL to each QR Code, so you can continue to market and use the same code forever. This saves you time, you don’t have to create a new code each time you take a listing or change the price or photos of a current listing. RealtyGo gives you a easy to use login area where you can manage your listings, add new ones, edit information, change photos,etc.. , all while using the same QR Code. This will save you money with marketing, digital and print advertising. You don’t have to replace you QR Code ever. Once a company has your unique QR Code, it links back to all you current and relevant information with RealtyGo and is assigned to your Unique MobileURL, which is used to promote you real estate listings and professional business all over the web. This links all your current and archived real estate information together building you a dynamic online resume, which search engines love for SEO (search engine optimization) and give you an advantage when consumers are using engines like google, yahoo, bing to look for real estate in your area.

QR Code store more information, so how much exactly?

In short, if you stored only numeric data, you can store up to 7,089 characters within each QR Code. With binary data (8 bits), the little squares can store up to 2,953 bytes of information. Alphanumeric, 4,296 characters and Kanji/Kana up to 1,817 characters. For a little square like that, THAT is a lot.

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Ok this sound great, however what’s in it for me?

Here’s how QR Codes can change the way we live our lives.  While riding the train, you could stumble upon an advertisement for a place to rent, vacation rental, or destination area you may want to visit for vacation. There is a web URL available to type in and visit a website but you would have to wait until you get to the office or home to check it out.  The problem is by the time you get home or to work, you can’t for the life of you remember what the URL is anymore. In the event your fortunate enough to get the correct website and not a competitors site, then starts the agonizing process of hunting around the website for the exact listing, home or offer that originally caught your interest.

A QR Code  enables you to get all the exact details in regards to that specific ad or property listing. With an android mobile or smart phone like an iPhone or a Blackberry, you can take it out, picture-scan the QR Code and there you have it – a website, a forum, message board, link to download some media files, photos,reviews, contact information, additional listings…whatever it is that the lister of real estate wants you to see!In Japan, consumers use QR Codes to find information about organic food and check out buildings or videos of homes just from scanning these QR Codes

QR Codes everyday?

You don’t have to be a real estate agent or broker to use RealtyGo real estate QR Code applications.  However, if you do use RealtyGo to promote your real estate profession, you can benefit drastically compared to current methods and/or traditional real estate listing promotions.  RealtyGo’s user friendly software walks you through an easy and self explanatory system for optimal use. You don’t have to do anything, we dynamically create the QR Codes and sync them to all your other social networking sites, your professional website, ALL your real estate listings and much more. Start creating your online resume and powerful marketing platform with RealtyGo today.  If you are new at QR Codes and not sure why you need to get a head start on them in the real estate industry. 5o % of home buyers in 2010 were new home buyers, medium age of 35, a generation engulfed in technology and creative thinking. Offer all modern channels of communication to potential home buyers and other professionals doing business with you and watch your online presence skyrocket to mirror your years of hard work in perfecting your off line presence in your preferred real estate community. A wave of acceptance is sure to hit this part of the world as soon as more people become aware of QR Codes and their many great uses. RealtyGo gives you an easy way to use and shows you cost effective methods to promote your listings using QR Codes and many of our other free applications all as part of your membership with us. RealtyGo is also designed to promote Green real estate communication, offering your modern clients an alternative to traditional print listings, they may just ask you to forward them the digital listing, or you may even promote your self as an environmentally friendly agent, offering a Greener way to preview listings, saving you money and helping to reduce your carbon footprint, all while giving the consumer exactly what they need and want.

I don’t have a scanner on my phone, what do i do?

The most beautiful thing about modern technology is, things are becoming easier to use. Go to Your App Store or App Market and in the search bar type in Free QR Code reader, download it, install it to your mobile device and you are ready to hit the ground scanning. RealtyGo also offers a SMS/MMS Text message application for people who do not have a Smartphone or Wifi PDA device. You can simply send a text message to get all the real estate listing information as well.

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Step by Step to getting started!

Load your QR Code reader and wait for it to get ready. When it is ready…. With a steady hand, point your camera at it. You need to keep a steady hand (some people use both hands) to scan the QR Code so that the resulting scan is not blurry. Most Smartphones even give you a nice square cut out that you need to place around the box or QR Code image. Snap a picture of the QR Code by hitting the Scan button. Bear in mind, you need to keep the whole QR Code inside the frame box. The QR Code reader might take a few seconds to resolve the link for you, but typically it comes back so fast, the first time you use it, it will really blow your mind. Start scanning your little heart out, have fun, you can now scan a QR Code anywhere you see them, and trust us, you will be seeing them, a lot very soon.

RealtyGo offers Mobile Real Estate Listings for Best SEO search using MobileURL’s and advanced Web TAG technology.

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RealtyGo provides an easy to use service for everyone listing any type of real estate, connecting with end users via their mobile devices, infusing the latest technology and business practices for advanced web to mobile communication and search engine optimization. By connecting all your professional information properly and tagging it, your real estate listings and online business practices will dramatically increase and work efficiently for you within the world wide web, increasing relevancy and helping drive more end users and new customers to you, while searching for real estate.

Our Service allows listers to deliver listing information on any property directly to potential buyers through a custom mobile application software that is functional on any Internet-capable mobile device as well as any text message-capable mobile phone.

“The challenge most ‘big box’ real estate company’s face by offering a mobile solution to promote and list real estate is how to instantly reach current clients with the information they need, using the device in which they want to use (mobile, Web, Phone) and how to generate new leads by providing better tools than the competition.  RealtyGo accomplishes all this by user friendly software applications that can be accessed by anyone on any Mobile device. There is no download necessary or modification, our services and your real estate listings are accessible from any mobile device right out of the box.

You can link your mobile real estate listings from RealtyGo to other social networking sites, like Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, your blog or professional website, etc.. . RealtyGo acts like a bridge from your website presence to any mobile device, while providing the end user a friendly and easy to use experience. You can be sure that what ever the latest trend or most efficient way of communication is, RealtyGo will provide it for free as part of your MobileURL and Mobile real estate listing(s). We are constantly making upgrades and changes, and will always offer the most current and easy to use methodology for accessing real estate from anywhere with any type of device.

Buyers can leave personal notes about properties,  Auto Schedule an appointment to preview the your listing(s) – which automatically notifying you with the buyer’s name, phone number, email, etc.. , and the property their interested in previewing.

This turns ‘lookie loos’ into leads, creating stickiness, because once a user is able to contact you through the channel they are most comfortable with, they will almost certainly use the same method of contact down the way when needing immediate listing information from a viable and trusted source. Since RealtyGo offers you your Unique MobileURL consumers can find you fast and easily by simple remembering your Unique name or MobileURL you assigned to a property or listing. In the event you sell the listing, your MobileURL is still active and becomes your online Resume, that everyone uses and remembers in order to contact you in regards to your Real Estate profession.

The target demographic for Mobile Real Estate listings is any potential homebuyer, new customer or other business professional with the capability to surf the mobile Web.

Prospects may be young first-time buyer or the middle-aged executive whose BlackBerry has made him/her accustomed to having information at their fingertips at all times, The market is as broad as the mobile market, which is to say is very large and growing. Offer your real estate listings on every channel and cover all the basis, let the end user decide how and when they want to Auto Schedule an appointment to preview a listing, or simple click your phone number or email address to get ahold of you.

Prospective sellers are attracted to technology as well, as it communicates willingness to use new tools and available modern day methodology to market and promote properties making for a more attractive choice for a seller.

Help educate other agents in using RealtyGo for an easy way to show off the technological side of your business. Agents/Brokers can use RealtyGo’s robust analytics to download and either print or email to new customers and even prospective banks you would like to receive listings from. When you can provide actual analytics, which is how potential buyers are getting in touch with you, the area of your listings and up to date reporting on the ins and outs of your listings, banks are going to look at you as a up-to-date, trusted and valuable resource in the real estate business

RealtyGo assigns a MobileURL to each of your listings which allows end users to search for you using an advanced type of search, giving buyers the ability to find ALL your real estate listings, photos, pricing, virtual tours, business website, social networking sites, professional contact information fast and efficiently. End users can searching within major search engines (google, yahoo, bing) or from withing RealtyGo using one easy to remember Unique MobileURL you have selected to represent your mobile real estate business.

 

RealtyGo updates and offers All listing content to major search engines for Best SEO (search engine optimization) in regards to your real estate business. This includes pictures, listing changes, edits and updates, automatically formatted for optimal viewing on any mobile device.

Buyers are able to view all the standard and customized listing information, including photos and Google Mobile map location links, as well as the agent’s e-mail address and click-to-call phone number. Buyers can also easily forward your mobile listing(s) via e-mail or text message to other mobile devices like Smartphones, Flip phones, iPads, Tablets, etc.. .

Beyond MLS listings, RealtyGo also allows users to upload and manage their properties through a Web-based content management system, the same way you would create a craigslist ad promotion, and taking it a step further, giving you the ability to promote your properties within other real estate listing services with our Mobile Listing TAG, ensuring that end users are getting all the content you want them to have and not just the content many services only allow you to share.

RealtyGo works on any Text ready mobile phone or Internet-capable mobile device, including Apple’s iPhone, RIM’s Blackberry, Google Android, Palm and Motorola flip phones, and do not require any downloads to use or manage.

Try RealtyGo today, and own your own listings and decide what you want the end user to see. Customize your Mobile listings any way you like and edit them at any time. RealtyGo will make sure that all of your most current information is updated and being used efficiently to promote your online real estate business as much as your off line presence. Don’t hesitate, simple visit our World Wide Website and follow the easy automated system that walk your through selecting your MobileURL’s and setting up your real estate listings and professional business information. We have designed our system to be fun and work freely within all other applications for promoting and marketing your real estate profession as a whole. Give the end user what they want, a choice in how they communicate with you in your real estate profession.

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| 02.17.11 | Google: Personalization will revolutionize commerce – RealtyGo_blog

Google Mobile BARCELONA, Spain–Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) Chairman and CEO Eric Schmidt capped off the second day of the Mobile World Congress trade show here with a far-ranging and forward-thinking keynote address forecasting a future where increasingly personalized and relevant mobile services transform most every facet of users’ lives. “Smartphones are taking over–smartphone sales surpassed PC sales on a quarterly basis just last week,” Schmidt told a capacity crowd. “The smartphone is the destination for the next generation of games, apps and social connectivity.” Looking beyond the current mobile marketplace, Schmidt outlined what he called “a serendipity platform–your phone helping you learn new things and meet new people you wouldn’t otherwise meet. Why does my phone not talk to my friend’s phone? Why doesn’t it monitor people who are ill?” Adding he believes very strongly in “the optimism of what we can do with computers and technology,” Schmidt said the accelerated evolution of the Web, mobile and cloud services will ultimately shoulder even greater burdens plaguing everyday life, giving consumers the time and flexibility to spend more time with the people they care about, doing the things they enjoy and making the world a better place. “Computers are here to make us happier,” he asserted. Schmidt also stressed the increasing role of permission-based personalization solutions, anticipating a future where technology solves human failings spanning from fuzzy memories to boredom. Shifting his focus to more contemporary mobile industry opportunities, Schmidt said he anticipates substantial breakthroughs in the mobile advertising segment. “Think about the creativity of the commercials you see on TV, and apply that on mobile in a personal way–that’s the next great frontier,” he said. “The display business is fundamentally about telling stories–that produces a better, more relevant ad and a more satisfied consumer. A billion dollar business right in front of us.” In addition, Schmidt called mobile payment services and Near Field Communications transaction technologies a “mega-scale opportunity,” outlining a scenario where he’s walking down the street in a commercial area. “My phone remembers I need new pants, and it knows ahead of me are two stores–one offering the product at a 20 percent discount, the other offering a 30 percent discount. I enter the store with the bigger discount, the pants are ready, and out I go. You don’t think this is going to work? It should revolutionize electronic commerce and payments. We’re seeing that models around consumerism are working when they’re tied to location and advertising.” Despite the mobile industry’s myriad innovations, Schmidt cited its capacity to revolutionize life in developing nations as his greatest source of pride. “The future is for the masses, not the elite,” Schmidt stated. “Two billion people we’ve never heard from will enter our conversation in the next three to four years. Because of mobile, it’s possible, and it will change their lives more than it changed any of ours. That’s what I’m proudest of.”

| 02.17.11 | Google: Personalization will revolutionize commerce – RealtyGo_blog

Have an app idea? Submit your application to AT&T’s Open Call Contest today – RealtyGo_blog

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AT&T Open Call Contest

Do you think you have the next great mobile app? Would you like an opportunity to get your content in front of a panel of AT&T staff and experts? Well now is your chance! The AT&T Developer Program is hosting its annualOpen Call Contest at CTIA Wireless 2011, Orlando, FL, on March 23 and 24, and we want to hear about your exciting new mobile application or content. This contest gives you the chance to win a share of $40,000 in prize money and get your content or application out to more than 95 million AT&T wireless customers!

Choose Your Category

Enter your mobile application or content into one of four contest categories:

• Gaming Platform: AT&T now supports the OpenFeint gaming platform. We are looking for games that capitalize on this platform—challenging, competitive games that demonstrate high performance, social integration, and monetization.

• HTML5: In this track, we will review innovative Web-based applications that use HTML5. We want to take advantage of the HTML5-capable browsers that are now proliferating across Smartphones and that promise to be the wave of the future.

• Social Good:AT&T wants to recognize developers who are creating applications for social well-being. In this track, we are seeking applications that are sustainable, focus on disabled or mature segments, or cover anything around the social good.

• Open: This category is open to all entries. We would like to see applications that use native code but, remember, we welcome all app submissions in this category.

The deadline to submit your content or application is Midnight Pacific Time, March 1. The top developers will be invited to a second round of judging and will pitch to the panel of AT&T staff and experts at CTIA Wireless in Orlando. Enter now!

Recognition and Rewards

The winner of each category will:

• Be awarded the coveted AT&T Open Call Award.

• Take home a $10,000 cash prize.

• Get potential exclusive go-to-market and promotion opportunities.

All participants must be present at the Awards Reception on March 24 in order to win.

Want more info?
Get contest details and rules, and submit your application or content now at http://developer.att.com/opencall

Sincerely,
The AT&T Developer Program Team

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Text Message marketing Vs Email Marketing | RealtyGo | MobileURL’s | QR Codes | GPS | zuzu

Text Message marketing Vs Email Marketing | RealtyGo | zuzurealestate | MobileURL’s | QR Codes | GPS

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RealtyGo offers end users 4 modalities for current and immediate real estate listing information; QR Code, GPS, Call, SMS/MMS mobile gateway technology.

Mobile Real Estate Listings

The Mobile URL in the image  is the word “DEMO”

In many ways text message marketing and email marketing are very similar. With multiple forms of marketing available you should offer them all and let the consumer decide which avenue they are comfortable using. Overall you are asking your customers to give you their contact information so you may update and market to them directly.

Building an email phone and text message marketing list of your best customers is a way not to waste money on advertising by casting a wide net and hoping your customers see it. RealtyGo analytics enable you to form a current and relevant  list, you can use efficiently to market to those customers who want to receive offers from you, have already spent money with you or requested information and in most cases are most likely to respond positively to your offers.

There are quite a few vast differences that effect the redemption rates, ability to bring instant sales, and ‘read’ rates in any type of consumer ‘opt in’ marketing.

Fewer than 20% of email messages are opened. Within 15 minutes of sending a text blast, over 95% of your subscribers will have read the message. Think to yourself, every time your mobile phone beeps, how long does it take you to read the text message?

With RealtyGo’s automated software, any time you make a change to your listing(s) a auto message is sent to ‘end users’ that have requested information about your listing(s), for example; if you change the price of a listing or the seller decides to offer their listing for lease and for sale. These are important things a potential buyer or interested party need to know. RealtyGo automatically updates previous consumers that solicited  listing information, any time you make a change, by sending a friendly text message alert.

Customers contact information is automatically captured and displayed in your login area under the specific MobileURL and real estate listing the QR Code and SMS text messages are affiliated with. The mobile call to action is easily integrated into print, radio, television, in store signage and online applications such as Twitter, Facebook, Yelp, Google Local Search. They simply text your MobileURL or Scan the QR Code and all your professional business real estate information is provided. With email signups customers have to be on your website and enter their email address or fill out a form in your business.  With consumer trends rapidly moving toward the mobile communication channel for faster and more efficient communication using text messaging and QR codes; You need to give the consumer what they want when they want it and with the tool they use most frequently and feel most comfortable with, Their mobile device(s). By offering multiple contact modalities like Text messaging, GPS and QR Codes you enable consumers an easier and faster way to get the immediate information they want, most importantly the way the consumer wants to get it. More options or ways a consumer can contact you  enables you to build your marketing list much faster, and consumers will continue to utilize your services, due to the fact they know they will receive current and relevant information pertaining to their original interests in your real estate business.

Text Message Marketing Vs Email Marketing.

With text message marketing, you have the ability to increase sales the same day your message is sent. Often new sales can be in your door in under an hour or even market to customers already in your business. New text messages are read in an average of 14 minutes while the average time for someone to read an email is 6.4 hours. In addition, unless your customers have web-enabled phones, which only 14% do, they will have to wait until they are in front of a computer to read it, then print out the offer to bring it in to redeem it. With text marketing, the customer just has to show the text to the business to redeem. These same principals apply with information. Consumers can access immediate information about your real estate listing(s) and Auto Schedule an appointment to meet with the listing Agent or owner based on the listers pre set schedule. The Auto Scheduler allows Agents/Brokers to use their time more efficiently, social networking, continuing education, create new marketing campaigns and meeting with potential buyer.

Typically the benefit of email vs text messaging is cost. There are email marketing providers for small businesses that charge $20 a month. This is for unlimited email blasts. The redemption rates are often low, only averaging 5%, and only offering one modality for consumer contact.

RealtyGo offers all 4 current modalities for contact and much more, for half that price and at a 90% better ROI return-on-investment.

Get more, do less – RealtyGo

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Bing, now has 27 percent of the search engine market and is quickly gaining on Google, according to Hitwise.

Bing, now has 27 percent of the search engine market and is quickly gaining on Google, according to Hitwise.

Comment from an independent individual – “I bought a laptop for my wife about 6 months ago and set up my mother’s laptop today so that she could print 🙂

Anyhow, both had a Bing toolbar preloaded. I’m wondering if the increase in market share has to do with other factors other than consumer choice…”

What’s the verdict? is this post true or false? Microsoft has made no such announcement.

Mobile Everything, Bing Mapping!

We can not comment specifically on Bing search, however if you have seen their new Mapping system using SeaDragon, WOW.. now this is something to talk about. You can see it on TED.com / Bing Mapping
Bing ‘ed’ http://on.ted.com/8uFV  RealtyGo blog

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