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How to use My Buying Buddy and the Leads and Contacts system

4 Ways Video Boosts Real Estate Marketing

It is widely known in other industries that video is one of the fastest growing mediums from which people receive their information online. However, for some reason it is highly underutilized in real estate marketing strategies. In order to help you get a leg up on your competition we have compiled the following list of 4 simple ways you can utilize video in your real estate marketing strategy. 1) Potential buyers love visual aids. – Property Walkthroughs Virtual slideshow tours are great and should definitely be used, but why not add a video walkthrough of your property? You can never… Read More »

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Online Marketing Class: Become More Effective Online

Blue Fire Media Group: FREE Online Marketing Class The Blue Fire Media Group will be holding a FREE online marketing class at the Denver Board of Realtors at 10:00am on August 18th. This will be a great chance to learn how to make your business more effective through social media, blogging, SEO, and more! Please visit our event’s webpage below for more details: Blue Fire Media Groups’s Real Estate Marketing Event Read More »

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New How to Movie: Add Widgets with Filters to your Webpage

We have a new movie available which will show you how to add a MBB Widget to your website (HTML or WordPress). The movie explains how to add a widget to a page and then how to create an apply a custom filter. To see the movie (and all the other training movies) log in to your LAC account and click the HELP menu item. Look for the heading called Advanced Topics on Demand. Read More »

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Twitter Updates connections to WordPress

Twitter has changed the way it allows other applications – such as WordPress to connect to it. What this means is that if you have a Real Estate Blogsite with us, and you are sending Blog posts to Twitter, then your account will need to updated. Please contact us via the HELP desk so that we can help you to get this fixed. Read More »

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Send your Client the Current Search Results

It is now possible to send the current results to your client, of a recommended Search you are creating. This option will send an immediate Alert, with the current results, as well as set up a repeating Just Listed Email Alert. To use this feature: Select the LEAD you want to work with. Go to SAVED SEARCHES tab Create a new Recommended Search (link on right side of page) Create Search an Modify as necessary When ready, click the SAVE SEARCH Button at the top of the Search Results panel. On the next POP UP, choose the option to “Send… Read More »

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Never Lose a Listing

If you have the SPS service packaged up with your account, then you will see Menu links that allow you to jump to your SPS account to see all your listing sites, and also create a stand-alone single property site for a listing presentation. Using the ‘Create SPS SIte for Listing Appointment’ link, you will be able to create a beautiful looking single property site for the seller. make sure you pick a great design and upload HUGE photos! You can then use this as part of your listing presentation and win the listing! Once you secure the contract, you… Read More »

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How to Adjust a Prospect’s Daily Property Alerts

It’s quite common for a Prospect to change their mind and adjust their price criteria, or want to narrow or expand their home-search to different areas. So when this request is made to you, you will want to adjust the Saved Search Alert so that it now searches for newly listed properties according to the new criteria. To do this, view the Lead Details and go to the Saved Searches tab. Then click the Saved Search you wish to modify and then look for the middle column in the page that will then give you several options – one of… Read More »

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How to know what Properties your Prospects are Interested in?

Whenever your Leads start looking at Properties, we are keeping track of everything they do and this is reported to you in various helpful ways! To see whats going on, look at the Lead Details and then go to the Listings Summary Tab.This page shows you a list of filtered listings on the left side, and presents the same properties on a map on the right.As you adjust the filter, the map view will also change too. The drop down Filter at the top of the list allows you to adjust what you see: Viewed Listings: Listings that the Lead… Read More »

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How to Reset Password for your Lead

To reset the Password for your client to allow them to login, open the Lead record and click the ‘padlock’ icon in the top section of the Lead Details tab. Read More »

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How to figure out what your Prospects are really interested in!

There are many features to give you better understanding of your leads. Here’s an overview of whats behind each of the tab areas when you look at a Lead in your LAC Account. DetailsThe DETAILS Tab contains a summary of the contact information for this lead.There is a COMMENTS section top right that allows you to record a single sticky note for yourself and others that are working the lead.Bottom right is the Lead Activity block that provides a summary of the properties the Lead has been looking for. One thing not to miss is that at the foot of… Read More »

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