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TechVibes.com interviewed Ian Watt about his lack of print marketing, focus on web 2.0 and massive success. Check out the TechVibes article.

March Real Estate Technology Meetup speakers have announced. Complete details below. Be sure to RSVP for this event.

6:30 PM – 7:00 PM
Social Mixer.
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Meet and engage with other Real Estate Tech Enthusiast at Ceili’s.
Nosh? Ceili’s offers; great Irish Pub Food and plenty of drinks!! Grab some food and support our gracious host. Parched? Cash bar will be available. Be sure to grab something and support Ceilis.
Please walk or cab, bus, teleport or get a ride if you intend to drink!

7:00 PM – 7:45PM
Presentation: Member Technology Highlight
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This month we have 2 Real Estate Technology Meetup members speaking about technology they use to grow their business in this difficult market.

David Hudson, aka, TDDave will be on hand to show how he uses a screen capture tool to promote and sell his mortgage services. (15 minutes) – www.tddave.com

Tom Everitt, aka, ThinkTom.com will follow up David with a presentation about how to use video as a tool to stay motivated and positive in a shifting real estate market. Tom will be giving out a $50.00 Chapters gift certificate in a draw. (15 minutes) – www.thinktom.com

7:45 PM – Late
Social Mixer.
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Hang out after, chat with other agents, Ubertor Approved Vendors and colleagues. Grab a drink and enjoy Ceilis awesome pub food.

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Members from Reachd.com and Ubertor.com will be on hand to answer all of your real estate technology questions.

Don’t forget that Ubertor hosts a live weekly tour of the control panel every Tuesday at 10:00 AM PST from the comfort of your own computer.

The LIVE tour is open to all Ubertor users, new and old and to anyone interested in what Ubertor has to offer.

Check out ubertor.com/live for more details or follow the instructions below, tomorrow at 10:00 AM PST.

1. Join us online Tuesday, February 10 at 10:00 AM PST.
   https://www2.gotomeeting.com/join/111480578
2. Use your microphone and speakers (VoIP) – a headset is recommended. Or, call in using your telephone.Dial 215-383-1002
   Access Code: 111-480-578
   Audio PIN: Shown after joining the meeting

   Meeting ID: 111-480-578

Ian Watt and Rodney Bartlett talk about making money through Twitter. Ian gives a real life example that saw him get a $10,000 commission.

Lots of agents say they don’t have time for Twitter. I hope that after watching this video you have seen the light. You can make money from social media websites, you just need to put in the effort. It is time to rethink your marketing, maybe Twitter has a place in your world. Feel free to email me if you have questions about Twitter or how to apply it to your business. (sjagger at ubertor.com)

Or, follow me on Twitter – http://twitter.com/sjagger

A client sent us a screen shot the other day from the control panel of Pixilink Solutions, a company that sells Realtor websites in Vancouver – a competitor to Ubertor. It seems that they have stolen images from our control panel to use in theirs. That’s fine, I guess, but if you’re really going to do that – be sure to take the Ubertor logo off of it.

Zoomed In (see in the top left of the darker screen shots – you’ll see Ubertor):

Funny how our competitors keep doing this stuff. Here is another example I wrote about a little while ago. We’re flattered that they are focused on us.

UPDATE: Varinder Kainth, owner of Pixilink called and emailed requesting that I remove the images that I have posted of their control panel as he says they are copyrighted material. I respectfully denied the request, but said that I would update this post with his request and notify our readers that he has rectified the problem and removed the Ubertor logo and images from his companies backend. Thank you Varinder, I appreciate the phone call and the correction of the problem.

In his words:

“Hello Blog,
I don’t mind you writing on the blog anything that you want, but please remove the images that you have posted of our backend as those are copyrighted and our backend is to. The images have been removed from our system as they are your images.
Feel free to contact me if you have any questions.
Regards,
Varinder Kainth
Pixilink Solutions”

Kye Grace spoke at the Real Estate Technology Meetup about the 72 Hour Open House. It was a great opportunity to let real estate agents and brokers ask questions about the unique event. We video taped it so those that could not make it could check it out.

Ubertor unveils the new photo upload tool. Upload, title and display your photos in record breaking time. Don’t sit around and wait for your photos to load all day.

Watch an Ubertor specialist use the brand new feature in under 10 minutes from your own computer on Friday, February 6, 2009 at 10:00 AM PST.

We’ll go over:

Logging into your control panel (1 minute)

Accessing the listing (2 minutes)

• Creating a new listing by hand or downloading via MLS #

Using the new upload photo upload tool (7 minutes)

• Upload photos from your computer to the listing
• Labeling your photos
• Rearranging your photos
• Viewing your beautiful photos on your website

Follow the details below to learn how to use the new photo upload tool, from your own computer:

1.  Please join my meeting, Friday, February 06 at 10:00 AM PST.
https://www2.gotomeeting.com/join/966603570

2.  Use your microphone and speakers (VoIP) – a headset is recommended. Or, call in using your telephone.

Dial 630-869-1013
Access Code: 966-603-570
Audio PIN: Shown after joining the meeting

Meeting ID: 966-603-570

I spoke at the Vancouver Board of Trade yesterday to a sold out crowd on the topic of search engine optimization. It was a great morning full of great conversation and lots of questions. The Board of Trade has written a summary of the event on their website. If you are interested in learning more about SEO, check out www.reachd.com

IanWatt.ca and ThinkTom.com tackle the slowing marketing…

Vancouver Realtors just can’t make Cents in this Market from Ian Watt Vancouver Condo on Vimeo.

Come to Ceilis Irish Pub tomorrow night for the monthly Real Estate Technology Meetup. We have 2 presentations that will be awesome. Be sure to RSVP!

Event Details:

6:30 PM – 7:00 PM
Social Mixer.
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Meet and engage with other Real Estate Tech Enthusiast at Ceili’s.
Nosh? Ceili’s offers; great Irish Pub Food and plenty of drinks!! Grab some food and support our gracious host. Parched? Cash bar will be available. Be sure to grab something and support Ceilis.
Please walk or cab, bus, teleport or get a ride if you intend to drink!

7:00 PM – 7:15PM
Discussion: Kye Grace, Vancouver Realtor, 72 Hour Open House
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Kye Grace ran a 72 Hour Open House this past weekend. Lot of agents have questions so we have asked Kye to come in and share his experience and take questions about his 72 hour open house.
See www.kyegrace.com for more details from his 72 hour open house.

7:15 PM – 7:45PM
Presentation: Rodney Bartlett from Reachd.com talks all things Twitter
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Rodney Bartlett from Reachd.com will be on hand at the Real Estate Technology Meetup talking all things Twitter. Be there for his presentation on how Twitter works, the benefits to real estate agents and some examples of success. Bring your questions as there will be lots of time for questions.

7:45 PM – Late
Social Mixer.
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Hang out after, chat with other agents, Ubertor Approved Vendors and colleagues. Grab a drink and enjoy Ceilis awesome pub food.

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Members from Reachd.com and Ubertor.com will be on hand to answer all of your real estate technology questions.