Ubertor Real Estate Blog

Rodney Bartlett shot a video about bounce rate and how you can improve it. Check out the video below and Rodney’s comments over on the Reachd blog.

Realtors from Calgary have been asking for Reachd training to come to their town, and today, Reachd has announced that it is a reality. On Thursday September 17th Reachd will hold a full day training session for Realtors in downtown Calgary.

Agents can expect to learn about Twitter, Facebook, Online Video and Search Engine Optimization.

Registration is limited to 25 real estate agents.

If you are interest, or are looking for more details, please click here.

Great news!! Ubertor has been honored by Inman News today at the final day of the Real Estate Connect Conference in San Francisco by winning the Most Innovative Web Service Award.

“Ubertor, which simplifies the process of Web site design for real estate professionals with a powerful and easy-to-use online platform, won the Most Innovative Web Service award”

(via Inman News)

Thanks Inman! I wish I was able to have been there this year but had prior engagements in Toronto. A big thanks to Ian Watt who ran up on stage to collect the award!

Congrats to the all of the winners:

2009 INMAN INNOVATOR AWARD WINNERS
Innovator of the Year: Frank Borges LLosa
Most Innovative Brokerage or Franchise: Nest Realty Group
Most Innovative Technology: Closing.com
Most Innovative Web Service: Ubertor
Most Innovative Blog: The Phoenix Real Estate Guy
Most Innovative Media Site: Breaking News Network (Domus Consulting Group)

If you are interested in finding out what Ubertor is all about, feel free to setup a website. There is no setup fee, no contract and your first 30 days are free. Let us earn your business! You can signup here to take it for a test drive.

Get expert advice from an Ubertor specialist on how to use the basics of the system. This is a great start for all new Ubertor users eager to learn how to begin maximizing their website for the most return.

This is a live guided tour of Ubertor’s control panel – so if you’re on the fences about Ubertor’s software, click in and join the tour. See how easy it is to get a website up and running.

Join in 2 easy steps (Live Tour is FREE):

1.  Engage the specialist, Tuesday, August 11 at 10:00 AM PST.
https://www2.gotomeeting.com/join/564054715

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

Dial +1 647 724 3554
Access Code: 564-054-715
Audio PIN: Shown after joining the meeting

Meeting ID: 564-054-715

The live tour will go over the following topics:

1. Logging into your control panel (1 minute)

2. The Dashboard – Overview of cool tools to get your site running (9 minutes)

* Google Maps – Map your listings with 3 different views
* Google XML SiteMaps – Get found on Google faster than others
* Feedburner – Get your blog going with Feedburner
* Google Analytics – Start tracking the number of people coming to your site
* Favicon – Change your favorites icon

3. Crafting your own page (15 minutes)

* Adding content
* Adding photos
* Adding videos

4. Power marketing your listings (15 minutes)

* Display your photos
* Adding files, like floor plans and strata docs to your listings
* Mapping your listing on Google
* Giving your listing its own domain (URL)
* Adding music to your listing
* Have an open house? Advertise the listing as an open house
* Virtual Tours
* Get your listing on Craigslist – and looking good!
* Adding your own filmed video to the listing

5. Unveil the power of CSS and how it can help you mastercraft your website (5 minutes)

6. What is Twitter? How to use it with your website (5 minutes)

7. Q & A (10 minutes)

**1 LUCKY attendee will win $57.00, just for taking the tour!**

Shane Gibson and I just finished a phone interview with Meetup.com co-founder and CEO Scott Heiferman. We had a fantastic chat about what Meetup is doing lately, their growth of more than 500,000 users a month, Scott’s day at the White House with President Obama and what Meetup is all about. The full interview will be in our (Shane and I) book Sociable! that is going to be available very soon (final edits are happening now).

Here at Ubertor we have been running meetups for quite some time. We operate the Real Estate Technology Meetup, the Young Professionals Meetup and co-organize the Sales Performance Meetup with Shane Gibson. Interesting note, the Real Estate Technology Meetup is the LARGEST real estate agent meetup within Meetup.com!

Are you interested in checking out a Real Estate Technology Meetup? Here is Vancouver, our friend George O’Neill is running the Toronto version, Rodney Bartlett from Reachd runs the Wichita version and we are adding more cities shortly.

Below is a list of Reachd.com upcoming training dates this month.

If you’d like to see an event in your city, drop a comment below and we will pass on to Reachd.com.

Training in Wichita Kansas

• August 13th – “Market Like a Sniper with Adwords”
  Learn to use Google Adwords to promote your business and test your marketing strategy
  More details about the Adwords Class in Wichita
• August 17th – “1 Hour Web Marketing Intro”
  If you are not marketing your business online but would like to start, this 1 hour fast paced session will give you a great overview of some of the resources available for online marketing
  More Details about the Web Marketing Intro in Wichita
• August 20th – “Build a Website Google Loves”
  3 hour introduction to the in’s and out’s of search engine optimization. Most web activity originates with some sort of search, you need to ensure that your website shows when your visitors are searching
  More Details about the SEO Class in Wichita
• August 27th – “Broadcast Your Message with Online Video”
  There is no better way to build relationships with your web visitors then through online video. In this 3 hour course each participant receives a FREE Flip Video Camera.
  More Details about the Online Video Training Class

Training in Vancouver BC

• August 6th – “Market Like a Sniper with Adwords”
  Learn to use Google Adwords to promote your business and test your marketing strategy
  More details about the Adwords Class in Vancouver
  
• August 11th – “Explode Your Growth with a Blog”
  Blogging is the cornerstone of Social Media and a great tool to use to help fill your website with relevant content
  More Details about the Vancouver Blogging Course
  
• August 18th – “Build a Website Google Loves”
  3 hour introduction to the in’s and out’s of search engine optimization. Most web activity originates with some sort of search, you need to ensure that your website shows when your visitors are searching
  More Details about the Vancouver SEO Course
  
• August 25th – “Broadcast Your Message with Online Video”
  There is no better way to build relationships with your web visitors then through online video. In this 3 hour course each participant receives a FREE Flip Video Camera.
  More Details about the Online Video Training Class
• August 27th – “Social Media Guided Tour”
  Learn to use Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn to build your brand and grow your business
  More Details about the Vancouver Social Media Training

Plus, Reachd has training coming to Toronto, Calgary and Omaha in the next 60 days. Dates are being worked out now. Watch Reachd.com for details of the upcoming events.