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Archive for January, 2011

Joyce O’Neill, Okotoks REALTOR Website

Monday, January 31st, 2011

Ubertor Approved Vendor SplitMango has launched a custom Ubertor website for Okotoks, AB REALTOR Joyce O’Neill. Below is a screen shot of the home page or you can check out the site here.

Ubertor On Facebook

Sunday, January 30th, 2011

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No Shortcuts Design Launches LimRealty.ca

Thursday, January 27th, 2011

Ubertor Approved Vendor, No Shortcuts Design, has just launched a newly customized Realtor website on the Ubertor platform. Ko Kimura of No Shortcuts Design dropped me an email with the link to the new site. Check it out:

Interested in custom design, feel free to contact our Approved Vendors.

CREB® Launches REALTOR Website Product; Chooses Ubertor.com As Partner

Thursday, January 27th, 2011

I’m proud to announce a new joint venture between Ubertor and the Calgary Real Estate Board (CREB). We launched this program at the CREB Conference the other day and the official press release was yesterday. Below is the press release from CREB:

CREB® Launches REALTOR Website Product; Chooses Ubertor.com As Partner

CALGARY, AB, January 26, 2011 — CREB® (Calgary Real Estate Board) has partnered with Ubertor.com on their new venture which provides REALTOR® websites to CREB®’s over 5000 members.

“We made a strategic decision a few months ago to adjust our core offerings to our REALTORS® and move into the web services business,” said Mark Hobbs, Manager, Media Services at CREB®. “The future of real estate boards is evolving and our revenue model needed to evolve with it. We wanted to add a website product and it was determined that the solution offered by Ubertor was the best fit for our REALTOR® members.”

Ubertor is a website platform built specifically for the real estate industry for real estate agents around the world. With a focus on video, blogging, social media sharing and search engine optimization, Ubertor is the perfect platform for agents interested in taking their web presence to the next level.

“We chose Ubertor after conducting a thorough search for a REALTOR® specific website providers. We were looking for a product that was easy to use for our agents, customizable and had outstanding customer support. Ubertor fit the bill across the board,” said Mark Hobbs.

“We are proud to be the exclusive platform of choice for CREB®,” said Stephen Jagger, co- founder of Ubertor.com. “At Ubertor, we focus on not only building a platform that enables real estate agents to build and maintain their own website but we work to educate them on how to make themselves unique by utilizing online video, social media and blogs.”

About The Calgary Real Estate Board
CREB® is ranked as one of the largest real estate boards in Canada. It is a professional body of over 5,000 licensed brokers and registered associates, representing 243 member offices. One of the main functions of CREB® is the operation of the Multiple Listing Service (MLS®) System. Through the MLS® System, members and in turn their clients have immediate access to the latest information on properties listed for sale.

About Ubertor.com
Ubertor.com is a REALTOR website platform designed to allow real estate agents around the world build and maintain their own websites. Ubertor has thousands of REALTORS around the world using the platform, to not only showcase their properties for sale but educate their clients and prospective clients through blogging, online video and social media.

For more information please contact:

Mark Hobbs
Manager, Media Services
Calgary Real Estate Board
Phone: (403) 781-1365
Fax: (403) 266-1642
300 Manning Road NE, Calgary, Alberta, T2E 8K4
www.creb.com

Stephen Jagger
Co-Founder, Ubertor.com
Combustion Labs Media Inc.
Phone: (604) 264-1999
266 – 3495 Cambie St., Vancouver, British Columbia, V5Z 4R3
www.ubertor.com

PDF – Ubertor / CREB Press Release

Learn to Maximize Your Ubertor Website: Live Ubertor Tour, February 3rd, 2011

Wednesday, January 26th, 2011

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. Register for the Live Tour on February 3rd @ 2:00 PM PST.

Simply click on this LINK at the time of the LIVE TOUR and JOIN!

2.  Use your microphone and speakers (VoIP) – a headset is recommended.

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!**

Learn to Maximize Your Ubertor Website: Live Ubertor Tour, January 25th, 2011

Saturday, January 22nd, 2011

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. Register for the Live Tour on January 25th, 2010 @ 2:00 PM PST.

Simply click on this LINK at the time of the LIVE TOUR and JOIN!

2.  Use your microphone and speakers (VoIP) – a headset is recommended.

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!**

Interesting Idea For iPad Promo for 2011

Wednesday, January 12th, 2011

I came across this video this morning that the LoftsVancouver.com guys put together for their iPad promotion. Good use of the xtranormal.com technology. Check out their video below:

Three Spots Left In Reachd.com Training Course

Wednesday, January 12th, 2011

There are 3 spots left in Reachd.com‘s upcoming training. The course includes Social Media training, Google Adwords, Search Engine Optimization and Blogging. Reachd courses are a great way to get you and your team up to speed with how the internet works and what tools are available for your real estate business in 2011. Check out the complete details here.

OTD Basic Training

Wednesday, January 12th, 2011

The team at OutsourcingThingsDone.com has launched a new video that explains how the 4 week basic training works for all of their virtual assistants. If you are considering a virtual assistant for your real estate business, this is a good video as it shows you the skills that your VA will have when they complete OTD Basic Training;

Learn to Maximize Your Ubertor Website: Live Ubertor Tour, January 20th, 2011

Tuesday, January 11th, 2011

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. Register for the Live Tour on January 20th, 2010 @ 2:00 PM PST.

Simply click on this LINK at the time of the LIVE TOUR and JOIN!

2.  Use your microphone and speakers (VoIP) – a headset is recommended.

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!**