Ubertor Real Estate Blog

I was walking through Yaletown in downtown Vancouver the other day and I saw this sign outside of a real estate sales center. The type is a little small, but it says:

“A” is for August, please come inside for more details”

What do you think about this marketing?
Would you go inside to find out more details about August?

Drop your thoughts into the comments.

UPDATE UPDATE UPDATE - I went inside and asked the question about this sign. You can see the details here in the comments.

We shot a video of the presentation that I did at the Vancouver Real Estate Technology Meetup the other night. If you missed the event you can watch the presentation below.

This video below is a quick shot of the room about 30 minutes before we got started. At presentation time, there was just over 100 people in the room.

Here is my presentation. The presentation was designed to showcase online tools that Realtors can use in this changing real estate market. Lots of people asked after the presentation how they can learn more about these tools and quite a few of them are taught in Reachd classes. Here is the presentation:

Thanks again to Ubertor, Reachd, RealtySupport and Kuni Design for setting up tables for our mini trade show at this meetup. Overall it was a great success and looks like we will be doing that again.

Also, congratulations to all that won prizes in the door prize draw that we did at the end of the presentation. We gave away an Anthony Robbins DVD, some gift certificates to Goldfish Restaurant and Gordon Lau at the Vancouver Real Estate Board was the happy winner of Gary Vaynerchuk’s signed book “101 Wines”.

Lastly, here is some feedback that was received after the event:

MyTechOpinion.com is having a video blogging contest. From their website “The goal of this contest is to foster video communication in the real estate industry, share innovative technology, and help agents over the “getting started” vlogging hurdle.”

Here are the first 2 entries:

Vlogging Competition from Kelley Koehler on Vimeo.

You have till the end of the month to get your video in. What a great way to play with the new Ubertor Video Syndication system.

September Internet Marketing Courses. Complete Details Here or call 778-889-3245

Neil Brooks put together a funny video in an effort to sell one of his listings. Take a moment to watch it below:

hat tip

Press Release - Vancouver, BC, Canada - Ubertor has launched a new feature within the control panel that allows real estate agents to upload videos to their Ubertor control panel and have them automatically syndicate out to our distribution partners. At this moment, we have proudly launched with YouTube.com and Vimeo.com as distribution partners but are in the process of adding more.

In sticking with our video theme, we have adjusted this press release to be announced in video format.

Interested in how this new feature works?

New Vide Tab Demo from Piotr Banasik on Vimeo.

If you have any questions feel free to contact us. If you are not an Ubertor client, signup on our website to test it out. There is No Setup Fee, No Contract and your first 30 Days are FREE.

Stephen Jagger
co-founder Ubertor.com
604-264-1999
sjagger @ ubertor .com
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The Ubertor site of the week for this week is ronweemsjr.com. The website has a Google Rank of 0/10 and an Alexa Rank (What is an Alexa Rank?) of 21,630,822.

Ron T. Weems is a Realtor that specializes in Snohomish, King and Skagit counties as well as the cities of Lake Stevens, Marysville, Snohomish and Everett. The site offers many useful resources, like property searches, home evaluation, and information on buying a home. Ron is also blogging on a regular basis; this has surely helped Ron drive more traffic and visits from Search engines such as Google. This site is currently occupying the third position in google when searching for the term: “Ron Weems“.

Informative and “up-to-date” best describes this week’s Site of the Week.

See the video below about tonights meetup:

Be sure to RSVP here if you’re interested in attending.

August 11th @ 6:00pm - Ceilis Irish Pub

Come on down for the Real Estate Tech August Meetup. It is FREE to attend and we have some great door prizes. Be sure to RSVP to be on the list.

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 - 7:40PM
Presentation: Stephen Jagger - Using Technology In This Changing Real Estate Market
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Stephen Jagger the founder of Ubertor.com and Reachd.com will be at the Vancouver Real Estate Technology Meetup to give an overview of online tools and services that can be used in this changing real estate environment. Learn how to cut your offline expenses and replace them with online efforts to do the same if not more business with less expenses. Tools discussed will be Google Adwords, Twitter, Facebook, Meetup, Video, Blogging plus much more.

- If you are a real estate agent struggling with this changing real estate environment then this meetup is for you.

- If you are a real estate agent interested in becoming more green and spending less then this meetup is for you.

- If you are a real estate agent interested in understanding more about the internet and “Facebook” or “Blogging” is something you have heard of but have no idea what they are; then this meetup is for you.

- If you are a real estate agent interested in learning more, then this meetup is for you.

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Some Ubertor Approved Vendors will be at the meetup to answer questions and showcase products. Confirmed Ubertor Approved Vendors that will be in attendance are:

Ubertor - Members of the Ubertor.com team will be on hand to answer questions about Realtor websites

Reachd - Rodney Bartlett of Reachd.com will be on hand to answer your web related questions

Realty Support - The RealtySupport.ca team will be there to answer all of your marketing/management questions

Special Bonus for the August Meetup

1. Door Prizes
We will have a few door prizes at this event.

* Gary Vaynerchuk’s news book “101 Wines”
* Anthony Robbins DVD “3 Steps to Creating and Enjoying Wealth”
* a handful of FREE Small Plate dishes at Goldfish in Yaletown

2. Free Drink
Everyone who RSVP’s will have a free drink ticket waiting for them compliments of Ceilis Irish Pub.

7:45 PM - Late
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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.

RSVP Today to reserve your spot.

4 Tips from real estate legend Barbara Corcoran (watch the video here):

1. Price your home 10-15% below the competition. Buyers are attracted to the best deals in town and you can get the sale price bid up, even in a down market

2. Get rid of your stuff and stage the home. One of the biggest problems is clutter.

3. Hire a “killer” broker, one who is a specialist in your market and housing type and consider paying a higher commission (8%) when the market is tough.

4. Don’t ignore the first buyer offer, even if a lowball. Buyers feel obligated to lowball. Engage the buyer and counteroffer.

Thanks to Joseph from Sellsius for pointing it out.