Ubertor Real Estate Blog

I was invited to attend the CREB conference in Calgary, AB this past week to be part of the CREB Media Services booth within the trade show. About a year ago, Ubertor and CREB entered into an agreement for Ubertor to be the exclusive provider of websites to CREB agents. I flew into Calgary the evening before the conference to get prepared for the event but to also entertain a few of the speakers that were coming to the show.

I invited Tod Maffin, David Allison as well as Inman News‘ Chris Smith to join myself and a few Ubertor clients and friends for dinner at Wurst.

It was a great night and a great opportunity for everyone to meet and chat about all things real estate. (There might have been some talk of Calgary’s beautiful -41 weather as well)

The conference the next day was great. Very well run, a sold out crowd with a solid line up of speakers. Agents had lots of great feedback about the event and many took advantage of the offer CREB was promoting with Ubertor.

Here are some pictures from the dinner the night before as well as the conference the next day:

(Clockwise from bottom left: Todd Maffin, Kelley Skar, Jim Sparrow, Debra Sonmor, Cliff Stevenson, Chris Smith, Amy, Sandip Dagli, David Allison and Ryan Laurin.

(CREB / Ubertor Banner)

(Gloria from CREB)

(on right: Mark from CREB)

(L – R: Stephen Jagger and Kelley Skar)

Ubertor client Tom Everitt is running for Geographical Division of Vancouver Westside in the upcoming real estate board vote. He has posted a video explaining his reasons for joining. Check it out, it is another great example of using video to get a message across.

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 fence 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 26th @ 10:00 AM PST.

Simply click on this LINK and join the tour!

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 $37.00, for taking the tour!**

Are you going to the CREB Forecast Convention and Trade Show in Calgary on January 18th 2011? Ubertor will be there! We will be at the joint CREB/Ubertor booth talking about websites and how the CREB/Ubertor websites can help agents in Calgary promote their listings. Pop by our booth and say hi, I will be there and look forward to meeting you all. We will have a special promo for agents who sign up at the CREB Forecast event – swing by to learn more. See you this Wednesday, January 18th 2012.

The team at CalgaryCondoPros.com have updated the look and feel of their website again. Last time we covered their website it was about the use of 3rd level navigation, this time, you will notice that they have kept the 3rd level navigation but added more listings to their home page as well as some video and quicker, more effective ways to contact them.

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 fence 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 19th @ 10:00 AM PST.

Simply click on this LINK and join the tour!

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 $37.00, for taking the tour!**

MacDonald Realty Realtor Owen Bigland launched a new website, customized by Ubertor Approved Vendor Four Cross Marketing the other day. It is a great use of video with a customized YouTube player on the home page. Check it out.

Reachd.com has a few seats left in their online marketing training course that they have been running since 2007. Check it out if you are interested in learning more about Google Adwords, Blogging, SEO and Social Media.

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 fence 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 12th @ 10:00 AM PST.

Simply click on this LINK and join the tour!

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 $37.00, for taking the tour!**

Dan Martell is a Canadian Entrepreneur living in San Francisco. He recently sold his last business (Flowtown) to DemandForce.com and has moved on to his newest venture – Clarity.fm.

From Dan; “Clarity makes it easy to connect with others looking for advice over the phone. The service is all mobile, is private and secure, has some amazing features that make it fast and delightful.”

I think Clarity is a great idea and can be really helpful to business owners trying to grow their businesses. The concept is awesome. Entrepreneurs donate their time to a charity through Clarity.fm. People looking for advice can call those entrepreneurs, pay a per minute fee to speak with them, and the funds go to the charity of the entrepreneurs choice.

So, want to speak with;
Jason Billingsley, Co-founded ElasticPath.com (call him here)
Micah, Founder of Graphicly.com (call him here)
Saul Colt, Head of Magic at Freshbooks.com (call him here)
Hiten Shah, CEO / Co-Founder of KISSmetrics.com (call him here)
Dan Martell, creator of Clarity (call him here)

If you are looking to reach me, you can reach me through Clarity here.

I’m sure as the product gets built out more there will be some sort of directory so that you can find business owners that you are interested in speaking with that fit the exact needs that you have. Do you want to get on Clarity? Sign up on their website for more details.

Dan Martell (R) and myself taking a call through Clarity.fm