Archive for October, 2009

Introducing Real Pro Systems’ Technical Services Program

Tuesday, October 27th, 2009 by Caine O'Brien

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Here at Real Pro Systems we have a history of striving to bring our clients the very best in online marketing technology and great customer service. Our client care team is known for their excellence, but there are some requests that go well beyond the service that comes with your agent system.

Do you want to do more with your agent system, but just don’t have the time? Over and over we’ve heard, “Look – go ahead and charge me, can you just make it happen?” You have been asking for another level of service, and we have been listening. Today marks the introduction of Real Pro Systems’ Technical Services program!

Real Pro Systems’ Technical Services provide you with help for your day-to-day activities in your agent system, or the ones you’d get to if you just had time. Some examples include putting your content up on your website, making navigation changes, formatting and posting your blog articles, sending out your newsletter, putting up listings, and even setting up custom pages. We’ll do all that and more.

Our technical support representatives (TSR’s) are trained to provide you with a wide variety of services at a nominal cost.  We know as REALTORS your passion lies with helping people buy and sell their homes, and using our Technical Services you’ll have more time to do exactly that!

To learn more www.realprosystems.com/real-estate-website/technical-services; or call your client care representative today!  541-743-8520

Route Your Leads into Your
Real Pro System Automatically?!

Friday, October 23rd, 2009 by Admin

Tada!Have you ever wished that leads you generate with another company’s tool could somehow automagically load into your Real Pro Silver, Gold, or Platinum system so you could send drip messages, newsletters, etc.? We are developing technology to make that easier. It’s not ready for prime time yet, but you can help us get it there!

We would like to know which lead sources are the most important to you, and then we can develop a priority list for implementation. Our solution “reads” the lead notification messages generated by other tools. We will provide a special email address for you, and you set up your other tool to send the lead notification emails to that address (in addition to where they go now). So when you think of lead sources that you wish could feed directly into our products, be sure to only tell us about lead sources that generate a lead notification email.

Send a message to us at marketing@realprosystems.com, and tell us what are your most important lead sources that you wish could just automatically go into your agent system. We’ll let each of you know as we complete our support for a lead source you mention!

A Note About System Security

Thursday, October 22nd, 2009 by Caine O'Brien and Joe Lininger

When you have a team of folks working with you, trust is a critical ingredient in team success. And many of you entrust team members or virtual assistants with the ability to log into your Real Pro agent system and make changes. Have you ever thought about the harm a trusted team member could cause if s/he left the team on unpleasant terms?

What if someone had access to your account and deleted all of your leads? Or changed the page content on your website out of malicious intent? Think it can’t happen? It has happened, and we don’t want it to happen to you!

First of all, make sure your team understands that Real Pro Systems can track most activity in your account and generally report how and when changes came to be made. So if someone wants to make unauthorized changes, much of the time they will be traceable. While making that known might discourage someone from trying something, please adopt the following simple security practice at a minimum:

Every time someone leaves your team, or if you change virtual assistants, take 20 seconds and change the password on your Real Pro Systems account.

This simple precaution may save you (and us!) a lot of time, money and grief.

Ask yourself, “How many people have login access to my system now, including those who no longer work with me?”  Don’t wait, change your password now. Just log into your Silver, Gold, or Platinum system as shown.

Increase Your Online Marketing Power: Get an Integrated IDX and Save $300 in October!!*

Monday, October 19th, 2009 by Tara Sybrant

When it comes to marketing online you have two distinct audiences:

  • Potential leads and clients
  • Search engines

Do you want to increase your online marketing power? Make sure your listings are visible to search engines! The foundation of a Real Pro Systems website is an architecture that is extremely “search engine friendly.” All of the content on your website can be readily indexed, including your featured properties.

When a Website Uses Frames the Information is Hosted on a Third-Party Site

Some websites don’t do a good job at this even when listings are loaded directly onto the site. But what’s more, many websites rely on an IDX service to present an agent’s listings.  These websites present this IDX information inside “frames.” Even though you can see your listings on your website, since search engines can’t see what’s inside of a frame it cannot index your listings. And if that’s the case, your most important website content is being ignored.

Our approach is to fully integrate with an IDX. This not only means enabling site visitors to search all properties in the MLS, it also means we automatically load your listings onto your website so the content can easily be seen and indexed by search engines.

With an IDX that is truly integrated, your website visitors have a better search experience. Framed information often is presented in a way that is clunky and confusing, and in a style that looks very different from your website.

Listings at the Top of the Search Engine

Our IDX integration means that when the listing information is loaded onto your site, you get SEO credit for the content, and you can market your listings with confidence. As a result, the listings on a Real Pro Systems website are not only indexed but come up in the top of the search engine results.

Since integration means that your listing information is pulled directly from the MLS to populate on your site it means no more loading listings to the MLS and then entering them a second time on your website! Are you tired of setting up visitors on recurring searches day in and day out? IDX integration automates the process of setting up of recurring searches, so you don’t have to!

Here at Real Pro Systems we know how valuable it can be to have a truly integrated IDX solution available to you. For the month of October we are offering special savings on our IDX solutions! From now until the end of October, you will save $300 on the set up of a Real Pro Gold agent system when you add the Integrated IDX option. (*Savings of $300 can be achieved by combining a Real Pro Gold and IDX offer; $200 off Gold setup/$100 IDX setup). This offer will NOT last, to take advantage of it call a sales representative today.  541.743.8500.

Appetizers, Drinks & Education

Thursday, October 15th, 2009 by Tara Sybrant

Real Pro Systems Users Group Meeting – San Diego, California, November 12, 2009 5-9pm

You're Invited

You're Invited

Dovetailed with the National Association of REALTOR’s conference for your convenience, this evening is not to be missed.  Good food, drinks, great people and an atmosphere of education and networking at the Hilton in the historic Gas Lamp District, all a no charge to you!

Our goal is to facilitate the success of our clients, by bringing together like-minded professionals who are sharing the subject matter that you care about! You’ll gain insight and realize greater value from your Real Pro agent system as a result.

This evening will feature presentations from agents as well as Real Pro Systems staff.  You’ll also hear about Real Pro Systems’ latest introductions including Real Pro Platinum, and services for content creation, custom design development and search engine optimization.

What topics would you like to learn more about in San Diego?  You know what you are interested in, so we want to hear from you.  Drop us a line with your suggestions.

Seating is limited, so don’t miss this opportunity to network with your peers, hear customer case studies and learn how to use your system in new ways to grow your business!

Register today! Contact Tara Sybrant at marketing@realprosystems.com or by calling 541.743.8500