Ubertor Real Estate Blog

Agent Short Hand Description

February 4th, 2012 by Stephen Jagger

I was reading about a new listing on the market today that I found on the public Realtor.ca MLS iPhone app and I couldn’t help but notice all of the agent short hand included in the description. Do you do that on your listings? I’m able to understand it but I wonder how many people can’t. What do you think?

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Century 21 Steps Back Into TV Ads @ Superbowl (Videos)

February 3rd, 2012 by Stephen Jagger

A couple years ago Century 21 stated that it would no longer do television ads – well, it seems that has changed and Century 21 is back with a few 2012 Superbowl TV commercials including an all star line up. Check out the ads below:

Here is what they are up against at this years Superbowl:

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Learn to Maximize Your Ubertor Website: Live Ubertor Tour, February 9th 2012

February 2nd, 2012 by Uber Carl

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 February 9th @ 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!**

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Update: Reachd Internet Marketing & Social Media Classes in Vancouver, BC

February 1st, 2012 by Stephen Jagger

Reachd.com has made some changes to their training schedule. Hundreds of Ubertor agents have attended Reachd.com courses as they provide a solid base to grow your online real estate marketing. From the Reachd.com blog:

1. We’ve reorganized the 2-day course into a different order of topics so we can add more information and slow the pace down!
Here’s what future students will encounter:

Day One: Google Adwords + Blogging + Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
Day Two: Social Media (LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter) + Plan Implementation

2. We are now offering a complimentary one-on-one 60-minute session with the instructor (me!) within 3 months of completion of the course. Value: $150+. To take advantage, you must register (and pay) 10 or more days before the course you will be attending.

3. We are now posting all upcoming course dates so that students can book themselves into a class well in advance.
Class size is limited to 8 students for a more intimate and personalized learning experience.
Upcoming dates are: (9am-12pm & 1pm-4pm)

Wednesday, Feb 15th & Thursday Feb 16th
Wednesday, March 28th & Thursday March 29th
Wednesday, April 25th & Thursday April 26th
Wednesday, May 16th & Thursday May 17th

4. Past students are now welcome to come “audit” the new class for only $100! If we haven’t sold out by the Monday of the week of the class, you are welcome to secure a seat in the class at a past-student discounted rate of only $100! Contact us if interested.

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Fred Glick’s Rebuttal To Listing Syndication Video

February 1st, 2012 by Stephen Jagger

The other day I posted a video from a California real estate broker who had pulled his companies listings from Trulia.com, Zillow.com and Realtor.com.

Here is Fred Glick’s opinion that rebuts the recent pulling out of real estate brokers from Realtor.com, Trulia and Zillow:

What do you think?

Posted in Real Estate Business, Realtor.com, Trulia.com, Zillow.com | 1 Comment »

Note: Changes To The Light Plan

January 31st, 2012 by Stephen Jagger

We have made a slight adjustment to the smallest plan on the Ubertor platform. The “Light” plan, which we added a couple years ago, has been a great success. New agents just getting into the business have been taking advantage of this plan as a way to get their website rolling, while keeping their costs inline as they work to grow their business.

As of today, you will notice that the price has changed a little bit. We have adjusted the price from $9.99 per month, to $17.00 per month. But don’t worry, anyone on this plan is grandfathered in and their pricing will not change. Clients signing up going forward will be on the new pricing. While the price has gone up a bit, it is still a very cost effective way to get a website up and running.

Want to give Ubertor a shot? Use this link to get your first 5 weeks FREE.

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ARG Abbott Realty Group Broker Pulls Listing Syndication

January 30th, 2012 by Stephen Jagger

What do you think about Zillow, Trulia, Realtor.com, Zoocasa or the like? Are they helpful to your business? or harmful? Check out what Jim Abbott with ARG Abbott Realtor Group did. See his video below:

“ARG Abbott Realty Group Broker and President Jim Abbott explains why ARG listings will no longer be permitted on 3rd party syndicator sites such as trulia, zillow, and realtor.com” (source)

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Do You Use An Apple or PC?

January 29th, 2012 by Stephen Jagger

More and more people are moving to Apple for their computer needs. Have you made the switch? Are you using an iPhone now rather than a Blackberry? Or a Mac instead of a PC? Apparently, there are 371,000 babies born each day and there are 377,900 iPhones sold each day (source). That is an unreal stat!

When I speak with agents, many times they mention their MLS as the reason they have not made the switch, or why they use 2 computers. I see that real estate agent Russ Macnab has even put together an online petition to get Marketlinx to go Apple friendly.

So what do you think? Are you an Apple fan? Considering making a change? or love your PC?

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Learn to Maximize Your Ubertor Website: Live Ubertor Tour, February 2nd 2012

January 26th, 2012 by Uber Carl

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

1. Register for the Live Tour on February 2nd @ 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)

3. Crafting your own page (15 minutes)

* Adding content
* Adding photos
* Adding videos

4. Power marketing your listings (15 minutes)

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!**

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Ubertor Extreme Design (XD)

January 25th, 2012 by Bryan Garcia

With the new year in full gear, Ubertor will be releasing the brand new ‘Extreme Design’ (XD) packages. Throughout 2011, Realtors have been asking us to help them add design touches to certain aspects of their business: Banners, Mastheads, Mobile Templates, and the list goes on…

With a high demand and request from our team, we decided to create the XD packages to help Ubertor users who don’t have the time (or design gene) to customize certain parts of their site and business.

The XD packages will help Ubertor users :

Customize their banner and masthead.
Customize their mobile template to resemble and have the same skin as their website.
Create custom feature sheets for any of their properties for sale.
Add a background to their Twitter.
Customize their Facebook pages to resemble their website.

If you have any questions about the Ubertor XD packages, feel free to engage our Live Help, we’ll be happy to help you.

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