Monmouth County Association of REALTORS® Taps Listing Syndication Trend with Point2 Technologies Solution

Monmouth County Association of REALTORS® (MCAR), provider of the Monmouth/Ocean Multiple Listing Service (MOMLS) announced its partnership with Point2 Technologies which will provide property listing distribution to the industry’s largest syndication and re-syndication network of nearly 40 third party, high traffic websites and search engines, as well as over 260 newspaper websites, on a listing by listing basis.

The new, free program successfully rolled out today to over 930 offices and 9,500 members of MOMLS. The service includes access to online traffic reports, to enable better marketing and online advertising expenditure decisions.

Advanced traffic reporting and lead conversion software tools are also seamlessly available as part of an optional, subscription based service to all MOMLS members, offered within the Point2 Agent software suite.

“We are tapping a critical service in partnership with a leader in the industry, to better serve and deliver on our commitment of world class service to our members,” said Monmouth County Association of REALTORS® President, Glenn Mills. “Listing syndication has become extremely important and it is key that buyers everywhere gain access to all available inventory.”

According to Kenneth “Kip” Walker, Chairman of the Monmouth/Ocean Multiple Listing Service Committee, “We are extremely pleased to be first in New Jersey to bring the benefits of the Point2 syndication network to our members as well as to consumers across the U.S., buyers and sellers alike.” “Our partnership with Point2 is a great milestone as it allows us to deliver very valuable services at no cost to our members, while saving them significant time in their online marketing efforts.”

“Adoption of listing syndication as a means to automate the distribution of property listings online has accelerated significantly over recent months, thanks to leadership and collaborative efforts between technology providers, listing aggregators and search engines, as well as forward looking industry Associations such as MCAR,” said Saul Klein, Chief Executive Officer, Point2 Technologies. “The ultimate beneficiaries of all these efforts will be the consumer, and the economy, as inventory gains better, more accurate and more timely exposure on the Net. Point2 is proud to partner with MCAR on this initiative and to play a leading role in the evolution of real estate marketing on the Web.”

Key service benefits to MOMLS members also include single point of data entry, which eliminates the need to re-enter data on the various sites including their own website or their Point2 Agent site, to help maintain data accuracy and consistency for the user’s listing online.

Point2 boasts the industry’s largest listing syndication network. Since launching its real estate MLS and Association solution just over a year ago, over 90 organizations have joined the Point2 program.

Top Real Estate Webdesign Companies

It’s often stated first impressions are priceless. Potential customers make judgments about you based upon your photo, writing style, and even your website. A professional website compels me to assume the company is serious about their business and understand the value of appearances. Attention-to-detail is something I expect from a Realtor; if an agent’s website is cluttered or looks DIY, uncertainty is bound to creep into my mind.

With millions of buyers/sellers using the Internet to find information and real estate professionals, it’s more important than ever to develop a credible “web presence”. A website is only one part of an agents web presence, but a very important part.

The companies listed below are not your only options as an agent, they were just the seemingly most professional

If you have a another company to recommend be sure to add then to the comment section below.

BLUEROOF360 SALES PITCH
BlueRoof360 offers a custom designed website with the latest technology and every option you can think of. Want videos? Instant chat? How about RSS, podcasting, or tens of thousands of other choices? It’s up to you- it’s your own custom website.

With the right design everything is more functional, works easier and is simpler. Blueroof360 will help you grow your business with the newest, most powerful technology available, yet with design that makes it very simple and easy to use. You will have a complete online solution with a rare combination of innovative technology and exceptional design.

Website Design Features:

• Unlimited pages- unlimited changes
• Site Customization
• Build your own layout and design
• Choose fonts and colors schemes
• Add, delete, change pages
• Widgets, tools, blogs
• Map-based searches, list views
• MLS and featured listings
• New listing notifications
• Save searches
• Evolving features, new upgrades

Pricing:

Only $100/month ($1000 setup fee)

Blueroof360 Sales & Contact Information:

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Custom Real Estate Websites in 5 Minutes

GetACustomSite.com a leading web site services provider announced that it launched a new service using which businesses can set up web sites in 5 minutes or less. At the core of this service is a new software they developed called Web Site Builder.

They distilled their market experience over more than five years in web site services in to this new software. Web Site Builder takes away the need for business owners to possess technology skills to set up web sites. The software was built with laymen as the target audience.

Rich Krishnan of GetACustomSite.com says “We have been building web sites for our customers for more than 5 years now. A year ago we took a decision to automate the phases in the web development life cycle to enable our customers to get web sites by following 2 or 3 simple steps. Our new Web Site Builder software is the result of that decision. Initial feedback from the market is very encouraging. We can say that we have achieved what we set out to achieve in terms of condensing and simplifying the steps involved in the design, development and setting up of web sites.”

This new service comes with tools to manage web sites. One of the tools is a content management tool which uses a visual editor to make it easy for site owners to edit the content of their sites. Another highlight of this new service is a tool to change the design of web sites. This tool enables site owners to change the “look an feel” of their sites as often as they want. The tools are complemented by a bank of designs categorized by industry.

Sam Nair of GetACustomSite states “Our pricing is very competitive. What makes our pricing model very attractive is that we do not charge any set up fees. In fact, we do not have one-time charges of any kind. The premise behind creating a pricing model with no one-time charges is that we wanted to remove all ‘barriers to entry’ to use our services. Furthermore, our monthly charges are very low making it ideal for small business owners especially in this time of economic downturn.”

The new service is offered in multiple packages with tiered pricing. All packages include hosting, domain names and email. Clients have the option to choose blog at no additional cost. Blogs give clients the ability to post blogs on their own site instead of public blog sites.

Website Package Pricing Below:

Win or Lose – Where Will Your Website Fall On the Internet Wheel of Fortune?

Will you win or will you lose? You’ve probably seen the show Wheel of Fortune where people spin the wheel to determine what prizes they could they win. If you were to spin the Internet Fortune Wheel, where would your website land? Would it be on the winning side or are you closer to going bankrupt?

Most people think they just need to zip out any old site and it will work for them. That, my friend, is an attitude you can’t afford to have when it comes to working online. Your website is the calling card for your online business. Without it, you would have difficulty getting people to find you, let alone buy your products.

Publishing a site to the internet that isn’t appealing or doesn’t cut it will cause the Internet wheel to land on the losing side for you. If you want your business to be a success, don’t risk your hard earned money and time by having an ineffective site.

Why is it so Important to Have a Well Created Site?

You have an online business and your site will be your “store” from which all your sales and transactions will take place. If you walk into a local store, you will see a specifically designed layout within that store. Everything is placed where it is, for a reason.

Why? Brick and mortar store owners do this to increase interest in products or to gain more sales. Most stores are kept pretty clean and fairly easy to navigate to help you find what you need. The reason for that is to build a rapport with you, so you can develop trust with that store and their workers. How many people do you think would buy items from a dirty, grungy, poorly laid out store? Not too many.

People don’t trust business owners that don’t take care of their stores. When selling online, your “store” is your website, so you must take care of it and make sure it’s pleasing and easy to navigate for your online visitors. Those visitors are no different than the customers who walk into the local stores. Will your site measure up?

Your business site should come across to your visitor as a professional site with which to do business from. It should welcome them, help them around and make the sale as easy as possible for them. Since your website says a lot about your business, you will need to make sure it speaking positive things.

Plan to create the best possible professional website to sell your products from. Your customers are important to the success of your business. No customers = No sales. A site that grabs a visitor and keeps them there while you layout what you have to offer and your sales pitch will land on the winning side of that Internet wheel. The losing side is only for those who don’t care about their business and whether or not it succeeds. Since you’re not one of them, keep your site up to par and make your customers happy.