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Due to the evolving Internet and explosion of Social Media sites, REALTORS® feel the need to have a more wide spread web presence. REALTORS® are now finding that they must maintain a website, a Facebook page, tweet, monitor a blog, post a newsletter, and constantly watch their phone for incoming text messages! The SLOAOR has posted the sites below in an effort to help our members become familiar with these media formats. We have live classes and their are on line classes via C.A.R. that take you through the various hills and valleys of negotiating the social media world.
 
How do I sign up for Facebook?
From our Sign Up page, just provide us with your full name, email address, desired password, gender...
From our Sign Up page, just provide us with your full name, email address, desired password, gender, and date of birth.
WATCH this YouTube video on how to sign up for Facebook: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esl7Mbmoh7Q
After you complete the sign up form, we will send an email to the address you provided. Clicking on the confirmation link will complete the sign up process.
 
You can now post your listings to your Facebook page. Be careful to separate business from personal life. You may have to create a "John/Jane Doe Business" Facebook page...and a separate personal one.
 Slo Realtors's Facebook profile
What's all the TWITTER about?
TWITTER
Twitter is an information network made up of 140-character messages called Tweets. It's a new and easy way to discover the latest news (“what’s happening”) related to subjects you care about. It is a service for friends, family, and co–workers to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent answers to one simple question: What are you doing? For a Q & A and easy registration...
Go to:
http://support.twitter.com/groups/31-twitter-basics/topics/104-welcome-to-twitter-support/articles/215585-twitter-101-how-should-i-get-started-using-twitter
WATCH this YouTube video on how to sign up and get started on Twitter: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2Jcz0Q1LVc
 
Why YouTube?
YouTube is your friend! You can find a video or information on how to do just about anything on YouTube. Plus...if you have a video of your listing...post it on YouTube! Be careful of the content...these properties are your client's homes...be aware of their security measures...and their personal living situations. Founded in February 2005, YouTube allows billions of people to discover, watch and share originally-created videos. YouTube provides a forum for people to connect, inform, and inspire others across the globe and acts as a distribution platform for original content creators and advertisers large and small.  
Watch this YouTube video on how to sign up for YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogXGI-X48I4
ListHub or Brokers...distribute those listings far and wide!
ListHub is the broadest, most widely adopted network for listing distribution, and works in concert with MLSs franchises, and core real estate technologies to bring real estate brokerage firms a single dashboard for controlling their online marketing strategy. ListHub brings realty firms a comprehensive system for maximizing listing exposure while providing brokers and agents with all of the control, reports, analytics, and marketing tools necessary for driving an effective online advertising program. ListHub offers a FREE basic service - and an upgrade for companies who want a competitive advantageListHub allows you to take control of your online advertising. By choosing ListHub, you gain access to the premier national network for managing one of your greatest assets: your listings!
 
  • Broad Exposure — Listings can be distributed to over 50 national Web sites
  • Boost Web site Traffic — Redirect consumers to the detailed property page on your brokerage Web site
  • Increase Brand Awareness — Your company name appears in search results with each of your listings
  • Get More Listings — Wow home sellers with an aggressive e-marketing strategy
  • Get More Buyer Leads — Tap into the 38 million real estate consumers each month on the Internet
  • Tap Into More Knowledge — ListHub publishes the Channel Scorecard - the real estate industry's most complete report on real estate Web site attributes.
  • MLS Connected
  • No data entry or administrative maintenance
     
     
     
    OUR FAVORITE WEBSITES & TIPS
    www.aumnia.com Mobile websites and webapps, mobile strategy, mobile products  AUMNIA
    www.belarc.com/free_download.html  Get a detailed report of your computer's hardware and software. Save the file offsite and you will know exactly what you have in case of an emergency or crash.BELARC
    www.Drupal.org/ - Build your own web page    Drupal
    www.Joomla.org/  Build your own web page Joomla
    www.Wix.com  Wix is an online editor with a drag & drop interface that lets you learn how to make a website without the need to bother with any code or web programming.  Wix
    www.anypdftools.com  convert .pdf files to Microfsoft Word files   PDFtoWORD
    www.digsby.com Free instant messsage client that integrates with Yahoo, Gmail, AOL, MSN, POP or IMAP for email alerts. Integrates with Facebook, Twitter, MySpace and LinkedIn for status updates and posting new content. Works with all major IM services.  DIGSBY
    https://my.dimdim.com/   Easy, open, affordeable collaboration for online meetings, eLearning, desktop sharing, training, distance education, webinar, free web meetings.   dimdim
    www.dropbox.com  2 gigs of free, secure online storage that will synchronize files between multipkle computers.   Dropbox
    www.Elance.com   Outsource to expert programmers, designers, writers, translators, marketers, researrchers, and admin contractors with tested skills. ELANCE
    www.Gimp.org  The GNU Image Manipulation Program, for X Windows systems. Official site, including download area, documentation, FAQs and a plugin registry.  Gimp
    www.google.com/voice  it's the jam. Still can't send MMS through it, which is kind of a pain, but the call routing, hunt sequences , custom outbound voicemail is da bomb!  Google Voice
    www.barefootstudent.com/  Barefoot Student has a list of college students for hire, entry level jobs, internships, seasonal work, part time job opportunities, and more. Barefoot Student
    www.logmein.com   gives you the flexibility to access and control your computers from anywhere. LogMeIn
    www.mediafire.com/   send reallybig files without using email. all free. Create a free account to save files on the site for a longer period of time.   MediaFire
    www.mobilewitch.com   never forget another login or password .  Mobile Witch
    www.mobilecardcast.com/  instantly deliver your coupons and promotions to your customer's mobile phones.
    www.Mogreet.com  Communicate with more than 200iMM consumers' mobile phones in video  Mogreet
    www.Eyejot.com/  Eyejot offers people the ability to easily communicate more naturally with one another through video while still taking advantage of some of the great traits that email offers in terns of working across geographies and time zones, and eliminating spam. Eyejot
    www.onlineocr.net/  Free Online OCR is a software that allows you to convert scanned PDF images into Word, Text, Excel output formats. Online OCR
    www.olark.com/  Olark provides clean integration with tools you already know and love so you can actually focus on selling and support. In fact, we're the only live help tool around that was built from the ground up to work with a host of standard intant messengers.  Olark
    www.teambox.com/  Teambox is a "Procial Network" based on online collaboration tools designed to make project management more effective.  TeamBox
    www.pdfescape.com  completely online PDF editor. Append, extract and replace pages. Save files and download, all free.   pdfEscape
    https:///www.quora.com/  collection of questions and answers created, edited and organized by everyone who uses it.
    https://www.slideshare.com/  Offers users the ability to upload and share publicly or privatelly PowerPoint presentations, word documents and Adobe PDF Portfolions.  Slideshare
    https://zim-wiki.org/  A desktop application for creating your own wikis  Zim  
    www.evernote.com easy to use application for storing and indexing all those random pieces of infomration that you pick up, like a sticky note organizer!
    www.gotomypc.com allows access to your desktop computer via the internet from any computer or wireless device
    www.logmein.com allows access to your office PC from any Internet connected computer in the world
    http://ccrmls.rapmls.com.pda   allows access to the MLS database via any handheld PDA device with an HTML-compliant browser that supports JavaScript 1.0 and CSS. Log on using your user ID and password

    Automatic check scanner
    instead of driving to the bank to make a deposit…san in deposits each day. 
    OnlineMicrosoft Outlook            install the online version and access your Outlook email while traveling even if your PC at work isn't powered on!
    Tab Browsing
     
    most browsers now support the ability to open a tab, which allows you to jump from one Web page, or tab to another without closing the intitial page.  No back surfing!
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    FIVE THINGS YOU NEVER KNEW YOUR CELL PHONE CAN DO!
     
    There are  a few things that can be done in times of emergencies. Your mobile phone can actually be a life-saveer or an emergency tool for survival. Check out the things that you can do with it!
     
    1. EMERGENCY. The Emergency Number worldwide for Mobile is 112. If you find Yourself out fo the coverage area of your moblile network and there is an Emergency, dial 112 and the mobile will search any existing network to establish the emergency number for you, and interestingly, this number 112 can be dialed even if the key pad is locked. Try it out.
    2. Have you ever locked your keys in the car? Does your car have remote keyless entry? This may come in handy someday. Good reason to own a cell phone: If you lock your keys in the car and the spare keys are at home, call someone at home on their cell phone from your cell phone. Hold your cell phone about a foot from your car door and have the person at your home press the unlock button, holding it near the mobile phone on their end. Your car will unlock. Saves someone from having to drive your keys to you. Distance is no object. You could be hundreds of miles away, and if you can reach someone who has the other "remote" for your car, you can unlock the doors (or the trunk).
    Editors note: It works fine! We tried it out and it unlocked our car over a cell phone!
    3. Hidden Battery Power. Imagine your cell battery is very low. To activate, press the keys *3370#. Your cell phone will restart with this reserve and the instrument will show a 50% increase in battery. This reserve will get charged when you charge your cell phone the next time.
    4. How to disable a STOLEN mobile phone? To check your mobile phone's serial number, key in the following digits on your phone: #o6#. A 15 digit code will appear on the screen. This number is unique to your handset. Write it down and keep it somewhere safe. If your phone gets stolen, you can phone your service provider and give them this code. They will then be able to block your handset so even if the thief changes the SIM card, your phone will be totally useless. You probably won't get the phone back, but at least you know whoever stole it can't use/sell it either. If everybody does this, there would be no point in people stealing mobile phones.
    5. FREE Directory Service for Cells. Cell phone companies are charging us $1.00 to $1.75 or more for 411 information calls when they don't have to. Most of us do not carry a telephone directory in our vehicle, which makes this situation even more of a problem. When you need to use the 411 information option, simply dial: (800) FREE411, or (800) 373-3411 without incurring any charge at all (except airtime charge). Note: This number also works from your home telephone for free directory service.


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