Google Rolls Out a New Google+
Google introduced “a fully redesigned Google+ that puts Communities and Collections front and center.”

Tumblr Simplifies GIF Creation on iOS
Tumblr announced that “any video (or burst!) on your iOS device can be GIFFed, edited, and posted using the Tumblr app.” This functionality will be coming soon to Android.

Vine Introduces New Remix, Remake and Collaboration Features
You now have the power to reinterpret, collaborate or remix with audio from any Vine on the network.” Vine also introduced a new discovery feature that allows you to “find Vines that use the same audio clip or song.

YouTube Releases New Translation Features
YouTube introduced a new set of translation features designed to help creators make their content more accessible and understandable to an international audience.

Blab Rolls Out Show Cards for the Web
Show cards on Blab are finally here. They are currently only available for new blabs and only on the web, but are coming soon to Blab replays, on iOS and in tweets.

Instagram Limits Access From Third-Party Apps
Instagram announced several platform changes to improve people’s control over their content and set up a more sustainable environment built around authentic experiences on the platform, including a new review process for third-party apps starting December 3, 2015.

Facebook Mobile App Opens to Google Search
Facebook is allowing Google to crawl and index its mobile app, which means mobile search results from Google will display some content from Facebook’s app, including public profile information. The results appear as deep links that will take users to the relevant part of the Facebook app.

If you need help creating and publicizing your videos contact REVStaffing at 855.738.7821.

Or if your schedule is hectic, as most realtors are, schedule an introductory meeting at you convenience.

Want to save time and money on real estate transactions? Real estate agents can spend less time managing paperwork and transaction coordination is a breeze thanks to zipForm®,  zipLogix’s real estate forms software.  It’s a pioneer in real estate technology, and has become the exclusive and official forms software for NAR.
zipForm® is basically a home for your transactions.  The software offers a suite of online tools to streamline filling out forms and bring clients and agents together to complete transactions.

There are two popular products with zipForm®.  zipForm® Plus is the premier online form software solution for real estate forms, and it’s easy to use!  zipForm® Standard is the desktop solution that has all the transaction creation features without using the internet.

Here are some ways the zipForm® can help your real estate transactions become more efficient without the risk.

• Easy to use and navigate. (zipForm® Plus and zipForm® Standard)
• Runs on a PC or MAC. (zipForm® Standard)
• Access available from any computer with an internet connection. (zipForm® Plus)
• Email or print forms without creating a transaction file. (zipForm® Plus and zipForm® Standard)
• Fullscreen form filling capability. (zipForm® Plus and zipForm® Standard)
• Apply templates at any time during the transaction. (zipForm® Plus and zipForm® Standard)
• Mobile transaction access available. (zipForm® Plus)
• E-signature integration. (zipForm® Plus and zipForm® Standard)
• Email selected pages or an entire transaction. (zipForm® Plus and zipForm® Standard)
• English and Spanish available. (zipForm® Plus and zipForm® Standard)
• Built in address book for fast communication. (zipForm® Plus and zipForm® Standard)
• Assign photos to transactions or contacts. (zipForm® Plus)
• Document storage available. (zipForm® Plus)
• Broker management tools to manage agent and transactions with productivity reports. (zipForm® Plus)

Need help with zipForm®?  Give us a call at REVStaffing today at 855-738-7821, or visit our website at www.revstaffing.com.

If you want to find out how REVStaffing can help you with your real estate business, click here to schedule an appointment.

CSS is a fast growing home showing appointment setting company. Here’s how it works. Buyers agents call a CSS number to schedule showings. CSS keeps a record of the Realtors who showed the home, schedules the showing appointments with the sellers of the home, and gathers feedback on the listings from the showing agents.

This system can save a listing agent tons of time scheduling, managing, and following up on showings!

CSS is pretty much like having a personal assistant for showings! Here are more ways Centralized Showing Service can boost your real estate business.

• Provides more security and safety measures for agents and sellers.

• Gives more and better feedback to home sellers.

• Improves agent efficiency.

• Includes full MLS integration.

• Increases exposure for listings.

• Notifications of showings on your listings via email and/or text.

• Realtors can manage showings 24/7 from anywhere.

• Sellers can easily accept or decline showings via text.

• It’s super easy to schedule or reschedule showing appointments.

Centralized Showing Service allows Realtors to provide better service and communication for sellers and buyers.  

Need help with Centralized Showing Service?  Give us a call at REVStaffing today at 855-738-7821, or visit our website at www.revstaffing.com.

If you want to find out how REVStaffing can help you with your real estate business, click here to schedule an appointment.

Lead generation and customer relationship management (CRM) platformKunversion LLC has rolled out a new user dashboard that’s mobile-optimized, integrated with Google Apps, and interacts with leads via text, email and chat before a user has to personally respond.

Tom Ray and Justin Tracy, co-founders of Kunversion, founded real estate lead generation platform Realty Generator LLC in 2001, ran it for six years and then, in 2007, sold it to Market Leader Inc., which remade its business around the technology.

Ray and Tracy are back with another lead-generation product in Kunversion, an all-in-one website, blog, CRM and lead-generation platform geared to brokers and teams that costs $1,000 per month for up to 30 users.

They launched Kunversion in early 2011 after three years of silence due to a non-compete clause associated with the sale to Market Leader, and are now ramping up to make a splash in the space, Tracy said.

The updated platform “is what we wanted to do from launch, but are just now rolling out,” said Tracy, who is also Kunversion’s chief technology officer.

Kunversion features an IDX website; a mobile-optimized, HTML5-formatted back end; Android and iOS mobile apps; free e-signatures from HelloSign; a drip email marketing platform; and handles the initial interaction with a lead with live chat. Every day from 8 a.m. to 1 a.m. Eastern time, Kunversion powers live chat from an outsourced team of 10 people who respond to leads on users’ Kunversion platform.

The system also automatically sends texts and emails to leads on a user’s behalf based on triggers like if a lead visits one house five times, checks out a just-listed home or hasn’t been on the site in a while.

The system’s dashboard view also helps users navigate the system to see details about each lead, prioritize leads into an “active” list and see activity properties laid out in a Pinterest-like grid.

With all that said, Kunversion is a one-stop lead-generation CRM that makes it easier for real estate agents to manage their business.

REVStaffing has the staff which is experienced with Kunversion. Whether you currently use or plan to start using Kunversion we can assist you.

Call REVStaffing today at 855-738-7821 or visit our website at www.revstaffing.com.

If you would like to discuss any possibly need you may have and would like REVStaffing’s assistance, click here to schedule an appointment.

Second, the program oversees the entire front office’s business, including integration with the local MLS, listing information, agent information, tracking agent productivity, and brokerage-wide communications. Even text messages to office colleagues can be sent right from this software.

Third, the program helps with agent and office transaction management, routing documents and making sure all transactions are in compliance with the appropriate rules. The transaction management software stores documents and forms, becoming a digital file cabinet.

Lastly, Emphasys BrokerOffice offers a complete back office solution. This can feature all managerial and company reports, as well as complete accounting with integration into Quicken’s QuickBooks, Microsoft Word, Front Office, and REALedger.

Unlike other programs that try to work for various types of users, including non-Realtors, Emphasys BrokerOffice was built exclusively for the residential real estate industry.

Can Emphasys BrokerOffice work for your business? Find out more at EmphasysBrokerOffice.com.

Let REVStaffing help you to achieve your goals and increase your potential! Send us an email, or call  855.REVS.VA1 today!

Or complete the complimentary needs analysis survey below!

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To obtain these leads on one’s own, and to do so on a timely basis, is incredibly time consuming, expensive, and much too often, ultimately ineffective. Users of REDX gain quick, easy, and affordable access to new for sale by owner (FSBO) leads, expired listings, and pre-foreclosure situations.

Three things to consider:

– Nearly nine out of ten FSBOs end up using the help of a Realtor for the sale of their home.
– With expired listings, statistics show that three out of four of those listings will choose a new Realtor to list with and that more than half of those will relist within 30 days. The National Association of Realtors says that prospecting expired listings is one of the top five ways to make money in the real estate business.
– More than one-third of all homes sold in 2011 were short sales (pre-foreclosed) or bank-owned (foreclosed) properties. Contacting home owners before a bank takes possession can lead to new listings.

REDX is proud of its ability to give its users the most accurate leads in the shortest amount of time. In less than two minutes, REDX delivers to its user leads containing owner names, mailing addresses, and tax information. Additionally, phone numbers are given after they have been previously checked with the federal Do Not Call registry. This would take hours for the Realtor to do without the advantage of using REDX.

This REDX advantage allows the Realtors to focus their time more productively and give them a better opportunity to convert the leads into appointments, and those appointments into listings.

In addition to the leads, the REDX software provides it subscribers a RolEDX lead management system. While not a true CRM like Top Producer, this system allows the user to organize the leads, print mailing labels, add notes and reminders, and use customizable call scripts.

For gaining more leads, REVS highly recommends the REDX.

In fact, REVS has arranged for those looking to sign up with REDX a way to save some upfront costs. By using this link HERE, the setup fee will be waived. (That’s a $149.99 savings!)

Need help staying in contact with all the leads that will soon be coming your way? REVS can gladly assist you with those tasks! Let REVStaffing help you to achieve your goals and increase your potential! Complete a complimentary needs analysis survey, send us an email, or call  855.REVS.VA1 today!

With tax season here and April 15 lurking ever closer, now is a great time to look into QuickBooks for real estate.  Yes, there is compatible software solutions from Intuit designed specifically for the real estate industry. Tracking your business and your money can be a time consuming and overwhelming not to mention sometimes stressful. 

The good news is it doesn’t have to be that way! There are plenty of solutions to help you manage your real estate business and your finances allowing you to cruise through tax season without any bumps in the road.  Intuit marketplace offers a variety of QuickBooks compatible real estate industry software solutions to help you efficiently manage your business.  Whether you need help with billing, invoicing, customer management, back office software or managing your sales commission, Quickbooks Intuit has a solution sure to meet your needs and REVStaffing virtual assistants are also here to help you.  Follow the link to find out how one of these programs can take the stress out of tax season as well as help you manage your business year round. 

 http://marketplace.intuit.com/i-real-estate/industry-software-solutions.aspx

The REVStaffing team has experience with Intuit QuickBooks for real estate and we are happy to provide this service for our clients.  Please call (855) 738-7821 or email us at info@revstaffing.com.

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Homesnap is growing but it’s not in all markets but don’t worry because it will still pull data from public records and supply you with information. 

As an agent it allows you to:

• See your connected clients’ snaps in real-time
• Your brand on every home your clients sees
• Clients can contact you with one tap

Homesnap is an easy and accurate way to access real estate information – whether you’re standing in front of a house or sitting on your couch and it’s FREE. 

The REVStaffing team has great technology knowledge that can help  grow your business.  Please call (855) 738-7821 or email us at info@revstaffing.com

Have you heard about the latest social media sensation to hit the web?  It’s called Vine and it is the latest project from Twitter.   Vine enables you to make 6 second video with audio. 

It is a fast and simple way for you to create video to promote your listings and your real estate business. 

 So what kind of message can you send in a 6 second video?  Here are a few ideas to get your creative juices going:

360 View

 A quick 360 view of a room or the exterior view of the house is a great way to use your 6 seconds to your advantage.  A video can be way more effective and interactive than a photo. 

Spotlight your SOLD Moments

 You are a successful agent with many SOLD signs around town.  Show that SOLD sticker on the real estate sign or a montage of you handing over the keys to your new home owners. 

Vine is a great way to capture those happy moments that you and your clients share together. 

Your Team in Action

Give a glimpse of your day at the office.  Show off your team having fun in their day to

day activities.  This is especially helpful when trying to recruit new agents. 

Be Creative

Since Video is such a new marketing technology, you might need to experiment with it to  see what works.  Be creative and see how your audience responds.  

Your REVStaffing team can help you put together a great video.  Just give us a call for some advice.

Evernote allows you to save, search and retrieve information from various formats and sources.  The web based software allows you to save everything in Evernote from your phone, tablet or computer.  It is easy to access and fast so you can work on the go. 

Evernote is a great way to share information with your Virtual Assistant.

• As you are touring a new listing, you can snap a photo, record audio and save it so your virtual assistant can access it and start creating your listings online. 
• Share your documentation with your virtual assistant so both of you can work on one client file at the same time and move it along in the buying process faster. 
• Evernote helps you keep everything in sync.  It allows you and your virtual assistant to keep information in one place, up to date and access it easily.
• When a transaction closes, you can save all of your notes, from all formats in one folder and save it.  

Evernote can really simplify your real estate business and allow you to work seamlessly with your virtual assistant.  This great technology can speed up the buying and selling process –   a big bonus for all of us.