February Tech Tip – ZipLogix Digital Ink

February 1, 2012 Leave a Comment

Digital signatures are now free as a GLVAR member benefit.

Developed by the creators of zipForm^® 6, zipLogix Digital Ink^® ensures that all document data and the digital signature are protected throughout the entire “signed, sealed and delivered” online process. Digital signatures permanently secure the identity of signers and the document’s content. The signer’s digital identity is referenced within the digital signature at the time of signing. Once a document has been signed, its integrity is permanently protected; any attempt at changing the data or tampering with the signature(s) would automatically and visibly invalidate the document.

If you’re a member of GLVAR and you use ZipForms it’s free and included right in your ZipForm dashboard.

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January Tech Tip – REALTOR.org/Library

January 1, 2012 Leave a Comment

Researching the monthly Tech Tip isn’t always about what’s the newest and greatest piece of technology. Sometimes it is about finding something we never even knew existed. That’s exactly what happened this month. The National Association of REALTORS provides us the many member benefits. They generate reports and create articles and materials basically doing a lot of the leg work we are too busy to being doing ourselves. All of these are found in one great place…the library.

REALTOR.org/library is an agent’s greatest resource. Find market statistics, the latest in NAR research, and even archived materials to help enhance your business and set you apart from your competition.

Filed Under: 2012, January, Tech Tip

November Tech Tip

November 1, 2011 Leave a Comment

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In light of the new Nevada hands-free cell phone law, we decided to bring to you the mother of all hands-free phone apps. Vlingo considers themselves “the future of virtual assistants.” We agree. This app, available for all smart phones, turns your phone into the perfect driving companion. It will read your text messages out loud, take voice commands, even dictate an email. Best of all: it’s FREE.

Filed Under: November, Tech Tip Tagged With: hands-free, las vegas, technology, vlingo, wcr, women's council

October Tech Tip

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Alright, you’ve broken down to peer pressure and created accounts on all the important social media sites, now what? That’s easy, you need a report card. Some way to find out if you’re being influential or if anyone is even listening. Solution? Klout.com. Klout takes all your social media site (Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, YouTube, etc) and gives you a score (1-100). This score tells you how influential you are online. Once you set up your social media accounts (it’s a one button set up for most) there’s pretty much nothing else to do. It’s easy and vital if social media is going to be part of your business plan.

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September Tech Tip

September 7, 2011 Leave a Comment

Google Places

You’ve seen this red marker before. If you own a Google friendly Android, it may even be a pre-installed app on your phone. What is it? It’s the 21st centuries answer to the antiquated phone book. Make your business be known, make it a Google Place. It’s easy. Go to google places and follow the easy steps up setting up your business listing. Then Google will mail you confirmation (to make sure you’re real). Once you get the postcard in the mail, finish the validation process and you have a Google Maps friendly place of business. Oh and did we mention it’s FREE?

Filed Under: September, Tech Tip

August Tech Tip

August 4, 2011 Leave a Comment

Video is free and largely, an untapped market. Why not stand out from your competition?

YouTube has 3 billion visitors a day and a large part of those visitors use it as their default search engine for information. Want to know how to knit or change the oil in your car? There’s a step by step video to teach you how. Why not be where you know there’s a largely untapped audience. Be one of the first to record a video on staging your home or walk through your new listing. There are thousands of ways to implement video into your business plan.

What are you waiting for?

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June Tech Tip

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What does the Women’s Council’s new mobile app mean for you and your real estate business?It means the entire membership directory is conveniently available on your mobile device. It means free education tools, videos, how-to articles and more, right at your fingertips. You can even update your contact information and your Member Expertise Profile on the fly!

If you are a chapter officer, you can also access the Chapter Management Center—all the functionality without being tied to your desk! Rosters, reports, even labels!

Download Women’s Council’s FREE mobile app for:

iPhone

iPad

Android

BlackBerry Storm2

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May Tech Tip

May 1, 2011 Leave a Comment

WordPress.com/Wordpress.org

If you have a website or even just a blog, you need to be on WordPress. Their dashboard , the back end of your website/blog – what you see when you log in, is the most user friendly while at the same time virtually impossible to seriously mess up. The learning curve is small compared to other sites and WordPress has many, many blogs with helpful step by step instructions for troubleshooting almost an problem. Finally, it’s free.

Basically, it’s REALTOR(R) proof.

Check out wordpress.com for blogs or wordpress.org for websites.

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April Tech Tip

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March Tech Tip

March 1, 2011 Leave a Comment

Facebook is a great place to interact with family, friends, and clients. However, if you talk too much about your business or show off that list you’re oh so proud of, you could end up with your account cancelled. The solution?

Create a Facebook Business Page.

A Business is somewhat like a website, except free and extremely user friendly. (Plus it has the added benefit of being where your clients are.) Start one today and start making friends across the globe.

To create a page, click here.

Filed Under: March, Tech Tip