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- Content gets you customers August 24, 2010 Aimie Wallace
- Holy Shitte! I lost my on-line identity for 5 days DOMAIN expired! August 17, 2010 Aimie Wallace
- “How well are you connected?” July 19, 2010 Aimie Wallace
- Social Media I wish there was less crap to sift through to get to the good stuff July 18, 2010 Aimie Wallace
- Get your own BusinessCard2… June 30, 2010 Aimie Wallace
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Tools to GET!
What we do? and it’s NOT selling houses!
An Internet & Mobile Marketing Group unlicensed to sell Real Estate.
WHY? We choose NOT to be licensed. period!
We provide innovative strategies to traffic & LEAD generation and we know how to distribute!
We love ORGANIC – in our world means FREE. WE never pay for ADVERTISING nor should YOU!
We love love did i say love the Internet and the LEVERAGE you gain virally
We engage in Social Networks because we have TIME and it’s worth it!
We bring on-line communities to YOU = MONETIZATION
Never dull, sometimes controversial, but always a helluva lot of fun.
Realty Web 2.0 presents
A manifesto for any Real Estate Agent needing to engage consumers.
We engage,
We brand,
We communicate,
We text,
We facebook,
We TWEET!
Our thoughts… cuz we are cheeky monkeys
Real Estate Internet Marketing has captured the most important place in propagation of a realtor’s business. Of late, Internet has outweighed others in marketing this sector and it is essential to know its finer details to succeed in the present rigorous competition of the thousands of realtors all fighting for the same dollar….
Host a knockout open house
Advertise open houses on Facebook and email in advance. Distribute DVDs and reminder videos the day of.
Follow up with similar properties to all of your leads.
Impress sellers and buyers alike with your ‘Personal Brand’ real estate listing videos.
Turn viewers into visitors
Add colorful property descriptions, neighborhood information, special features or your contact information.
Drive viewers back to your site with a custom call-to-action button embedded within each video.
See what people are saying about YOU?!!!
Isn’t it important to have a PERSONAL BRAND. Your name creates your life.
Us monkeys certainly know how many REALTORS there are out there!
Color outside of the lines
Tap into SOCIAL VIDEO MARKETING, your business just went EXPONENTIAL by visually engaging.
Slideshows are boring. 
Your images are not.
With all that’s possible with TV & film these days, how is it that we are still in the “next slide please” stone age of image presentation?
Ask us HOW? we gotta lot of banana’s to share!
this blog is for you
Your REAL ESTATE business will never BE the same again!
Mobile Marketing its the new way of Real Estate Marketing
Blog Author: Matt Arndt, iZigg Mobility
As a small business owner, what comes to mind when you think of text message advertising?
Maybe you’re curious. You’ve noticed that more of your customers than ever before rely on their mobile phones as the ultimate source of communication and information. And you’ve heard that mobile marketing trends have pointed towards the emergence of a new advertising frontier: one in which any company can find the text message advertising pot of gold.
Or perhaps you’re a fan of traditional direct marketing methods. Your email conversion rates are still high, and your clients have come to trust you and your brand for quality products, excellent customer services and even highly-targeted customer segmentation marketing.
But no matter where you are on the small business ladder – whether you’ve got a client base of hundreds or hundreds of thousands – Brian Underwood, co-CEO of innovative mobile marketing company, iZigg, knows that to become a leader in your industry or niche, text message advertising represents the dawn of a new and highly lucrative marketing age.
So don’t rely on generating new clients and retaining loyal customers through traditional advertising and direct marketing methods alone – cash in on the mobile marketing revolution!
According to Underwood, any company that’s positioning itself to become a trend leader in this emerging text message advertising medium is well-positioned to become an extremely wealthy and dominant player in the market. “We’re going from email to text message and mobile media,” says Underwood. “Think about it this way: how many people right now can name five mobile media or text media companies? What are the biggest brand names in mobile media? No one can tell you what the biggest brand name is, and there’s where the opportunity lies.”
Think that you can only afford to invest in traditional cost-effective forms of direct marketing, like an email campaign? Think again: Underwood points out that as the link between mobiles and their users becomes more intimate and sophisticated, so too does the link between higher conversion rates and the mobile marketing solution. After all, not only does text message advertising offer a greater sense of customer-oriented marketing, but the chances that your prospects will actually read your mobile promotion is much higher than that of direct marketing.
“[The average person] doesn’t read most of their email because it’s compiled with spam,” iZigg’s co-CEO points out. “But think about this: how many text messages did you not read today that came to your cell phone?”
Thanks to pioneering mobile promotion company iZigg, small businesses that need help navigating the new emerging field of mobile promotion technology will be in prime position to capitalize on one of the greatest advertising innovations in a generation.
“Text message advertising will get instant results, and help you create business where you may not have had business before,” Underwood says. “It’s a prime example of how powerful instant and personalized text message advertising can be.”
Get onboard peeps! This is it! PreLaunch and ROCKET your Business now WE did!!!! 
You are just one click away Get it NOW before everyone else does! Key-In 90210 for your password!
This is the CADILLAC for any agent, a full-featured virtual home office phone service available to help your smartphone retain the flexibility, professional image, and proper home/work balance you need to lead successful lives and business….
| Why toktumi? |
| Because toktumi delivers more features and greater value for less money than any other virtual office phone system on the market today.
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HERE’s the BLING!!! okay We haven’t even mentioned 
A dedicated number that finds you on any phone. Get a local number, an 800 number, transfer an existing number to your iphone, Blackberry, or any Smartphone!
Presented by: The Harris Real Estate Group, Vancouver Hilarious video!!! Can we say PERSONAL BRANDING!
Just our OPINION but remember we are just Cheeky Monkeys…. 
Lets TALK a la carte MLS! Leave it alone or FIX it!
There is no doubt that the MLS system benefits home buyers in the way it allows buyers to search for almost every home for sale just about anywhere in Canada.
However, the restrictive practices the system operates clearly affects the charges passed on to potential sellers and the level of competition in both charges and services Realtors can provide.
For example in our local area we have a realty company that offers a lower commission (1-2%) on sales to potential buyers.
Great you might think!
Problem is that other Realtors in the bigger well known realty brokerages without Name Dropping refuse to show potential clients their properties because if that person where to buy it the Realtors share of the commission is smaller than if that same buyer brought a property from one of the more established realty brokerages – where commissions are typically 5% – 6%.
A classic example of how the current system where fees are set or suggested by the systems owners (CREA) – anyone stepping outside of that cosy arrangement is immediately alienated or made an example off.
To provide the consumer with the best possible options, choice, services and value for money CREA must open up it’s door.
It must be noted that Realtor.ca is also the key marketing tool for the industry, pointing consumers toward real estate agents who earn billions of dollars of commissions from the referrals. Anyone who lists on the site must employ – and pay a commission to – an agent through the entire process, a rule that is at the heart of the Competition Bureau’s complaint against the association.
Competitors see an opportunity to draw listings toward their more technologically advanced sites (yes now we are talking) by offering lower listing fees and a wider range of services than are available on Realtor.ca. They hope the industry follows the U.S. – where a relaxation in the country’s access to MLS data led to a slew of websites that offered enhanced listings, such as Zillow and Redfin.
Only time will tell if opening up MLS will lower prices and provide more choice and services but one thing is certain that if they don’t it will be YOU the end consumer who will continue to be hosed by yet another Canadian Cartel.
What’s your opinion? Is the current system broken or should it be left alone?
Your FUTURE Competition Real Estate Agents
and
What DO you think THEY will be doing differently?!??!
All about the INTERNET!!!!
Don’t take our word for it! we already know….
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Q: What do you mean by Rent-to-Own? A: Actually, “Rent-to-Own” is quite simple. A contract is signed between You and the Seller for an agreed price, length of time, (usually between 1 and 3 years), although we have seen contracts for a longer period of time. You pay a down payment of usually $3,000 and $20,000. You don’t have to qualify for a mortgage from the bank until the end of the contract because the Seller leaves his/her mortgage on the home. Part of your rent goes towards that mortgage. You also pay a monthly amount of usually between $100 and $300 towards a down payment fund. This fund builds over the life of the contract to add to the down payment. At the end of the term you find your own bank financing and pay the Seller out. |
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| The Seller cannot change or get out of this contract during the term of the contract. If you wish, you can sell the home at any time during the contract and pay the Seller out or sell the contract to recoup your down payment.
Note: For all intent and purposes, this becomes your home. Q: Why are these homes offered as “Rent-to-Own” rather than just sold. A: In British Columbia, the real estate market tends to follow a cyclical pattern with long stretches of slow difficult markets and at times relatively hot markets. The overall B.C. provincial economy has been in the economic doldrums the last few years although the outlook in the long term is now positive. Often, houses sit on the market for many months (sometimes up to 24 months), with very few buyers making offers. If you owned a home that was empty in which you were making payments on, you wold be very anxious to have it sold as quickly as possible. Many homeowners are in this position and would rather sell their house over time than lose thousands of dollars while its stays vacant, or sell at a price far lower than its current value. Creative Home Buyers Ltd. buys home from Sellers in this position. We also buy homes that are about to go into foreclosure or are in distress for a number of reasons. We are then able to offer them at a fair price to buyers like yourself who cannot qualify for a mortgage today, but would be able to qualify at a later date such as 3 years for example. This just makes sense to us monkeys… Thanks Andrew Rezmer for the CLARITY |
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Okay so enough about Marketing, we all just wanted to share our loveshack.
WE EAT OUR BANANA’S HERE!
Well, most of the time! 
Our home, White Rock, BC, Canada is one of the most beautiful places to live on the Westcoast.
Its beach, pier, and seaside personality are a magnet during the warm summer months and holidays.
Even during cooler periods (it has the most temperate climate in the area) it is a destination for a quick getaway to walk along the shore and enjoy a quiet meal at one of the many restaurants. Although great eats, YOU don’t get food like Paula Dean’s:)
OUR Fave! Washington Avenue Grill on Marine
okay we just wanted to share, get back to work!
oh ya Pure Self Promotion, ASK us ABOUT the REAL ESTATE here!
We’ve been following it for 10 fricken fabulous years.
We know allot of realtor’s here
Vancouver is walking the walk and talking the talk when it comes to change, or should we say biking the talk, by reducing emission levels all while the population increases.
This city is GREEN,with hosting the 2010 Winter Olympics Vancouver is surely going to put it’s place on the global map for the best cities to live in…
So What are we really saying here:
This is the city to BUY Real Estate no doubt about it!
The program is called Green Capital and it focuses on reducing the carbon output of major cities. Britsh BILLIONARE Sir Richard Branson (some may know him as Founder of the Virgin Group) launched a capital fund project in VANCOUVER this week to help businesses support green initiatives in the rockin city!
Branson is co-founder along with Former Costa Rican President Jose Maria Figueres of the Carbon War Room which brings business and environment together. Nice:)
In Vancouver, all sectors of society have come around terms and are currently doing Green inititatives and an advocate to this is our very own Mayor Gregor Robertson.
And Vancouver is up for the challenge to be known as the GREENEST cities in the WORLD 2020!!! This is why we CHOOSE to live here!