top technology tools for today’s real estate broker
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John Mayfield's Presentation from The National Assocation of REALTORS Convention, Nov. 2009TRANSCRIPT
Top Technology Tools for Today’s Real Estate Broker…
By
John D. Mayfield – “The Real Estate Tech Guy”
Always Be Ready for Surprises in Life…
Always Be Ready for Surprises in Life…
You Need the Right Tools!
Value
What Do Your Agents Want?
Training
Social MediaFile Access
Networking
Printing
New Marketing
Mobile Apps
Solutions
Where Do Agents Get Technology Information?
R.E. News Web Sites
Colleagues
Local Board Broker
NAR
Magazine Ads
59%
57% 47%
38% 37% 35%
What Do Your Agents Want?
Want real estate productivity and enhancement tools for their mobile device
55%
Evernote
Evernote
Sketches
Yelp!
Yelp!
File Magnet
File Magnet
Desktop
File Magnet
Desktop
File Magnet
In Sync!
Voxie
Ruler Phone
Blackberry Apps
The Droid – Google Phone
Create Your Own App!
Create a Recruiting Web Site for “FREE!”
•80 to 90% of your S.E.O. (Search Engine
Optimization ) already done.
•Multiple Sites
•Easy
•FREE
To Reach 50 Million People!
Radio - 38 Years
Television – 13 Years
Internet – 4 Years
iPod – 3 Years
2 Years
Did You Know?
• 200 Million Users on MySpace• If MySpace were a country –
5th Largest in the World – Between Indonesia and Brazil
• It costs YouTube 1,000,000 a day for their bandwidth!
Did You Know?
• YouTube is the 2nd Most Used Site as a Search Engine
2006 2.7 Billion Searches Each Month
Today60 Billion + Searches Each Month
2 Billion per D
ay!
Flip Video – Mini Movies
35
The Future of Real Estate Web Sites…
37Scan up to 40 pages per minute….
Invest in a Good Scanner
Virtual Real Estate Office Storage
Virtual Real Estate Office Storage
Virtual Real Estate Office Storage
Virtual Real Estate Office Storage
Whale Mail
Create a DropBox!
Drop.io
Google Docs
YouMail
Youmail is INCREDIBLE. I had a client that I couldn't get in touch with one day, changed my personal greeting for them telling them specifically what I needed them to do, and when they called in, they had the info they needed. Saved a lot of the voicemail tag that day.
Google Voice
49
HP Mini 5101
Take Your Data With You Anywhere!
HP QuickSync
HP QuickSync
Equipment
53
Use a Tablet PC….
54
Then e-mail your notes to your sales staff!
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Highlight, add notes and more to your MLS brochures!
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Use Snipit!
Complete Forms and Contracts
“Sign” contracts in the field.
Convert Handwriting to Typed Text!
60
Sign your e-mails
Add a personal note to mass mailings.
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Scan business cards!
66
“Wireless” Projectors Work Great!
67
68
Web Brochures…
ZMags
Desktop Author
P2FTurn
Google Coupon
Other Google Stuff…
Other Google Stuff…Google Alerts
Other Google Stuff…Google Alerts
Training Ideas
Camtasia Studio
Snag-It
Jing
EyeJot
Screencast
Viewlet Builder
87
Game Show Presenter
88
89
90
Auto-Play
92
Auto-Play
99
PresentationPro.com PresentationPro.com
100
101
102
103
104
FriendFeed
Ning
Xobni
InBoxFX.com
Add links to your recruiting materials or company promotional items…
ZooKoda.com
PostLets
111
113
114
www.Thiagi.com
www.Thiagi.com
Look Forward, Not Back!
John D. Mayfield – “The Real Estate Tech Guy”