The Power of Blogs and the issue of listing accuracy

The WAV Group blog and website is normally visited by 1,500 to 2,000 people a day - mostly people download our industry white papers or come here to read our blog. On August 22nd, something unusual happened.  Leading technology blog Tech Crunch ran a post about the differences between IDX powered listing websites and feed powered websites.  As a result, our combined blog and website traffic jumped to over 20,000 visitors!  Although half of the traffic came directly from Tech Crunch, the other half came from hundreds of blogs that re-published the story. If you are interested in viewing the Roost [...]

By |2018-05-03T21:26:40-07:00August 29th, 2008|Main category|0 Comments

Steps to updating your old iphone to 2.0

This is really off topic for our blog, but so many of our twitter firends are having trouble upgrading their itunes and iphone to version 2.0 Steps to upgrading to iPhone Firmware version 2.0 (w/App Store) 1. Go to Apple Menu -----> Then "Software Update..." and install iTunes 7.7. 2. Go here and It should autcoatiallcy start the download for the new firmware. 3. Once it is finished make sure the file ends in ".ipsw" if you find it ends in ".zip" just erase the .zip from the extension 4. With your iPhone connected to your computer, go to iTunes where [...]

By |2018-05-03T21:26:41-07:00August 3rd, 2008|Main category|0 Comments

Lasso Data reaches milestone with 750 CRM installs for Real Estate

Lasso Data Systems Inc., the leading designer and developer of innovative on-demand customer relationship management software for the real estate industry, today announced the launch of its 750th Project using its real estate software. For Immediate Release CULVER CITY, Calif./EWORLDWIRE/July 14, 2008 --- Lasso Data Systems Inc., the leading designer and developer of innovative "on-demand" Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software for the real estate industry, today announced the launch of its 750th Project using its real estate sales & marketing software. Realty Trust Group Inc., a leading real estate sales and marketing agency that has sold more than $1.1 billion [...]

By |2018-05-03T21:26:41-07:00August 3rd, 2008|Broker-Agent Information, Main category|0 Comments

ONJAX integrates realPING into their offering

ONJAX LLC. and  realPING Agree To Embed Click To Talk Across Platform Unique Conversion Tool to be enabled in the Enterprise Productivity and Lead Generation System. Yorktown, VA. July 18th, 2008. realPING a Virginia based technology company reached an agreement with ONJAX LLC, a leading solutions provider to offer the realPING urgency tool to their brokers and agents they support. realPING is a VoIP-enabled 'CLICK TO TALK NOW' service that allows professionals to instantly respond to a consumer inquiry. Statistics from the National Association of Realtors indicate that 78% of the time, consumers will 'deal' with the first agent that [...]

By |2018-05-03T21:26:41-07:00August 3rd, 2008|Main category|0 Comments

Front Door/Scripts Network deploys Terabitz tool in multi-year deal

Terabitz ( http://terabitz.com), a technology company that helps real estate brokerages engage online homebuyers and sellers with innovative technologies, today announced that it has entered into a technology and content agreement with FrontDoor.com (http://frontdoor.com), the real estate site powered by HGTV. FrontDoor.com features over three million real estate listings, video features from HGTV experts and a comprehensive suite of tools, guides and content. The deal with FrontDoor.com centers on two Terabitz components: A beta version of the company's iPhone home search application and Neighborhood Explorer, which delivers rich local data in an elegant map interface. FrontDoor's new iPhone application, which can [...]

By |2018-05-03T21:26:42-07:00August 3rd, 2008|Main category|0 Comments

MLS Alliance unites REALTORS with listings throughout California

MLSAlliance demonstrates MLS industry's ongoing efforts to help real estate professionals succeed during housing market downturn. Boca Raton, FL (PRWEB) July 9, 2008 -- Many Californians looking for signs of stability in the turbulent real estate market are encouraged by the growth and increasing use of the state's largest MLS data sharing service, the California MLSAlliance. The system connects MLS databases throughout the state to provide agents and brokers with a single source of real estate information. Use of the California MLSAlliance reached an all-time record in May, with more than 50,000 unique agents and brokers using the system to [...]

By |2018-05-03T21:26:42-07:00August 3rd, 2008|MLS Insights|0 Comments

John L Scott offers mobile access to website

J. Lennox Scott, chairman and CEO of John L. Scott Real Estate, recently announced the launch of a mobile version of his company's award-winning website,www.JohnLScott.com. Now, consumers in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho can search for nearby properties and look up comprehensive listing information on their cellular phone by going toM.JohnLScott.com.  The launch of John L. Scott's mobile website is the first step towards a larger scale launch with technology partner, Microsoft. Later this year, John L. Scott will be the first real estate company in the nation to roll out Microsoft's newest Silverlight technology. Silverlight is a browser-based application that integrates [...]

By |2018-05-03T21:26:42-07:00August 3rd, 2008|Main category|0 Comments