Comments on: Virtual Agents – Is This The Next Step – Not From What I've Seen? http://mikeandrewrealestate.com/299/virtual-agents-is-this-the-next-step-not-from-what-ive-seen/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed Mike Andrew's Real Estate Tips & Technology Mon, 16 Aug 2010 01:47:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: organicodyssey http://mikeandrewrealestate.com/299/virtual-agents-is-this-the-next-step-not-from-what-ive-seen/#comment-95 organicodyssey Sun, 14 Dec 2008 11:52:03 +0000 http://mikeandrewrealestate.wordpress.com/?p=299#comment-95 Hi Mike, I've been to both your seminars in Bundy and have learn't a great deal. You would be welcome again. Now is implementation time ... for the next two years. We had already made the decision to close our shop before the seminars. Our shop is now http://organicodyssey.com.au I designed the site 4 years ago and our clients comment how easy it is to use so we have left it as they like it for the time being. Our first step is to get a blog hosted on our domain. Joe Hall, like yourself, recommends Wordpress : http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2008/05/a-bulletproof-seo-strategy-for-real-estate-professionals.html Have you installed it on your own domain's root directory? It seems that the blog software is infact your web site? Will it work just as well if I place wordpress in a directory within my web site? Hi Mike,
I’ve been to both your seminars in Bundy and have learn’t a great deal. You would be welcome again. Now is implementation time … for the next two years.
We had already made the decision to close our shop before the seminars. Our shop is now http://organicodyssey.com.au
I designed the site 4 years ago and our clients comment how easy it is to use so we have left it as they like it for the time being.
Our first step is to get a blog hosted on our domain.
Joe Hall, like yourself, recommends WordPress : http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2008/05/a-bulletproof-seo-strategy-for-real-estate-professionals.html
Have you installed it on your own domain’s root directory? It seems that the blog software is infact your web site?
Will it work just as well if I place wordpress in a directory within my web site?

]]> By: Mike Andrew http://mikeandrewrealestate.com/299/virtual-agents-is-this-the-next-step-not-from-what-ive-seen/#comment-93 Mike Andrew Thu, 20 Nov 2008 01:33:51 +0000 http://mikeandrewrealestate.wordpress.com/?p=299#comment-93 Hi Angelina, Firstly thank you for taking the time to read my blog and I really appreciate your comments as well, the best way to respond to your comment is to state that i'm not against flash, but in my experience in the Australian market when real estate offices have used flash on their front page, which in the case of the virtual agent I was mentioning it has been a turn off for them. The consumer research on this has the buyer or seller wanting to get to the property in as few clicks as possible, that is why myhome.com.au based their design on a 1 click to the property design, realestate.com.au can take 3 clicks etc. I like flash when it is used to market properties etc because it adds the dynamic to the search. I guess with real estate agents who advertise themselves as virtual agents and offer, what they say, is the best technological offering around, in some cases, they do not live up to the hype, that was the point of the post. Be what you say you are,and deliver what you promise. Hope that answers your comment and i really hope we can get to chat and share some ideas. Kindest Regards Mike Hi Angelina,

Firstly thank you for taking the time to read my blog and I really appreciate your comments as well, the best way to respond to your comment is to state that i’m not against flash, but in my experience in the Australian market when real estate offices have used flash on their front page, which in the case of the virtual agent I was mentioning it has been a turn off for them. The consumer research on this has the buyer or seller wanting to get to the property in as few clicks as possible, that is why myhome.com.au based their design on a 1 click to the property design, realestate.com.au can take 3 clicks etc. I like flash when it is used to market properties etc because it adds the dynamic to the search. I guess with real estate agents who advertise themselves as virtual agents and offer, what they say, is the best technological offering around, in some cases, they do not live up to the hype, that was the point of the post. Be what you say you are,and deliver what you promise.

Hope that answers your comment and i really hope we can get to chat and share some ideas.

Kindest Regards

Mike

]]> By: Angelina Shamrock http://mikeandrewrealestate.com/299/virtual-agents-is-this-the-next-step-not-from-what-ive-seen/#comment-94 Angelina Shamrock Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:19:39 +0000 http://mikeandrewrealestate.wordpress.com/?p=299#comment-94 Dear Mike, I love your honesty and frankness on the topics of educating agents on what works and what doesn't in todays technology. My company has a similar philosophy which is to partner with agents and advise them on trouble-free, effective technologies with great applications for real estate. I do beg to differ on your overall comment about Flash. As a Broker and real estate photographer, I've been developing a Flash-based product to help agents easily make their listings look more attractive online and function the way buyers expect them to: fast and fun with FULL SCREEN photos! It's loaded with agent tools as well. This is the easy, effective, and super affordable way to help agents sell more homes online. I'd love your review and I'd love to speak with you some more. Angelina Shamrock, Broker Founder & Co-creator Flash Gallery Homes angie@flashgalleryhomes.com http://www.flashgalleryhomes.com http://activerain.com/flashgalleryhomes http://flashgalleryhomes.wordpress.com Dear Mike,

I love your honesty and frankness on the topics of educating agents on what works and what doesn’t in todays technology. My company has a similar philosophy which is to partner with agents and advise them on trouble-free, effective technologies with great applications for real estate. I do beg to differ on your overall comment about Flash. As a Broker and real estate photographer, I’ve been developing a Flash-based product to help agents easily make their listings look more attractive online and function the way buyers expect them to: fast and fun with FULL SCREEN photos! It’s loaded with agent tools as well. This is the easy, effective, and super affordable way to help agents sell more homes online. I’d love your review and I’d love to speak with you some more.

Angelina Shamrock, Broker
Founder & Co-creator Flash Gallery Homes
angie@flashgalleryhomes.com

http://www.flashgalleryhomes.com
http://activerain.com/flashgalleryhomes
http://flashgalleryhomes.wordpress.com

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