online: Foxtons Real Estate Gets Signed Documents in as Little as 7 Minutes
- 08/19/12 04:10 PM
Recently, Foxtons, a real estate company for selling and renting property in the United Kingdom, discussed the benefits they've seen with electronic signatures and a secure online portal on their website.
Foxtons was looking for a solution that was going to help everyone involved in dealing with paperwork: owners, buyers, sellers and agents. With over 900 rental deals and 300 property sales per month, they needed a way to lessen the amount of work and time it took to acquire signatures. “To deal with the volume we have, you need some pretty slick administrative systems,” Rafferty says. “That’s what we were … (9 comments)
online: People DO Change – Debunking the Myth of Stubbornness
- 07/26/12 01:59 PM
In case you missed Bob’s post earlier this week, I wanted to share the winners of our May contest again (see below). In doing this contest and reading the corresponding posts from all of you, it really becomes apparent how often we shift a process or a way of thinking in order to accommodate modern technology. Even more importantly than how often it happens, is how open we are to allowing it to happen. The cliché that people don’t change doesn’t seem to exist here.
Think back to when you finally took the plunge and bought your first smart phone. … (2 comments)
online: Cantlivewithoutit Technology: Wrapping up our May Contest
- 07/23/12 12:31 PM
We have finally chosen the winners of our May contest on the technology you can’t live without. It was a lot of reading – interesting and insightful reading – and we definitely learned a lot about the different tools that are out there, and it appears that many of you readers did as well.
It’s hard to whittle down all of things we turn to every day into 1 awesome tool, and it was especially obvious when reading about the countless apps, devices and programs that were mentioned. I was talking to a colleague last week about writing school papers … (3 comments)
online: A Groupon Sales Rep Uses eSignatures to Close Business on Vacation
- 05/21/12 02:00 PM
Our May contest is nearing the end -- for those of you who haven’t checked it out yet (details here), the theme centers around technology that you use every day that you can’t live without. I wanted to tell this story about Groupon, because even though they are outside of this industry, the way they use electronic signatures -- sending contracts to their clients -- is very similar to how agents and brokers send contracts as well, albeit on a large scale. One even was able to close deals and have them be automatically updated while he was away on vacation … (0 comments)
online: How Groupon Uses Electronic Signatures Over 1,000 Times a Day
- 05/14/12 01:07 PM
Our May contest has reached the halfway point and we have some good posts so far. For those of you who haven’t checked it out yet (details here), the theme centers around technology that you use every day that you can’t live without. The Groupon sales team sends out 1,000+ contracts each day via EchoSign – it’s become a valuable solution that they rely on every day, multiple times a day. Since Groupon’s business model is to offer up daily deals to all their subscribers, they need a single place to manage and send out contracts for signature that allows them … (3 comments)
online: The Technology That’s Changed Our Business
- 05/08/12 02:05 PM
As part of the contest we’re running this month (details here) I thought it would be fun for us to also share with the group the tools that our company, EchoSign, cannot live without. Our product works great as a standalone tool, but a lot of our customers use several tools every day and like them to talk to one another. Integration with various customer relationship management (CRM) databases, as well as cloud storage applications are key for us because they help facilitate the contract prepping and sending process for our customers. One of our main integrations is with leading CRM solution … (3 comments)
online: Check Our May Contest - You Could Be One of our 9 Winners
- 05/01/12 03:07 PM
When Bob and I were brainstorming this month's contest, I kept going back to the theme of technology and how it's helped us -- and some would argue, also hurt us. And I started thinking about how we used to do business back in the day. I'm sure many of you, just like me, remember work before email. How did we get anything done? Even though most of us lived in the time before cell phones, email, the internet, etc., it's still hard to remember how we actually did our jobs.
If any of you are fans of Mad Men (my … (8 comments)
online: RainCamp Rocked!
- 04/26/12 01:23 PM
Many of you joined me last week for RainCamp. As someone new to real estate it was nice to see such enthusiasm for the industry. As someone who’s hosted and participated in various webinars for over 10 years, I know how hard it is to get everyone psyched up – and keep them interested for over 3 hours! Well done, ActiveRain. I really enjoyed all of the speakers and all of the great info shared. What was your favorite part? P.S. - If you caught my 5 minutes of RainCamp fame you learned about our free trial, a pot we’ve made sweeter … (6 comments)
Even Sephora (the make-up and beauty chain) is introducing iPads in their stores, making it easier for customers to connect with their products. By connecting your clients directly to what you offer, you are closing the gap between the start of a conversation and a closing on a new home.
Here’s how an iPad can help you close more business and be more efficient:
Recently, Foxtons, a real estate company for selling and renting property in the United Kingdom, discussed the benefits they've seen with electronic signatures and a secure online portal on their website.
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