google apps: Kindle Fire and Real Estate - Using Google Apps with the Kindle Fire
- 01/01/12 04:56 AM
So were you one of the millions of people who got a Kindle Fire for Christmas? Want to use it as more than just an ebook reader? Cinda Rose, The West Valley Home Team and MacWin Consulting are going to spend the next month or so testing the Fire out and specifically using it for "Mobile Real Estate". I am not suggesting that the Kindle Fire is an iPad replacement or "iPad killer" but at $199 for the Kindle Fire vs. $499 for the iPad2 I think we need to give it a shot! (Just a side note, I am an … (0 comments)
google apps: Do you use Gmail or Google Apps? Try the add-on Rapportive!
- 09/16/10 03:01 AM
If you use Gmail or better yet Google Apps as your email client, try the new add-on (for Firefox and Chrome users) call Rapportive, www.rapportive.com When you receive an email from someone, the Rapportive add-on (extension) will go out and search tons of Social Networks and find information associated with the senders email address. The West Valley Home Team uses it and we are able to see other pertinent information about a client before making a call or responding to an email from them. Wouldn't it be nice to know a little something about what your clients interest are, what … (3 comments)
google apps: How can Google Apps help Real Estate Agents?
- 08/18/10 03:02 PM
Google Apps is certainly gaining in popularity and the price (FREE in most cases) is right, but how does it benefit Real Estate Agents specifically? At the bottom of this blog is the standard verbaige from the Google Apps website, tweaked a little and found on my own site, www.macwinconsulting.com, but still it's the techno jargon that doesn't give you the full easy to understand picture. So what can Google Apps do for you?
Google Apps hosts your email. You get 7GB worth of space on the free account, 25GB worth of space on the paid Premium account ($50 … (1 comments)
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So were you one of the millions of people who got a Kindle Fire for Christmas? Want to use it as more than just an ebook reader? Cinda Rose, The West Valley Home Team and MacWin Consulting are going to spend the next month or so testing the Fire out and specifically using it for "Mobile Real Estate". I am not suggesting that the Kindle Fire is an iPad replacement or "iPad killer" but at $199 for the Kindle Fire vs. $499 for the iPad2 I think we need to give it a shot! (Just a side note, I am an … (0 comments)
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