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vFlyer Custom Theme of the Week by Sheldon and Rachel Hart

vFlyer Blog (vFlyer Inc) — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:18:57 -0500

After a brief hiatus of the CTOTW series, we're back in style with a lovely custom theme from Sheldon and Rachel Hart of the Columbia River Gorge area in southern Washington. I love their header image: practically a work of art in itself, it contains a dramatic illustration and only the most important information that the authors want to convey to their potential customers, in this case, their website address. It's beautiful in its simplicity and effectiveness. The rest of the theme, from the color scheme to the fonts they chose, are in perfect harmony with each other. And it's just a great looking flyer, with high-resolution photos, a handsome logo, and a good amount of information; it's thorough without being overwhelming.

For a useful introduction to creating and using custom themes, take a look at this series of short video tutorials on our website.

Through the end of this month, we're offering a free custom branded theme to any auto dealer or service provider with an annual subscription. If you fall under one of these categories, contact support@vflyer.com to claim your free theme. If you have a monthly subscription, we can create a custom theme for you for a discount price of $59.

Again, kudos to Sheldon and Rachel for making such a nice custom theme. If you want your custom theme spotlighted or have come across a custom theme that you think is great, let us know! We love to see the fantastic themes that our users are creating.

New vFlyer Feature! Email a Featured Flyers Page

vFlyer Blog (vFlyer Inc) — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:11:28 -0500

Our friend, Ryan Hinricher from Investor Nation in Memphis recently told us that he wanted to be able to email a set of featured listings to his mailing list. We thought it was a great idea, so we introduced the feature for all vFlyer business subscribers. This means that in addition to being able to email a single Flyer through your vFlyer account, you can now create a list of up to seven listings and send the list in a single email. You can choose from four different layouts for the email and apply any standard themes or custom themes in your account to the email. Here's an example of a featured listings email:

Pretty cool, right? You can access this new feature by clicking the Account tab, then clicking the Email Flyer List sub-tab. To create a list, simply click Create New List and choose the Flyers and/or Teasers that you want to include. Then choose the layout and theme for the email, type a subject line, enter or import the email addresses you are sending to, and send it off. We even provide the HTML content of the email in case you want to send via another email service.

We hope you enjoy the new Featured Flyers email option. If you have feedback on it or other feature requests, let us know by emailing support@vflyer.com.

Mobile Landing Pages made Easy by vFlyer for iPhone and other mobile devices

vFlyer Blog (vFlyer Inc) — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 16:47:37 -0500

On Sunday night, we launched a new mobile landing pages for iPhone, Blackberry, G1 by Google (Android), and other mobile platforms. The new format is tailored to mobile devices and makes it significantly easier to view a Flyer from an iPhone, G1 phone, or another mobile phone.

Now, if you send a Flyer link to someone and that person opens the link on his or her iPhone, it automatically redirects to the new mobile format. This makes navigating the Flyer from the iPhone a snap. There are easy-to-read tabs for the Flyer overview, features, map, YouTube video, links, and other components of the ad. You can even share the Flyer on Facebook and Twitter in just a couple clicks.

As the number of iPhone users (and Android phone users, for that matter) continues to grow, the new mobile format will become increasingly important for vFlyer users because more and more of their colleagues and prospects will be accessing their Flyer content on these devices.

We hope to add more mobile features to our service in the near future. If you have any feedback on the new mobile format or ideas for other mobile capabilities, let us know by sending them to support@vflyer.com.

Custom Theme of the Week by Christa Ross

vFlyer Blog (vFlyer Inc) — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 12:47:13 -0500

When we received an email this week from vFlyer subscriber Christa Ross, we couldn't help but admire her wonderful custom theme. As an agent with RE/MAX Select Realty in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Christa has done a fantastic job of branding herself as "Your Certified Green Agent" (as you can see on her very nice website) and has taken that branding and applied it to her vFlyer content in a very elegant way. Her branding is unique, instantly appealing, and truly contemporary. I've written before about the importance of branding yourself so that potential customers remember you and recognize your ads when they see them, but I can't overstate how critical this is, especially when so many others are advertising their products and services online. If you have a website already with your branding on it (as Christa does), it's an easy jump from there to creating a custom branded theme in the vFlyer Theme Editor. Creating consistency in all your online marketing content reinforces your brand and makes it more likely that you will increase your number of leads and, consequently, clients.

Any vFlyer business subscriber can create a branded custom theme and use it in his or her Flyers and Account Profile. For a useful introduction to creating and using custom themes, take a look at this series of short video tutorials on our website. If you have an annual subscription, we can have one of our designers create a custom theme for you at no charge. If you have a monthly subscription, we can create a custom theme for you for a discount price of $79. If you're interested, contact support@vflyer.com. Both of these offers are good through October 31, 2009.

We'll be back next Friday with another Custom Theme of the Week, so if you've created or seen a custom theme and think it should be spotlighted, let us know!

Custom Theme of the Week by... vFlyer

vFlyer Blog (vFlyer Inc) — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 12:30:57 -0500

Over the last month we've been running a promotion for free custom branded themes to our new and existing annual subscribers. We got a flood of requests for themes from our members and were only too happy to supply them! The promotion ended at the end of August, but I wanted to highlight some of the great custom themes our designers created last month:

Donna Baker at Dickson Podley Real Estate in Monrovia, California
Red Oak Property Management in Manchester, New Hampshire
Michael Cervelli Real Estate in North Bergen, New Jersey
Goldleaf Development in Madison, Wisconsin
Mosser Company in San Francisco, California
Stead Automotive Group in Richmond, California

Though the theme promotion has ended, we are extending our discount offer of $59 for a custom branded theme for any vFlyer subscriber. So contact support@vflyer.com if you're interested in getting your own custom theme like the beautiful ones above.

We'll be back next Friday with another custom theme of the week, so if you've created or seen a custom theme and think it should be spotlighted, let us know by emailing support@vflyer.com.

Win Your Broker a Custom Branded Broker Theme

vFlyer Blog (vFlyer Inc) — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 11:10:48 -0500

We believe that it is important to promote yourself and your listings with branded market content. vFlyer has a highly customizable Theme Editor for creating custom, branded themes and a library of 25 leading real estate broker themes. These custom themes can enhance the marketing content used for single property sites, Account Profiles, Craigslist flyers, print flyers and more. Thousands of members each month are creating themes. That hasn't stopped some of our members from asking for special broker themes for their brokerage. While we would love to create themes for all brokers, that isn't a realistic possibility at this point. For that reason, we decided to stage a contest to select the next 10 broker themes for the library.

It's simple: log in to vFlyer, enter your broker's name in the Feedback application, and click Send. Also, be sure to ask other agents in your office to vote as well. We will tally the votes at the end of September and will have the new broker themes available in mid-October.

vFlyer Just Got Faster

vFlyer Blog (vFlyer Inc) — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 12:19:52 -0500

You may have noticed that we've been quiet on the blogging front over the last few weeks, but it's not been for lack of activity or (as much as we might wish) extended Fourth of July holidays. Rather, we've been busy at work on some important infrastructure upgrades that have made and will continue to make our application and content produced with it significantly faster.

In a nutshell, these upgrades include:

the integration with a content delivery network, which results in faster image load times
added memory, resulting in better and faster site performance
the enhancement of our software caching layer to dramatically shrink response time, resulting in faster load times of Flyers and single property websites

What this all means is that it will be easier for you both to create vFlyers and other marketing content and impress potential customers with your brilliant, fast-loading Flyers. It has been proven that faster loading pages leads to a greater number of page views.

With regard to the content delivery network, it takes effect on new and existing Flyers automatically. However, it isn’t updated automatically on Craigslist content. If you haven’t republished a flyer in the last few weeks and are using the Craigslist HTML, please republish to take advantage of the faster imaging loading.

Finally, kudos to the Development Team for their great work on the infrastructure improvements.

vFlyer Custom Theme of the Week by Donna Baker at Dickson Podley Real Estate

vFlyer Blog (vFlyer Inc) — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 12:42:30 -0500

This week, I wanted to showcase a custom theme designed by our very own design team at vFlyer. It seems only fitting, given that this month we are offering a free custom theme to the first 50 existing annual subscribers who contact us and the first 100 new annual subscribers. (For more on this promotion, click here.) I chose a theme from Donna Baker at Dickson Podley Real Estate in Monrovia, California. Donna's theme incorporates the design of her website (which is great, by the way) so that her vFlyer listings are perfectly integrated with her other web content.

While any vFlyer user can create a custom theme, and any business subscriber can create a theme using a branded header image, it makes it a lot easier to have a professional designer create a custom theme for you! If you've been considering upgrading to a vFlyer business subscription, or switching from a monthly to an annual subscription, this month is a great time to do it. I can't emphasize enough the importance of having consistent branding across your online marketing content, and this is your opportunity to get a custom branded theme for free! The promotion ends on August 31.

As always, we'll be back next Friday with another custom theme of the week, so if you've created or seen a custom theme and think it should be spotlighted, let us know by emailing support@vflyer.com.

Vocalize Your Listings with vFlyer Voice

vFlyer Blog (vFlyer Inc) — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 10:32:02 -0500

Welcome to the future of online advertising. Don't stay silent in the crowded online marketplace. Speak up and give voice to your advertisements with our new innovative vFlyer Voice service. vFlyer Voice allows you to easily record voice narration that will play when people view your Flyers. Adding narration to your listings elevates them from simple slide shows to all-out virtual tours.

Did I mention that vFlyer Voice is incredibly easy to use? How easy, you ask? It's as simple as answering a phone call. To record your voice messages, simply enter your telephone number in the vFlyer Voice application and our system will call you and enable you to record your narration over the phone. It's really that easy.

You can record voice annotations for each photo in the slideshow or record a single message for your entire Flyer slideshow. The choice is yours. See vFlyer Voice in action...

One voice recording for each photo

One voice recording for the entire slideshow

vFlyer voice is available only to vFlyer business subscribers, so if you don't have a business subscription, upgrade today to take advantage of this groundbreaking advertising tool. Why stay quiet? Speak up and unleash the power of your listings with vFlyer Voice.

vFlyer Custom Theme of the Week by Park Place Real Estate Services

vFlyer Blog (vFlyer Inc) — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:25:59 -0500

Our custom theme of the week comes to us from Olga Katon at Park Place Real Estate Services in Chicago. This is one of my favorite branded themes I've come across for a few reasons. First, I love the look of the branding: urban, edgy, and sophisticated but also fun at the same time. Second, I like how well Olga utilizes the space of the header; she includes not only the company name and logo but also the office address, phone number, and email address. Third, all the colors in the theme work really well together.

I should note that this is the third Chicago-area company that we've highlighted in our Custom Theme of the Week series (the other two being Caliendo Automotive and Vranas Properties). Chicago must be a very design-oriented city! We'll have to see if other cities (New York, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Boston...) can compete with Chicago in its output of great custom themes.

As always, we'll be back next Friday with another custom theme of the week, so if you've created or seen a custom theme and think it should be spotlighted, let us know by emailing support@vflyer.com.

New Feature! Labels for easier management of your Flyers

vFlyer Blog (vFlyer Inc) — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 11:58:24 -0500

Today, vFlyer implemented a new feature of the Flyers page: the ability to add a label to each Flyer in your account. A label is simply a tag for a Flyer that is visible only to you (in other words, it doesn't affect the Flyers themeselves). It means that, instead of having to remember which title corresponds with which listing, you can assign a unique identifier to each Flyer that only shows on the Flyers page in your account, making it easier to access a specific listing. For instance, if you are a leasing manager, it might be tough to remember which of your Flyers has the title, "Out of this world savings await you at the Casa Grande!" But you could label this Flyer "Casa Grande Apt 100E", a much more easily recallable name.

To add a label to a Flyer, on your Flyers page, click the pencil icon next to the Flyer you want to label, then type a label in the field provided and click outside the field. You can always change a label after you've added it as well. This feature was requested by several vFlyer members and most recently by Charity Hisle of Benson Media. Thanks and keep the suggestions coming.

Custom Theme of the Week by Astrid Zelaya at Rent-One

vFlyer Blog (vFlyer Inc) — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 11:58:15 -0500

Happy Friday! Our custom theme of the week comes from Astrid Zelaya, Consultant at Rent-One. This is such a well-composed theme where each aspect - the header image, background image, theme colors, and the other design elements - works beautifully with all the others. Also, Astrid takes advantage of our Showcase layout for Craigslist (see picture below), one of 10 Craigslist layouts available to business subscribers when they use a custom theme (and my personal favorite).

This Flyer is also a good example of a commercial real estate ad created through the vFlyer application. vFlyer now offers templates for office, industrial, and retail space, commercial land, shopping centers, and multi-unit buildings. The combination of vFlyer's branding capabilities and these new categories is great news for all you commercial brokers out there.

Fantastic custom theme, Astrid! Keep up the good work!

If you have a vFlyer account and you haven't yet created a custom theme, give it a try this weekend. You can create a custom theme in literally 5 minutes, and it will give you access to features of the vFlyer service that you couldn't access before. Here's a video to get you started.

We'll be back next Friday with another Custom Theme of the Week, so if you've created or seen a custom theme and think it should be spotlighted, let us know by emailing support@vflyer.com.

vFlyer Now Lets You Add Your CA License Number and Other Information

vFlyer Blog (vFlyer Inc) — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:57:37 -0500

Beginning July 1, all California Realtors will need to include their CA DRE license number on any "solicitation materials intended to be the first point of contact with consumers," as stated in a bill passed by the California State Senate (SB 1461). While the new amendment excludes electronic media, since vFlyer also provides print content for our users, we wanted to make sure that they had a way to include their DRE license number on their Flyers. That's why we introduced an Additional Info field in the Account Profile, where you can enter not only your CA DRE license number but also other information, such as a mobile phone number. And given that different states have different laws regarding real estate advertising, the Additional Info field gives users more flexibility in terms of what information gets included in their Flyers and Account Profile.

You can find the Additional Info field on your Account page (see image below). Any text you enter in this field will appear in the Contact Information section of your Flyers.

Thanks to Chris Crane at Red Oak Realty, Kristine Johnson at Gallagher & Lindsey Realtors, and Jason Born of Signature Realty & Mortgage, Inc., for providing us with useful feedback on the new California law.

If you need assistance, call or email vFlyer Support.

vFlyer Custom Theme of the Week by Otto Calta, Coldwell Banker Terrequity Realty

vFlyer Blog (vFlyer Inc) — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:04:51 -0500

This week's custom theme comes to us from Otto Calta with Coldwell Banker Terrequity Realty in Toronto. What I really like about this theme is that it demonstrates how easy it can be to create a great-looking branded theme by taking a logo, uploading it as a header image, and then matching the header background color to the logo (see the second image below). The green/white/gray palette of the theme is really well-integrated with the look of the ThinkTorontoHomes.com logo.

For a fantastic example of a broker website, you should also check out ThinkTorontoHomes.com, the website of Otto and his team.

I also wanted to use this opportunity again to point out that vFlyer now supports Canadian listings. If you are an agent or broker in Canada, you can include the full address of your listings as well as the price in Canadian dollars.

I can't stress enough the importance of getting your brand out there on the web. It's the one thing that will distinguish your ads from your competitors', and it lends a high degree of professionalism to your online listings. So create a vFlyer custom theme this weekend! For a useful introduction, take a look at this series of short video tutorials on our website.

We'll be back next Friday with another Custom Theme of the Week, so if you've created or seen a custom theme and think it should be spotlighted, let us know by emailing support@vflyer.com.

New Narrow Scrolling Widgets Let You Advertise All Your Listings in Your Sidebar

vFlyer Blog (vFlyer Inc) — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 11:56:07 -0500

Yesterday we made two additions to our arsenal of vFlyer Listing Widgets: a 100-pixel wide and a 200-pixel wide auto-scrolling multi-item Widget. Unfortunately, these images are not animated.

The two new Widgets give our users more and better options for integrating their vFlyer content into their websites, blogs, and social networks. The new Widgets are especially useful in blogs, where often the sidebar is the default location of widgets and other components. In particular, bloggers on ActiveRain should find the new narrow scrolling Widgets quite valuable.

Also, the new Widgets don't include vFlyer branding on them, which makes it even better to incorporate them into your website, social network profile or blog.

The new Widgets are part of our line of Premium Widgets available only to vFlyer business subscribers. If you have a vFlyer Personal account and are interested in upgrading your account to take advantage of the new Widgets, you can do so by clicking here.

To preview these widgets, click to the vFlyer Widget Library. Scroll down to the Scrolling 100px and Scrolling 200px widgets.

On a related note, we will be adding a new series of short video tutorials on vFlyer Widgets soon. We hope that with the introduction of the scrolling sidebar Widgets and new video tutorials, we see lots of fantastic vFlyer Widgets out there this summer!

vFlyer Custom Theme of the Week by Vranas Properties

vFlyer Blog (vFlyer Inc) — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 11:22:40 -0500

This week's custom theme comes to us from Vranas Properties in Chicago. They did a fantastic job integrating their logo into the theme, and I love the color palette they use. It looks as though it were created by a professional web designer! That's what's so great about vFlyer's Theme Editor: it makes it very easy for any vFlyer member to create professional, branded marketing content without having to hire a designer to do it for you. (Although I should mention we have seen some amazing custom themes created for our members by graphic designers.)

Any vFlyer business subscriber can create a branded custom theme and use it in his or her Flyers and Account Profile. If you haven't created a custom theme yet, now's the time to try it! For a useful introduction to creating and using custom themes, take a look at this series of short video tutorials on our website.

We'll be back next Friday with another Custom Theme of the Week, so if you've created or seen a custom theme and think it should be spotlighted, let us know by emailing support@vflyer.com.

vFlyer Member Custom Theme of the Week by Richie Caliendo

vFlyer Blog (vFlyer Inc) — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 14:42:15 -0500

Happy Friday! This week's custom theme is from Richie Caliendo at Caliendo Automotive. I love the header image in this theme, with its classic-car look and elegant black background. This is one of the best auto dealer custom themes I've seen yet! Also, Richie takes advantage of our Showcase layout for Craigslist (see picture below), which has a nice big photo at the top of the Flyer to give the prospective buyer a better view of the car. The Showcase layout is one of 9 Craigslist layouts available to business subscribers when they use a custom theme. Other information and photos of the vehicles are displayed below the huge photo at the top.

Great custom theme, Richie!

Once again, for a useful introduction to creating and using custom themes, take a look at this series of short video tutorials on our website.

We'll be back next Friday with another Custom Theme of the Week, so if you've created or seen a custom theme and think it should be spotlighted, let us know by emailing support@vflyer.com.

New Feature! vFlyer Account Score Provides Guide to More Effective Marketing

vFlyer Blog (vFlyer Inc) — Wed, 06 May 2009 18:05:01 -0500

Earlier this week, we implemented the vFlyer Account Scoring System that shows you how well you are utilizing the wide range of features and capabilities in your vFlyer account.

You'll now see a percentage in the top right section of your account homepage; this is your Account Score. Clicking the link labeled Improve your Account Score allows you to see which capabilities you are taking advantage and which ones you're not. This provides a guide for taking advantage of more capabilities and thus improving the effectiveness of your marketing.

Our hope is that the new scoring system helps our members get even better results. We want to see lots of 100% scores! If you get your score up to 100%, let us know by emailing support@vflyer.com.

I also wanted to share that we introduce a new marketing page that provides some of the benefits of the Agency Edition of the vFlyer service. Please take a look when you have time.

Twitter Made Easy and Three Other Goodies

vFlyer Blog (vFlyer Inc) — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 11:36:24 -0500

The last few weeks have been busy at vFlyer and I wanted to fill you in on some of the great new features we've introduced in that time. There are four new features and capabilities in particular that I want to highlight:

First, we added 8 new Craigslist layouts for our vFlyer business subscribers when you publish a Flyer using a custom theme. Now you can choose how your flyers will look on Craigslist. You want bigger photos? Check. You want creative and attractive layouts? Check. See for yourself... New Craigslist Layouts. Also, visit the vFlyer Support Wiki for information on how to use these new Craigslist Layouts.

Second, we enhanced our print content for our vFlyer business subscribers. Now when you print a Flyer that uses a custom theme, you will get a whole second page full of photos. This feature was added due to the popular demand of our users. You see... we do actually listen to you. There are more print layouts on the way.

Third, we added a new narrow blog layout for our vFlyer business subscribers. The blog layout is 480 pixels wide and thus fits most major blog sites including Active Rain and Localism. When you publish a flyer with a custom theme, you can access the blog layout HTML by selecting Blog from the HTML drop-down menu. Then all you have to do is copy and paste the HTML to the blog of your choice. It's that easy!

Last but not least, you can now share your Flyers on Twitter. When you publish a Flyer, a Share on Twitter link will appear under the More Options section on the right side of the Publish Successful page. We have even created a special shortened URL for Twitter that fits well within the 140 character limit. If you want to get the word out about your Flyer, use Twitter and you can connect with millions of others. For more information on the rapidly increasing popularity of Twitter, check out this article from TechCrunch.

We hope you enjoy these new features. As we continue to enhance our services to make vFlyer better and better, feel free to offer any suggestions you have on how we can make vFlyer work best for you. Send your feedback to support@vflyer.com. We look forward to hearing from you!

Carry your vFlyer Marketing Content Around the Web with vFlyer Backpack

vFlyer Blog (vFlyer Inc) — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 19:37:56 -0500

We want to announce the launch of a new feature of the vFlyer service called vFlyer Backpack. It's a "bookmarklet" that can be stored in your web browser as a bookmark or hyperlink. vFlyer Backpack allows you to "carry" your marketing content with you wherever you go on the web. For instance, if you're posting a Flyer to ActiveRain, now you can just go to ActiveRain and, once you're on the blog posting page, open vFlyer Backpack from your browser, select the flyer and then drag and drop (or copy and paste) the HTML to the posting form. It is much easier than having two browser windows open.

vFlyer Backpack is also valuable for posting Flyers to Craigslist, Backpage, eBay, blog sites, and other websites.

Here's a link to some instructions and demos for installing and using vFlyer Backpack: Click here.

We're very excited about this new feature and hope it helps you post your marketing content on the web more quickly and easily. If you have questions or feedback about vFlyer Backpack, contact us at support@vflyer.com.

When the most expensive house in the U.S. goes on Sale for $150 Million, who wins the listing? Top Real Estate Agent Sally Forster Jones!

vFlyer Blog (vFlyer Inc) — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 16:20:54 -0500

We were excited this morning to learn that Sally Forster Jones of Coldwell Banker Previews International in Beverly Hills was selected as the co-listing agent for late television producer Aaron Spelling's mansion in the Holmby Hills neighborhood of Beverly Hills. This is significant because Mr. Spelling's house is currently the most expensive on the U.S. market, up for grabs at a whopping $150 million! According to the Associated Press, it's the largest home in Los Angeles County at 56,500 square feet and sits on a more than 4.6-acre lot. It's estimated that there are over 100 bedrooms in the house.

Apparently Mr. Spelling's widow used her dog Madison to help her pick the best real estate agent for the task of selling the house. She had the dog brought into the room each time she met a candidate agent and watched how the dog reacted. According to reports, if Madison didn't like an agent, Spelling crossed the agent off the list. Sounds like Jones passed the Madison test with flying colors!

Sally Forster Jones is a top producer for Coldwell Banker with over 30 years of experience in the business. At one time or another she has been involved in just about every aspect of real estate sales, from property management to development to owning her own brokerage. She is listed in Who's Who in American Real Estate, representing the top 1% of the top 1% of all agents nationally. And on top of all that, she has created a very nice branded theme using the vFlyer Theme Editor!

On a related note, as my name is Aaron Sperling, occasionally people confuse me with Aaron Spelling, so I feel an extra special connection to this listing. Now if I just had that $150 million...

We're proud to have a vFlyer member gain such a prestigious listing. Congratulations Sally!

New Feature! Post Links to Your Flyers to Your Facebook Profile

vFlyer Blog (vFlyer Inc) — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 16:46:41 -0500

I'm excited to announce that vFlyer members can now post links to their Flyers to Facebook right from their vFlyer accounts! It couldn't be easier - after you publish or re-publish a Flyer, on the Publish Successful page, you'll see a link labeled Share on Facebook. Click this link and you'll be taken to your Facebook account; if you're not already logged in, you'll be prompted to do so. Once in your account, you'll see a link to your Flyer and a thumbnail of the main photo posted to your profile. It's about the easiest way to get your listing content onto Facebook available.

Here is how it will look on Facebook

Don't forget that you can post your vFlyer Widgets to Facebook from your vFlyer account, also quite easily. To do this, once you've created a Widget in your vFlyer account, click the Post to button and select Facebook. You'll then be prompted to log into your Facebook account if you're not already logged in. And then you're done! Your Widget is posted to your Facebook profile. It's just that easy.

Here is how it will look on Facebook

This is another service enhancement suggested by one of our members. Keep the suggestions coming.

New Look for Your Logged-in Homepage on vFlyer

vFlyer Blog (vFlyer Inc) — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 10:36:38 -0600

Many of you have no doubt seen this already, but We recently redesigned the logged-in homepage to make it cleaner and easier to navigate. We changed the Flyer and Widget Dashboards so that they're both accessible within the same frame via different tabs and added an Image Dashboard where you can easily upload images and access images you've already uploaded and enhanced using our Watermark Plus image enhancement program. In addition, we added a News Feed to give you updates on what's new with vFlyer and a feedback widget so that you can send us your questions, comments, and suggestions right from your account. The amount of feedback sent is way up since the redesign. Thank you.

We hope these changes make your experience of using vFlyer even better. If you have comments about the new logged-in home layout, feel free to send us a message through the feedback widget!

vFlyer Welcomes Canadian Real Estate Agents, Car Dealers, and other Online Marketers

vFlyer Blog (vFlyer Inc) — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 11:51:01 -0600

I am pleased to announced the first of many service releases to support members outside the U.S. This release focuses on the needs of Canadian members. First, we added support for Canadian addresses and currency. Second, we added support for automatic submission of Canadian listings to Backpage.com and Vast.com. We expect to add more partner sites for Canadian listings in the coming months. Third, we updated our registration process to enable Canadian users to enter their postal code and timezone so that we can provide traffic reports and display times on your listings accurately. I am certain that we will receive more suggestions from our new and existing Canadian members. Thanks in advance.

Here is an example of one of the first published flyers with the new Canadian support:

How Important is Branding? Alain Pinel Agents Weigh in

vFlyer Blog (vFlyer Inc) — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 16:14:30 -0600

Alain Pinel may not be the biggest brokerage, but their agents apparently believe in the value of branded marketing content. They have recently catapulted into the lead in terms of using one of the vFlyer Custom Broker themes for their online marketing content. Rounding out the top 4 are RE/MAX, Allen Tate and Keller Williams.

Many agents are going one step further. They are uploading custom header and background images and then updating the colors to match their header image. These are not only producing stunning results, but also they often match the branding on our member’s website.