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Ben's Tech Tools and Websites from Rain Camp LA

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Ben's Tech Tools and Websites from Rain Camp LA

 

Sitting here in my third Rain Camp, I'm still picking up lots of tips and tidbits for my marketing and my business, and I wanted to share this list of Ben and Brad's top tools and websites with those not fortunate enough not to be here.

If you're wondering why I have attended so many Rain Camps in the past few months, check out the list below just to see a small amount of what I have learned.  If you haven't been to a Rain Camp, I strongly recommend attending.  You will walk away with lots of new ideas.

 

www.klout.com - A site that ranks influence on Twitter

www.wordle.net - Shows which word is entered the most in a blog post or anything else as the largest word in a piece of word art.

www.photosynth.com - This site takes images it find on the webs and relates the photos to each other.  It can also be used to create free virtual tours of a property.

www.wiggio.com - A collaboration software that lets you work in groups, share files, share calendar, and more, all with a secure login.

www.igetsales.net - A database management tool that allows every contact to have a next contact or task set up for it.  $19.95/mo.

www.Xobni.com - Inbox backwards - add to Outlook - takes email addresses, and finds photos, finds FaceBook profiles, Linked In account, Twitter, etc.  Allows you to learn more about your leads and clients.  Use it to send leads messages on FaceBook or Twitter.

www.BIT.ly or www.su.pr - Allows you to post shorter URLs in Twitter and other places.  Then when you send emails or post on Twitter, it will tell you how many people clicked on it, from which source, when it was opened and where they were when they opened it.

www.Mailchimp.com - Allows you to segment your database and to see how many emails were opened, forwarded, not delivered, what time opened.

 www.Goldmail.com - Allows you to send video emails.

www.awayfind.com - Sends person who sent you an email a responding email that says, "If this is urgent, and only if it's urgent, please click here.  Otherwise, I check email at these times."

www.slideshare.net - Upload and share your power point presentations, listing presentations, word docs and pdf - share publicly or privately. You can even add audio to make a webinar.

www.99designs.com - This allows you to have a group of designers design a website or marketing piece or business cards, and you choose the amount that you'll pay.  Then you choose the winner and pay only the winner.

www.google.com/voice - This is a number you own.  It's free. You can set up the number to call your cell phone, home phone, office phone and buyers' agents all at once. 

 

This is just a small piece of what we've been learning here today. 

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About the author: Christine Donovan is a California Residential Real Estate Broker with experience in assisting clients buy and sell residential real estate.

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Comments (43)

Joshua Zargari
MJ Decorators Workshop LI staging and home decorating - Lynbrook, NY
MJ Decorators Workshop

Thank you!

May 16, 2010 04:09 AM
Carra Riley & Declan Kenyon
Brokers Guild Cherry Creek Ltd - Westminster, CO
Helping people Transition at all ages!

Christine....Raincamps are truly great.  What a terrific resource list!

cosmic cow

May 16, 2010 04:13 AM
Pippa Mac
Chevaux Group Realtor, The Woodlands and Spring - The Woodlands, TX
The Woodlands TX Real Estate

Thanks Christine for sharing all these links!   Wow, there is some great stuff here!

May 16, 2010 05:01 AM
Tracey Thomas
BrokerInTrust Real Estate - Calabasas, CA
CA Real Estate Broker

Raincamp yesterday was awesome.  Thanks for the links so neatly typed here, I've been checking these out all morning.  Great stuff, sorry that I didn't get to meet you yesterday.

May 16, 2010 05:46 AM
Raine Spivey
REIGN REALTY - Charlotte, NC
Realtor

Thanks for sharing even this little bit of information.  I've never been to a Rain Camp, but information like this makes me want to attend.

May 16, 2010 06:26 AM
Duane Murphy
Expert Real Estate Partners LLC - Appleton, WI
Broker- Owner-Real Estate -

Thanks for the 'refresher" list. Went to RAINCAMP CHICAGO a few months ago and it was AWESOME!

May 16, 2010 06:53 AM
Krista Barnes
Carolina One Real Estate; Realtor, SFR,ABR,CIAS - Mount Pleasant, SC

Thank you for all the great information! I can not wait until Rain Camp comes closer to us so that we can learn all of this great stuff in person!

May 16, 2010 07:33 AM
Michelle Minch
Moving Mountains Design Home Staging, Pasadena, CA - Los Angeles, CA
Home Staging Los Angeles and Orange County, CA

Christine: You are right, the Rain Camp yesterday was amazing. I'm sorry I didn't get to meet you personally. Maybe on the next go-round:o))

May 16, 2010 11:11 AM
Lanre-"THE REAL ESTATE FARMER" Folayan
Samson Properties - Bowie, MD
I don't make promises.I deliver results.SOLD HOMES

Hi Christine. Thank you sooo much for sharing these tools. I am going to start using them starting this week. Have a great week. Great post.

May 16, 2010 12:13 PM
Tere Rice
Allison James Estates & Homes - Temecula, CA
First Time Home Buyers, VA Buyers, Horse Ranches,

Wow I don't need to go to Rain Camp, I will just subscribe to your blog! Thanks!

May 17, 2010 07:38 AM
Karen Rittenhouse
www.JKKPropertyInvestors.com - Greensboro, NC
Real Estate Investor

Wow, thanks for sharing all the great info!

May 17, 2010 08:32 AM
Moisés "Moe" Pagán
Walnut Creek, CA

Hello Christine,

 

Really wanted to be at this Raincamp.  Thanks for the info.

 

Moises

May 17, 2010 11:52 AM
Kate Elim
Dockside Realty - Spotsylvania, VA
Realtor 540-226-1964, Selling Homes & Land a

Hi Christine...You have shared some interesting and helpful sites with us.  I'm going to try a couple of them and will be reblogging this post.  Hopefuly even more members will get to see what you're sharing.  I signed up for the D.C. RainCamp in June.

Kate

May 17, 2010 02:14 PM
Christine Donovan
Donovan Blatt Realty - Costa Mesa, CA
Broker/Attorney 714-319-9751 DRE01267479 - Costa M

Lina -  I need to download Xobni.  It sounds like a great tool.

Billi - You've come to a great place to learn about blogging and just questions about real estate in general.

John -  A lot of the information is the same, I just need to hear some of it more than once for it to sink in.  Also, I've noticed the tips and tools change a little, and this week we were fortunate enough to hear Tom Ferry speak, which was a great addition.

Susan - Me too, on both counts.

Shannon - I strongly recommend that you do at your first opportunity.

Richie - And a good evening to you.  I hope your week is a great one.

Betsy - AR is all about passing the information on.

Claudette-  I'm looking forward to using Xobni.

Lyn -What did you think of Google Voice.

Frank - Does Google Voice help you with Google Juice?

Melissa - Based on what I'm hearing here in the comments, I need to start using Xobni.

Russell-  There seem to always be a few new sites.

Bill - You're welcome.

Cheryl - They give us such great tools that I can't blame you for wanting them.

Lisa - I'm fortunate that with all of the notes I took in 21 years of school that I take almost verbatim notes.

Jennifer - There's always more, but just come drink from the fire hose frequently, and it will get easier ; )

Joshua - You're welcome.

Carra - I hope lots of people are able to make use of this.


 

 

May 17, 2010 05:05 PM
Christine Donovan
Donovan Blatt Realty - Costa Mesa, CA
Broker/Attorney 714-319-9751 DRE01267479 - Costa M

Pippa - You're welcome.  There is some great info.

Tracey - I'm sorry I didn't get to meet you.  There were so many people there.

Raine - There are lots of posts on Rain Camp around.  For my notes from another one see Rain Camp San Francisco.

Duane - A refresher course on Rain Camp is never a bad thing.

Krista - I hope they get over your way soon.

Michelle - There were so many people at Rain Camp that I think we could have used the whole day just for networking.

Erica - There are several tools on here I still want to try.

Lanre - I hope you find them very useful.

Tere - Thanks so much for your kind words, and thank you for subscribing.  You can see the post Rain Camp San Francisco for more extensive notes.

Karen - You're welcome.

Moe - Another time.

Kate - I'm sure you're going to have a great time and learn a lot in DC.  Thanks for the reblog.

May 17, 2010 05:21 PM
Kathryn Maguire
GreatNorfolkHomes.com (757) 560-0881 - Chesapeake, VA
Serving Chesapeake, Norfolk, VA Beach

Thanks Christine for this list.  I hope that Rain Camp comes to the Norfolk VA sometime soon!

May 18, 2010 02:30 AM
Damon Gettier
Damon Gettier & Associates, REALTORS- Roanoke Va Short Sale Expert - Roanoke, VA
Broker/Owner ABRM, GRI, CDPE

Christine, I consider myself pretty much cutting edge but it seems lately that I am WAY behind in all of the technology anymore.

May 18, 2010 07:06 AM
Robert The Earl of Real Estate
St Pete LUXE Living Group - Saint Petersburg, FL
The Earl of Real Estate

Great List.  I am about half way thru it and am enjoying the new tools.  Looking forward to the raincamp in DC.  Robert Earl

May 18, 2010 12:50 PM
Wayne B. Pruner
Oregon First - Tigard, OR
Tigard Oregon Homes for Sale, Realtor, GRI

Thanks for the links. I will go through them all.

Jun 15, 2010 02:15 PM
Christine Donovan
Donovan Blatt Realty - Costa Mesa, CA
Broker/Attorney 714-319-9751 DRE01267479 - Costa M

Kathryn - I hope you get to one soon.

Damon - Technology just keeps changing.

Robert - I hope you enjoyed Rain Camp DC.

Wayne - I hope you find them useful.

Jun 15, 2010 05:16 PM