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Tech Tip: Join.Me Is The Next Best Thing To Being There!

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Real Estate Agent with Transaction Alliance 513.520.5305 www.LizTour.com SAL.2002007747

Tech Tip:  Join.Me Is The Next Best Thing To Being There!Join.me

Once upon a time you need to be a real technical guru to pull off some of the tasks we now take for granted.  Once upon a time if you wanted a screen shot, it was literally that, get out your camera and CLICK!  Now there's plenty of screen capture software out there to meet that need.

Now if you're some type of corporate type, Windows Live Meeting or Net Meeting just might be a standard tool, but for your average consumer, those aren't programs we use.

How would you like a program that is really quick, really easy and how about FREE that allowed you to hold an impromptu online meeting? Then you just might want to take a look at Join.Me.  Just type in www.Joinme.com and it'll redirect you to https://join.meJoin.me is by the same people that bring you LogMeIn software for remote access to your home computer.  Install the basic Join.Me software and put the shortcut on your desktop.  When you're ready to use it, both parties click their shortcut, the sharing party clicks Share and provides the 9 digit code to the other parties and moments later everyone can be looking at the same screen.  Pretty cool!

And what does the basic Join.Me software offer?
Screen Sharing, chat, internet calling, share control and more. 
For what most of us do, we're probably not going to need the Pro version.  Obviously performance will be dependent on the quality of all parties Internet connections.

Now how can Join.me help you?  We're betting there's MANY ways we can put this program to use!

  • Work as a team and your partner having trouble with a file?  Have them share their screen with you and you can see what they see and solve the problem no matter where you are.
  • Got a client that's out of town so you can't meet in person?  Email them the contract, have them open Join.Me and walk them through it step by step.  No more guessing if you're on the same page of that 20 page packet.
  • Two homeowners and one is on business travel so you can't get a prelist appointment together?  Fire up your iPad or Laptop, and share your presentation to them via Join.Me.  Use the Internet Calling option and it's the next best thing to having them with you!
  • Maybe you've got a friend or family member that's not the most tech savvy and they could use some help?  With this software you could be a few clicks away from uploading a Facebook profile photo for them, initiating a virus scan or any number of other tasks, all while halfway across the country.

So that's our newest Tech Tip.  We hope you like the software and that it can help make your day to day life easier!

Serving Warren County's residential real estate needs,
Liz and Bill aka BLiz

P.S.  Need someone to help take the complexity out of buying or selling a Warren County home?  Just give The Liz Spear Team of RE/MAX Elite a call!

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Comments (38)

Liz and Bill Spear
Transaction Alliance 513.520.5305 www.LizTour.com - Mason, OH
Transaction Alliance Cincinnati & Dayton suburbs

Carla, I think we're just starting to scratch the surface of what we can do with this software, and that FREE price is particularly sweet when everyone else wants a piece of our paycheck.

Apr 12, 2012 12:10 PM
Karen Crowson
Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage - Rancho Bernardo, CA
Your Agent for Change
Wow, this will be a great tool for a new client and I to use when we write his offer. Suggested. This is something evryone can benefit from.
Apr 12, 2012 03:38 PM
Liz and Bill Spear
Transaction Alliance 513.520.5305 www.LizTour.com - Mason, OH
Transaction Alliance Cincinnati & Dayton suburbs

Karen, As travel and long distance work becomes more and more common, tools like this are going to be even more useful to us all.

Apr 12, 2012 08:57 PM
Ginny Gorman
RI Real Estate Services ~ 401-529-7849~ RI Waterfront Real Estate - North Kingstown, RI
Homes for Sale in Southern RI and beyond

Love to hear about this BLiz...we've been using hangouts but that is not quite the same I don't think...thank you!

Apr 12, 2012 11:40 PM
Liz and Bill Spear
Transaction Alliance 513.520.5305 www.LizTour.com - Mason, OH
Transaction Alliance Cincinnati & Dayton suburbs

Ginny, Glad to help!  Another cool tool for all of us to have in our tool bag :)

Apr 12, 2012 11:44 PM
Kathy Streib
Cypress, TX
Home Stager/Redesign

BLiz- very interesting.  I went over to the site and it looks easy to use. I'm bookmarking it until I can figure out how I might use it. 

Apr 13, 2012 11:59 AM
Liz and Bill Spear
Transaction Alliance 513.520.5305 www.LizTour.com - Mason, OH
Transaction Alliance Cincinnati & Dayton suburbs

Kathy, It is pretty easy to use.  I've talked people through it over the phone with no problem at all.

Apr 13, 2012 12:41 PM
Dorie Dillard Austin TX
Coldwell Banker Realty ~ 512.750.6899 - Austin, TX
NW Austin ~ Canyon Creek and Spicewood/Balcones

Good morning BLIZ,

I came over from Kathy's post this morning..she is right this is an awesome tool and is worth knowing about. Somehow I missed your original post. Thanks for sharing..you always offer such excellent tips and advice!!

Apr 14, 2012 10:09 PM
Liz and Bill Spear
Transaction Alliance 513.520.5305 www.LizTour.com - Mason, OH
Transaction Alliance Cincinnati & Dayton suburbs

Dorie, I think it's been a busy week for all of us!  I know we haven't been able to be quite as diligent with our Rain time this week.  I'll have to pop over and thank Kathy for the mention :)

Apr 14, 2012 10:58 PM
Sandy Acevedo
951-290-8588 - Chino Hills, CA
RE/MAX Masters, Inland Empire Homes for Sale

HI Bliz, Kathy said we could learn something here and she is so right. This sounds very, very useful.!

Apr 15, 2012 12:56 AM
Liz and Bill Spear
Transaction Alliance 513.520.5305 www.LizTour.com - Mason, OH
Transaction Alliance Cincinnati & Dayton suburbs

Sandy, We appreciate Kathy giving this one some extra help!  There's definitely a lot of potential for this program.

Apr 15, 2012 01:26 AM
Ellen Caruso
Daniel Gale Sotheby's International Realty - Glen Head, NY

BLiz, this is cool, it like when you call tech support on your Mac and the technician asks if you give them permission to get into your screen and control your mouse.

Apr 15, 2012 04:36 AM
Lyn Sims and the Blog Dog
Streamwood, Elgin IL Real Estate - RE/MAX Suburban - Bartlett, IL

I like the explain the contract scenario! That would work great.

Apr 15, 2012 05:35 AM
Liz and Bill Spear
Transaction Alliance 513.520.5305 www.LizTour.com - Mason, OH
Transaction Alliance Cincinnati & Dayton suburbs

Ellen, We do similar things in my corporate day job when we have a problem.  Sometime the IT guy finds the issue remotely, other times we need someone in person to visit.

Lyn, Lots of potential, especially with Murphy's Law that the contract will show up as soon as the sellers leave for a long weekend and you can't meet in person!

Apr 15, 2012 08:03 AM
Rich Cotton
Rich Cotton The Waterfront Specialist EXiT Preferred Realty - Chesapeake City, MD
Waterfront Specialist Cecil and Kent Counties MD

Great Post. I just signed up for join me. Great app for those who do not have a Mac. Know I can easily share things with friends and family and yes co-workers.

Apr 15, 2012 09:44 PM
Liz and Bill Spear
Transaction Alliance 513.520.5305 www.LizTour.com - Mason, OH
Transaction Alliance Cincinnati & Dayton suburbs

Rich, There's a lot of good work we can do with this application, and the fact that it's free just makes it that much better.

Apr 15, 2012 10:00 PM
Rebecca Gaujot, Realtor®
Lewisburg, WV
Lewisburg WV, the go to agent for all real estate

I learend about JoinMe from Craig Daniels. It is so easy to use and I highly recommend it.

Apr 16, 2012 12:23 AM
Liz and Bill Spear
Transaction Alliance 513.520.5305 www.LizTour.com - Mason, OH
Transaction Alliance Cincinnati & Dayton suburbs

Rebecca, It's a great piece of softward.

Apr 16, 2012 12:33 AM
Cheryl Ritchie
RE/MAX Leading Edge www.GoldenResults.com - Huntingtown, MD
Southern Maryland 301-980-7566
Ditto above. Craig Daniels taught me about Join.me. I like Skype, too.
Apr 16, 2012 11:49 AM
Liz and Bill Spear
Transaction Alliance 513.520.5305 www.LizTour.com - Mason, OH
Transaction Alliance Cincinnati & Dayton suburbs

Cheryl, I must have missed Craig's post.  We started using this program at my day job and I loved it and saw the potential for it with real estate work.

Apr 16, 2012 12:39 PM