Time is the one thing we need more of everyday

Time is the one thing we need more of everyday. 

The contest states, "We would like you to write a blog post that details your favorite tool and convinces someone else that if they aren't using this tool in their business, they are missing out – BIG TIME."

Sorry - I cannot convince people but I can sure give someone a reason to convince themselves! I thought about profiling ixactCONTACT CRM but I have already wtritten blogs about ixactCONTACT and how simple it is to use. Just write to me to ask about it - I love it. However, chose this -

Time is the one thing we need more of everyday. Yep - it is more time that everyone needs each day. Been searching myself for years to find a 30 hour day, no luck yet!  MORE TIME! Since I cannot find those extra hours I need, I need to use the hours I have more effectively.  And - boy oh boy - this tool has saved time for me.

In Atlanta, until about two years ago, our FMLS only offered a search program that required agents to set up and manage for Clients. Fortunately for me, FMLS added a free service for all members called ListingBook that answers the question, “What is the one thing we need more of everyday?”  As soon as the first training ended, I upgraded to the paid level. It is so helpful for saving time!

Before ListingBook.com, the Atlanta Real Estate ODAT FMLS agent had to change the search fields for the Client. Every time a Client wanted to add another area or neighborhood, only the agent could make those changes. Now, either the Client or I may set up a personalized ListingBook search. After set-up, the person may log in and do the search personally. The potential client may vary the fields as desired, as often as desired and at anytime - night or day. Confirming the answer: “Time is the one thing we need more of everyday.”

While I am enamored of Zillow, even Zillow admits that some of the listings carry inaccurate “STATUS” types. How many times have you had a call from someone who wants to see a home that has been sold for three months? OR one already under contract? Or one withdrawn?

ListingBook updates every 30 minutes - yes - every 30 minutes! Can’t get much more current than that - can you? Smothered by email? You or the Client may write messages at a house listing photo within ListingBook and the other is alerted about the comment.

Yes, I love ListingBook.com for all the time it saves for me. One airline steward looked at the listings over 200 times in a three month period. I was so glad I didn’t have to make those changes myself. TOO MUCH TIME!!!

Now - as advised by Dick Greenberg in CO, I am getting a professional set-up for my company website. Will ListingBook stay a tool in our equipment bin? I am curious to see whether ListingBook will still be so crucial to me after the website. For now, since time is the one thing we need more of everyday, I have ListingBook to lengthen my day! 

That’s all folks!  As I said, I cannot “convince” you but I have no problem telling you what a great timesaver ListingBook has been for me!

Have a happy day -
Lynn