I'm a real estate consultant and business owner. I taught first and second grade for 5 years, but then gave it up to have a few munchkins of my own. Somewhere between giving birth and changing diapers I managed to start a real estate consulting company with my best friend and business partner. Our company, Effektive Solutions has been providing a variety of marketing and technology solutions to real estate agents and title reps for almost 3 years now. We are preparing to launch a new RE website... http://mymarketware.com/ very soon. I'm also co-author of the popular real estate technology blog, http://www.mytechopinion.com/ where I enjoy sharing my opinions on the latest real estate tech products and services. I recently became a contributor to http://blog.homegain.com/ and I write a column for Chicago Agent Magazine. And when I'm not eating, sleeping and breathing real estate support.....I can be found spending time with my family, getting fit at the gym, and dancing to the latest beats!

My specialties includes: real estate technology, real estate marketing, real estate consulting, presenting & training, writing, editing, desktop publishing, graphic design, blogging, social networking, SEO, Web 2.0, title insurance, escrow, new media.

I recently launched MyMarketWare, an online marketing solution center for agents and brokers. MyMarketWare provides single property sites coupled with marketing advice and resources. I believe our solution is the industry's best single property site platform set at a far more affordable price point. (Single for $39 each with packages as low as $32 a site.)

We call our solution "MarketSites" and they work similarly to other sps solutions, but I think you'll find our templates much more appealing and professional. We have beautiful generic and company branded static and flash designs. You can include up to 100 pictures, video, podcasts, and add your blog.  We have incorporated all the major mapping engines as well as Microsoft's Live Earth with the bird's eye view. You can also create template pages that can be used over and over on all your sites (i.e. neighborhood profiles, bios, etc). And it's all risk free! Sign in and register for a free account, create your site for free, use it for your listing presentation and activate once you've one the listing.

In addition to the sps solution, I will be blogging feverishly about marketing solutions, tips, tricks, resources and more! Along the way I'll be adding tutorials and offer free Web trainings. I've learned from my consulting and start up business that not all tech and marketing is right for everyone. I think it's crucial to alert agents to all the best resources and provide assistance for implementation. So I hope to cover all things "real estate marketing" in an informational and educational way!