smarter agent: Real Estate by Smarter Agent Makes Another Top List:Top 6 Real Estate apps with listings - 04/16/12 01:58 AM
The buzz continues! Smarter Agent’s real estate application, Homes for Sale, made the rank again amongst other reviewed real estate apps that feature property listings. Based on a review from Phonesreview.com that focused on multiple platforms, they noted the following about Real Estate by Smarter Agent’s app for the Android:
“The app allows you to search by address, city or zip code and narrow that search using price, number of bathrooms and bedrooms and distance from other requirements. This is another excellent app and if you have questions about a property or wish to arrange a tour the ‘Call’ facility puts … (1 comments)

smarter agent: Not a “Tech-Savvy” Real Estate Pro? How a Little Initiative on the Part of a “Tech Challenged” Agent Closed A Deal with her new Real Estate App - 04/05/12 12:24 AM
When we chat with real estate agents and brokers about our mobile real estate app, oftentimes the phrase “not tech-savvy” arises as to why they have not yet implemented a real estate app for their business. While we do understand that real estate mobile applications can be a little daunting to real estate pros who have succeeded without one for the duration of their career, the fact remains that to be relevant in today’s real estate market, with its increasingly-mobile client-base, agents and brokers alike simply MUST add a branded or White Label real estate application to their real estate tool … (2 comments)

smarter agent: Live Mobile Real Estate from New Orleans: Smarter Agent Insights from the ERA International Business Conference - 03/16/12 02:07 AM
This week, Smarter Agent is attending the ERA International Business Conference (IBC) in New Orleans, Louisiana. This is ERA’s yearly conference for all their agents and brokers. This year, ERA is celebrating their 40th anniversary and they’re pulling out all the stops to celebrate. Today’s activities included a parade through downtown New Orleans and a Generations Celebration at an amazing venue. The celebration took place at Generations Hall; “a former sugar mill in the warehouse district that boasts 7 bars and 5 dance floors”. It was a spectacular event….all dances floors and bars were used to full capacity tonight. Today was … (0 comments)

smarter agent: Smarter Agent Real Estate App Seeing Double the App Sessions in 2012 - 03/14/12 12:13 AM
Contact Person: Tracie Close, Online Marketing ManagerCompany Name: Smarter Agent, LLCTelephone Number: 856-614-5468Fax Number: 972-215-0236Email Address: tclose@smarteragent.comWeb site address: http://www.smarteragent.com
Camden, NJ. March 13, 2012 — According to recent real estate application usage statistics, the Smarter Agent mobile app platform has seen an increase of almost 50% in its user sessions during the first two months of 2012.
Sessions track the number of times a mobile application user accesses and uses the tools available in a mobile app. With statistics showing a doubling in user app sessions over any previous usage proves a significant increase in usage of the Smarter Agent’s … (0 comments)

smarter agent: Smarter Agent Real Estate Partner Highlight – Scott Nelson, Wolfson Cutler Real Estate - 03/08/12 12:31 AM
As part of our regular customer outreach, we often chat with our mobile real estate partners to see how the Smarter Agent real estate application is working for them and their business.
Recently, we chatted with Scott Nelson of the Medfordhouse.com Real Estate Radio Show and Wolfson Cutler Real Estate in Medford, MA about how our mobile real estate application has driven advancements in his real estate business.
SA –           What technology advances have you seen make a difference for RE in your tenure?
SN –                Since my beginning in real estate (nine years ago), technology has made huge … (0 comments)

smarter agent: Homes for Sale from Smarter Agent Now live in the iPad App Store - 03/01/12 05:11 AM
Contact Person: Tracie Close, Online Marketing ManagerCompany Name: Smarter Agent, LLCTelephone Number: 856-614-5468Fax Number: 972-215-0236Email Address: tclose@smarteragent.com
Web site address: http://www.smarteragent.com
Homes for Sale from Smarter Agent Now live in the iPad App Store
Camden, NJ. March 1, 2012 — Smarter Agent, the award winning location-based real estate mobile application company announced today that their newly-developed Homes for Sale real estate application  is live in the iPad app stores.
This Beta release of the Smarter Agent Homes for Sale iPad app offers a targeted real estate search tool for home buyers interested in local real estate. The app was developed to … (2 comments)

smarter agent: The Huntsville Area Association of Realtors and North Alabama Multiple Listing Service, MLS, Announces their Mobile Real Estate App, Powered by Smarter Agent - 01/04/12 03:08 AM
On December 7, 2011, The Huntsville Area Association of Realtors and North Alabama Multiple Listing Service announced the launch of their new public-facing Smarter Agent Free MLS Branded Mobile App. 
The announcement highlighted the benefits of the MLS branded mobile app.  The “mobile app works on standard phones and smart phones across all mobile carriers.  With GPS locators, users can search by address, city or zip code to see property details for all homes for sale or rent in an area, including price estimated mortgage, features, maps, and photographs, among other things.”
They also spoke to the Refine Search feature which, … (0 comments)

smarter agent: Mobile will get your Brand to the “Forefront of Millions of Potential Customers’ Minds” - 12/15/11 05:32 AM
In an article for Research 2 Guidance: The Mobile Research Specialists, Ralf-Gordon Jahns discusses why his company thinks mobile applications will become as important for companies as their websites. The mobile app marketplaces are constantly changing and developing. This constant positive growth has led Ralf to his list of six reasons to support the companies’ claims of application importance.

For reasons 1-3, both the ubiquity of Smartphone and the ubiquity of app stores will contribute greatly to the success of mobile apps.  Smartphone will increasingly grow in popularity, causing the use of standard cell phones to decrease. This growth in … (2 comments)

smarter agent: Join the Next Smarter Agent FREE Webinar -Own your Own Mobile Real Estate Leads! - 12/14/11 02:12 AM
Mobile Knowledge is Power!  Calling all real estate professionals, sign up for Smarter Agent’s free webinar and learn how our mobile solutions can increase your brand awareness and build your business.
Research shows that within the next three years more than 50% of consumers will access information from their mobile phone. What does this mean for the real estate industry? It means that many homebuyers will be searching for real estate information on their phone, not their computer.
Learn how you can offer clients and prospects a mobile solution that’s branded to you, shows all MLS/IDX listings in your market and … (0 comments)

smarter agent: Smarter Agent Announces New MLS to their Mobile Real Estate Application - 12/13/11 02:20 AM
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Contact Person: Tracie Close, Online Marketing ManagerCompany Name: Smarter Agent, LLCTelephone Number: 856-614-5468Fax Number: 972-215-0236Email Address: tclose@smarteragent.com
Web site address: http://www.smarteragent.com
Smarter Agent Announces New MLS to their Mobile Real Estate Application
Camden, NJ. December 13, 2011 — Smarter Agent, the leading mobile real estate application in the US announced today the addition of 14 Real Estate Multiple Listing Services, MLSs, to their real estate mobile application listings taking their total MLS participation number to 353 listing sites.
Smarter Agent’s listing also now surpass more than 4 million homes and properties around the country accessible through its free … (2 comments)

smarter agent: Mobile Real Estate Apps Focus on Clients Needs, Build Agents’ Brands - 12/13/11 02:19 AM
I just finished attending 2 days at the Triple Play Real Estate Expo in Atlantic City last week.  Many people stopped by the Smarter Agent booth to learn more about mobile marketing and some people truly understand the importance of adding a mobile solution to their future marketing plans.  We were able to talk about different products we offer including our branded mobile app and also our more premium White Label mobile application.
While it would be nice to focus on those REALTORS who “get it” and see a future in having their own branded mobile app, I have to comment … (0 comments)

smarter agent: Trulia Needs to Make Greater Strides in their Real Estate Data Accuracy to Catch Up… - 12/12/11 12:28 AM
In their recent year recap, Trulia Founder and CEO, Pete Flint made a point of noting that Trulia has made “great strides” with the quality assurance program which manages the accuracy of their MLS listings. He goes on to note that the QA system patrols their more than 400,000 listings for more accuracy for their client agents and buyers managing their property search.
As any mobile real estate platform provider will acknowledge, mobile real estate listing data accuracy is crucial to the viability of any mobile app. While Trulia may continue to “make strides” towards improved data accuracy, Smarter Agent avoids … (3 comments)

smarter agent: Should You Build Another Real Estate Brand or your Own? - 12/08/11 04:27 AM
According Trulia CEO Pete Flint, 20% to 30% of their traffic is now on a mobile device.  That is a nice stat and does continue to show the ever growing importance of mobile in the real estate industry.  Here at Smarter Agent, we agree that mobile is a great tool for transaction-ready consumers.  We know that a very high percentage of clients of our Smarter Agent app, as well asthe  thousands of mobile apps we power, see a very high percentage of users ‘transact’ on the phone whether they call or email an agent directly. Having been a web marketer for … (0 comments)

smarter agent: The NAR 2011 Experience: Real Estate Recognizes Mobile - 11/28/11 03:50 AM
Just returned to the office after the NAR Conference in Anaheim and what a show it was!  The Smarter Agent booth had a steady flow of traffic all 4 days and REALTORS from all over the country are starting to embrace mobile marketing technologies.  There certainly is a gap between those who are ahead of the curve and those who still do not understand how mobile real estate marketing will enhance their brand identity and also empower their clients. 
I did have some time to walk the show floor myself and look at other vendor’s booths.  One thing that surprised me … (2 comments)

smarter agent: NAR Wrap Up - Industry of Connection - 11/22/11 11:48 PM
Every time I go to any national realtor event, it always amazes me how busy everyone is. Very rarely do you see someone sitting around bored. You are more likely to see multiple people collapsing from exhaustion.
I was speaking with a group from the Young Professionals Network and as we sat and talked, they shared how tired each of them were. One after another they gave glimpses of their schedules, up at 5:45am, meeting at 6:30am, and then meeting after meeting followed up by a long night of reconnecting with old friends.
In the industry of real estate, there is … (4 comments)

smarter agent: Mobile Technology Gives Hope to the Real Estate Industry - 11/16/11 01:17 AM
As I head home from the NAR conference today, I’m trying to process all of the information I’ve taken in over the past few days. I took some time over the weekend to walk around the center and see what other booths are offering…..and it’s really all about technology.
By the time someone gets to our booth, they have been handed flyer after flyer about a new real estate technology that didn’t exist last year. For some agents it can be exciting, and for others it can be overwhelming and depressing. Why depressing you may ask? It’s because at all of … (0 comments)

smarter agent: Embracing Technology can Impact your Brand Perception – Thoughts on the Way Home from NAR 2011 - 11/15/11 08:04 AM
So I am writing this from the airport on my way home back this year’s NAR Convention in Anaheim, CA, to the east coast from Long Beach airport.  I am flying Jetblue from Long Beach which is my first trip from the LBC, as Snoop Dog affectionally refers to it.
When we were looking for flights I wanted to go with Jetblue since I have rarely taken them, because it seemed like a cool brand and thought the experience would make the long flight seem less painful.  I was surprised if not frustrated to learn once I boarded that the flight, … (2 comments)

smarter agent: MLS implementation of the Smarter Agent Free MLS Branded Mobile Application, Part 3 of a 3 part series - 11/10/11 05:44 AM
The third featured Smarter Agent MLS Branded Mobile App participant lies in the picturesque state of Rhode Island.  I reached out to Michael Letendre, the Chief Information Officer for State-Wide MLS, Inc., and asked why they decided to take their MLS mobile.
“With our public-facing website having such an established brand here in RI, we felt that it was critical that consumers had a mobile-based alternative to access our on-line portal.  While working with Smarter Agent to create “RILiving Mobile”, we leveraged that product to then promote their member-branded version to our agents & brokers.” 
Michael also stated that the RILiving … (0 comments)

smarter agent: Smarter Agent: A Moving Target for Advertisers - 11/04/11 06:32 AM
Fact:  Movers spend more money in the 3 months surrounding their move than established residents spend in a 4 year period! Do you provide services or products to movers? Contact Smarter Agent today to see how we can get your ads in front of home sellers and buyers!
A Home-Buyers Spending Path
After searching for homes on the Smarter Agent mobile application, they find a house to buy.  They’re going to need a mortgage company to get pre-approval the lowest rates.  They’ll need a home inspection, title search, home warranty, perhaps a lawyer and definitely a realtor before they even think … (0 comments)

smarter agent: MLS Implementation of our Smarter Agent Free MLS Branded Mobile Application: Part 1 of our 3 Part Series - 11/01/11 04:33 AM
Our newest participants in Smarter Agent’s Free MLS Branded Mobile Application program are our friends in beautiful El Paso, Texas.  I reached out to Jason Sanchez, Director of MLS & Technology for Greater El Paso Association of Realtors®, and asked him why they decided to take their MLS mobile.
“Mobile is the future or I should say in many ways the now!  Most Consumers are moving to mobile browsing or app based technology and the consumer is our member’s client.  Our goal is to bring more consumers to our members and with Smarter Agent’s technology I believe we can get closer … (0 comments)

 


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