vflyer: Using vFlyer for Job Listings - Category Spotlight
- 08/30/07 12:59 PM
Job Openings are one of the top five product category on vFlyer! Both employers and recruiters are using vFlyer to push job openings to vertical job search engines like SimplyHired, Indeed and Jobalot as well a horizontal players like Google Base, Vast, Oodle and Edgeio. vFlyer templates can also be used to post jobs on Craigslist!vFlyer allows you to take advantage of trends such as increased direct employer posting, the growth in the number of vertical job search engines, and candidates increased reliance on the Internet as part of their job search. Because vFlyer automatically exposes your job openings to the … (1 comments)
vflyer: Some Great Property Photos
- 08/29/07 05:47 PM
It has often been said that a picture is worth a thousand words and there isn’t anything nicer that a flyer or listing with a great property photo (obviously a great price is nice too!) I have always been impressed by the number of quality photos I continue to find on vFlyer! Here are some of my recent favorites: 261 Crown Circle, South San Francisco 16470 PINE FOREST ST Distinctive Waterfront Coventry Neighborhood! Views, Views, Views... 60 Headland Court New Home For Sales Prestigious Custom Estate on 2.4 Acres 5024 Lincoln Avenue, Highland Park More and more real estate agents are … (5 comments)
vflyer: Plain Old Image Hosting
- 08/27/07 03:53 PM
Some people don’t realize you can use Watermark Plus for plain old simple image hosting. Simply upload your photos and make sure Graphic Type is None and the Text field is left blank! We’ll upload your photo and host it for you (for free) – another great use of Watermark Plus. You an access the hosted image by clicking Get HTML and using the URL in your IMG (image) tag. So for example: <img src=http://muoto.vflyer.com/images/enhanced/122029.png> Uploaded photos are stored in PNG format. Unlike JPG, which is a lossy compression technique, PNG uses lossless compression – meaning no data or quality … (4 comments)
vflyer: vFlyer of the Week: Gingerbread House
- 08/26/07 12:29 PM
This week’s vFlyer of Week comes from vFlyer power user Bob Taylor of Bob Taylor Properties (who has over 25 properties listed with vFlyer) and is a very unique property at 5024 Lincoln Avenue, Highland Park (See Zillow)! Bob has covered all his bases – in addition to this great vFlyer, he has all of his info and the property info in Zillow as well! It reminded me a bit of a gingerbread house – in any case, a great looking property and a great price! … (3 comments)
vflyer: Creating Custom Flyer Templates
- 08/25/07 03:06 PM
Some of you may not know they can create their own custom flyers templates rather than using one of the standard templates. Its actually very simple and results are only limited by your creativity! Simple click on Create New link in the Template (Look-and-Feel) section of your flyer. This will take you to the Template Editor that allows you to customize most aspects of your flyer including background, colors and fonts (then follow the instructions in the vFlyer Support Wiki).
Here are some great creative examples of user-generated custom templates: Tuscany Villas Condominiums… Fabulous low-maintenance living! Well Maintained 1BR Mission … (14 comments)
vflyer: Single Property Sites - Dispelling the Myths and Embracing the Benefits!
- 08/23/07 05:33 PM
#1 – Single Property Websites are more about customer satisfaction than SEONot everything in life is about SEO! Sellers love single property website because they makes them feel good – and for a Realtor, a happy customer is good thing! Joel Burslem at the Future of Real Estate Marketing in his post on the same subject exclaims: I suppose as a point of differentiation over other agents, especially if you’re competing for a high-end, luxury property, then appealing to a seller’s ego and telling them you’ll build them a unique website could secure you that listing. I agree with Joel that … (6 comments)
vflyer: We Do Commercial Too! - Category Spotlight
- 08/23/07 08:51 AM
This all translates into good news for commercial Realtors! So, it’s no surprise the level of commercial real estate listing activity on vFlyer continues to grow! Available commercial real state categories include Office Building for Sale and Office for Lease. Here are some recent flyer examples: For Lease San Leandro Retail Space (Office for Lease) Medical Office Building For Sale (Office Building for Sale) Professional Office Space (Office for Lease) Mechanic Repair Shop /Smog Test Only Shop (Office for Lease) 3045 Sq. Ft. Tower District Office (Office Building for Sale) Technorati Tags: Real Estate, vFlyer … (0 comments)
vflyer: vFlyer Images of the Week: Pictures that Say it All
- 08/13/07 07:36 AM
As we mentioned a couple of weeks ago, the quality and quantity of Watermark Plus images continues to grow! It is always exciting to see users applying our technology in creative ways to solve their sales and marketing problems! One of the best uses of Watermark Plus to create information-rich pictures thay really “say it all”. The first photo from Dawn Graham Homes does this by marrying a high quality photo with the caption “Top Rated Schools” and a photograph of the listing agent that sends a clear message to prospective buyers! Elise Timpe of First Team “says it all” by … (4 comments)
vflyer: Domain Plus and Email Forwarding
- 08/10/07 10:11 AM
For example, if you purchase the domain name 1240westmain.com, then all the email send to it (info@1240westmain.com, john@1240westmain.com, i.e.) would get forwarded to your primary email address! So in addition to a custom or vanity domain name you get free email routing! Technorati Tags: Domains, Email, vFlyer … (0 comments)
vflyer: Domain Plus - vFlyer's Single Property Site service is Now Available!
- 08/09/07 08:16 PM
Last week we announced an innovative new service from vFlyer – Domain Plus - the ability to map one or more domain names to your gallery or flyers! Today, I am happy to announce Domain Plus is live! Domain Plus allows subscribers to search for available domain names and then map them to either their gallery or any one of their flyers (non-subscribers will need to upgrade to use the service). Using this service you can create single property websites (http://www.1240westmain.com) that map to an individual flyer or quickly deploy a primary or secondary website by mapping a domain name … (1 comments)
vflyer: vFlyer of the Week: Real Estate on MySpace
- 08/08/07 10:29 AM
We have talked about how to use vFlyer on social networking sites like MySpace in the past and a growing number of vFlyer users are posting flyers on both social and business networking sites like MySpace and ActiveRain! This trend is true for sales professionals such as Realtors. According to recent marketing report by Inman, 31% of agents are getting involved with social networking websites. The folks at Sonoma County Real Estate and Investments definitely understand the power of social media marketing are one of many active vFlyer posters on MySpace and this week’s flyer comes from their blog.Related Posts: Marketing … (2 comments)
vflyer: NAR 2007 Technology Survey and Inman's Marketing Report
- 08/08/07 08:02 AM
NAR 2007 Survey – Technology Trends: 54% of real estate professionals have spent more than $1000 in 2006 80% of sales agents/associate brokers highly valued the technology supplied by their broker 65% of sales agents/associate brokers wanted more technology from their broker 66% of respondents have their own real estate agent business Web site Top 3 Sources of Leads: Referrals, repeat business and the Internet 79% of respondents are not satisfied with the amount of web leads they got from their sites 69% of respondents who have participated with lead resellers were dissatisfied NAR 2007 Survey – Using Technology in Business: … (8 comments)
vflyer: vFlyer Corporate Pricing and Discounts Available
- 08/07/07 01:11 PM
If you a broker, rental property management firm, or sales organization and are interested in either program, simply send us an email at: sales@vflyer.com. If you are an agent, associate broker or sales professional and would like to see your broker or organization offer vFlyer services or discounts, feel free to forward this post and give them a subtle hint. Technorati Tags: Real Estate, vFlyerRemaxcoldwellprudentialbrokerrealtorkeller williamsreal estate … (0 comments)
vflyer: Real Estate Dinner 2.2 at Bloggers Connect
- 08/06/07 07:50 AM
Last Monday (July 30) at Lulu’s Restaurant in San Francisco, CA, on the eve of the Real Estate Connect show, a small group of us had another informal Real Estate 2.0 Dinner. We had the first of these dinners in February of this year, and I thought it would be a good idea to hold another dinner with folks in town for conference.
In attendance were Jared Morgenstern, one of the folks responsible for Facebook’s marketplace, Keith Teare – the co-founder and CEO of Edgeio, Joel Burslem – who is responsible for social media marketing at Inman News and brains … (2 comments)
vflyer: vFlyer Bloggers Connect Panel Recap
- 08/05/07 10:33 AM
As I mentioned in my previous posts, both Aaron and myself had the opportunity to speak on two very interesting panels at the Inman’s Bloggers Connect Show. I spoke on the Pump Up the Volume with Widgets, Blidgets and Other Doo-Dads panel at 1.15pm on Wednesday. Also on the panel were Matt Dunlap – CTO of Realivent Corporation, Konstantin Guericke – CEO of Jaxtr and previously co-founder of Linkedin, and Byrne Reese – Product Manager for Movable Type at Six Apart. Joel Burslem of Inman News did a great job moderating the panel. You can find a high level summary of … (2 comments)
vflyer: Domain Plus - Adding Domain Names to Flyers and Galleries
- 08/03/07 11:05 AM
Earlier this week, we announced Domain Plus, a new service coming next week (August 8th) that enables vFlyer subscribers to find, purchase and host Single Property Websites without leaving the vFlyer site!With Domain Plus, subscribers can purchase and attach any number of available domain names to their flyers (micro-site) or galleries! One of the latest marketing strategies used by agents and brokers is to buy domains for their listings and map them to a Single Property Website. Agents find that clients love this. They also find that the site becomes a focal point for their online marketing for this listing. … (1 comments)
vflyer: Widgets, Blogs and Online Selling
- 08/02/07 06:33 AM
As an real estate professional or online seller looking at widgets and their potential role on your blog or website, it is helpful for you to examine them in light of three important and related business drivers: Traffic generation: For an online sellers, the direct or indirect purpose of blog or website is attract potential customers. This is done by generating traffic. There are many components to generating traffic and widgets can definitely impact some of them. Stickiness: This involves creating a online property that end-users (prospective clients) spend a lot of time on or visit frequently. Stickiness can be … (8 comments)
vflyer: vFlyer of the Week: Including Coupons
- 08/01/07 05:23 AM
This week’s vFlyer of Week comes from Craigslist! The folks at the Villages has a great idea when they create and posted their vFlyer on Craigslist – include a Internet Special Coupon! Using incentives for renting apartments is a great idea. According to industry experts, a growing number of rental properties are using Internet coupons as an inducement, another great idea that can be tied into your flyer! … (5 comments)
vflyer: The Art of Text Messaging vFlyers
- 07/26/07 10:48 AM
Earlier this week, I talked about the email delivery options available to vFlyer users. Some of you have probably noticed the Send SMS link right next to the Send Email link.This link allows you to text message a mobile link to your flyer, a link to your gallery or the summary and address of a flyer via SMS (Short Message Service). Text messaging is a feature that is currently available on most mobile phones and in fact, seventy six percent (76%) of those who own a cellphone say they have utilized texting. Sending a mobile link to flyer is extremely … (1 comments)
ABOUT COMPANY vFlyer is an online marketing and distribution platform that allows real estate professionals to turn their listings into "virtual flyers" that can posted on dozens of leading online marketplaces, posted on Craigslist, distributed via email or SMS, outputted as PDF, or embedded as widgets on blogs and social networks.
Job Openings are one of the top five product category on vFlyer! Both employers and recruiters are using vFlyer to push job openings to vertical job search engines like SimplyHired, Indeed and Jobalot as well a horizontal players like Google Base, Vast, Oodle and Edgeio. vFlyer templates can also be used to post jobs on Craigslist!vFlyer allows you to take advantage of trends such as increased direct employer posting, the growth in the number of vertical job search engines, and candidates increased reliance on the Internet as part of their job search. Because vFlyer automatically exposes your job openings to the … (1 comments)
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