Visit these sites for mostly free online services to save you a lot of time and make you look more professional.
1. ONLINE PHOTO STORAGE (Free) - Posting Online Photos that are too large to email. Upload to Picassa and email the link. http://picasa.google.com
2. VISUAL VOICEMAIL (Free) - If you want a custom greeting for each and every contact try try YouMail (www.YouMail.com). Yes there is an app for that on the iphone.
3. GET THEIR VOICEMAIL (Free) - If you want to get someone's voicemail without ringing their phone (as we all want to do occasionally) try SlyDial (www.SlyDial.com) Yes there is an app for that on the iphone.
4. LARGE FILE STORAGE ONLINE ($99 yr.) - The Mobile Me (www.me.com) site on Apple.com will allow you to store and huge files that you could not otherwise store (up to 20 GB). The service has a lot of other features for the iphone but the storage feature is worth the $99 per year fee. You can email a link to a large file easily with the mobile me app.
5. SATELITE IMAGES (Free) - Very high quality aerial photos can be found at http://www.bing.com/maps/?FORM=Z9LH9. If you use the PrtScn feature on your keyboard you can capture the image and past it where ever (subject to copy write of course).
6. EASY WEB SITES - Network Solutions offers very easy to use web design templates for the low price of around $9.95 per month. With a little skill you can easily create custom websites for individual listings (View some of mine - www.LiveOnEastBay.com, (www.AllLakefront.com, www.WolverineHome.com). All were created in about 6 hours and they are fairly easy to do and it impresses your seller. Create a site and post regularly to craigslist.
7. EASY WAY TO POST FLYERS TO CRAIGSLIST (Free)- Use Postlets (www.Postlets.com) to easily create a flyer which can be posted to craigslist in HTML format. This is a free service.
8. WEB STATISTICS (Free) - Use Statcounter (www.Statcounter.com) to easily track traffic to any of your websites. This free service will allow you to see dozens of reports for any number of websites. You can create a separate login for your clients so they can see the stats. It impresses sellers to see traffic you generate especially if you create a custom website for their listing.
9. CHEAP DOMAINS - If you want a custom Domain cheap go to 1 and 1 (www.1and1.com). Dot com domains are just $8.99, Dot net domains are just $4.49 per year and include webmail, private registration, 5 sub domains, starter web builder homepage and a money back guarantee. It used to include web forwarding but I am not sure it still does.
10. VIDEO EMAIL (FREE) - Get Skype (www.Skype) and with your webcam and a microphone you can easily and quickly send free video emails. These have high impact and can be used to present an offer to multiple Sellers so they all hear the same information. Try it you'll love it.
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