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Another AR trick up my sleeve!

By Paul Viau

Services for Real Estate Pros with Nova Scotia Real Estate Blog

September 26, 2007 10:48 AM

Today our tech guy was in- He is at University and comes in Tuesday mornings and Wednesday Afternoons. I asked him if I could put a link to AR from My E-mail Signature . We tried various methods but failed. So I forwarded all my mail over to my G-mail account and played with the link a little bit. He used some Firefox plugin called "Grease Monkey" and played around for a couple minutes and here is what he came up with! I may tweak it a bit over time, but it will do for now.

Both the Active Rain button and my name come up as links to my AR home page!

If anyone wants a more detailed explanation of how he managed this - Just leave me a post and I'll get him to e-mail me a "simplified" version of how he did it. I'll get it out to you ASAP! Just think of how many e-mails you send a day!

*** Note the following is a cut and paste of the actual - the links don't work here***

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xx az xx - Autaugaville, AL

Paul I would love to figure that out also, will that work as a join button also? I would love to have the instructions, please forward to AzHelpUSell@yahoo.com Thanks Much, Cool idea!

Sep 26, 2007 11:02 AM

Paul Viau

Nova Scotia Real Estate Blog - Halifax, NS

Nova Scotia Real Estate Blog + Photo Services

Maureen - Thanks -We are trying to get the directions on some level I can understand - It might take a day or so - But I'll get it to you. I have a feeling this could be big!

Candace - never thought of that! great thought ! It's kind of custom so basically - I believe anything could be done.

Sep 26, 2007 11:08 AM

Tom Plant

WINEormous.com - Murrieta, CA

Paul - Why didn't I think of that!!! Great idea. I'm stealing it!

Sep 27, 2007 09:16 AM

Here is how he did it. He is a programmer. - Might not be something easily done without a tech guy in you office. If you are having problems -let me know and you can contact Ben yourself.

Paul

- Downloaded this Firefox Extension: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/748

- Downloaded a configuration script from here: http://www.opensourceopportunities.com/htmlreplysignaturesforgm.user.js

- Configured the tool under an 'Options' menu in Firefox...

Ben

Sep 27, 2007 10:29 AM

Thanks Paul-- I will see what I can do!!

Thanks for the info, I will be it on my 'to-do' list..

Sep 29, 2007 07:07 AM

Nancy Morrish

Stage Tucson! Professional Home Staging - Tucson, AZ

Stage Tucson!

wow..........great idea.........I'd love to do it, but I'm not exactly techno-saavy.........I will paste your instructions for when our College kids are visiting. Thanks for sharing, and what a great way for people to find out about AR.

Oct 03, 2007 02:44 AM

Elizabeth Nieves

The Elizabeth Nieves Realty Group - Durham, NC

Bilingual Raleigh - Durham North Carolina Real Estate Team

Sign me up! I love that kinda stuff...but, I need step-by-step instructions. Send to Elizabeth@ElizabethNieves.com THANKS!!!

Oct 03, 2007 03:51 AM

Seth Callen

Farmers Insurance - Lawton, OK

Oh, yeah....gotta know how to get this set up. Very useful and thank you.

Oct 03, 2007 04:55 AM

David Yeoman

Mortgage Intelligence Inc. (David Yeoman) - Barrie, ON

Quite frankly I am not exactly sure what the benefit would be.

I assume that if this is part of your email signature the reader is someone you most likely know. Why would you direct a Canadian client to a predominately American site?

Also would it not be more beneficial to point that potential client directly to your own website rather then a site in which they could choice from a number of your competitors?

Just a thought. Maybe not a good one but a thought just the same.

Oct 10, 2007 11:42 PM

Kathy Clulow

Uxbridge, ON

Trusted For Experience - Respected For Results

Paul - Your link here worked fine for me!! I think I might get my web guy to try a few things he made a click to join one for my blog

Oct 11, 2007 06:42 AM

Mike Klijanowicz

Cummings & Co. Realtors - Perry Hall, MD

Associate Broker @ Cummings & Co. Realtors

That is pretty cool! Make sure you let the "powers that be" at AR know about it and they may give you some BONUS points to reward your advertising efforts and creativity!

Oct 19, 2007 04:49 AM

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