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Vancouver Real Estate Tech July Meetup - Mon. July 7th

July 3rd, 2008 by Stephen Jagger

On Monday, July 7th at 6:00pm we have the monthly Real Estate Technology Meetup at Ceilis Irish Pub in downtown Vancouver. We have a special speaker coming in to speak to our group. Please RSVP here and remember it is FREE to attend.

Presentation: Scott Humphrey, Peak Performance Specialist
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Scott Humphrey from Peak Performance will be at Ceilis Irish Pub to speak about mindset, focus and productivity. This interactive 50 minute empowering session is designed to provide you with strategies that you can use immediately to measurably enhance your professional and personal lives. At the end of the session Scott will also take a moment to introduce you to the upcoming Tony Robbins’ Unleash the Power Within weekend.

Scott advises and cosults with Fortune 500 companies, executives, manager and sales professionals in the area of peak performance, leadership and sales.

Benefits:

- Closing the gap between where you are and where you want to be
- Breaking old patterns and creating empowering patterns of beliefs
- Keeping a positive attitude and staying mentally tough
- Making sure that we not only know what to do, but that we DO what we KNOW
- Conquering the fear of rejection or failure when it comes to prospecting
- Turning complacency into consistent action
- Presenting with confidence EVERY TIME

Who should attend: Those who desire to learn cutting edge tools that will help them overcome challenges and rapidly achieve their personal and professional goals.

Plus, Rebecca from Miss604.com is the media sponsor and she will be live blogging the event for all that can’t make it.

Who comes to the Meetup? Watch this video:

Andrew Carros of Sotheby’s International Realty Canada…

July 2nd, 2008 by Stephen Jagger

starts a new website on the Ubertor system and takes full advantage of the unlocked CSS feature that we offer. He has completely customized the website to his unique look and feel. Looks great!

It Is Flattering To Be Copied; But When Do You Consider Something Out Right Theft?

July 1st, 2008 by Stephen Jagger

Vancouver Realtor Julia Lau launched a new website. The only problem is that it is a complete copy of an Ubertor website. It Is Flattering To Be Copied; But When Do You Consider Something Out Right Theft? The really funny thing is that she choose to copy an old version of one of our templates. We stopped offering this template almost 2 years ago.

Why would you bother doing this? Is saving $37/month really worth it?

Realtors don’t pay a monthly fee for our software because of our templates.

They pay the monthly fee for the constant improvement to our system; the search engine optimization; the live support; the flexibility; the customization; the look and feel of their listings; the foresight of the system; the video integration; the built in blog; plus much much more.

In the last 2 years we have added:
- syndication functionality to Youtube and Vimeo
- control over links addition/deletion functionality
- listing photos drag and drop functionality added
- ability to add your complete listing to Craigslist quickly and easily
- complete control over your Robots.txt file
- landing page creation tool for your Google Adwords (or any advertisements)
- ability to add a custom Favicon
- CSS complete unlock, system wide
- plus tons more

How do I know that this is not just a similar looking website? (lots of our competitors copy our look and feel) But check the source code; you will notice the word “ubertor” in it a few times. I attached an image below.

So, is it flattering to be copied; When Do You Consider Something Out Right Theft?

Kitscondos.ca, Kitsilano Realtors, June 30, 2008

June 30th, 2008 by Uber Bryan

KitsCondos.ca - Site of the Week from Cristian Marine on Vimeo.

Jacky Levi and Jeff Fitzpatrick are the proud owners of Kitscondos.ca, a niche market site that specializes in the sale of properties in the Kitsilano area.

The website offers a great design by Kuni using flash in both video and animation formats. Jacky and Jeff use three unique lead capture contact forms: BOOK A SHOWING, PROPERTY ALERTS and KITSTRACKER. Kitscondos.ca has also integrated Google Maps in many of their pages adding interactivity to it. Their listings are intelligently categorized making it a lot easier for visitors to look through their online listing availability.

Fresh, up to date and easy are the three words that describe this week’s Site of the Week.

Gary Vaynerchuk talks about the use of social media…

June 29th, 2008 by Stephen Jagger

Gary Vaynerchuk, famous online wine expert who is changing the wine world, met up with the Reachd team in Seattle for an interview about social media.

Learn, Study, Absorb, Pick Up, Acquire, Hit The Books

June 24th, 2008 by Stephen Jagger

Big few weeks coming up. Lots of great learning events for you to take advantage of. Here are the upcoming events in the Vancouver and Seattle areas:

3 Hour Video Training
Special Guest: Gary Vaynerchuk

Saturday June 28th 9am - 12pm
Zillow’s Office (999 3rd Ave, Seattle, WA)
$200.00 (includes FREE Flip Video Camera and FREE copy of Gary’s book)
REGISTER NOW

The Vancouver Real Estate Tech July Meetup
Special Guest: Scott Humphrey, Peak Performance Specialist
Monday July 7th 6:00pm - 8:30pm
Ceili’s Irish Pub (670 Smithe, Vancouver, BC)
FREE (feel free to bring a friend)
RSVP NOW

3 Hour Video Training
Tuesday July 15th 2pm - 5pm
Ceili’s Irish Pub (670 Smithe, Vancouver, BC)
$200.00 (includes FREE Flip Video Camera)
REGISTER NOW

3 hours of Blog Training
Tuesday July 8th 2pm - 5pm
Ceili’s Irish Pub (670 Smithe, Vancouver BC)
Cost - $99.00
REGISTER NOW

3 Hour SEO Training
Thursday July 10th 2pm - 5pm
Ceili’s Irish Pub (670 Smithe, Vancouver BC)
Cost - $99.00
REGISTER NOW

Learn to Market Like a Snipper
3 hour Adwords Training
Tuesday July 3rd 2pm - 5pm
Ceili’s Irish Pub (670 Smithe, Vancouver BC)
Cost - $99.00
REGISTER NOW

Social Media Guided Tour (Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin)
Tuesday July 29th 2pm - 5pm
Ceili’s Irish Pub (670 Smithe, Vancouver BC)
Cost $200.00 + Bring a Friend for FREE
REGISTER NOW

Inman asks for “your stories”

June 23rd, 2008 by Stephen Jagger

Calling all agents and real estate developers.. Inman News wants your stories and asks that you submit your videos with your response. From their website:

“We’re looking for interesting stories and you want to tell us in person. So shoot a video and share it with us.

What do we want?
Developers - tell us what you’ve been working on and why it’s important. Tell us the genesis of the idea and how you’re responding to a real need in the marketplace.

Agents - tell us how your integrating technology into your business. How you’ve changed up your marketing to react to Web 2.0.”

They ask you to use a Flip Video Camera…. so go out and get one or if you want one and some training you can do that through Reachd in Seattle or Vancouver.

Get shooting and good luck!

Ubertor Video Testimonial - a great way to get onto the Ubertor blog

June 23rd, 2008 by Stephen Jagger

Video Realtor Ian Watt posted this video about his experience with Ubertor, check it out:

Only 25 Cents - Ubertor the best Realtor Website Company from Ian Watt Vancouver Penthouse on Vimeo.

Loftsvancouver.com, Vancouver Loft Realtors, June 23, 2008

June 23rd, 2008 by Uber Bryan

Reid Dewson and Ed Gramauskas, owners of loftsvancouver.com, are Realtors that specialize in the sale of lofts in Vancouver. They are currently listing the last ten home in the Pure building at 1252 hornby street.

Reid and Ed have created a site with a unique design that helps set them apart from other Realtors. If we look in the site we find great info on loft lifestyle, what is a loft and the different kinds of lofts. This extra content helps them achieve high rankings on search engines like Google and Yahoo. They have a great introductory video that helps the visitor get to know the team at Lofts Vancouver. Hopefully, we will see more of Reid and Ed now that Ubertor has Youtube and Vimeo integration.Their interesting map search takes you to all the listings in a specific neighborhood adding to the ease of use and customer experence.

JohnJennings.com, Westside Vancouver Realtor, June 17, 2008

June 17th, 2008 by Uber Bryan

Ubertor’s client service team has chosen John Jennings website as this week’s Site of the Week. Alexa rank of 4,024,416 What is Alexa Rank?

John Jennings is a Realtor that focuses on selling property in the West and North Vancouver area.

The website is filled with great information for both buyers and sellers, which makes it a very attractive website to visit and navigate through. This information also helps John reach the top spots on search engines such as Google, Yahoo, and MSN. Johnjennings.com is one of the best designs provided by Kuni Designs and very focused on helping visitors and clients find what they want, when they want, in a peaceful contrast between color and design.

Remember, if you feel your Ubertor websites deserves recognition, and want to be our next Site of the Week, feel free to contact us here