CellSigns takes real estate information mobile for Buyers, Agents and Brokers

Philadelphia (PRWEB) July 24, 2008 — CellSigns, Inc., the premier provider of mobile tools and services for real estate and newspapers, announced today that they have released version 2.0 of their mobile search tool, Mobile Agent. Now a home buyer can drive around their local market, see any home for sale and get property information on that home, including photos and detailed descriptions, in just seconds. Any Broker or Agent can easily deploy an SMS (text message) mobile access tool for home buyers and agents alike. The buyer can quickly search by property address, street name, MLS number and more, all on-the-go, from any cell phone and get information by SMS (text messaging), MMS (multimedia messaging) and WAP (mobile internet).

Mobile Agent(tm) provides such features as:

- Mobile Search by Property Address, Street Name, MLS#, Agent Name…

- Photos on a cell phone with detailed property description & information.

- Comparable properties to view all similar homes.

- Text-to-Client lets listing information be sent immediately to clients or other agents.

- Click-to-Call empowers consumers to instantly connect to their agent or broker.

- Works on all cell phones without any downloads or special training.

“This is a powerful mobile access tool. In addition to being able to retrieve property information on the go, it has the benefit of empowering buyers by giving them access in real time to the listing information using any standard cell phone,” says Mark Ford , CEO CellSigns, Inc. “MobileAgent allows agents and consumers to pull out their cell phones and access all homes on the market. Buyers can connect with their agent immediately to schedule a showing. In addition the buyer and agent can logon to the Mobile Agent website to view the full history of properties accessed.”

Dave Geipel, President of CellSigns, adds, “We’ve created our mobile service to empower the agent and home buyer while they are out driving around neighborhoods, visiting properties. Our updates to Mobile Agent let the industry know we have finally fulfilled what the internet always promised - to connect the buyer and agent with the information everyone seeks. Agents can be more productive and finally be in more places at the same time through the service.” CellSigns has the only complete mobile product suite in the industry, servicing buyers, sellers, agents, brokers and MLS boards.

Mobile Agent has been launched market by market to thousands of real estate agents. The service currently covers 20 major metro areas and more are being added daily. Agents and Brokers can sign up today at real estate text messaging service and mobile search tools were awarded the “Most Innovative Technology of the Year” award in real estate from Inman News.

About CellSigns
CellSigns (www.cellsigns.com), a QWASI company, is a leading mobile applications company providing interactive solutions for businesses via text messaging, SMS, MMS and WAP. Supported by every major wireless carrier and working on over 99% of all cell phones, the company offers Mobile Agent real estate search, private label mobile search tools, click-to-chat, click-to-text, Mobile IM (MIM) applications, customized alerting and the only interactive property marketing service for real estate. CellSigns powers over 1.1 million real estate listings, 1.5 million mobile ads and mobile alerts.

CellSigns Contact

Patricia Scanlon, CellSigns, Inc 877-747-9274, patricia.scanlon @ cellsigns.com

The other day I wrote 5 ways to get your website shining and you need to get that done because a recent Yahoo survey studied how online resources influence home buyers and sellers.

According to the Yahoo! study, consumers look to the Web to ensure that the selected agent will best meet their specific needs. Key findings include:

- Home buyers and sellers consider approximately two agents on average before making a final decision

- The Internet impacts consumer trust. Forty percent of respondents credited a site in increasing their trust in the agent

- 74% of people who accessed an agent website got there with the help of a search engine

- The online research process is quick and intense: consumers spent an average of 12 hours online researching agents and 75% selected an agent within one week of starting their search

Online resources provided introduction to new agents as well as promotional deals:

- 45% of respondents used the Internet to learn about agents they didn’t know existed

- 41% discovered special deals and promotions offered from an agent through the Internet

eCommission has been rated the number one commission advance company by industry experts

(PRWEB) July 22, 2008 — eCommission Financial Services is a factoring company for real estate commission advances. Having been in business more than 10 years, they have developed a reputation among brokers and agents as the commission advance company of choice.

Recently, Beth McGuire of RIS Media, wrote an article talking about the commission advance industry and within that article she mentions eCommission:

“In speaking with brokers, the company most consistently sited as being trusted is eCommission based in Austin, TX. This sentiment stems from eCommission’s policy of requiring brokers to authorize 100% of all advance requests prior to funding and never advancing money directly to agents without the broker’s consent, a common practice at other advance companies. Most importantly, eCommission does not hold the broker responsible to repay advances if a sale falls through, but the broker is required to withhold future commissions earned by the agent if an advance is not repaid as originally agreed.”

As more agents look for quality partners to work with, eCommission has been on the top of the list and has received thousands of requests from agents over the last year.

With over $350 million in commission advances since launching their service in the United States, eCommission is the endorsed national alliance partner for COLDWELL BANKER®, ERA®, CENTURY 21®, PRUDENTIAL REAL ESTATE AFFILIATES, INC. ®, NRT®, RE/MAX® and also works with hundreds of independent real estate companies.

For more information on eCommission and their services, please call 877-882-4368 or online at www.eCommission.com

Interview Contact: Sean Whaling, eCommission Financial Services
Telephone: 877-882-4368, ext. 866
agent @ ecommission.com

www.eCommission.com
eCommission Financial Services
5914 West Courtyard Dr.
Suite 320
Austin, TX 78730

Use these ideas and tips to make your website more successful:

1. Touch up your homepage so people are excited to work with you. Want Results, Focus On The Home Page

2. Get people involved on your website to sell more. Surprisingly Simple Strategies That Make Your Website Sell

3. Add a virtual adviser to help people navigate your website. Morphing Websites Can Increase Sales 20 Percent

4. Adding gadgets and widgets adds value to your website. How to Use Gadgets to Make Your Website More Competitive

5. Add trust to your website to convert visitors into clients. Your Real Estate Website - Top Ways to Gain Trust From Visitors

Some of the best from the web this past week:

Millions of Listings Oh My by Joel Burslem at Future of Real Estate Marketing

Common Problems at Real Estate Closings by Kathryn at All Property Management

Fuel Prices and Real Estate by C. Edward Boyle at Lamb Hanson Lamb Appraisal Associates

Local Real Estate News

Hampty Hamps Home For Sale On Broad Beach at $36,000,000 at The Malibu Real Estate Blog

Fishtown Real Estate Update at Philadelphia Real Estate Hub

Tucson Real Estate Stats by Eli McCauley at The McCauley Blog

AgentSuperstore.com announces the Grand Opening of the most comprehensive, easy to use, shopping and networking web portal for real estate professionals and the vendors wishing to reach them. Finally an affordable solution to the rising costs associated with sales, marketing, and conventions. Truly a win-win solution for an industry plagued with difficult economic realities. Exclusive, agent to agent referral and relocation networks will be a lucrative adjunct to traditional lead generation. This is invaluable given the current market.

San Diego, CA (PRWEB) July 16, 2008 — Welcome to the grand opening of AgentSuperstore.com, Real Estate’s everything and more store…a superstore and convention floor rolled into one!

AgentSuperstore.com offers an affordable marketing venue for all vendors, large and small, national and local, wishing to reach Real Estate Professionals. Agents and Brokers will finally be able to easily access (in a comprehensive, easy to use, online directory, by category) all products and services vital to their success.

Here they can rate, review, and discuss the products, services, and vendors who serve this Industry. It’s an extraordinary venue where professionals can participate in all aspects of social and business networking including forums, article and video upload, ‘Instant Agent Messaging’ and post on a state-of-the-art Industry Events Calendar. Marketing to other agents nationwide through an exclusive, agent to agent referral and relocation network will be a lucrative adjunct to traditional lead generation. This is invaluable given the current market.

Finally an affordable solution to the rising costs associated with sales, marketing, and conventions. Truly a win-win solution for an industry plagued with difficult economic realities.

The charter vendors share the vision of www.AgentSuperstore.com as a much needed marketing and communications venue. Darlene Lyons, president of Broker Agents Speakers Bureau says, “This site’s unique look and innovative concept will surely be the industry standard for a comprehensive portal to shop and network for Agents and Brokers alike.”

AgentSuperstore.com will officially launch on July 16, 2008. The “store” has been fully stocked with over 2,000 text ads, scores of display and banner ads, articles, videos, events, new products and even “free stuff” representing some of the most prestigious companies and industry leaders as well as local businesses looking to compete with the big guys!

If you would like more information about this topic, or to schedule an interview with Mimi Rose, the founder of AgentSuperstore.com, please call Janine Oberg at 888-238-9341.

In business, meeting a customer’s objection with the right response can make or break the sale. We asked our clients recently to give us the best responses they have ever used, or heard other agents use in response to a customer’s objection. Some of the answers are funny and meant to be tongue-in-cheek. Here is the top 10. Enjoy!

#10 - Customer: This house has a one car garage. We need two.

Agent: I’ve seen your cars. I think both will fit.

#9 - Customer: This house has bad Feng Shui.

Agent: I know. I smell it too.

#8 - Customer: We love the house, but feel it’s overpriced by at least $50,000.

Agent: If you love it, you should buy it today. Tomorrow it could overpriced by $75,000.

#7 - Customer: If we buy this house, we’ll have no money left to cover moving expenses.

Agent: If you buy this house, I will pay for your move. I’ll even lift something heavy.

#6 - Customer: Maybe if we get a good night’s rest and sleep on it, we can make a decision in the morning.

Agent: Good idea. I recommend a bottle of wine and two Ambien!

#5 - Customer: This subdivision does not have its own community pool.

Agent: No. But my understanding is the Branson’s up the street let everyone use theirs.

#4 - Customer: We have heard this area has a high crime rate. Is that true?

Agent: Yes, but the windows and doors are barred and incapable of fragmenting or metallurgical separation.

#3 - Customer: I thought this house had four bathrooms. I only count three.

Agent: I see that too. Perhaps they included the pool.

#2 - Customer: What a sweet little dog.

Agent: I’ll see if we can get it thrown in.

#1 - Customer: Sign back the offer at our original, full asking price.

Agent: Sorry. My pen just ran out of ink.

We recently had a post about the Top 10 Real Estate Agent Business Cards which was funny and people commented on.

What do you do on your business card to set you apart from other agents?

RIS Media, one of the most popular real estate portals, had an excellent article about Online Marketing: How to Prospect Better Online.

In today’s connected world, there are still many agents who haven’t mastered online marketing, or branded themselves as experts online.

Having a profile page on your brokers website is not going to be enough. You have to have your own website, with your own unique information on it. If you can’t do it yourself, you have to pay someone to do it for you.

Having your own real estate website will:

1. Allow you to capture your own leads
2. Position yourself as an authority in your area
3. Allow potential clients to find you and seek you out
4. Allow potential clients to make a decision to use you as their agent
5. Gives you the opportunity to feature certain properties

With more people going online first to check out houses in their area, you want to make sure you are the agent that is found when they search.

Some of the best from the web this past week:

What’s Next For Real Estate Shows? by Jeff Turner at Real Estate Shows

Real Estate Marketing Stats from Yahoo! by Dan Fletcher at Single Property Websites

Bad and Really Bad Real Estate Photos by Diane Tuman at Zillow Blog

6 Fiduciary Duties of A Real Estate Agent by Mindy Allen at Maine Homes

More Proof You Need to be Marketing Online by Joel Burslem at Future of Real Estate Marketing

Local Real Estate News

Roseville CA and Granite Bay CA June Home Sales Report by Gena Riede at Sacramento Real Estate Voice

Central Connecticut Real Estate Market Report by Jessica at CT Real Estate

Santa Barbara Real Estate Market Update for the Montecito Area by Kevin at Santa Barbara Real Estate Voice