RealTown Groups

Microsoft Outlook - The most widely used contact manager in the world. The vast majority of business people use it for their email, now learn how to use it to manage your Real Estate business. Outlook will sync with ALL PDA's & Smartphones and in that it is unique! Questions, How To's, Tips & Tricks, Short-cuts, Addins, etc. are all welcome. If it is part of the Microsoft Office suite of programs, you can talk about it here. Outlook, Word, Publisher, etc. This is not a place to blatantly advertise your product or services nor post spam. If while contributing something useful you mention your product and how it works with Outlook, Word, or Publisher, that is fine. All spam will be removed!

The purpose of the Mac Group is to provide a forum for those real estate agents who are users of Mac computers and software that is programed for Mac computers. Also, the group could also be aimed at those who are using IPhones and are adapting them to specific real estate needs. Since the real estate industry is just beginning to expand their tools into the Mac world, it is very important that we are aware of these developments.

Ask the Real Estate Experts

This group, hosted by Caroline Wethington of the Compass/Blackwater organization, is all about REAL SEO (Search Engine Optimization.) Read up on SEO tips and resources, Search Engine Optimization misconceptions, and hear the voices of those who have succeeded in marketing themselves online, and how easy it is for you to join the ranks of the Internet real estate agents who actually make the Internet work for them. Feel free to ask questions, or start discussions of your own on any topic related to SEO. NAR tells us that over 84% of all residential home sales involve the Internet and that more than 90% of Internet buyers find their agent through a search engine. If you cannot be found by the major search engines, you can't compete in online real estate. Join our discussion group to learn how REAL SEO can help you sell more.

Fresh-REM is here to explore online opportunities for improving business. We're going to dive into social media and poke around some blogs and forums to see what's hot and new in real estate technology.

With people (including us now) offering an optimized publishing platform that ranks on Google's first page for whatever search you like for as little $199 per year, and submission to the the top 100 link directories (manual SEO centric submission ) for as little as $24.95: I am officially declaring the technology gap that has disadvantaged novices for so long ended: now anybody who has some knowledge or inspiration and time to invest can establish a huge Internet presence based on what they have to offer, instead of the size of their wallet, and it is about time. Free manual SEO centric submission trial: israel@socialmediasystems.com

This group will be dedicated to helping agents understand the power of REALTORS involved in green real estate.

Lets talk about CT real estate. How our local market is doing, problems we have been having etc... A Place to find answers or to just speak your mind.

Many of us are interested in incorporating state of the art technology in to the professional real estate process. We all have varying skill levels and interests and the thought is that a Technology Group could be an interesting and productive way for all levels of technology skill and interests to come together. New discoveries can be discussed. Questions can be asked (and there are no bad questions). It could be a clearinghouse of sorts where everybody with technology related interests can come together and have an exchange. Easy!

A RealTown group to discuss sports.