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| July LeadStreet Enhancements New Home Page Layouts & Color Themes Available |
| Reliance rolled out a whole set of new home page themes last week. Agents can choose from 22 different color themes and 8 home page layouts. Four of the original themes or color combinations were removed. Agents using those themes will find their site has been converted to the new theme that best resembles their current selection, in terms of color tone and header composition. Agents can login and choose to change their website to any of the 22 available color themes To go with the new "themeset" Reliance will provide a larger number of homepage layout choices for agents to choose from. The standard six-panel layout will remain in place but layouts 1, 2 and 3 will be replaced with 7 new layout options. To help make the transition process as smooth as possible for agents, Reliance will convert each agent to the new layout that best resembles their current selection (in terms of object choices and overall aesthetic). If you're using the standard 6 panel layout your page will not change. After the conversion agents can of course choose to change their website to any of the available home page layouts. To change your color theme or layout login to LeadStreet (www.remax-nj.org) and click on your Site Builder Tab. Both the color themes and the home page layout options are on the main Site Builder page, under Site Design. Simple select a new color theme and click on Update. The page layout options are located right below the color themes. As always, contact the Regional Help Desk if you need help with any of the above. |
| June LeadStreet Enhancements Advanced Search Criteria & More |
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| Advanced Search We are excited to announce that we have added Advanced Criteria to our map search! Adding the advanced criteria will allow consumers to do a map based search using very detailed, MLS specific criteria, adding tremendous value and customer benefit. We look forward to your comments on the new Advanced Search. We will be working with Reliance Networks and the web committee in the coming months to ultimately replace the legacy Advanced Search with this new map based Advanced Search. More Site Updates The following enhancements were requested by RE/MAX Agents and Technology personal working with LeadStreet through out the country. Thank You Reliance for listening!
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| How Not to Redesign Your Website Update & Review and What to Do if You Did |
| What to do if you used this consultant! CONTACT THE HELP DESK ASAP Back in April we notified everyone, via email about a LeadStreet consultant and website redesigns detrimental to the agent and the Region. We reviewed this issue at the Broker Retreat last week and made certain everyone was aware of recent developments regarding leads, or lack of leads. For those who have used this consultant please don't panic – Contact the HELP DESK! We can reset your website and turn ON all the missing tools, fix the typo's, and replace the graphics in a matter of minutes. We can easily replace any or all of the following missing items: • Neighborhood Valuation • Sold Data • New Map • Open House • Foreclosure Remember, if you don't have these items on your site, you're missing out on IMPORTANT clients. Please have your Agents contact the Help Desk by phone 888-547-3629 or e-mail help@remax-nj.net. |
| Important Information: Design Center Enhancements Version 3.10 Releasing – March 2nd, 2008 |
| Imprev released a new version of the Design Center (V 3.10) on Sunday, March 2 at 5:00 PM Pacific and this release included the below enhancements to the Imagine Assistant. Image Assistant enhancements included in this release: The first restores the capability to upload a single image without invoking the Image Assistant. An “Upload Image” button has been added to the project builder for this purpose. The "Select Image" option will still be available and will continue to launch the Image Assistant. The new Upload Image button will let you by pass the Image Assistant and quickly upload an image. The second enhancement will open the Image Assistant directly to the folder for project being built and will display images in that folder, which will save several steps in selecting an image. Additional enhancements to the Image Assistant are planned for upcoming releases, including the ability to select multiple images for upload instead of only one at a time. If you need help with the Design Center or the above enhancements please contact the Regional Help Desk. |
| RE/MAX Climbs To Second Place Among Real Estate Web Sites Hitwise: Century21, MSN Real Estate jump up in top-20 ranking |
| By Inman News, Monday, March 10, 2008. RE/MAX Real Estate's remax.com Web site hopped into second place among the most popular real estate industry Web sites in February, up from its fourth-place ranking in January, Web metrics company Hitwise reported Friday, and real estate marketing company HomeGain bumped from second place in January to fifth place in February. Century 21 Real Estate's century21.com and MSN Real Estate's realestate.msn.com Web sites had the largest jump in ranking among the top-20 real estate category sites, Hitwise reported, based on the total number of unique visitors. Century21.com moved from 16th on the list in January to 10th on the list in February, while realestate.msn.com climbed from 18th in January to 11th in February. Realtor.com continued its reign at the top of the list, with 5.16 percent of the market share of all unique visitors to real estate sties. But that market share had fallen compared to its 9.08 percent market share in January. Second-place remax.com had 2.61 percent of the market share in February, followed by Yahoo Real Estate's realestate.yahoo.com at 2.35 percent, Zillow.com at 2.34 percent and HomeGain.com with 2.32 percent. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's hud.gov Web site sank from 10th on the list in January to 14th on the list in February, and Homes.com dropped from 14th in January to 17th in February. About 24.1 percent of all visits to real estate Web sites went to the top-10 sites in that category in February, compared to 27.4 percent in January. Hitwise reported that real estate site 21online.com joined the top-100 rankings in February, in 87th place, and Cincinnati.com also joined the list, rising from 110th in January to 95th in February. Rentals.realtor.com moved from 34th in January to 153rd place in the rankings in February, while RedWeek.com moved from 99th in January to 107th in February. "Realtor.com" was the most popular search term for the four-week period ending Feb. 23, Hitwise reported, followed by "remax," "real estate," "zillow.com," "zillow," "apartments," "homes for sale," "realtor.com," "century21," and "realtor," in that order. Among the fastest-moving Web sites tracked by Hitwise for the four months ending in February: RogerFazendin.com, up 266 places; SonoranGMAC.com, up 180 places; SignOnSanDiego.com, up 161 places; HomeInsight.com, up 146 places; Myazland.com, up 129 places; PruCalifornia.com, up 113 places; RealEstateForeclosures.net, up 85 places, CapeMay.FNISMLS.com, up 58 places; and CarlsonRE.com, up 39 places. |