Today I had the pleasure of presenting a webinar for the Active Rain University titled, “Tips and Tools for Managing Your Real Estate Business Virtually”. With over 200 attendees registered its quite apparent that this is one hot real estate topic!  As a real estate virtual assistant I was able to share some of the best tools for setting up a Virtual Real Estate Office, and wanted to make sure I added the presentation here to share with you as requested.

I wanted to thank Brad Andersohn of Active Rain for asking me to participate and to the discussion. We covered some pretty relevant topics in today’s technology driven real estate market, and added in some thoughts on organizing and defining your online business systems so that working away from your desk is streamlined and efficient.

In the presentation below you will find information on:

* Defining the Needs for your Real Estate Business Systems
* Streamlining and Automating your Systems for Higher Productivity
* What Does it Mean to Work in the Cloud?
* Tools and Technology that are full of Mobile Features and Cloud Integration
* Leveraging online and offline support with a Virtual Assistant

Enjoy!

How hooked are you on your cell phone? How hooked are your kids..? In the age of immediate down-loadable information, complete with photos and links, you have top ask yourself are you ready..? Is your real estate business ready for this mobile technology? In real estate information is becoming more and more web-based. Agents are getting over the flyer boxes, and adding in audio tours and hotlines to drive-by clients. You need to be creative about getting your information out there to keep up with the advanced technology, so ask yourself…

Is your real estate marketing mobile friendly? What if YOUR Website was mobile friendly? What if your blog was mobile friendly? What if your virtual tour was mobile friendly..? How will this online dominance capture your future business? How can you take advantage of that now…?

That is where having a .mobi domain will come in very handy. If you set up your website and/or blog to have a .mobi domain, then your sign riders listing that domain can instantly turn buyers/sellers cell phones into a mini computers that display your site, your listing information, etc. They have access to your contact information, and web site lead capture system, and your virtual tours. Your branding, your info, your face, your business available and viewable on a simple cell phone. At .Mobi you can get an account for free and build your pages for your website.

Check out a sample of a .mobi real estate website http://htex.mobi

Test your web site to see if it’s ready for mobile customers!

If its not viewable in the emulator, consider getting your sites set up as a .mobi site as well, and capture the next generation of online marketing!