The Relationship Revolution

What's NewPanda?

We have BIG news coming.  PropertySource Network and Relationship Revolution members will soon have the opportunity to join the NewPanda private BETA group. NewPanda will revolutionize how the real estate industry builds relationships.  Watch your email for more details, or learn more and watch our progress via Twitter and Facebook.

It's not too late!

It's not too late to send a Halloween or Fall Back e-Greeting.

If you have activated your Auto Pilot Halloween and/or Fall Back eGreetings, remember they will go out as follows:

• Best Wishes for a Scary Halloween: October 22, 2009
• Don't Forget (Fall Back): October 30, 2009

If you have not activated your Auto Pilot greetings and would like to create and send your own eGreetings:

1. Login to your membership
2. Choose eGreetings from the main menu
3. Then choose Holidays/Events
4. Then select the Oct-Dec range
5. Now choose Halloween and/or Fall Back
6. Select a greeting to send by clicking on the Thumbnail
7. Follow the prompts to complete and send your eGreeting 

 

Complete instructions for sending your eGreetings can be found here:

• Create Greetings to send Now
• Create Greetings to send Later

Complete instructions for activating your Auto Pilot eGreetings can be found here.

Webinars for Real Estate: REALTOR® Magazine

There's a growing list of webinars - available live and by download from REALTOR® magazine.  Check them out!

Webinars for Real Estate: REALTOR® Magazine.

FaceBook links for your e-Newsletters and Websites

NEW at www.help.propertysource.com
It's easy to create a link to your eNewsletter in your FaceBook account!
Use the same principles to add links to your PropertySource web site and other favorite places, too.

To add an eNewsletter link:

1. Login to your Relationship Manager tools and choose eNewsletters from the main menu

   

Email, Fastest Growing Direct Marketing Segment, Expands Double Digits

(DM News)
E-mail marketing spending will continue to expand at double-digit rates - 18.5% per year - for the next five years, according to Veronis Suhler Stevenson (VSS), a private equity firm, in its annual Communications Industry Forecast published on August 3. Of all direct marketing segments, e-mail is growing the fastest by far. VSS puts the total spend for e-mail at $11.9 billion in 2008 and, by 2013, it forecasts e-mail will be a $27.8 billion business. “It will be bigger than catalogs and comparable to telesales spending,” said Jim Rutherford, EVP at Veronis Suhler. He said e-mail marketing performed so well because it offers a low-cost alternative to direct mail and other marketing strategies. 

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New home sales: 'Really good news'

Sales of newly constructed single family homes rose 11% over May, but median price fell 3%.

By Les Christie, CNNMoney.com staff writer

Last Updated: July 27, 2009: 11:50 AM ET

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Sales of newly constructed single-family homes spiked 11% in June to an annualized rate of 384,000 homes, according to a report released Monday.

The gain over May was much greater than expected. A consensus of housing industry analysts had forecast seasonally adjusted sales of 352,000, according to Breifing.com.

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As Seen on Facebook

Below is a recent Facebook post - and the related comments (names have been crossed out to protect the innocent).  Just an example of the power of Social Networking ... and the importance of protecting your personal brand and building a referral-producing, loyal client base. 

 

Social Networks: Not Just For Kids Anymore

By John Perez
Originally posted on www.service-push.com

Half of U.S Adults now participating in the Social Networking Revolution

Social Media is no longer a Kids Activity

We have finally reached the tipping point where most adults in business are acknowledging that Social Media sites like Facebook, and Twitter are no longer for kids. According to the Harris Poll and other surveys released in April 2009, here is what they reveal:

• 41% of adults 45-54 years old are now on Facebook (The Harris Poll, Harris Interactive, 4/16/09)
• “…60% of 30 million LinkedIn users have high personal incomes, hold executive level or consultant positions, are decision-makers and likely to be active networkers. The results prove, say survey sponsors, that “online social networks are not only a way for professional groups to stay connected, but powerful tools for business as well.” (According to survey conducted by LinkedIn with Anderson Analytics and SPSS, November 2008)
• The total number of members that have the titles President, Founder, or CEO in their current job is 1,897,686 - or about 4.9% of all LinkedIn members (a profile search on LinkedIn)
• Tweeting is also slightly more prevalent among the young, but not by much; 8% of 18-34 year olds use Twitter, 7% of those 35-44 use it, 4% of those aged 45-54 and just 1% of those 55 and older; (Harris Poll)
• Over 150,000 register for Facebook EVERY DAY. That’s 1 million a week. (Global Neighborhoods blog)
• As of April, 2009, just under half of all Americans have a Facebook or Myspace account (The Harris Poll, Harris Interactive, 4/16/09)
• 41% of adults 45-54 years old are now on Facebook (The Harris Poll, Harris Interactive, 4/16/09)

Year over Year Growth Increases

To further detail the popularity of these sites, I used Compete.Com to look at trends associated to the growth of Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, and LinkedIn.

• The fastest growing network is Twitter with over a +1600% growth rate within the last year.
• Facebook and LinkedIn grew at +163% and +108% respectively.
• Myspace slightly declined in growth, but still remains the 2nd most visited network next to facebook.

What's So Great About a Blog?

We've been talking a lot about Blogs in our Master training sessions recently.  For those of you who still need a basic 101 of the concept and the opportunity, take a look at this video from Common Craft.