Admin support – 8 AM to midnight EST 7 days a week
When we decided to start this online real estate network, one of the things that we want to make sure of is that we provided the best customer service that we could. Having members from the east coast to the west coast means that we need to be available for the early birds as well as the night owls.
Personal walk through of the entire dashboard and social networking aspect of the network.
One of the things that always irritated me about things you join is the fact that once you join, there is usually no one around to help you find your way. While there are forums in most of these places, it still means that you leave a message and someone will get around to you in due time. We believe that your time spent on our network needs to be as productive as possible. For us to take 45 minutes to give you a walk through is a small investment in our members.
Customized Theme – 12 Month Membership Required
Branding is huge when it comes to the internet. Being able to have a theme built just for you might be one of the biggest features of this site.
Full Width Page Template
With the Realtors®, this might actually be a huge feature as the IDX solutions as well as flyers such as VFlyers and Postlets typically require the entire page from side to side to look right.
Interactive Events Calendar
The Events Calendar is a neat feature that allows for you to list out events that are going on in your area. However, the features do not end there. Your readers will also have the ability to submit events to you and you will have the choice to add them to your calendar or not. Also, any event can also be automatically created in an article that will post on your blog.
Mortgage Calculator
Most people that visit real estate related sites want to be able to calculate what a home will cost them per month. This mortgage calculator will provide them with that info.
Unlimited Sidebar Widgets
Most networks limit the amount of widgets that can be on your sidebar due to bandwidth issues. We at PREP do not have that issue. With that said, there is such a thing as over doing it. Also, Widgets have to be added by an admin.
XML Sitemap as well as regular sitemap
PREP offers 2 sitemaps. The first, XML Sitemap is automatically generated in the backend and is hidden. This sitemap is made just for the Goolge bots.The second sitemap that we offer is searchable by the Yahoo and Bing bots. This one is also very human friendly.
Google Translator
Our readers are not limited to the US nor are they limited to speaking just English. With that said, we have a Google translator available for all members sites. With the click of a button, an article can be changed to one of 30+ languages.
Ping.fm integration
For all the “Status” people out there, you will now be able to update your status on your PREP blog.
Property Watch form
Can’t really say it any better than that. This form allows for a potential buyer to have a search criteria built just for them and once a home comes on the market, will allow for a email to be sent directly to them.
Compatibility with IPhones and PDA.
In today’s fast moving world, people are using IPhones and PDAs all day long. The great thing with PREP is our sites can be view on over 30 different cell phone web browsers and look just like it would if they were on a computer. The great thing is, if you need to update your page, you have the ability to log in to do that as well.
Simple video integrations
Most users hate to have to embed videos. With a PREP account, you do not have to. All you need is the web address or video id, depending on the video service that is hosting the video, and you are one click away from adding a video to your blog.
Syndication of any blog that you currently have
With PREP, if you are currently writing a blog on another site, we have the ability to syndicate those articles to your PREP blog so that you do not have more work to do. On top of that, Google does not look at this as duplicate content because the original feed is given credit.
Social Media Promotion of a majority of your written business related articles
Rich and I spend a good portion of our day promoting the articles of our members through different social medias that we have membership in. The biggest push is Twitter where we have well over 2000 followers and FaceBook, where we have more than 2500 fans on our FB Business page.
SEO coaching, recommendations, and implementation
We offer SEO and have a tool that helps add SEO to your site and every article that you write. We also provide advice if requested.
Tutorials on using the network
Rich has taken on writing the tutorials for the use of our online real estate network.
Simple IDX implementation (IDX Search, Quick Search and Feature Listings can be iFramed in your network site)
If you have your own IDX Search, we will integrate it with your PREP site by using iFrames. For Quick Searches to work with our network, they have to be iFrame compatible or they will not work at this time. (we are working on a .php implementation that can change that)
Custom Forms for lead capture
Ultimately you are looking to gain business as a real estate industry professionals. If there are no contact forms on your site, then how can you gain that business. We have several forms that are already created that can be integrated into your site.
Facebook Business Page setups
We will help you set up your FB Business Page if you request.We provide a simple walk through of how to construct one, however, we will not actually build it.
Social Media Marketing Strategy
We will help you put together a SMMS at your request.
NetworkedBlogs Integration
This is the easiest way to integrate your post from PREP with Facebook. It can be set up to go to your profile page, your business page, or both. People will also be able to follow your blog from FB as well.
Twitter Integration
PREP has a built in integration with Twitter that allows for you to view your twitter dashboard from your PREP dashboard. On top of that, ALL post that you write on PREP can be piped into Twitter automatically. Also, you will have the ability to have a RETWEET button on each post and/or page.
Twitter Status Message
The ability to auto-feed Twitter status messages into your sidebar. Can use multiple Twitter accounts on one site.
Built in readership
PREP has a built in readership already. The big difference of starting an outside blog or joining a community like PREP is the established readership. With more than 300,000 hits to the main page of PREP alone, we are poised to break new records before the end of 2009.
Access to the PREP Q&A Forum
Recently we created a forum where anyone can go and ask a questions in relation to real estate, mortgages, appraisals, home inspections, staging, or anything that concerns the real estate industry. Once the question is approved by an admin, it will then be answered by some of the real estate professionals that are members of PREP.
Google Chat
This provides the ability to chat in real time with potential clients and reader that visit your site. Two setup options, please request admin assistance.
Newsletter Integration
Excellent newsletter integration and email database management through MailChimp. This integration is currently only available if you use MailChimp for your newsletter. MailChimp is FREE with some limitations; click here to visit their site. Be aware, PREP admins do not support MailChimp; you must contact MailChimp directly for support.
Domain Mapping
Allows members to bring their own domain name to use in place of http://positiverealestateprofessionals.com/USERNAME The big difference between domain mapping and domain masking (most sites allow masking) is that the domain name that you provide is mapped into each page as opposed to the masking of a domain which leaves only the network domain name for each page. EXAMPLE: domain mapping would replace http://positiverealestateprofessionals.com/USERNAME/about-us with http://YOUR DOMAIN NAME.com/about-us
Affiliate Referral Program
Become an affiliate member by entering your PayPal account name. Choose from three different banners or use the available link. Our program allows you to track unique clicks, signups, and paid members. Be aware that although their are various membership durations available, our affiliate program only pays out for twelve (12) month signups.
Windows Live Writer
Produce posts with ease from your desktop without ever logging into your Wordpress account. Simply download Windows Live Writer to your desktop and fill in the required setup info. Windows Live Writer has multiple options for displaying images. Be aware, PREP admins do not support Windows Live Writer; you must contact Windows Live Writer directly for support.
Google Maps Embed
Adds an icon to the WYSIWYG (visual) editor that allows a user to easily embed a Google map into a post or page.
Posterize
Automatically sends an email to Posterous that will link to your post. Be aware, PREP admins do not support Posterous; you must contact Posterous directly for support.
Click Tracker
Tracks all links in posts and pages for click throughs. Distinguishes ‘unique clicks’ from ‘all clicks’.
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