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Santa's MLS Tech Workshops

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Published: November 18, 2020

Special MLS Tech Focused Workshops

Please join HiCentral MLS’s festivities for a series of exclusive workshops presented by trainers from across the country. They will be using some of the most popular MLS apps and will take you through real world workflows to demonstrate the ways their products could be working for you every day. You will leave each two hour workshop equipped with immediate actions you can take to better your business.

Gift Card Giveaway

‘Tis the Season, so surprises and prizes abound! Including this – the first 50 registered attendees to each workshop will receive a $5 Starbucks gift card to stuff your stocking courtesy of our friends at SentriLock!

 Webinar Schedule

Workshop Descriptions

ShowingTime for the MLS: Tools of the Trade for HiCentral MLS Members

There are many real estate tools out there to help agents better their practices and knowledge of the residential real estate industry. The wave of new technology has not only changed the way agents conduct business, but it has drastically changed the way their clients operate.

A world of information is now available at the tap of a phone or click of a mouse, and the expectation for fast (often instantaneous) and impeccable service has become the standard. It is becoming clearer every day that technology can be an agent’s best friend in all aspects of their practice. From scheduling showings to staying current with their local market statistics, ShowingTime can help!

In this webinar, you will discover key ShowingTime “Tools of the Trade” such as InfoSparks to dive deep into the housing market to gain a better understanding of your local market and share your knowledge as a local market expert. We’ll also take a look at ShowingTime for the MLS to help improve efficiency with scheduling appointments and planning your buyer tours using ShowingCart.

Register today and learn how to:

• Gain insight on local market trends to better advise your clients using InfoSparks
• Use the data for your business, with your clients and as tools for marketing
• Request/confirm appointments online, 24/7, and plan your buyer tours with a few clicks of a button
• Optimally set up your listings to make it easy for agents to schedule on your listings and receive faster confirmations
• Streamline communications with your clients and other agents to market your property and manage offers
• Get to know your market better than ever before and register today!

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A Day in the Life of a REALTOR® with RPR

REALTORS® know that each client has specific needs and interests when it comes to buying or selling a home. In this customized 2 hour presentation for HiCentral MLS Subscribers, RPR's expert training team will provide you with guidance on how to better prepare for any situation.

To better serve your Sellers, we will show you how to:

• Fully research properties and neighborhoods
• Understand local market trends and
• Generate CMAs using RPRs powerful analysis tools for your next Listing Presentation.

To better serve your Buyers, we’ll show you how to:

• Create a Buyer Tour report
• Plan your tour in an organized, methodical manner.
• Use RPR property details and market metrics to help your buyers make fully informed decisions

Remember RPR is a REALTOR-member benefit and access to RPR is included in your NAR membership. We hope you can join us to learn more.

Click below for instructions to create your account before the webinar if you haven’t done so already.
How To Create My RPR Account - http://blog.narrpr.com/ebook/new-user-quick-start-guide/

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Get the Most Out of MLS-Touch! A HiCentral MLS Exclusive Workshop with Marie Leduc of MLS-Touch

Join this special workshop to learn how to get the most out of your MLS-Touch app.

Download the app from App Store or Google Play and follow along during this exclusive session to learn how to:

• Find listings and tax data in a flash
• Be your local market expert
• Keep your brand front & center
• Leverage free social marketing
• Generate new leads
• Engage and collaborate with clients like never before

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Keep the Market Hot through the Holidays with Remine

This session will walk through strategies to prospect and workflows to connect, or stay connected, this holiday season! We will walk you through how to Search prospects to find potential sellers and potential buyers and Cart your new opportunities together. From there, using Carts, we will Print Mailing Labels and Send Mailers using our integration with PCM digital. Finally, we'll walk through tips are tricks to give you a competitive holiday edge this year.

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Published: September 12, 2020

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How to Input a Virtual Tour

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Published: August 20, 2020

Effective Tuesday, August 25, the Manage Virtual Tours input form will be removed. Virtual tours will be entered directly into the General tab of the Listing Input Form. Below are instructions for the new virtual tour input:

1. Go to Input
   From the main menu, click on Input.
2. Select a Listing
   From the dropdown menu, select the listing that you want to edit.
3. Go to the Input Form
   Click on the property type link (Single Family, Condo/Townhouse, etc.)
4. Click to the General Tab
   
5. Input Virtual Tour
   In the Virtual Tour section, select whether you want to use Immoviewer, or another virtual tour service.
   
   • Yes - Select Yes if you would like to use Immoviewer, and then click on the Submit Listing button. Immoviewer will generate a landing page and video. A link to the landing page will automatically be inserted into the Virtual Tour field.
     Note: Immoviewer generates the video and landing page nightly - the virtual tour link will be added the following morning.
   • No - Select No if you will use another virtual tour service. Then, enter the URL to your virtual tour in the Unbranded Virtual Tour URL field and click on the Submit Listing button.
   

Virtual Open House Webinar - Videos and Handouts

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Published: May 13, 2020

Missed our webinar on Virtual Open Houses and Showings? In this article, you'll find videos and handouts for both virtual open houses and showings, using Zoom and Facebook.

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