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For years The Austin Institute has been searching for an affordable and easy way for our students to create their own custom websites. Now with the introduction of Alamode's Agent Xsites and Xsellerate, all AIRE students can easily build and maintain a powerful marketing precense online. We now offer an affordable array of products such as customizable websites, client support products, sheduling and task software, online marketing and follow up tools with thousands of designs and variations. CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE

Easy- We had to make sure that any websites we offer to our students were easy enough to use for even the most novice techno-phobe and advanced enough to keep up with demanding users.

Affordable- Alamode has offered a special discount price to our students available only at The Austin Institute. Instead of multiple products that need to be bought seperately in order to function properly, we bundled everything together into the most comprehensive package possible.

Leverage- Your website is the key to leveraging your marketing. It is your 24 hour a day- 7 day a week representive that speaks to your clients both before and after the sale. It can mean the difference between sealing the deal and the client.

Artilce from The Seller Agency Council Newsletter

"The number of Realtors® with websites has increased 129% over the past five years, and many of the sites display property listings, according to a new survey by the National Association of Realtors®.

The 2006 Realtor® Technology Survey, conducted by NAR’s Center for REALTOR® Technology, reveals that the Internet ranks third in generating leads, behind referrals and repeat clients, and ahead of community involvement. The survey also shows that there is a clear connection between technology spending and Internet-generated leads, and that getting leads from the Internet continues to grow.

Realtors® have invested heavily in Internet technology and security, through Multiple Listing Systems and individually, in the past several years. For example, the survey showed that thus far in 2006, 56% of agents spent more than $1,000 apiece on technology and that 30% spent $2,000 or more. In addition, 16% of agents and 28 percent of brokers are now spending more than $1,000 annually on their websites. Realtors® with personal business websites - not including an area on a broker’s site - was 71% in 2006, compared to 31% in 2002, showing a jump of 129%.

“Consumers are able to use information portals to look for homes to buy because Realtors® have invested huge amounts of resources in technology to make accurate information available on secure sites, thus bringing added value to the transaction. All this information is available to consumers, free of charge, 24 hours a day,” said Thomas M. Stevens, 2006 NAR president and senior vice president of NRT Inc., from Vienna, Va.

The survey also showed that the amount of investment in websites has a direct relationship to the number of leads coming from the Internet. Thus, 40 percent of those who spent more than $5,000 on their website showed that more than 60 percent of their leads come from the Internet.

Realtors® are also reacting more quickly to online inquiries. In a surprising change from past surveys and findings, over half the survey respondents indicated that it takes them less than two hours to respond to an Internet inquiry, and only 2% indicated that it took them more than a day to respond. That compares with a 2004 survey showing that only 27% of practitioners responded within eight hours to an online inquiry and 46% of inquiries received no responses.

“While the survey indicates that the vast majority of Realtors® take steps to protect themselves and the listing information provided by their clients and customers, more work remains to be done,” said Mark Lesswing, NAR vice president and director of CRT. “Less than a third of respondents have received information security education from their MLS or brokerage. Only one-third are aware of written security policies that they must follow and less than half have a written privacy policy. Programs like CRT’s REALTOR® Secure can definitely play a role here.”

Agent Xsite & Xsellerate- Customizable | Affordable | Easy

Below is a sample of the administrative "Virtual Office" that lets you control your online presence

Features:

Customization for Web Design

Customization for Web Content

Customizable Listings

MLS Access on Your Site

Create your own URL (i.e. www.MyPage.com)

10 Free Email Accounts

Manage all your contacts

Capture new leads online

Put your schedule online

Set up Task and alerts

Have your website call your cell when a client needs you

Thousands of customizable email campaigns

Drip Email scheduling

Google Earth 3-D Maps of listings

Retail Price $799

AIRE Student Price $599

$200 Savings!

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