Resources

Welcome to the Resources page.

In addition to the information on this Resources page, you can also find a lot of relevant details on our F.A.Q. page.

On this page you will find:

Below you’ll find things such as text template samples for pages such as “Disclaimer” and “Agent Profile”. Plus links that you can include in your sidebar for features such as “Walk Score”, “Area Statistics” “Schools & Colleges” and “Virtual Property Tour”.

How to sign up for Twitter: If you don’t’ already have a Twitter account I can highly recommend getting one because it will allow you to attract interest from prospective buyers (& sellers) that can follow you on twitter to keep up with latest developments on your property listings (like, open houses, offers, vendor finance, price changes). There’s a Twitter sign up link in your admin panel “Content/Contact info” or you can use this one (https://twitter.com/signup/). It takes less than a minute to register,- just pick a user name (your own name or variation thereof is good) and that’s it,- all done! Now just place that link into your “Content/Contact info” and it’ll show up on all your ‘is-selling.com’ sites.

How to upload a floor-plan: First, you need to have your floor-plan saved as an image (.jpg, .png, or .gif files are best). If you don’t have it saved as an image then you need to run it through a scanner and save it as a .jpg file. Save it to the size you’d like to display it at (400 x300px or 600 x 450px is good). Then go to your admin panel and select ‘Content’ from the top menu bar & then select ‘Graphic Elements’ and you’ll see that you can place images onto the front page in any one of the 3 image boxes at Main-Page bottom (MPBI-1/2/3) or use any one of 4 images on ‘Details’ page (DPBI-1/2/3/4). Just use the ‘Browse’ window to select your saved image file from your computer, and then give the image a title name in the box under and click “Upload”. That’s it, - you’re all done,.. no need to worry about resizing images because they’re auto-cropped for you. Now you’ll see a thumbnail image on your main page that you uploaded it to and when you click on it the image will zoom-out to full size. To save and print,.. right click and press “view image” and then it can be either saved to file or printed by your site viewers. Quite easy, (see video guide for more clarification if needed).

How to Create a link to “Agents Blog”,… This is easy to do. For example, if your blog address was http://coolagent.resiblogs.com then you’d go to your ’is-selling.com’ account admin panel and select the ‘links’ menu. Upon clicking you’ll see the “Add New’ ,- click it and fill in the 4 boxes; 1) ‘Name of link’ (it’s the name you’d like to display in the sidebar of your sites),. so in this case you might pick something like “Agent’s Blog”. Next 2) In the ‘Web Address’ box just write in the actual blog URL address (http://coolagent.resiblogs.com). Then 3) The ‘Description’ shown on mouse hover (could be,.. “please drop by and visit my blog” 4) Select the category you wish the link to show up in,- which is probably in “Extra Links” unless you prefer to create an separate category (hint: don’t confuse viewers with too many link categories). 5) Finally, make sure you select the link target (box under categories section) select “_blank” for the link to open in an new window. Ok,.. you’re done,- click the blue “Add Link” button in the top right of the page and then go check out the front view of your site to see your new blog link. Now just repeat this process for whatever other links you may wish to create. You can create a dozen if you wish because the dynamic page will automatically accommodate all the new links you made.

‘Walk Score’ Link: Actually, this link is now already hard coded into your sidebar links so you don’t need to do anything because your property’s ‘Walk-Score’ will automatically display on the “Location Map/Walkscore” page. What a really great tool this is and in fact is a proven popular link that gets ‘most clicks’ on many property sites nowadays. It shows a visual map of all the amenities local to the subject property and then it assigns a “walk score of 1-100″ for the property.

Local Schools/Colleges/Libraries Links: Go to http://nces.ed.gov/globallocator/ and input the search info details that you wish to display on you site such as: State, City, Zip, miles from Zip, and select types of institution required, then from the right hand column,… Press SEARCH. Then paste URL of results page into the “Web Address” link in your Links section of your admin panel and the link will automatically open up the page you selected for your ‘is-selling.com’ website. You could even create seperate links showing, Schools. Colleges, Libraries. Of course, you should fill in the other link details such as ‘Link Name’ and ‘Link Description’.

Area Statistics Links: If you go to http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/index.html and input the County/City/Town location of your property it will open a page with very worthwhile information taken form the US Cencus, such as; Population; Demographics; Employment; Retail; Housing. Then follow the same procedure as above (as in ‘Schools/Colleges’) and paste the URL address into the link creator and add your link’s name and description.

How to Create Free Demo Sites:

We understand that quite often agents have to go through a process of preparation to acquire a new listing which takes a lot of work, careful planning and building the confidence of the vendor. What better way than to present them with their very own Individual Site that they can see is more than just a showpiece?,- it’s a very functional marketing tool that gives the selling team a distinctive edge! Once you’ve created your own FREE Administrator account you can create for free as many new is-selling.com sites as you need and they will be fully visible to you and your vendors by way of your Administrator access. The sites don’t actually get published to the Internet until you’ve activated them with a ’site activation key-code’ but you can view them and show them (directly or by invitation) to as many people as you like. Then once the vendor has listed with you or when you’re confident that your created site is ready you can simply activate it and let the IS-selling Web2.0 marketing system start working for you.

Food for thought;- it can be pretty difficult for any vendor to say “NO” to an agent that’s just presented them with their own fully functional exclusive property website!

How to Contact Admin: Were Here to Help Contact Form and email support: You can always contact us quite quickly via our on site email contact form, and we’ll always give you a prompt reply. As the site develops we’ll be introducing a ticket response system and online instant chat access. Forum Support: We’ve set up a forum so that you can use it to get answers to questions or discuss any matters relating to is-selling.com sites either from admin or form the many guests and members that we anticipate will find the forum useful. Furthermore, we encourage everyone to use the forum to discuss anything relative regarding real estate or web2.0 marketing. It’s sure to be a valuable resource for anyone that uses it. Online Instant Chat: We’ll soon also be introducing live chat online so you’ll be able to chat in real time with us whenever you see the “Chat - Live” icon active.

How to activate your is-selling.com property sites: To activate your is-selling sites you need to input the activation key code into the input box on screen when prompted. The input prompt box will display whenever you type in the URL address of your is-sellig.com site, if you haven’t yet inputted the correct code you’ll jut see a blank screen with the Is-selling logo and the Activation Code input box. Therefore, you simply need to input the 16 unit code into the box & press enter and your site is activated. You’ll then be directed to the admin panel of your site and you can proceed to make amendments as required.

How to create new link categories: In your admin panel select ‘Links’ from the menu and then select ‘Categories’ from the sub-menu. There you’ll see two input boxes, 1) ‘Category name’ (whatever name you wish to appear as a ‘Links’ heading in you site’s sidebar. 2) ‘Description’ is optional because it won’t display on the site’s page (but it can help from an SEO perspective).

How to emphasize text with Bold Underline, Italic & Line Spacings: When inputting information into your dynamic pages under the ‘Content’ tab in your admin menu bar, you can create bold, underline & italic effects by copying & pasting the tags placed on the left hand side of each section. This process just requires a tag to be placed before and after the first & last word(s) in a sentence that you wish to place the effect on. We realize this process is a little awkward and will be introducing a text editor in the next version of the admin section over the next few weeks.

How to label images and upload to Main-page, Gallery, and Page bottoms: In your Admin panel under ‘Content- Graphic Images & Photo Gallery’ you’ll see the upload windows for images with ‘browse’ next to them. Simply press the ‘browse’ button to locate the image file you wish to upload (use between 80px & 300px is ideal,- up to 500px maximum. No need to crop as it’s automatically cropped to size) and then place a name for your image that you’d like to see appear in the title frame under the image on the webpage. Click ‘Upload’ and you’re done. N.B. The images on the bottom section of the main page are tagged (MPBI-1/2/3/) and on the Details page; (DPBI-1/2/3/4). Gallery images are tagged #’s 1-12 and located in ‘Photo Gallery’ menu of your ‘Content’ menu in Admin, and in Extra Galleries #1 & #2 there are another 24 image places that are tagged #’s 1-24,- also found in the ‘Content’ menu of your Admin panel.

How to manage multiple property listing domains in your Admin panel: If you have more than one property is-selling.com site you can easily manage them all from your admin panel. At the top left hand corner of your admin panel you’ll find a tab named ‘Dashboard’ (it has the little house icon next to it), click on ‘Dashboard’ and you’ll see a drop down menu listing all of your sites. Just select the one you wish to work on and it will show up in the admin panel as the current site. (Tip: if you right click ‘Visit Site’ and select ‘Open in new tab/window’ then the front end of your site will open in a separate window and you can work on the back end from the original window you were working from.) When you have multiple is-selling.com sites, your other sites will automatically show up as publicly displayed links in the sidebar of every site.

How to create a blog at Resiblogs.com: If you don’t already have a blog but would like to have one to link up to your is-selling.com sites, just go to http://resiblogs.com and sign up for a free blog account. It only takes a minute or two to get started and then you can start blogging and link your blog to you is-selling.com sites. Resiblogs is owned and operated by Syntonic Sites ( same as IS-selling.com) so you can be assured o specific real estate related support being made available. Plus, having a blog in an ‘all real estate’ blogging environment increases it’s ranking relevance and search engine favor.

How to ensure your ‘Contact-Us’ form goes to the correct email address: At the top right hand corner of your admin panel you’ll see the menu tab ‘Users’, select it and from the drop-down menu click on ‘Your Profile’. On the ‘Your Profile’ page the first input box under ‘Contact-Info’ is for your email address. Simply ensure that this is the address that you wish all your email from the site to go to. If the email address is incorrect here you won’t receive any messages from your site at all,- so make sure that its right,.. and go test it once you’ve saved the setting by submitting a message from your site.( The remaining information on the ‘Your Profile’ page isn’t a relevant and so you really don’t need to worry about it).

How to change the title of your ‘is-selling.com’ site: (title only domain name is fixed at registration) Once you’ve established a new is-selling.com website you can change the description of the site (not the name,.. because the .is-selling.com address you selected at registration is set and can’t be changed. If you made an error during that process then if you contact admin immediately we’ll delete that site and give you another credit activation key to use to start over). Go to ‘Settings’ in your admin menu bar and select ‘General’. Once on the general setting page you’ll see that you can change the name of 1) Site Title (this is just the admin name of your site to help you track it on your menu Dashboard. 2) Tagline (this is the description of the site that appears under the main photo on the main page.. and also is a prominent search engine description). While you’re on the general Settings page you can make sure that your email address is registered correctly before you ‘Save’ and close the page.

How to change the theme (template) appearance of your site: In your Admin Panel select ‘Appearance’ from the menu and then select “Themes’ from the drop-down menu. That opens a display window of all the available theme styles and colors. Select one of them and then click ‘Activate’ and you’re done. The theme will change automatically. There are currently over 30 theme styles available,- 12 color themes in both left and right hand columns, plus we have several other themes available as agency logo & colored themes. If you have a requirement for a personal styled theme to suit your agency we can usually produce it for you within 24 hours if you can supply us with a simple logo and indication of colors required. This service is a standard no cost feature to all subscription level site owners.

Sample Texts for Dynamic Pages:

Sample Texts;

Please note that sample texts are purely intended as samples and that users should ratify the contents with qualified persons prior to publishing them. If you use the samples unedited then you do so entirely under your own authority and without any recourse to ‘is-selling.com’.

Re: ‘Disclaimer’ sample text,-

(The ‘Disclaimer’ sample text in the box below is a sample of what could be inserted into your “messages” section for the “Disclaimer” page; no html tags required,-this text is just ‘run-on’ non formatted- just copy and paste it into your ‘Messages’ section and make changes directly within that panel.)

The administrator of this site; being a sales agent, broker, vendor, builder, developer or authorized representative does not guarantee the accuracy of information regarding area dimensions, lot size, architectural claims and representations, or other any information concerning the condition or features of the subject property presented herein. Information has been carefully prepared and is deemed to be reliable but it is not guaranteed and no warranties are given whatsoever whether they are written or implied. Some information presented or accessed from this site may have been sourced from public records and/or other sources or accessed via internet links of which the site administrator has no final control or influence and/or that may contain URL address input errors. All prospective purchasers are notified herewith that they must obtain independent verification as to the accuracy of any information by means of personal inspection or investigation or by seeking the advice of appropriate qualified professionals. Whereas diligent care is taken in ensuring that this site is free of computer viruses and malware, the administrator insists that users must rely on their own anti-virus measures when using the site. The administrator will not recognize nor be held liable in any way for any damages arising from the user’s use of this website however such damages may have been deemed to have arisen.

(Below is a sample of text that could be inserted into your “Messages” section for the “Agent’s Profile” page. Just replace the detail with your own and make amendments as desired)

Here’s a little background information about me!

Agents Name: John Smith

Qualifications: Licensed Real Estate Agent

Special Training: Advanced Diploma in Real Estate Management

Years in real estate: 16 years

Education: College graduate (economics major)

Marital Status: Married to a wonderful woman for 18 years

Children: 2 great kids; Jake aged 15, and Aimee aged 13

Sports Interests: Basketball, Baseball

Hobbies: Sports, running, reading, movies, model airplanes

Most Valued Quality: My sense of humor!

Favorite Actor: James Cagney

Favorite Movie: Lawrence of Arabia

Favorite Book: The Power of One- Bryce Courtenay

Favorite Quote: “Formula for success: rise early, work hard, strike oil.” J. Paul Getty

Features under development & coming soon include,- Embedded video, Enhanced Agent profile template, Customizable headers, Members area, Auto-posting of every new listing to Twitter. Online Instant Chat: so you’ll be able to chat in real time with us whenever you see the “Chat - Live” icon active.

Newly Introduced Features include,- (as at March 20th 2009) *More templates ( 13 styles with left hand column, plus agency branded themes), *Automated SEO via auto-tagging and back-end SEO scripts, *Affiliate program (make 25% on every person you introduce & “Send 3,- Get Yours FREE”) *XML feeds (auto posting of your listing to Trulia, Zillow, Oodle, Google-Base, Yahoo Real Estate, Vast), *html page templates (for easy copy & paste posting to Craigslist), *Extra Image galleries (now you can have an extra 48 images if you wish).*Auto-insert of link to agent’s other is-selling.com listings.*Printable Brochure (handy for printout in simple format).*Walk-Score integrated automatically into every “Google Map Location Page”