Improving your real estate lead sorting options

Having trouble finding reassigned real estate leads?

Delta Media Group has added a new column in the DeltaNet showing the assigned date of all real estate website leads to help ease your search.

The 'Assigned Date' column can be found by logging into the DeltaNet, clicking the 'Leads & Contacts' tab, then the 'Processed Leads & Contacts' sub-tab.

The column is located to the right of the 'Last Activity Date' column, just before the lead 'Actions' column for agents.

The 'Assigned Date' column allows real estate agents to filter their leads by date they were assigned for easier sorting and follow-up. Real estate website admins can reassign leads when necessary, and the 'Assigned Date' column will help agents more quickly search their contacts database to find the lead they received a lead notification for.

Agents and admins using Delta Media Group's real estate lead management systems can sort their leads and contacts by when they were last logged in or when they created their lead or account, or by name, E-mail address or lead type.

The 'Assigned Date' column is the newest addition to Delta Media Group's renowned real estate lead management system, which can be set up to automatically distribute real estate leads, and allow real estate agents to sort those leads, view their customer's real estate preferences, and follow up with that customer to give him a more thorough real estate experience.

Looking to improve your online lead tracking and management? Contact Delta Media Group to see how we can help.

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Delta Media Group adds Open House price to CSV export

You can now sort your open house exports by price.

Delta Media Group created a price column in the open house CSV export, allowing exported open houses from the DeltaNet to be sorted by price, among other categories.

The new functionality adds the price column to an open house export that already included MLS ID, open house dates, open house start time, open house end time, open house/listing agent, agent contact information, open house comments, open house directions and office name of the real estate agent.

The open house export is one of several CSV exports built into the DeltaNet, allowing real estate brokers and admins to export real estate information into a spreadsheet to enter it into another real estate technology platform.

CSV exports allow for more convenient data communication between technology platforms that otherwise don't correspond. By exporting listing data via CSV, real estate brokers and agents can easily import that data into another real estate platform without having to re-submit the data manually.

To export open houses, log into the admin side of the DeltaNet, click the 'Open Houses' tab, then click the 'View Open Houses' sub-tab. The top-right button will export open houses into a CSV file.

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Open houses now being fed to RELOHomeSearch.com

Now, your consumers can find your open houses on RELOHomeSearch.com!

Delta Media Group has begun pushing open houses through their data feed to RELOHomeSearch.com for all members of Leading Real Estate Companies of the World™.

Leading Real Estate Companies of the World™ members using Delta Media Group as their real estate website developers already have their listings syndicated to RELOHomeSearch.com free of charge as an added benefit of Delta Media Group working with LeadingRE. Delta Media Group's updates now add open houses to the data feed being syndicated.

Delta Media Group also offers data syndication to PropertyPursuit.com, Trulia, Zillow, Google Base, Yahoo! and FrontDoor, available for all real estate brokerages using Delta Media Group's real estate websites.

RELOHomeSearch.com is a worldwide real estate search portal exclusive to Leading Real Estate Companies of the World™ members, built to help improve its members' listing exposure.

Delta Media Group is a preferred vendor Associate of Leading Real Estate Solutions™.

Leading Real Estate Companies of the World™ is hosting its annual conference in Las Vegas March 9-11. Delta Media Group will be in attendance to demonstrate our Broker Portal, real estate agent websites, and new real estate search engine optimization packages, Mobile Broker Advantage™ mobile websites, and PropertyPursuit.com portal. Visit events.leadingre.com for more details.

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New interactive Open House search on Mobile Broker Advantage™

Delta Media Group has released another update to its Mobile Broker Advantage™ mobile real estate website system.

New to the system is an interactive mobile Open House search. Mobile Broker Advantage™ previously displayed area open houses, but listing results were displayed in the form of lists, and not interactive.

Delta Media Group's update to the system allows those searching open houses on their cell phones to click on listings and view more details of the listing and its open house.

Mobile Broker Advantage™ is a full mobile real estate website platform built for real estate brokerages. It incorporates a full IDX property search with an Open House search and real estate agent search, and brands it to the respective brokerage.

Mobile Broker Advantage™ is unique in that it shares the same URL as a company's brokerage website, helping to improve branding. It is also accessible on all mobile Web browsers, and is integrated with Delta Media Group's renowned lead management system.

If your brokerage is losing sales from consumers searching for homes from their mobile devices, learn how Mobile Broker Advantage™ can help.

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Now Needed: Facebook and Twitter followers

We're trying to grow our Facebook and Twitter outreach, and we need your help!

Delta Media Group is actively building social networking communication channels through Facebook and Twitter to best serve our customers. We currently have 293 'Fans' of our Facebook page, and 309 followers on our Twitter account.

While some in the real estate industry are actively promoting the use of Facebook and Twitter as helpful online mediums, others remain skeptical. So we've assembled a few questions and answers below to best spell out our social networking intentions, and help some of the tens of thousands of agents using our real estate websites to best implement these methods if they choose.


Why Social Networks?
Social networks are quickly growing to become great resources for real estate brokerages and agents. Social networks allow brokerages to increase their brand exposure, and allow agents to build online networks of friends, family, community members and potential clients. In addition, they provide convenient communication channels, and around-the-clock access for prospects to see your profile, your business updates, and get to better know you as a person.

How will Delta Media Group improve communication through social networks?
Facebook and Twitter are excellent passive communication channels. While we don't expect agents to have time every day to check our website, read our blog, and contact our support team, most active Facebook and Twitter users check those accounts daily, and often, several times a day.

Upon checking those accounts, you might find in your time line recent news updates Delta Media Group will communicate through those channels. If you have time to read further into those updates, you can click on the corresponding link. If not, at least you're aware of the update or notice, and you can always go back to it later.

By applying similar news updates to your accounts, you can effectively keep your name and real estate website in front of prospective clients.

Can I communicate with Delta Media Group through social networks?
Please! We encourage active correspondence with our social networking accounts and blog! Have a success story? Please let us know. Have an idea on something we could develop or improve for you? We'd love to hear it! Have questions on our systems? We can help point you in the right direction.

How do I find Delta Media Group on Facebook and Twitter?
For your convenience, we've provided the easy links below:

'Fan' Delta Media Group on Facebook
Follow Delta Media Group on Twitter

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Easily view a standard real estate website from your mobile site, vice versa

Looking for a more seamless way to transfer between viewing mobile and standard real estate websites?

Delta Media Group has added links for its standard and Mobile Broker Advantage™ real estate website customers to view the sites in their alternate variations.

Delta Media Group's Mobile Broker Advantage™ is a full mobile real estate website solution, offering customers one of the easiest property searches available, directly from any Web-enabled mobile device. But, while quicker and more convenient to use, mobile websites, by design, have less information and photos.

The new link allows consumers to easily search homes through the ease of the mobile property search, and switch over the the full version of the website with a click of a button. The option gives mobile consumers the best of both worlds--the convenience of a mobile site combined with the robust information and property details of a full website.

In contrast, consumers utilizing a standard real estate website can click to view the mobile version if they prefer the ease of a mobile property search and convenience of mobile listing results pages, or if brokers or agents would just like to see how the Mobile Broker Advantage™ system is displayed without accessing a mobile browser.

The link to the alternate website is located at the bottom of each standard and mobile real estate website page, just above Delta Media Group's disclaimer.

Is your brokerage losing sales from consumers searching on mobile devices? Learn how Mobile Broker Advantage™ can help.

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Now search Open Houses from your cell phone!

Now your clients can search all local open houses from their mobile browser.

Delta Media Group has added an Open House Search to its Mobile Broker Advantage™ platform, allowing consumers to search open houses from their cell phones. Mobile Broker Advantage™ previously incorporated open houses, but they were listed and not searchable.

The Open House Search is a convenient feature for all consumers utilizing mobile browsers to find open houses. Due to the convenience of mobile phones, it's a growing trend for consumers to search open houses while perusing neighborhoods. Mobile Broker Advantage™ now makes this easier than ever before.

Mobile Broker Advantage™ is a mobile real estate website platform Delta Media Group released late 2009. It provides subscribing brokerages a fully functional mobile real estate website that works on all mobile platforms, and is integrated with Delta Media Group's renowned lead management system.

Contact Delta Media Group for more information on Mobile Broker Advantage™.

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National real estate search engine PropertyPursuit.com surpasses 1 million listings

In just two short months, PropertyPursuit.com has surpassed 1 million real estate listings, placing it among the fastest growing independent real estate portals ever created.

PropertyPursuit.com released a press release on the landmark achievement, which we've attached below:

PROPERTYPURSUIT.COM™ SURPASSES 1 MILLION LISTINGS

CANTON, Ohio, January 6, 2010
PropertyPursuit.com surpassed 1.1 million listings today, making it one of the fastest growing real estate search engines in the nation.

PropertyPursuit.com is a national real estate portal that displays listing data of real estate companies, agents and syndication partners across the United States.
Consumers can easily search PropertyPursuit.com for homes, real estate agents, brokers and more.

PropertyPursuit.com officially re-launched at the 2009 NAR Conference & Expo in San Diego, and has since grown quickly across the nation. Powered by real estate technology developer Delta Media Group, PropertyPursuit.com offers profiles for real estate agents and brokerages, featured listings, and advanced consumer interaction that includes unique IP address search incorporation, the ability to write agent and broker recommendations, and more.

“We’re proud of the speed at which we have been able to grow PropertyPursuit.com,” said Jonathan Blood, Executive Vice President of Property Pursuit. “Our goal is to create the best national property search site for consumers, and improve broker, agent and listing exposure.”

PropertyPursuit.com is unique in that it was built by real estate brokers, for real estate brokers. Upon searching for homes, consumers are driven to the website of the respective broker or agent to receive additional information or submit a lead. Those brokers and agents using the system can partake in packages that help improve exposure for themselves, their brokerage, or their listings.

For more information, visit www.PropertyPursuit.com.


About PropertyPursuit.com
Property Pursuit, powered by Delta Media Group, is a national real estate portal that features more than one million listings. Property Pursuit offers consumers an easy-to-use property search and robust national listing details, and offers brokerages and agents unique online profiles, and customizable accounts, bios, logos, social networking tools and more. Visit www.propertypursuit.com for more information. PropertyPursuit.com is a division of Delta Media Group (online at www.deltagroup.com).

About Delta Media Group
Canton, Ohio-based Delta Media Group is a national real estate technology developer. Serving more than 32,000 broker and agent real estate professionals and managing more than 4 million listings daily, Delta Media Group builds one of the most profitable tools for major brokers in the real estate industry. Delta Media Group has been in business since 1994, and works with independent and franchise brokerages across the country. Delta Media Group specializes in real estate Web sites, real estate lead management, mobile applications, IDX property search, and real estate search engine optimization (SEO). Visit www.DeltaGroup.com for more info.

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New CRM group names allow for personalized exporting

Delta Media Group has added group names to the CRM/drip marketing system, allowing companies and agents to filter exported CSV spreadsheet files by individual groups.

The CRM allows users to import contacts and create groups to set on automatic drip E-mail campaigns. These contacts could previously be exported by way of CSV file to import into additional lead and contact management and marketing systems, but only as one entity.

With the new feature, agents and companies have a "Groups" column in their CSV export, allowing them to utilize only particular groups to filter into additional external lead and contact management and marketing systems.

To export a group from your CRM, log into the DeltaNet, click "Leads & Contacts," then click "CRM." On the left column in the "Contacts" box, there is a tab that reads "Export Contacts." This option automatically creates a CSV file out of your contacts and their information stored in the DeltaNet lead management system.

The first column in that spreadsheet will now read "group_name," and identify which, if any, groups your contacts are in. Only those real estate agents using the Delta Media Group Upgrade agent website have access to the CRM/drip marketing system.

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Delta Media Group builds ability to add franchise agent IDs

Now, you can add franchise IDs to your agents' profiles.

Delta Media Group recently added the ability for companies to put franchise associate IDs on their agent profiles, allowing for better future communication between franchise systems and Delta Media Group's real estate websites.

The DeltaNet system formerly saved MLS agent IDs as well as Delta Media Group-associated agent IDs. But with the ability to add franchise agent IDs, the DeltaNet can better correspond with franchise-driven imports and exports.

Some franchises encourage brokerages to filter company leads through their provided lead and contact management systems, and have available franchise information that can be automatically imported into real estate websites with the necessary franchise agent ID.

Delta Media Group's added franchise ID ability gives franchised real estate brokerages the ability to best utilize and integrate Delta Media Group's resources with those provided by their franchise.

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Delta Media Group creates more options for Google Analytics tracking

Now, when using Google Analytics, you can choose to follow statistics for just your brokerage website, or that of your entire brokerage and all affiliated agent websites.

Google Analytics codes previously tracked only the statistics of the brokerage website. But since agent websites are attached to the brokerage real estate website, Delta Media Group has added the ability to track agent and brokerage websites as a combined Web entity. This helps prevent the skewing of brokerage data like time on site, which may look significantly lower if a visitor uses the brokerage website to find an agent website, from which he conducts his property search.

Delta Media Group has a Google Analytics option built into the brokerage DeltaNet so you can easily enter Google Analytics to better follow the statistics of your real estate website. Google Analytics is a free Google service that allows you to better track more detailed elements of your website. Combined with Delta Media Group's website Reports, Google Analytics helps brokers get a full overview of their website traffic, activity, search engine traction, and more.

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Delta Media Group adds admin zip code setting for franchise systems

For franchises with offices and listings in multiple areas, Delta Media Group has recently added the ability to lock the zip code settings to prevent them from being tampered with.

While franchises allow offices to control their own lead settings, many franchises want to pre-set zip code settings. The new functionality allows franchises to be certain their offices are receiving leads only from those zip codes which they service in order to prevent market overlap.

The office zip code setting can be adjusted on the DeltaNet by logging in as a root admin, clicking "Leads & Contacts," then clicking "Settings." This option is only accessible by root administrators on the DeltaNet, and can not be overridden by office administrators.

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Search filter added to view all IDX open houses, only brokerage's

Visitors to your real estate website can now choose to view only your company open houses, or those of the entire IDX.

For brokerages with an IDX open house feed, Delta Media Group has added a public option for consumers to choose if they'd like to view all IDX open houses, or only those of your brokerage.

Some real estate website visitors like to search all open houses in a given market, while others prefer to narrow those results to the respective brokerage they are working with.

The open house option is part of Delta Media Group's new Open House system, which was initially released in 2008, but was updated and launched for all brokers on Delta Media Group's real estate websites six months ago.

The Open House V3 system provides brokers and agents a new interface and an easier format to submit open houses through. Some MLSs have an open house IDX feed, which brokerages can utilize to prevent from having to submit open house information to both the MLS and the DeltaNet. IDX open house feeds are not yet available from all MLSs, but can be integrated to your website should your MLS provide one.

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Visit Delta Media Group at the Triple Play REALTORS Conference

Attending the Triple Play REALTOR Convention and Trade Show this week? Make sure to stop by Delta Media Group's booth #318.

The Triple Play conference will be held today through Thursday, December 8-10. Networking hours began this morning at 8am Eastern, and the Trade Expo officially opens at noon.

Delta Media Group will be demoing new products, including Mobile Broker Advantage™, PropertyPursuit.com and the Agent Positioning Package™, as well as our real estate company websites, real estate search engine optimization services, and more.

View more information on the Triple Play conference schedule, or contact Delta Media Group for more details on Mobile Broker Advantage™, PropertyPursuit.com, or the Agent Positioning Package™.

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Delta Media Group launches new national real estate portal site PropertyPursuit.com

Your listing exposure is about to drastically increase.

Delta Media Group just set live the newest national real estate portal site, PropertyPursuit.com!

Property Pursuit is a unique broker and agent-centric portal, designed specifically to send all leads directly to the respective real estate broker or agent, and drive consumers to their real estate websites. It was launched to coordinate with the start of this year's NAR Conference & Expo, and can be found online at www.PropertyPursuit.com.

Please see the official PropertyPursuit.com press release below:

CANTON, Ohio – (November 13, 2009)
Delta Media Group, a leading real estate Web site and lead management developer of more than 32,000 broker and agent sites, today announced the launch of PropertyPursuit.com, a broker and agent-centric national real estate portal.

PropertyPursuit.com is unique in that it drives all leads from the site directly to the respective broker or agent. With easy-to-search tools and more than one million listings at the time of debut, PropertyPursuit.com will provide home buyers a highly user-friendly experience in finding their next home.

“It’s extremely gratifying that a company of the caliber of Delta Media Group has decided to launch a broker and agent-centric global portal that is so easy to use for today’s buyers and sellers,” said Chad Ochsner, president of RE/MAX Alliance in Denver. “It is refreshing to see a company like Delta Media Group build this national portal. The organization is comprised of extremely well-known, highly qualified experts in the real estate Web site, lead management, SEO and SEM industries, and we are confident that PropertyPursuit.com will quickly become the REALTOR™ site of choice in the real estate industry.”

PropertyPursuit.com provides home searchers with the most comprehensive online real estate search tools available. Beginning with a unique Internet Protocol (IP) address look-up that displays the visitor’s city at log-in, the site offers distinct search functions including an easy search, advanced search and search map, as well as the abilities to search by address, zip code, listing features and more.

“PropertyPursuit.com will enable Web site visitors to experience single-click access to local listings and in-depth search options for specific criteria for desired real estate properties and features,” said Mike Minard, president of Delta Media Group. “Visitors additionally have access to an abundant amount of the most up-to-date property listings on the market. PropertyPursuit.com provides the users with the options they desire and accommodates all the various methods consumers prefer to use when searching for real estate.”

PropertyPursuit.com gives buyers the ability to narrow their search results in their effort to find their dream home, and its smart technology displays similarly priced properties in the area they are searching. Homebuyers can access convenient graphical links to property features and details from each listing detail page, and can also contact the listing agent directly for more information or to schedule a showing. The site also displays available open houses and current price reductions, and gives users the ability to print a listing flier, pinpoint their chosen location, view large photo galleries, videos and slide shows, calculate mortgage payments and review community and school information. Buyers can save their search criteria and schedule to receive updates when properties become available that match their requirements.

Visit www.PropertyPursuit.com for more details, or contact Mike Minard at mike@deltagroup.com.

About Delta Media Group:
Canton, Ohio-based Delta Media Group is a national real estate technology developer. Serving more than 32,000 broker and agent real estate professionals and managing more than four million listings daily, Delta Media Group builds one of the most profitable tools for major brokers in the real estate industry. Delta Media Group has been in business since 1994, and works with independent and franchise brokerages across the country. Delta Media Group specializes in real estate Web sites, real estate lead management, mobile applications, IDX property search, and real estate search engine optimization (SEO). Visit www.DeltaGroup.com for more info.

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