I just posted this as a comment on the NAR blog, but I thought that it probably deserved it's own post as it really should be directed at MIBOR and not NAR - basically we all know the change to the IDX verbiage will be passed it's just a matter of due dilligence (can't blame NAR for that I suppose) but it's also going to take time - all the while, we are stuck without indexable pages until this ruling passes (we being Paula Henry / Mike Taylor of http://www.reddoorindy.com and myself - yes, I consider myself part of the team)

So here is what I wrote on the NAR blog as a potential compromise - I would love to hear some comments from MIBOR members on this issue and I think everyone would like to see some good will and common sense prevail here (it would…

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THIS PROMOTION IS NOW CLOSED

Real Estate Webmasters turns 5 years old today! (April 9th 2009)

I keep sitting down to write a super long post all teary eyed about how awesome our members and customers have been over the last 5 years but honestly I am going to run out of birthday before I'm done - so I have decided to save that post for another day and just keep our Real Estate Webmasters 5th birthday promo post short and sweet -

THANK YOU!

To all of our members, to all of our staff, and especially to all of customers thank you for 5 great years.

It has been an amazing experience and we have learned so much from you all, and hopefully you have been able to learn a few things from us as well. Along the way we have developed a lot of friendships and…

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A big thank you goes out to Colleen Forbes and the entire Exit Realty Florida crew for having us be the exlusive website vendors at at your recent Orlando event. Carrie and I had a great time meeting you all, and we look forward to servicing you now and in the future.

Exit Template website winner

For those Exit folks that missed the draw at the luncheon for the REW Exit template website - the winner was Montie Lipsey-Lee of Exit Realty Producers, Gainesville, Florida. Montie - we hope you enjoy your new website, and we are just going to need a few things from you to get you setup (templates are quick and easy) - what I need from you is the following:

• Phone number for the website (goes under your photo)
• Photo - (the higher resolution the…

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It's official - The limited edition custom program is a resounding success.

Due to some creative marketing and some timely promo's I have sold so many LEC 2.0's that we are running out of major market areas and I really need to step up production of the next round of LEC's (There are a couple in development including a special "support Marc Rasmussen" LEC which I will finish as soon as I get a new data feed for it *cough Marc cough*

Anyways - as many of you remember, I did the development of LEC 2.0 publicly in my 'designing the next LEC" post and it was a lot of fun, so I have decided to do it again. So without further ado - let's get cracking on this next LEC.

Design & programming - your budget is 300 hours and you start immediately.

Where to get…

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For those of you following the Sarasota Association of Realtors fiasco (SAR) and lending your support, I have just created a great new way for you to showcase your disapproval for what SAR has done to our member Marc Rasmussen.

The "No SARjacking" Badge.

 To place this badge on your website, simply paste this html code to the left of the badge into your webpage, or blog, and save the page:

 

<a href="http://www.realestatewebmasters.com/blogs/morgan-carey/6350/show/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.realestatewebmasters.com/SARjacking-badge.jpg" border="0" width="200"></a>

 Some additional sizes now available:

 

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Promotion Closed Tuesday October 28th, 2008 - thank you everyone for your orders

 

Promo hours available 25% bonus - take advantage of your dollar

It's promotion time again at Real Estate Webmasters, and this one's timeframe is quite unpredictable so you will want to act quickly.

As many of you know, Real Estate Webmasters is a Canadian company that (due to 99.5% of our clients being US based) charges in US dollars. Also for those of you who watch the markets, you will know that the Canadian dollar (compared to US) has been doing very well this year (which is bad for us) so much so, that we seriously considered increasing our rates - I however decided that I would keep prices fixed and ride out our unusually high dollar trend.

Great news - Our dollar…

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THIS PROMOTION SOLD OUT IN 3 DAYS - Thanks for all who purchased

Real Estate Webmasters is offering the most significant discounted price ever on our most popular product - the REW CORE IDX (yes it's the one that is built into your REW website, has snippet & lead management integration and is search engine spiderable.)

So what's the deal - how do I save $2000?

Normally REW CORE IDX is $2500 for install and $360 USD per year for IDX data hosting.

For these 2 weeks (and only these 2 weeks) we will be offering our CORE IDX install for 20% of it's normal cost (You read that right, not a 20% discount, but 20% of it's price) basically you save $2000 USD if you buy now.

Some basic terms for this promo:

• In order to qualify for this limited time…

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As many of you know, REW IDX is a true "custom" platform. What this means is that our customers can have us make custom changes to our CORE system in any way they can think of with only 1 real limitation, that limitation being we cannot violate the rules of the MLS board (Our changes must pass compliance).

One of the most common questions asked of me is "What is the difference from just sticking with CORE (Out of the BOX) REW IDX vs customization. Below I am going to provide an example of just one small element (The layout of a listing in the search results) which I have personally worked on the customization for to provide an example of the difference between CORE and going very custom. (Hopefull customers will get an appreciation for why these things…

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