If you are wondering what a QR code is (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QR_Code), don’t worry! QR codes are just a variety of barcodes, the kinds you find on things you buy; except they are especially easy to scan for smart phones. Almost any modern smart phone can have a Barcode Scanner application installed and capable of scanning the codes using the built-in phone camera. What’s interesting is that QR codes can make the smart phone do a bunch of interesting and useful things. For example, they can make the phone navigate to a web page, or they can automatically create a contact record and let the user save it; or create a calendar event. Now if you start thinking about it: QR codes provide an ideal connection between your printed materials and your leads equipped with smart phones: be it a property “FOR SALE” sign, or your business card, or a flyer. QR codes can even be scanned directly from a computer screen!

Here is a hypothetical scenario: imagine that someone is walking by your freshly planted “FOR SALE” sign for a property you have just listed. She notices the QR code with “SCAN THIS FOR LISTING DETAILS” caption nicely attached to the sign. Being a hip mobile savvy user, she pulls out her iPhone and scans the code; and within a few seconds she is looking at the full details web page of your listing, complete with all the photos, contact info, etc. She also notices your phone number and next to it another QR code that says: “SCAN THIS FOR MY CONTACT DETAILS”. She does just that and instantly sees the QR reader create a contact record with your details and ask her whether she wants to add it to her Contacts. All this has happened without your lead typing a single character into her phone.

Think about the possibilities now. You can print a QR code at the back of your business card, on your listing materials, anywhere where you can save your leads some typing and instantly increase your mobile coolness factor!

MyRealPage now gives you a way to create QR codes for each of your listings, as well as for your Contact Information. Just download the resulting image and incorporate it into any printed material or signage as you see fit.

Here is quick sketch of what happens when you scan a QR code that takes you to a web page (URL):

And a quick sketch of what happens when your Contact Details are scanned:

You can find your Listing QR code by simply clicking on the “More…” tab in your Listing editor in the Private Office:

And you can find your Contact Info QR codes in the Listing Options under the “Listings” tab in your Private Office:

Do you have comments or suggestions? Do you know of a creative idea to use a QR code? Let us know!

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• Automatically locate yourself via GPS and see all available listings for sale in up to 1km radius around you
• Have the application "follow" you by updating your position and nearby listings as you walk or drive
• Drag the map to pan around and see the nearby listings automatically searched for you
• Manually override your current location by entering the address of your choice
• Login into your Virtual Office Website (VOW) account to see and do more
• See full details of each individual listing, including all photos
• Email listings to family and friends
• Inquire about the listing with the agent/team/broker
• "Star" the listing for later review through the Virtual Office Website (VOW) account
• Sign up for a Virtual Office Website (VOW) account
• Make a phone call and/or send a SMS message directly from the contact forms

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• Sign up to become members of the Virtual Office Website
• Save their searches, edit them at will, based on a variety of search forms; from graphical Google Map based "draw-and-search" to traditional text-oriented forms
• Choose to be notified about changes in the search properties, such as price changes, new listings, etc.
• Bookmark interesting listings, add comments, rate and categorize listings

New Search forms for Greater Vancouver, Northern BC and Fraser Valley

• One-Click Lead Capture: If you have ever found yourself copying and pasting lead information from your notification emails and was wondering if there was an easier way; then you will be pleased to work with the One-Click Leads. Your forms will extract all lead information, including details on how the lead was captured and give you a simple link in the notification email which you can use to easily review and create the lead (don't forget that by using Outlook Synchronization and import/export functions in the Lead Manager in the Private Office, your leads become "portable").

•  "Listing Inquiry", "Send this Listing", and "Calculate Mortgage" forms were updated to behave and display in an attractive animated manner.
• "Listing Inquiry" forms will perform as expected for Brokers and large Teams with Agent Directory subscriptions. They will display the agent photos from the directory, as well as direct the email appropriately.
• Brokers' "Featured Agents" will also be honoured if they were configured to receive listing inquiries; showing their appropriate photos. Tier 3 broker agents will also benefit from Lead Capture links in their notification emails.
• All forms that result in the web visitors receiving emails will benefit from MyRealPage integration with the MLXJet email branding.
• Even though the web forms appear and behave in a "rich" manner in the browser, they are also "visible" and accessible to search engine bots; that is, they are SEO-friendly. They can also be accessed and used without javascript.
• Our customers with "Listings Only" subscription will equally benefit from the new and improved forms.