Season's Greetings!
We are excited to bring you the RELAY® Newsletter, filled with news, tips, and more to help you connect with your clients, your office, and your success.
In this issue:
Together we are reshaping the landscape of the real estate industry.
If you have a RELAY® story or comments which you would like to share, please email info@rebt.com.
Our newsletters will always be filled with the latest RELAY® news, tips, tricks and more. We look forward to sharing the New Year with all of you!
Wishing you a safe and happy Holiday season ,
The RELAY® Team
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RELAY® connects you to your clients, office, and transaction easily and securely, but did you know that it can also be used to help you connect to more sales?
Use RELAY® in your client presentations, and present a professional appearance which will give you the competitive edge.
With RELAY®’s CD Creation Module, you can replace or supplement presentation folders and portfolios with custom, personalized CDs that will help you win your next clients.
Winning more listings with RELAY® Transaction Management
You managed your contacts, cultivated your leads, and now you have an appointment with a potential client. This can be a nerve-wracking experience for even the most experienced REALTOR®. Let RELAY® help you arrive at your presentation at your best.
There are two ways you can prepare a client presentation:
- Option One: If you already know the essential information for your next client, partially prepare a listing or buying contract (and any other forms you wish to have on hand) in WINFormsOnline®, and synchronize directly with RELAY®.
This way, if your client decides to sign the contract immediately, all of his or her essential information is already filled out and ready to be printed or digitally signed right away!
- Option Two: If you want to prepare for last-minute client presentations, you can create a “mock” RELAY® transaction.
Instead of a property address, try including your brokerage address; instead of a property picture, upload your logo or a picture of your brokerage. Get creative and reinforce your image!
Since this transaction will not be used as an active transaction, you can continue updating it to ensure you will always have your latest client presentations accessible at any time, from any internet connection.
Now upload marketing proposals, disclosures, Competitive Marketing Analysis, property photos, sample flyers, a biography with information on your REALTOR® success, and any other documents for your client presentation directly into RELAY®.
 With your presentation stored online, you never need to worry about arriving unprepared. Your next presentation is as close as the nearest internet connection, and you’ll never spill coffee on a folder, or run out of sample flyers.
Use your CD creation module to download the captured information directly to your computer and create a customized client presentation CD. Create a label, and give your clients a presentation package showcasing your dedication and professionalism.
More information on creating custom CDs in RELAY® can be found in the RELAY® help sections on your RELAY® site.
At your presentation, you can use the CD directly or log into your RELAY® site to show your next client how you will connect them to their home sale.
RELAY® - connecting you to your success!
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Make it easier for you and your clients to log into RELAY® Transaction Management. Post a link directly to your RELAY® site from your own website. Publishing your link can even help you attract new clients!
Shows future clients that you provide 24/7 access to their transaction through a secure transaction site. Those with an account can log in, while those without an account will never see transaction information.
How to post a link to your RELAY® Site
For a link to your transaction site, change the RRRRR in the code below to your five digit site ID number (the same site ID number you used in your RELAY® manager on WINFormsOnline®) in any of the examples below.
Then paste the HTML code directly into the HTML on your website.
Example One:
- For a link that looks like this, copy the following code:
<a href = "https://relay.rebt.com/tms/?siteId=RRRRR" target = "_blank"> <img src = "http://www.rebt.com/images/icons/secureconnection.jpg" alt = "Secure connection to your real estate transaction provided with RELAY™ Transaction Management" width = "150" height = "150" border = "0"></a>
Example Two:
- For a link that looks like this, copy the following code:
< a href = "https://relay.rebt.com/tms/?siteId=RRRRR" target = "_blank"> <img src = "http://www.rebt.com/images/icons/relaylogo.jpg" alt = "Secure connection to your real estate transaction provided with RELAY™ Transaction Management" width = "132" height = "72" border = "0"></a>
Example Three:
- For a link that looks like this, copy the following code:
<a href="https://relay.rebt.com/tms/?siteId=RRRRR" target="_blank">Secure connection to your transaction<br> provided with RELAY™ Transaction Management<br> <b>Existing Clients: Click Here to Log In</b></a>
RELAY® - connecting you to your clients!
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Whether you are a single agent or a large brokerage, we are working hard to connect you with products and services which will extend and enhance your RELAY® Transaction Management site in ways which best fit your business.
RELAY® is connected to a number of partners who will help connect you to your office – whether you have five locations or work from home!
You are probably already aware that RELAY® has a strong, lasting relationship with the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®, and is part of the REALTOR® Member Benefits program, which offers practical solutions for REALTORS® Nationwide. RELAY® is also closely tied to the Nation’s top forms software – ZipFormOnline® and WINFormsOnline® - which already help thousands of REALTORS® work more efficiently and professionally.
Recently, RELAY® has added some new partners who meet our high standard of quality and offer services to benefit you.
- Team Double-Click offers cost-effective solutions to inflexible bricks-and-mortar staffing by providing professional real estate virtual assistants and transaction coordinators who use RELAY® transaction management in all of their transactions. Team Double-Click offers nationwide RELAY® training, and their coordinators and assistants will happily work with you through your own RELAY® Transaction Management site.
- Real Town ’s Internet Crusade provides the REALTOR® e-Pro certification, which is designed to help REALTORS® ensure their continued success in online real estate.
We are working hard to connect you further with many services and features to enhance your business and bring you toward time-saving, money-saving paperless transactions.
Look to www.rebt.com/partners.asp and your RELAY® newsletter for the latest additions!
RELAY® - connecting you to your office!
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With 2006 right around the corner, there are some very exciting updates which will be helping you manage your transactions more effectively and changing the way your RELAY® site looks and the way you use RELAY® Transaction Management.
In the beginning of 2006 we will be releasing RELAY® Version 2.0, which will contain activity management, calendaring, templates and more, designed to make your transactions run smoother and easier.
With the release of Version 2.0, your RELAY® site will be automatically updated, and there is no additional charge for current subscribers.
All of your transactions will remain intact, but now you will be able to schedule all of your transaction activities quickly and easily, as well as being able to track the progress of activities, and look at what other transaction participants are working on in the transaction.
Look for more details, announcements, and opportunities to learn about this exciting new feature throughout January and February!
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This year has been very exciting for RELAY® Transaction Management, and December is certainly no exception.
- RELAY® was chosen as one of the top real estate tech tools of 2005 by Inman News.
- Inman real estate news named Josh Sharfman, the CEO of REBT and the driving force behind RELAY® Transaction Management, as one of the 10 of the most memorable out of their top 100 influential people in real estate this year.
- We recently passed the REALTOR® Secure audit of REBT, which, in addition to our Cybertrust statement confirming the security of your information on RELAY®, truly validates our quest to maintain the integrity and security of your transactions. We take your security and the security of your client’s personal and private information seriously because we know that the main ingredient to any successful real estate relationship is trust.
For additional updates and the latest RELAY® news, you can visit www.rebt.com/news.asp.
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Look for RELAY® at Inman's 2006 Real Estate Connect NY expo in New York, NY. RELAY® is sponsoring the Paperless Pavillion, and you can seek out RELAY® team members in booth # 108 from January 11th through 13th.
RELAY® CEO Joshua Sharfman will take part in a session on "The Tipping Point: Achieving the Paperless Breathrough" on January 13th, 2006 from 3:45 - 5:00 pm.
Click here for more information.
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