Cost Comparisons for Self-Hosted Sites and Point2 Agent
In real estate, syndication and an IDX solution are a must-have for your buyers and sellers! However, budget always plays a role in what’s decided for your online presence…here’s a tip…
A Professional Membership with Point2 Agent:
$49.95/mo
Syndication, no IDX (extra fees apply), a blog that’s not self-hosted and not so user-friendly
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An IDX Solution, Syndication, “AND” a Self-Hosted Site:
$5/mo for Self-Hosting the Site
$30-$50/mo for “dsIDXpress” for Blogs
$20/mo for a Standard Membership with Point2 Agent for the syndication
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With the exception of an IDX solution that would be out of my price range above, you’re looking at around the same monthly cost between Point2 Agent and an All-In-One Solution with a mix!
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Nancy Golliday
Website / Blog (re)Design for Marketing Results
FirstCoastDesigns.Com
Nancy@FirstCoastDesigns.com
912.673.8238 (Office/Home)
912.322.2858 (Mobile)
Will My Self-Hosted WordPress “Look” Like a Blog or Website?
It can look however you want it to look! WordPress with any theme allows for showcasing a “page” as the home page or “blog” as the home page.
Samples of a Page as the Home Page…
FigTreeInn.Com (client is using this as their main website and blog site)
Samples of Blogs as the Home Page…
RIHouseHunt.Com (client is using this as their main website and blog site)
GoldCanyonHomes.Net (client is using this as just the blog site – they have a main website on another platform)
So keep this in mind when you’re thinking about your online presence and budget…you get the best of both worlds with a self-hosted WordPress site!
Theme Cost: Avg. $70-200
Host Cost: Avg. $50-70 per year
Domain Cost: Avg. $10/year
Click here for more information on Self-Hosted WordPress Sites and what we can do for you!
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Nancy Golliday
Website / Blog (re)Design for Marketing Results
FirstCoastDesigns.Com
Nancy@FirstCoastDesigns.com
912.673.8238 (Office/Home)
912.322.2858 (Mobile)
Image Mapping (HTML5) vs Flash Element(s)
Apple announced they will not be recognizing “flash” elements on their iPad (read full article)…
When designing your website, a great alternative is an image map. An image map is a single image with multiple “hot links” within it. No, it’s not the transitioning images you see in a lot of our sites, however I think the image mapping is just as nice aesthetically.
You can see a sample in our Newsletter – the thumbnails within the content area are a single image with multiple hot spots.
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Great for Realtors wanting to have an “interactive” map for listings in those towns or neighborhoods!
Samples:
http://www.northfloridahomesearch.com/NEIGHBORHOODS/page_2092221.html
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Nancy Golliday
Website / Blog (re)Design for Marketing Results
FirstCoastDesigns.Com
Nancy@FirstCoastDesigns.com
912.673.8238 (Office/Home)
912.322.2858 (Mobile)
Video Tutorials for Point2 Agent, WordPress, Facebook!
Your very own video tutorials using your own site(s) during the step-by-step process. And only get what you need! So far we’ve been able to provide clients with the following after the customization is complete…
VIDEO TUTORIALS BASED ON YOUR WANTS AND NEEDS…
- Adding Pages to Custom Navigation Menu (Point2 Agent)
- Working with Page Content (Point2 Agent & WordPress)
- Working with Tables (Point2 Agent & WordPress)
- Adding Listings to Pages by Town / Neighborhood (Point2 Agent)
- Replacing Custom Header in Your Site (Point2 Agent & WordPress)
- Working with Graphics in Your Site (Point2 Agent & WordPress)
- Working with the Featured Content Gallery (Agent Press for WordPress)
- Working with the Slider (Genesis Framework for WordPress)
- Working with Hooks (Thesis & Agent Press for WordPress)
- Working with Facebook Business (Fan) Pages
- Working with FBML in Facebook Business (Fan) Pages
- Incorporating Video / Flash into Facebook FBML
- Creating Custom You Tube Channels for Websites
Video Pricing available upon request.
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Nancy Golliday
Website / Blog (re)Design for Marketing Results
FirstCoastDesigns.Com
Nancy@FirstCoastDesigns.com
912.673.8238 (Office/Home)
912.322.2858 (Mobile)
Fabusend “Smart Letterhead”
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 Welcome! You are
looking at Smart Letterhead, invented by Fabusend. What is it? Fabusend is beautiful Email Letterhead (aka
Email Stationery/Email Stationary) Professionally made, just for you -so you can Build Your Brand
& outshine your competitors every time you click SEND Fabusend is also Email
Tracking Email Tracking
technology gets built into your letterhead -telling you if your emails get opened or not Fabusend is
also a Traffic Generating Machine You can add
interactive “Live Links” buttons which can dramatically increase your website traffic -so you can SELL more! …ALL IN
ONE! That’s why it’s called “Smart”
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Fabusend Email Stationary, Email Letterhead, Email Tracking,
Branded Email, Email Signatures, Email Templates, Email Backgrounds
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Nancy Golliday
Website / Blog (re)Design for Marketing Results
FirstCoastDesigns.Com
Nancy@FirstCoastDesigns.com
912.673.8238 (Office/Home)
912.322.2858 (Mobile)
Get In Touch With Your Social Media Side!
“…thanks to my facebook site I got two leads to list and sell a house! And I am getting really good internet leads on the Kathy Hyatt site and all of this is thanks to you!!! A year ago I was a mess and now I look so good on-line and wanted to tell you that for a long time now. So again, THANK YOU!!!”
Kathy Hyatt – Kathy Hyatt Sells Homes
I’ve been relaying this message about social media really playing an integral part of your internet presence for a while now, and hope you all take it to heart…because social media and blogging not only help get leads, but bring your website up to the forefront as well.
I’m beginning to find Facebook coming up in Google search results.
So get on the bandwagon and get in touch with your social media side if you’re not already!
Some more Examples of FBML Tabs for Facebook:
Century21 Gold
Denver Loft
The For You Group
Diane Sonenson
Simone Bercu
Lu Cohen
You’ll need an account with Facebook to view the samples above.
CLICK HERE TO CREATE A PAGE IN FACEBOOK!
Enjoy!
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Nancy Golliday
Website / Blog (re)Design for Marketing Results
FirstCoastDesigns.Com
Nancy@FirstCoastDesigns.com
912.673.8238 (Office/Home)
912.322.2858 (Mobile)