This month we have added a new resource for you: In-depth video Training that you may share with your Agents! These short video clips walk your Agents through each tab in their IDX Broker sub-account. We encourage you to share this information with your Agents!
The newsletter articles this month are all about adding sold & pending listings to your website, using the Supplemental Listings Tab. We also cover the ShareThis social media sharing tool available in IDX Broker. Lastly, we'll show you how to place a Featured Agent Showcase on your website.
As always, we welcome your thoughts and suggestions. Simply complete our short survey and we will do our best to incorporate your ideas into our next newsletter.
Best regards,
The IDX Team
@idxbroker
Add Sold Properties With Supplemental Listings
Do you have listings that you sold in the past that you would like to showcase on your IDX Sold/Pending Gallery? Adding these listings to your website is easy! Simply use the Supplemental Listing tool provided in IDX Broker.
Login and go to Listings -> Supplemental. Click the Add Property link to be taken to a form where you can enter in information for your listing.
Use the fields provided to enter your listing information. Use the Status field to set a sold or pending status to the listing. A sold or pending status will allow the listing to display on your Sold/Pending Gallery.
Click Add Property to save the Supplemental Listing. After the initial property information is saved, you can add photos, virtual tours, and custom links. Using IDX Broker's Sold/Pending Gallery along with Supplemental Listings will allow you to build a comprehensive portfolio of closed listings to show off to prospective clients!
ShareThis Social Media Sharing Tools
IDX Broker includes social media sharing tools built into every property details page. This is done via the ShareThis widget. We have built this Widget functionality into almost every template provided in IDX Broker.
ShareThis gives your website visitors a fast and easy way to share property details via Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and a host of other social media services.
To activate ShareThis on your IDX account, login and go to My Preferences -> Global Preferences -> Share Property Options. Select "Use ShareThis Feature" from the Share Property Method dropdown menu. If you are interested in tracking stats related to the use of this tool, you may request a Publisher Key directly from the ShareThis site, and enter it into the field provided in IDX Broker. You can also choose to display the Widget on mouse over or on a mouse click.
Now, each IDX details page will include a Share Property link that will bring up the ShareThis widget and allow site visitors to send a link to that property to the social media service of their choice.
Make the most of social media - give your site visitors the tools they need to share properties with friends and family.
Featured Agent Showcase
Every IDX Broker Office Account includes a Featured Agent Showcase. This widget will place a photo of a randomly selected agent on your home page or any other web page.
To place this widget on your website, login and go to Widgets -> Featured Agent. Now, simply copy the line of Javascript displayed at the top of the page. Paste these links into your web page wherever you want the showcase to appear.
View your site to see your new widget in action. Each time your website loads, a new agent's photo, name, and contact information will appear. The photos and information displayed here will pull from the agent bios you have set up in your account.
Use this widget to market your agents and give them more exposure on your company website!
We hope you enjoyed your September newsletter!
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