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  More Leads. Lower Costs. Higher Profits. March 2006


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Hello!
Welcome to the March Issue of NEWSBEEK, our monthly customer newsletter where you'll find news, tips and information that'll help you make the most of your investments in BIRDVIEW Products & Services.

News Clippings ...
  

Existing Home Sales Rebound

BIRDVIEW Expands Account Executive Program

Homestore Exec Pleads Guilty To Fraud

Homestore To Change Name

New Features & Services
  

Improved LeadMine User Interface

We're excited to announce another upgrade to our software. We've improved the look, feel and functionality of LeadMine, our proprietary lead management application. The upgrade is included under the terms of your current contract and without additional fees. The upgrade to LeadMine includes:

  • A more intuitive user interface
  • Customized views of your consumer leads
  • Better control over the leads you assign to your agents who have a BIRDVIEW product
  • Improved lead assignment interface

Screen shots of the new interface can be found on the homepage of your Web Assistant. In addition, video tutorials can be found under the self help section of the Service Center menu. For additional information including training, contact support@birdview.com, or contact your Account Executive.

Tip Of The Month
  

Mortgage Center Captures More Leads

You wouldn't dream of having a web site without MLS data. Nor should you have a web site without a strong suite of mortgage tools.

If you're not using the Mortgage Center suite on your web site, you should strongly consider doing so. Our recent research has shown that web sites that don't have the Mortgage Center suite lose out on incremental leads they wouldn't have otherwise gotten.

The Mortgage Center suite of tools available on your BIRDVIEW Web Site is designed to be an additional lead capture mechanism that captures consumer information. As information is captured, it is funneled back into LeadMine just like other lead types. Our internal research has proven that significant results can be attained. Here's what we've found …

1) Few if any real estate brokerages offer the type of mortgage tools that are highly sought after by Internet consumers. Also, consumers today visit web sites like Lendingtree and others that specialize in this type of service. The Mortgage Center on your web site acts as an additional marketing hook for consumers to visit your web site instead of these other web sites.

Our most successful clients increase traffic to their web site by updating both their on-line and traditional advertising to incorporate messages that are similar to the ones below:

  • Have lenders compete for your business, visit us at www.abcbrokerage.com/calcs to get started
  • Find the best interest rates on the Internet at www.abcbrokerage.com/calcs
  • Interest rates are climbing, we can help you lock in the best rates now. Visit us at www.abcbrokerage.com/calcs
  • Shop rates from thousands of lenders on www.abcbrokerage.com/calcs

2) One of the great challenges in converting leads into customers is the need to keep consumers coming back to your web site. The more times a consumer comes back to your web site, the higher the probability they become your customer. The Mortgage Center acts as another important reminder to consumers of the great content on your web site.

Our most successful clients improve the return rate of prospects by updating their e-mail messages and ProspectPro campaigns to include messages that are similar to the examples below:

  • At ABC brokerage, we provide our customers with sophisticated mortgage tools to shop for the best mortgage rates. Visit our mortgage center at www.abcbrokerage.com/calcs to get started
  • Want to find the best rates on the Internet, we can help. Visit us our mortgage center at www.abcbrokerage.com/calcs to shop thousands of lenders.
  • Have lenders compete for your business. Visit us at www.abcbrokerage.com/calcs to get started.
  • Save money on your mortgage by shopping thousands of lenders. Visit our mortgage center at www.abcbrokerage.com/calcs

So let's recap by doing the math.

  • More New Traffic + More Return Traffic = More Leads.
  • More Leads = More Business.
  • More Business = Lower Cost of Business Acquisition.

That's a smart Internet strategy that gets a big thumbs up from our business gurus. To activate the Mortgage Center on your web site, contact our customer care department or your local Account Executive. Good selling!

Spot Trends Early With Our Monthly Poll
  

Spotting trends early can mean the difference between making money and losing money. Use our monthly poll to maximize the investments you make in technology and in your business!

Last month's poll results - take note!

"Do you send out an e-newsletter to your prospects?"

58% - No
42% - Yes

This month's poll:

"Are you using a Mortgage Center to improve the results you get from the Internet?"

Visit http://www.birdview.com to cast your vote!

BIRDVIEW Help & Support Information
  

New to BIRDVIEW? Use these valuable resources to get answers fast!

a) Visit our web site at http://www.birdview.com/support where you'll find answers to frequently asked questions, announcements, documentation, forms as well as other helpful information.

b) Refer to the Quick Start Guide that came in your BIRDVIEW Welcome Kit.

c) The on-line web assistant has built-in on-line help and tutorials - be sure to use it!

d) Contact our Service Bureau by emailing us at ServiceBureau@birdview.com for more on our professional training programs

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