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Agent ReBoot Boston Ma ~ Getting our Tech fix

October 27, 2011 By Leave a Comment

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Jay and I recently attended Agent ReBoot in Boston. It was the first time that we’ve attended a ReBoot and after having attended many rebarcamps (real estate barcamps) I must say I really loved the Agent ReBoot formula. The day was planned with micro education sessions, all of them relevant to agents wanting to take their business to the next level or to those grasping to understand or simply be exposed to all the tech changes in our industry. It was fast paced and jammed full. What I loved is that I didn’t have to decide which sessions to take, which is the way rebar camps work and often at rebar camps I’ve missed out on cool topics because there might be 4 or more sessions running at the same time. Darin Persinger

Tech Savvy ~ Always something new

The Agent ReBoot agenda was pretty cool with top notch speakers and as always I enjoyed Chris Smith who is the Chief Evangelist at Inman news and Jimmy Mackin from the MLSApp who shared their thoughts on marketing, Craigslist and Facebook to name just a few.  I can’t wait to start implementing some new ideas and revamp some of the things that we’ve been doing.  No matter how tech savvy you are these guys always bring something new to the mix!

Video Marketing

The video marketing session was big for me (no surprise) and even though I do a lot of video  I came away with knowing I need to do more! Darin Persinger from ProductivityJunkies  session on Capture Consumers’ Attention with Video was fantastic and I left there with some very very cool ideas to make my videos even better!

Social Media InsightFourSquare ~ Expanding your business by Mobile

Those that know us , know that Jay and I use FourSquare a lot and it was awesome to learn how a large well know brokerage firm like the Corcoran Group, whose videos I am a huge fan of, uses FourSquare so successfully. Matthew Shadbolt shared a wealth of information on Mobile check ins that made us realize, that while we’re doing a good job with FourSqaure, there is so much more to it!  I love how people share their success stories… thank you Matthew!

ReBoot and great networking

Not only was the day well spent but the added bonus of connecting up with some awesome online friends and even a few peers from NH was an additional bonus. The networking, learning and sharing was tremendous and meeting the Geeky Girls was way cool for this geeky old chick! Geeky Friends

If Reboot comes back to Boston next year we’ll be sure to attend again but it would be so sweet if we had one in New Hampshire.

We just love when we can learn new things that will help leverage our clients and customers home selling or home buying experience.

Thinking of selling your Rockingham County and the Seacoast area home or buying one… call or text us at 603-548-7728 and find out how you can benefit from our knowledge!

 

E-mail Jay and Monika or call or text at 603-548-7728

Jay and Monika McGillicuddy, NH REALTORS

Prudential Verani Realty

603-327-0246 direct line

603-926-3648 office

Monika cell 603-548-7728

Jay cell 603-548-7685

 

 

 

 

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NH Real Estate Professionals Jay and Monika McGillicuddy


Jay and Monika McGillicuddy, covering southern NH and the Seacoast area. If you’re thinking of selling or buying a southern NH or Seacoast area home give us a call…we’d love to help make your home ownership dreams come true.
Jay and Monika McGillicuddy, NH REALTORS

603-944-9172 direct

E-mail Jay and Monika

Prudential Verani Realty

603-926-3648 office

Bar Camp Boston #BCB6

April 9, 2011 By 4 Comments

Bar Camp Boston #BCB6

Jay and I spent the day in Boston attending the 6 annual Boston Bar Camp #BCB6 and I really think we got our geek on!

What is a Bar Camp?

What is a Bar Camp you’re wondering? Well, it really has nothing to do with a drinking establishment but rather it’s what is commonly called  an un-conference and it’s all about technology, marketing,  social media, communities, design, mobile computing, entrepreneurship, gadgets and the ever important future of technology, plus so much more!

What makes this different than the real estate bar camps we often attend is this is much more rounded, with all fields represented and thus more outside the box thinking. Sometimes you can get great real estate ideas from people who are looking at it from outside the real estate profession!

A day well spent and worked too

You just have to love technology! It allows us to spend a day learning and exploring new technologies and techniques all the while being able to be connected, work and do things like negotiate offers, contact our sellers and set up showings on our listings!   Love being tech savvy agents!

Highlight of the day meeting Jimmy aka The MLS APP

One of the highlights of the day had to be meeting Jimmy Mackin who is as knowledgeable and as sharing in real life as he is on line.  This is one guy I could listen to for hours and never get bored as he is such a deep well of knowledge. Thank you Jimmy!

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Jay and Monika McGillicuddy, NH REALTORS

Prudential Verani Realty

2 Main Street Hampstead NH

603-327-0246 direct line

603-434-2377 office

Monika cell 603-548-7728

Jay cell 603-548-7685

 

 

 

 

 

 

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NH Real Estate Professionals Jay and Monika McGillicuddy


Jay and Monika McGillicuddy, covering southern NH and the Seacoast area. If you’re thinking of selling or buying a southern NH or Seacoast area home give us a call…we’d love to help make your home ownership dreams come true.
Jay and Monika McGillicuddy, NH REALTORS

603-944-9172 direct

E-mail Jay and Monika

Prudential Verani Realty

603-926-3648 office

Southern NH Tech Savvy Agents

February 26, 2011 By 2 Comments

Jay and Monika McGillicuddy

Jay and Monika McGillicuddy

Serving Rockingham County and the Seacoast area of New Hampshire including the NH towns of Atkinson, Chester, Danville, Hampstead, Kingston and Sandown, NH, We’ve often told people that we love what we do even after doing it for 26 years and that is the plain truth.

During our career as Southern New Hampshire REALTOR’S we’ve seen many changes in our industry. Not only have we lived through a few Southern New Hampshire real estate market crashes but we have also learned from them. Thinking outside the box and being an early adapter in technology in real estate has benefited our clients allowing them to minimize their stress and make smarter home buying and selling decisions. It’s all in an aggressive effort to stay one step ahead of the technological changes that effect our Southern New Hampshire real estate market.

Visionary Leadership in Southern New Hampshire Real Estate

As a tech savvy REALTOR’S,  we work as part of a Southern New Hampshire real estate team for Prudential Verani Realty.  Jay and I, sensing a huge change was coming to the New Hampshire real estate market in 2004 shifted our online marketing strategies to reflect the “new” ways consumers could engage and connect with REALTORS. This in turn led to greater exposure for our properties and increased success for our clients. We started our Southern New Hampshire real estate blog in 2006 and we leveraged social media tools like Twitter and Facebook long before these portals became popular.

Implementing Maximum Exposure for YOU!

As members of the Tech Savvy Agent community also known as the RE.net community we stay ahead of the curve by implementing such things as video, virtual tours, and single property websites for our listings, multiple blogs, a Southern New Hampshire photo blog, Trulia and REALTOR.com to name a few. Plus we use QR codes and build community sites around our listings. We believe in telling a story about your home, building emotional connections with our marketing. We’ll never claim to be #1 but we’ll always make you #1.  If you are buying or selling real estate in Southern New Hampshire and the Seacoast area you are invited to connect and engage with us to help you achieve your real estate goals.

Contact Jay and I via email or by calling us direct at 603-548-7728 today!

Click here if you are looking for Social Media Consulting and Training Services

 

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NH Real Estate Professionals Jay and Monika McGillicuddy


Jay and Monika McGillicuddy, covering southern NH and the Seacoast area. If you’re thinking of selling or buying a southern NH or Seacoast area home give us a call…we’d love to help make your home ownership dreams come true.
Jay and Monika McGillicuddy, NH REALTORS

603-944-9172 direct

E-mail Jay and Monika

Prudential Verani Realty

603-926-3648 office

Favorite iPad apps for REALTORS

January 2, 2011 By 4 Comments

Favorite iPad apps for REALTORS

I got my iPad as my retiring President’s gift from the NHAR Board of Directors…actually I got a gift certificate and couldn’t wait to go pick my iPad out.

I got a 32 g wifi version as I figured most places I would use it at would have wifi and if not I would just use my Droid as a hot spot and connect that way. I’ve been playing with it and taking lessons at the Apple store at Rockingham Mall. I must say the folks at the store have been outstanding, I bought the One-on-One lessons and have used it for both my MacBook Pro and my iPad and feel it’s the best 100 bucks I’ve spent in a long time.

Being a REALTOR and planning on using my iPad mainly for real estate I started searching for apps that would make my life easier and I also was hoping to be able to leave my laptop behind when taking short trips. While my iPad won’t replace my MacBook Pro completely it is at the point where I can do most things with it.

My Top Apps for REALTORS

All of these apps are located in my “productivity folder” and are pretty well used all the time.

1. Dropbox This app is my absolute favorite. I can share things like documents, pictures and even videos and have them accessible on my laptop, desktop, smartphone as you can install DropBox on multiple devices and you can share folders with friends or your office.  I have a share folder with NHAR and with my husband Jay plus some family members too. I love Dropbox and it’s free… you can sign up here if you’d like and I get extra free space if you do >>> get your DropBox

2.DocsToGo This app is a must for those of us who use Microsoft office. You can add your PDF files, Powerpoint, Excel, and Word documents and better yet it allows you to edit or work on those documents while on the iPad. At a recent board meeting I dropped all my electronic meeting info into my dropbox and shared them via DocTtoGo and was able to take notes on the documents and make changes. I’m sure I saved a few tress using it! Love DocsToGo and this is one app that I opted to pay for the premium version which was 15.00

3. Evernote This app claims to help you remember everything and it does. Evernote is pretty cool, you can copy and clip things that you find interesting on a note or you can dictate a note.  I have Evernote on my Droid and Laptop too so that I can always have access to those notes. You can tag your notes and use key words so that you have an easy system for locating and filing all those notes. I’m using the free version but there is a premium version too with more options. Check out Evernote.

4. KeyNote This is Apple’s version of Power Point but with more bells and whistles and is much easier to use. Using this app I can create awesome listing presentations or any type of presentation or slide show. I love how slick it looks and how easy it is to create a professional looking presentation and of course how impressive it is!  This app costs 9.99 at the itunes store… Get it- it’s worth every penny!

5. Pages This app creates awesome fliers, newsletters, listing sheets or any type of documents you might need. It’s a cool publishing app that works well with Keynote when putting together a listing presentation.  This app costs 9.99 at the itunes store.

6. Dragon Dictation This app is fun and free and maybe I can do without it but every now and then you might just not want to write out a note or  tweet or facebook status update… with this app I just speak into the mic on my ipad and it types out what I am saying and then I just select where I want to send the not to and it’s all done. Dragon Dictation is pretty cool.

7. WordPress This app is a must for any Blogger using the wordpress platform as it will allow you to blog, pretty well maintain your blog and work in the dashboard all from your  iPad.  You can find The WordPress app at the itunes store.

I will also buy before my next trip either GoodReader or iAnnotate PDF as my PDF reader and annotation tool as I think it is crucial for all REALTORS to have one of them available. I’m still torn as to which one to buy but one of them will soon be added to my productivity folder!  So that’s it for my Productivity Folder and while I have a ton of other apps that I like I thought I’d save those for a follow up post.

NNEREN ~ Northern New England Real Estate Network app-less

If you are a New Hampshire REALTOR please note that our MLS, NNEREN does not as of yet have a cool app but I have created an MLS folder on the home screen of my iPad where I have book marked the NNEREN log in site and added the Zillow, Realtor.com  & ZipRealty apps.

I’d love it if you’d let me know what your favorite iPad apps are…by sharing we all get better!

Happy New Year

Jay and Monika McGillicuddy, NH REALTORS

Prudential Verani Realty

2 Main Street Hampstead NH

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NH Real Estate Professionals Jay and Monika McGillicuddy


Jay and Monika McGillicuddy, covering southern NH and the Seacoast area. If you’re thinking of selling or buying a southern NH or Seacoast area home give us a call…we’d love to help make your home ownership dreams come true.
Jay and Monika McGillicuddy, NH REALTORS

603-944-9172 direct

E-mail Jay and Monika

Prudential Verani Realty

603-926-3648 office

NH REALTOR convention

August 20, 2009 By 3 Comments

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NH REALTORS have an awesome opportunity to learn from the Pros! If you’re just learning about blogging, Twitter, Facebook, SEO and YEO and you haven’t signed up for the next New Hampshire Association of REALTORS convention you should do so as soon as possible.

Convention is packed with Web 2.0/Social Media rock stars

The speakers presenting at this convention are from all over the country and they actually use social media, they have spoken at the National Association of REALTOR conventions, franchise conventions and RE Bar Camps. If that is not enough reason for you to attend then how about the fact that this is  probably one of the most affordable New Hampshire conventions in years.

You can’t afford to miss it

If you are a NH REALTOR who is active on Twitter or Facebook then you have most likely seen their updates!  I’m thrilled that they have agreed to come to NH and share their techniques with us all.  Come and meet Mariana Wagner aka @Mizzle a real estate blogger and coach from Colorado Springs, Linda Davis aka @LindaDavis a Blogger and trainer from Connecticut, Cyndee Haydon aka @CyndeeHaydon a blogger who passionately believes in the power of video from Clearwater Florida and NAR’s own Keith Garner aka @KTGeek a blogger and a member of NAR’s geek squad.  This is one convention you can’t afford to miss!

Don’t miss it!  You can get more info or register for the convention  here  http://www.nhar.org/annual-convention

Social Media a waste of time

If you think Social Media is a big fat waste of time or a fad that is going away… then watch this video before you decide not to attend the convention.

http://monikamcgillicuddy.com/wordpress/technology/is-social-media-a-fad/

#NHARconv

For those of us that are going to be Tweeting the convention or if you just want to follow the convention tweets and updates follow the hash tag  #NHARconv

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NH Real Estate Professionals Jay and Monika McGillicuddy


Jay and Monika McGillicuddy, covering southern NH and the Seacoast area. If you’re thinking of selling or buying a southern NH or Seacoast area home give us a call…we’d love to help make your home ownership dreams come true.
Jay and Monika McGillicuddy, NH REALTORS

603-944-9172 direct

E-mail Jay and Monika

Prudential Verani Realty

603-926-3648 office

Is Social Media a fad?

August 19, 2009 By 8 Comments

Social Media is a big waste of time

I’m sure you’ve all heard of Twitter and Facebook and what about My Space or Linkdin and Plaxo. The list goes on and on and every where you look it’s twitter this or tweet that.

Those that know us, know we’re big into Social Media and actually have been for a long time.  We began Blogging way back in 2006 and started on Twitter in January 2008 so you don’t need to sell us the benefits of Social Media and how it can dramatically make a difference in our career.  I know it first hand but still people shrug their shoulders and chuckle when I talk about Twitter and push out my listings on my Facebook page and some say it’s a fad, that I am wasting my time or worse yet that it is all just playing.

Okay then, so be it. Think what you want but do me a favor and watch this video.

Social Media Revolution by Socialnomics09

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NH Real Estate Professionals Jay and Monika McGillicuddy


Jay and Monika McGillicuddy, covering southern NH and the Seacoast area. If you’re thinking of selling or buying a southern NH or Seacoast area home give us a call…we’d love to help make your home ownership dreams come true.
Jay and Monika McGillicuddy, NH REALTORS

603-944-9172 direct

E-mail Jay and Monika

Prudential Verani Realty

603-926-3648 office
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