Thank you to all who voted for the in-house ARMLS training in May. It was a good race, but Flexmls Auto-Emails and Portals won!
The last couple of months we’ve been lucky enough to have ARMLS trainers come to our real estate offices. In March we started the in-house ARMLS training series with flexmls tips and tricks, then we learned about the Cromford Report in April. Even though ARMLS and I initially picked RPR for May’s classes, we realized letting you decide the topic was a much better idea. Turns out it was, based on the survey we emailed earlier this week you’d rather learn about flexmls auto-emails and portals than RPR. Here’s the schedule of classes:
Flexmls Auto-Emails and Portals
- May 5 – 10:00-12:00 – Tempe Real Estate Office
- May 12 – 10:00-12:00 – Glendale Real Estate Office
- May 19 – 10:00-12:00 – Scottsdale Real Estate Office
- May 26 – 10:00-12:00 – Phoenix Real Estate Office
We have updated the intranet calendar and will include the new topic in our weekly schedule emails. If you’d like to attend, please RSVP to psexton@johnhall.com and indicate which date you’ll be attending.
Constantly – All prospects, buyers AND sellers are on portals with auto-emails. One of my favorite features of flex.
Check put the wednesday webinar class coming up on how to use portals.
Portals with the auto-emails is THE BEST single thing about Flex, if I had to choose.
If there are people that don’t use it… I’ll be surprised if they are more than barely making a living in real estate.
The portals and auto emails are GREAT features!
I was talking to an agent out of our Scottsdale office whose goal it is to set up portals for everyone he comes into contact with; sign calls, open houses, internet leads, etc. Based on the numbers he was throwing out, it sounds like it’s an effective strategy.
To be able to convince others, I did an initial test myself with over 300 leads. We created a custom campaign with a few emails that we use for email notifications and initial portal setup confirmation. We saw a 78% engagement rate between portal usage and new listings email openings.
Wow, thanks Max! For the record, I’m rounding that number to 80% when I tell other agents about this.
I wonder if ARMLS or flexmls have engagement stats for new auto-email campaigns and portals.
Phil, they have the metrics in place i.g. how many times visited the portal, how many emails opened etc., but it’s not summarized to give you a full picture of engagement. I had to do it manually.
Phil, correction – 75% engagement in my test. I just looked up my records…it’s been awhile
ALWAYS! I’d need an assistant to send it all out if I did not use it!
I also use to send out “Neighborhood Updates” To all of my clients who have purchaced homes so that they are able to keep informed as to what the neighbors house is selling for!