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I signed up. Now what do I do? |
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automatically receive a confirmation email, whether your payment is
successful or not. The email contains your admin page and
information, along with suggested links to your content and
newsletter pages. If you can can make changes to your
navigation bar, create navigation to these pages (or others that you
choose). If you need your web master or account executive to
handle it, contact them for help with creating navigation to your
pages. Provide them with a copy of your confirmation email
after you delete your password information. |
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How do I add my photo and logo? |
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best way is to use the ones already on your existing web site if
they have been saved to your computer's hard drive.
If you "right-click" on the photo/logo on your web site, one of the
choices should be "save as." Save it to your desktop or a
folder on your hard drive. When you fill out the form to
register for the content/newsletter package, you reach a section to
add your photo. The button that says "browse" allows you to
navigate to the image file on your computer. Once you choose
the file, our program adds that photo to your content/newsletter
package. |
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My picture is HUGE. Why? How
do I fix it? |
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often happens when you choose an image file that has not been converted to
jpeg or gif format (types of images that are used on the web).
Sometimes the images are huge, so we recommend you use the method
listed just above to add your photo. However, you can always
call us and ask for help. |
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How do I know when the new newsletter is
ready? |
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time on the first of the month, the newsletter page changes.
It automatically updates to the new month. |
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How do I create a list of clients to
send the newsletter to? |
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use Outlook Express as your email program, you use your address
book. Create a new subheading called "clients" or "buyers" (or
whatever) and enter the data for those you wish to send the
newsletter to. When you create the email informing them of the
new edition of the newsletter, click on "Bcc" (blind carbon copy) up
in the "from" and "to" section of your email. It will allow
you to select everyone in that section of your address book without
revealing the others that you also sent the message to. |
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Some of my clients aren't getting the
link to my newsletter when I send it to them via email. Why
not? |
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problem is probably with AOL users. We have a page that
explains what you need to do that will properly display the link to
AOL users - click here. |
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Will the newsletter be sent
automatically? |
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write the newsletter, but do not handle your client email list or
delivery. You need to set up a system to do that.
For example, Advanced Access clients use their Intellicard service
to do this. Some others use their Outlook Express address
book. |
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How do I send the newsletter? |
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are several ways. Most agents just send an email informing
them the new newsletter is available, and providing the "link" to
the URL (web page location) in the email. It might be good to
provide some "highlights" to entice them to visit. You can
also send the entire page, by visiting the newsletter page in your
Internet Explorer browser, clicking on "File" in the menu at the top
of the browser, then clicking on "send" in the drop-down menu.
Choose "page by email" and your email program should open.
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Can the newsletter be copied and mailed to a farm
area? |
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No. The newsletter has not been
designed for this purpose, but solely for use on the web.
Later, we may come up with a paper-based product similar to others
in use. Realty Times has a paper newsletter service
available at $299 per year.
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Can I copy the content and put it on my
site? |
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No. We tried this in the
beginning, but it does not work. Neither does any other
major content provider allow this, either. The main reason
is copyright protection. There is no way to effectively
manage who has the right to use the material and who does not once
it spreads out among thousands of web sites. Therefore, we
host the pages on realestateabc.org. If someone has copied
the content onto their own pages (outside of one major licensing
agreement we made with a web developer in the beginning) we know
they are violating our copyright and call the attorneys.
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