More online digital photo editors

http://www.fotoflexer.com/ - Remove blemishes, Change skin and hair color, Morph photos, Change backgrounds, Completely Free!

http://www.phixr.com/ - Besides the usual resize, rotate and color adjustments. You have a choice of many effects including an instant picture.

http://www.wiredness.com/ - A set of the basic tools... but very fast!

Have fun checking these out and discover which on eyou like the best.

Looking for help on writing copy for your blog?

Are you getting started in Blogging? Do you stare at the screen trying to think of what to write? I know I have but http://www.copyblogger.com/ has helped me so I wanted to share it with you. There articles will help you to write in a strategic, persuasive, compelling manner.

Here are some great articles:

• When You Write?">Do You Make These Mistakes
  When You Write?
  
• Five Grammatical Errors That Make You Look Dumb
• The 5 Immutable Laws of Persuasive Blogging

UNLIMITED Virtual tours for a Year $35.00

Saul Tucker with Chase is offering you the opportunity to have unlimited virtual tours through RealEstateShows.com for only $35.00. To learn more about this go to Saul's blog on ActiveRain.
Just today RealEstateShows.com has added a bunch of new features.

Flyers
You can now begin building and distributing flyers.
You can view the demo flyer from this video here.

Category RSS Feeds
You’ll notice an RSS Feed icon in the “Manage and Edit Existing Shows” area. Click on that icon and you’ll be taken to a page where you can select a full or partial feed of all the Shows marked as “Viewable in Other Shows.” You can do this for any category you wish.

A Brand New Player
You will notice a change in the look and also a new ending to each Show that will better focus the Internet viewer on the additional features of the Show.

Social Bookmarking and Social Networks
We’ve also made it easier for Internet viewers to share Shows they like via social bookmarking sites, like Digg, Del.icio.us, and StumbleUpon, and the social networking site, Facebook. Each of these will make it easier for people to spread the word about a home they are considering for purchase, or to promote the home you are selling for them, or to simply share a random Show they’ve enjoyed.

Google has made it easy to map

When I am writing a blog or adding things to our website that has a location I like to have a map. But I have always just had to link over to a map on Google, Yahoo or Mapquest. Well Google has made it much easier to ad a map right on your page. In just 3 easy steps:

1. Go to maps.google.com and search for an address.
2. Click “Link to this page” in the top right-hand corner. Copy the text that you see in the second box.
3. Paste that code onto your blog or website. (It looks like they are using an “IFRAME” in order to make it work. )

Here's an example:


View Larger Map

Just for FUN!

Sometimes you just want to add some fun to your graphics for your blog or website. Here are a couple of sites that make it very easy AND very fun!

http://www.imagechef.com/

http://www.graphita.com/

Resources available at Realtor.org

With the changes in the market clients have more questions than ever about lending. There are many places to get information to supply to them including on Realtor.org. Here are just a few brochures:

• Are you having problems paying your mortgage?
• How to avoid predatory lending
• Specialty Mortgages: What are the risks and advantages?
• Traditional Mortgages: Understanding your options
• Learn about FHA mortgages

These brochures will help the consumer and show you as a knowledgeable expert.

FREE Legal Documents

Over 300 free professional legal documents and forms available to download as Microsoft Word documents (.doc) ready for you to print.

• Wills
• Bill of sale
• Lease
• Partnership
• Promisary Note
• and many more
  
  http://www.prolegaldocs.com/

Filling out a PDF Form

Have you had an agent or client send you a form that is a PDF and they want you to fill it out. Do you print it out and find a typewriter? (What's that?) Do you write it by hand and then fax it back?

Well there is a better way! Use PDF-XCHANGE VIEWER it allows you to open a PDF and fill out all the form fields. Then just save it and send it back via email.

The sender will be very impressed!

You can download this FREE tool here.

Blogging with Wordpress

Lynda Eisenmann and I have been working on a new blog for her at LivingInSoCal.com. It is developed using Wordpress which is easy to setup and FREE! It is not like Blogger (provided by Google) it is a separate piece of software that you would upload to your site. It allows for a lot of customization including thousands of themes and hundreds of plugins. You can check out this tool at http://wordpress.org.

Early flight out of LAX? This might help.

This tip is something that was taught to us by Marlene Bridges. Whenever we fly out of LAX on an early flight we stay at the Hacienda Hotel. They provide a service called "Park & Fly". For $149.00 you get a room, 7 days of parking and a 24 hour shuttle to LAX. This makes it easy to come the night before and rise early in the morning refreshed. They will shuttle you right to your departure gate.

Website: http://www.haciendahotel.com/spa.htm

List of 103 websites that Realtor.com posts to

This list was provided by Sherman Smith. Please thank him for assembling this for us. Add this to your listing presentation and give your Sellers a wow!

• Realtor.com website list

Sherman sent this $100 off a la mode Coupon

Save $100 on anything in the Spring catalogIf you've thought about adding some extra tools to your XSite so you're more profitable than ever, now's a great time to do it. Turn up your power now and land more clients and listings, without draining your bank account.

Meeting Summary - 5/8/2007

Todays meeting was about "Template" websites. Three were discussed:

• Agent X
• Advance Access
• Number 1 Expert

Laura Weber spoke about her site (www.lauraweber.com) as a tool. Where she sends clients who do not wish to come into the office.

Pricing for Agent X is $399.00/yr, Advance Access $399.0/yr, #1 Expert is $60 a week and you own a zipcode. Marlene has Laguna hills. But also gets leads for Laguna Hills.

You can get a discount with Agent X if you are referred.

Marlene also said that when she went to a Howard Britton presentaion the panel all used #1 Expert.

Other miscilanious things that were mentioned :

Linktiger - a utility to check for broken links on your website.
Garmin Nuvi - GPS unit that I got for my birthday and love

Next meeting topic: Text messaging, beaming, Jott.com

A Dictionary for Text Messaging

As per our Mastermind meeting this afternoon I am providing the website for a good text messaging dictionary. I am not sure if it was the one that was shared during the meeting so if it is a duplicate, ok, and if not it is an extra resource. The address is as follows:

http://www.webopedia.com/quick_ref/textmessageabbreviations.asp

This is the preferred way of communication for the 30 year old and under generation. From what has been said more and more people are preferring the instant text message over voicemail and phone calls. It is easy and you can read them without disturbing any one and during a meeting. You can't do that with the cell phone calls.

Need A Passport Photo? Quick & Easy

Go to ePassportPhoto and simply upload a photo captured on a white background, then simply edit and crop the photo for a valid 4"x6" photo sheet. Be sure to share this with your fiends and family as the rules for where a passport is needed is changing. This tool makes it easy and free.

Fixya

Do you have a consumer product that is giving you problems? Not sure where to go to get help, well there is a new website called Fixya. FixYa is a huge knowledgebase that is constantly updated by a live community of users who share their experiences of technical problems and solutions. ou can search by manufacture, model name or even find a repair man near you. Next time you are having trouble with a device give Fixya a try.

Can't I just speak to someone without going through voicemail hell

BRINGO cuts through all of that so you don't have to. That's right, BRINGO has conquered phone trees.

Here's how it works:

1. Find the company you'd like to call by category (credit cards, mortgages, loans, health care)


2. Enter your phone # (we will never disclose your phone number to anyone, not even your mother!).


3. Wait a few seconds while we navigate the phone tree.
   When we call you back, pick up your phone and you're done. No more phone trees.

They currently have 10 catagories:

Auto (28 companies)
Communication (43)
Computer (24)
Financial Services (162)
Health Care (86)
Media (5)
Other (9)
Retail (58)
Travel (59)
Utility (9)

Is your website broken?

Haven't you ever clicked on an interesting hyperlink and got a "page-not-found" error? That was very annoying, wasn't it? Can you imagine how many customers have left that website in that way? LinkTiger.com alerts you on those broken links, so you can have it fixed, before your customer sees it. This online tool will search your whole webiste and also notify you via email when a link is broken. The graphic interface is very easy to understand.




So make sure your customers can see all your pages and give LinkTiger a try.

Watermarks revisited - online

A while back I posted about watermarking photos using a tool you download called Picture Shark. This was a tool you donwloaded and worked with on your computer. Well I may have found an easier solution. It's a tool you can use online, no downloading and installing of a program. It's called Watermark Tool. No registration forms to fill out, just upload your file and select your watermark options to quickly and easily watermark your images.



You have the ability to choose the text, color, transparency, and more, you're able to personalize your watermark to suit your needs. It doesn't get much easier than this.

So many passwords, so many websites...

Have you noticed that as we got more comfortable with the Internet that we collect more websites and more logins. How can we remeber them all! We are told don't use the same password for every account as it is not secure. Especially if you have several online bank accounts. Well here is how I keep a handle on my over 200 logins. I use a USB flash drive and RoboForm.

Roboform is the top-rated Password Manager and Web Form Filler that completely automates password entering and form filling.

• Memorizes your passwords and Logs You In automatically


• Fills long registration and checkout forms with one click.


• Encrypts your passwords to achieve complete security.


• Generates random passwords that hackers cannot guess.


• Fights Phishing by filling passwords only on matching web sites.


• Defeats Keyloggers by not using keyboard to type passwords.


• Backs up your passwords, Copies them between computers.


• Synchronizes passwords between computers using GoodSync.


• Searches for keywords in your passwords, notes and Internet.


• Portable: RoboForm2Go runs from USB key, no install needed.


• PDA-friendly: sync your passwords to Pocket PC and Palm.


• Neutral: works with Internet Explorer, AOL/MSN, Firefox.


• IE 7 and Vista are now supported.

With your USB flash drive and RoboForm you can go to any computer and it auto installs allowing you to get to your websites and login. When it's time to leave and you pull your USB flash drive it uninstalls everythimg, leaving non of your info on the computer. If you shoud ever loose the USB flash drive, all your information is encrypted. USB flash drives haev really come down in price adn you can pick them up at Costco, Office max or Best Buy. I would recommend a 1 GB or larger as it will allow you to also carry documents and phots as needed. If you liek to buy online you can get a 1 GB for $10.99 at newegg.com.