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Use Technology To Make More $$$

Use Technology To Make More $$$. Stay Ahead of Competition Using Technology That Reaches Prospects FIRST Via Text Messaging. As of December 2006, Over 12.5 Billion Text Messages Are Sent Every Month – And That Number Has Grown by 250% Each Year For The Last Two Years .

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Use Technology To Make More $$$

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  1. Use Technology To Make More $$$ • Stay Ahead of Competition Using Technology That Reaches Prospects FIRST Via Text Messaging. • As of December 2006, Over 12.5 Billion Text Messages Are Sent Every Month– And That Number Has Grown by 250% Each Year For The Last Two Years. • Clients Will Receive Property Details Sent To Their Cell Phone • Within Seconds You Will Receive a Copy Of Cell Phone Caller’s ID • Extend Your Lead List! • No Contracts! • MAKE MORE MONEY!!

  2. For Real Estate Sales & Leasing • How many prospective buyers pass by without calling the phone number on your For Sale sign? • Do your flyer boxes empty often and quickly? • How many flyers are taken by truly interested buyers? • How many people see your print ads and visit your website for more information? • How often do buyers tune in to radio broadcast devices you placed on your listings? Do you keep asking yourself these questions? If yes, then text message marketing is the low-cost, easy-to-use, instantly configured, real-time alerting solution to your real estate marketing needs Here is how it works… • Interested home buyer sees your rider sign which may say “24/7 Detailed Text Information On This Property” • The buyer simply sends a text message to the number specified and enters the unique TextMyMLS property code advertised. • They can get text information from riders, magazines, newspapers, TV, and more. • Within seconds the buyer receives back details about the property (with pictures) and agent contact information on their cell phone! • Agents will get instant notification via text and email, real-time online reporting, message broadcast and easy 24/7 online administration of outgoing text messages.

  3. For Your Rental Listings Your renters will appreciate the ease of text messaging to get instant informationabout an apartment or house available for rent. Simply texting a unique TextMyMLS property code advertised on a rider sign, print ad or elsewhere gives details such as… • Square footage • Number of bedrooms/baths • Washer dryer availability • Utilities and much more! A 2nd text message with agent contact information also helps client’s follow-up at their convenience to arrange a walk-thru or initiate a rental request. In addition, there are numerous benefits for the property management company or realtor. The best of which is a low-cost, flat-rate, easy to budget fee for TextMyMLS text message marketing services with all messages included!

  4. Text Messaging Is The New Internet • Text Messaging Background • SMS (Text Messaging) is a breakthrough communication medium as evidenced by growth year after year. As of December 2006, over 18.5 billion text messages are sent every month – and that number has grown by 250% each year for the last two years. To validate the future growth within the channel, over the next 2 years, Verizon Wireless anticipates the number of text messages sent by their users on their network to grow nearly 5x from 400mm per month (in July 2005) to over 2 billion per month. • SMS is also the only universal mobile platform for the masses. It does not require special equipment as it is already available on over 98% of all cell phones. • US Mobile Content Market = 68.7 million text users • 79% of the US owns a mobile phone • 184mm mobile phones users • 182mm text enabled handsets • 31.2mm text & web enabled phones

  5. SMS Growth In The United States • SMS Messages Sent Each Month • Every 6 months since the launch of the CSCA (June 2003) SMS traffic volumes have increased at least 37% in the U.S. It has quickly changed the way people communicate and access information. • Currently over 18.5 billion text messages are being sent each month and experts project it to grow to 80 billion a month in 2008.

  6. US Mobile 'Text Message' User • Median age of a Text Message user and Internet home buyer is 38 yrs old - same client! • Median Age: 3849% M / 51% F • Age 18-24: 19% • Age 25-34: 24% • Age 35-54: 22% • Age 45-54: 19%

  7. mRealty TodayStudy: Mobile-Savvy Boomers - The Norm, Not Exception 2000 mobile users were surveyed about their mobile and text messaging habits… "As more Boomers come to view text messaging as a convenience that makes communication faster and easier--adoption rates (and potential for mobile marketers) will grow…some 16% of all younger Boomers and 10% of all older Boomers sent or received text messages daily" Source: INSIGHTEXPRESS 09-19-2007 Text Messaging Moves Beyond Teenagers "About 52 percent of the roughly 226 million cell phone users across the country sent a text message in 2006, according to JupiterResearch. That's up considerably from 44 percent the previous year. And the growth is expected to continue through 2011, when six out of every 10 wireless users are texting, according to JupiterResearch." Source: Austin American Statesman 08-06-2007 American SMS Text Messaging Update: Almost 2 out of 3 Are Active Users "Why? Because it’s been proven that SMS text messaging is addictive and as a communication method it is far superior to any other communication method - being both the most private and the fastest form of communication." Source: Wireless Watch 07-22-2007

  8. Conclusion In a world of innovative cutting edge technology, call capturing leads through Text Messaging is the most inexpensive way to increase your income. Lets face it, most people don’t like to call telephone numbers and talk to ‘pushy’ salesmen. Ever wonder how many leads you may have lost through people picking up flyers or scribbling your number down on a piece of paper? Texting is less obtrusive than calling an ‘800’ recorded information line, not to mention TextMyMLS is a less expensive and more advanced service for your advertising dollar.

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