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Newsletter - 18 October 2007
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Dear CyberAgent user, “There is no doubt that there’s been a marked slowdown in the real estate market with sales having dropped off considerably during the August and September months, following the introduction of the NCA but mostly, the last interest rate increase, which has put a considerable dampener on the market", according to Samuel Seeff, chairman of Seeff Properties. If I look at what is said in the introduction and then at the closing quotation of this month's newsletter you will have to ask yourself the question if you or your agency are one of those that rush headlong or do you do anything to stay ahead. We have just launched our CyberAgent Anywhere application and it has already proven itself as a winner with nearly 200 users using this application. CyberAgent Anywhere has incorporated the most commonly used functionalities of the CyberAgent package into an online application. It is extremely helpful for agents and agencies who wants to manage and list their data from any platform with an Internet connection, anywhere and anytime and for agencies and franchisors that want to see what is happening in their office or group. Working on a workstation, on a laptop or on a PDA, this one is for you! Two of the biggest advantages;
Visit www.CyberAgent.co.za for more information CyberAgent Anywhere To all our subscribers and CyberAgent users that will be attending the NAR Conference and Expo in Las Vegas, Nevada, next month, have a safe journey! Greetings! |
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The CyberAgent Anywhere Blog Visit our Blog for the latest on CyberAgent Anywhere updates and changes. You can also add questions or comments you might have about CyberAgent Anywhere. >> Click here to visit the CyberAgent Anywhere Blog
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| Website Marketing - NOW also www.g.co.za |
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| IMPORTANT NOTICE - September 2007 - Terms and Conditions for email solutions |
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Dear Valued Customer Thus far USP Designs have never set any restrictions as supposed to disk (storage) and traffic (amount of incoming and outgoing traffic with e mail usage) on our domains. Taking our various hosting packages in to consideration, we wish to offer you the most effective plan for your business needs, specifically for e mails as this is very essential. However both disk and traffic usage have resulted into a cumbersome issue, and we need to manage it more effectively on our server, pertaining to the hosting package you have, to prevent any problems that could arise in future. There are 2 very important aspects we wish to bring under your attention, which we require from you; Firstly it is needed that the allocated disk space assigned to your domain does not exceed. Therefore where necessary, we will be assigning appropriate mail quotas, and in some cases might need to add a maximum message size on incoming mail. We would now be monitoring this aspect more closely, and should you in any way exceed the disk space, you'll receive an e mail with various methods and/or recommendations to reduce the disk over usage, mostly this will require mail that have not been downloaded, which still resides on the server to be deleted. Also taking spam mail in to consideration, there are certain filters we can set on the dedicated server for spam mail to be deleted within an allocated time, but we are asking that the "spam bucket" on individual mail accounts get cleared on a regular basis (instructions below) Secondly we need to focus on traffic, we are being charged for the over all traffic usage each month on our dedicated server. A large number of domains we host are far exceeding their allowed traffic per month. We will therefore be charging an amount of 0.12c per month on each MB of traffic usage that has exceeded. A report can be drawn on the control panel of each domain to view both disk and traffic usage statistics, we can provide you with the details to also access the control panel of your domain in order for the results to be viewed. The control panel will also allow you to manage various accounts on your domain. Note on cleaning spam bucket : http://mail.your-domain.com Once logged on to the Konsole-H page log in to webmail with the e mail address and password of the specific address The interface is very simple to use, on the menu go to >Folder Options, then select the "spambucket", use the dropdown list to select all items and click the delete link, alternatively place a ticket next to the "spambucket" from dropdown list select empty folders Yours Sincerely |
| Are you familiar with the following questions? |
Our support desk has added a Question and Answer section to our CyberAgent website, www.cyberagent.co.za. Already we have over 40 Q & A's that we are sharing with our CyberAgent users. How to use it? Click on the You can also mail any questions you have to support@cyberprop.com
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FACT: For more information email sales@cyberagent.co.za
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| CyberAgent Training and Info Sessions |
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We now provide you with FREE training session in the following areas;
During these training sessions more information will also be provided on:
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| PropertyTrader |
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Your properties are now advertised online with Property Trader as part of your monthly CyberAgent subscription! |
| PropertyGenie |
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Homebuyers today are increasingly using the Web to search for
property - it's convenient, quick and hassle free. Because of this, real estate agencies are placing more emphasis on using the web as a marketing tool and it is established that by 2008 more real estate advertising money will be spent online than in newspapers. With this in mind, PropertyGenie.co.za was designed to showcase the listings of South Africa's leading real estate agencies and give customers a single portal through which to find property online. All CyberAgent users properties are now automatically updated and advertised
on www.propertygenie.co.za |
| CyberAgent & Ananzi |
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If you are not yet advertising on South Africa's biggest and most popular search engine with over 10 million page impressions monthly, it is time to register now! To read more simply click on the following link: |
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A warm welcome to all new Agencies August 2007:
We trust that by now you are well aware of what CyberAgent can do for you. If you need any assistance, please do not hesitate to contact Fanie at support@cyberprop.com or phone us at: +27 (0)11 955-9100 or 086 112- 9237 Most Internet enquiries:
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| SA Hometraders |
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Now you can update directly to SAhometraders when you do a property update in CyberAgent.
USP Designs (Pty) LTD and SAhometraders have formed a working relationship that now allows CyberAgent Users to update to SAhometraders without double property capturing.
USP Designs have negotiated a reduced monthly subscription of R250.00 excl. VAT to SAhometraders for all CyberAgent users.
If you are interested contact Sandy on 011 955 9100 or complete the form on this link and we will contact you shortly.
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| SA Property Warehouse |
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SA PROPERTY WAREHOUSE invites all fellow CyberAgent users to have all your property listings, linked with the SA Property Warehouse portal at no additional cost, as another advertising medium. This portal is growing at a tremendous pace in regards to visits, and can only be of advantage to you.
In the current market situation one must make use of all additional marketing concepts to make your agency more visible in the field. CyberAgent will link your listing automatically once you approve. For more information you can email info@sapropertywarehouse.co.za
Should you wish to update to this property website pls. forward a written
request to support@cyberprop.com |
| Is your agent up to scratch? |
 How
do you know whether your estate agent is up to scratch or not? You'll be
able to tell from the after-sales service given by the agent.
According to Tony Clarke, MD of Rawson Properties, once the money is in the bank, the service from the estate agent is not meant to come to an abrupt halt. “Often after the sale has been made, agents will leave the seller and buyer in the hands of the conveyancer," but this is not the way it should be. It is the duty of the agents to "stay in touch with his clients and to see that not only are all the suspensive clauses on the sale completed or cancelled quickly, but also that all other legal matters required to speed up transfer are completed”, he says...
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Opportunities.. |
 Leapfrog...
for the agent, by the agent In little more than three months, Leapfrog, a national real estate franchise agency has recruited 260 of South Africa’s top agents, opened 24 franchised operations and is aggressively seeking likeminded entrepreneurs and agents to join a national brand that is fresh and dynamic. A brand that has introduced a unique business model that is new to an industry that is in need of a little shaking up!
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| Quotation of the month |
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If you're not part of the solution, you're part of
the precipitate. |
With
the latest innovation from USP Designs, you can expect your office
to be a little quieter from now on. At USP Designs, we understand
that time spent behind a desk, is money lost, therefore we have
invested a great deal of time in developing software that allows
the agent to spend less time in the office, leaving more time seeing
clients and the office in full control at all times.
Property
trader is a free real estate magazine, targeting all sectors of the South
African residential property community. The publications provide compelling
local market editorial with informative national features and columns
delivering a truly unique perspective for those of you interested in the
property market. As a group we currently publish in excess of 60 million
pages of advertising per month via more than 400 000 issues weekly in
the Western Cape, Eastern Cape, Gauteng, Kwazulu Natal and Mpumalanga.
Nearly
66 723 properties listed and growing!
