Up to now, all sales and rental enquiries were sent to one agency email address with no option to send them to separate inboxes. Over the last month we have receive several requests to send sales and rental enquiries to separate email address. As usual, SAHometraders took note of the requests and we are happy to say that you now have the option of sending sales enquiries (this includes residential property, farm, commercial, business and development enquiries) and rental enquiries to separate agency email addresses.

In the December edition of the SAHometraders Newsletter we launched a competition where one agency can win a Garmin GPS. All you have to do is load all your properties onto the SAHometraders Property Map. At the end of March 2010 all agencies with all their properties on the map will go into a draw for the prize. Click here for a guide on how to load your properties onto the map.

If you manage a group website that lists more that one agency's properties called a Master Agency website (including Realtors International, Durr etc), you can now manually select featured property for the group site by logging in with the Master Agency ID and password and selecting which featured property you want displayed. This can be done by selecting the Detailed Listing or Text Listing option under Property Admin and clicking on the Featured Property button/link in the action column. Click here to retrieve you Master Agency ID and Password.

If your agency owns it own SAHometraders website, you will have the opportunity to add a Google Map to your listings. This map will appear on the More Details page of your listing and should you have entered the GPS coordinates, browsers would be able to see the exact location of the property on the map. If the coordinates are not loaded, browsers will be able to view the area where the property is located. This feature will be available soon. Next month's newsletter will have more information.

As you know, real estate agents and property developers are rapidly shifting to online marketing platforms as it has proved to be far cheaper and more effective than traditional forms of advertising. This trend is set to continue as more and more customers make more use of online searches for all products and services, particularly the very wealthy, the international property buyers, out of town buyers and the younger more tech savvy buyers. If you are an agent who is keen to learn more about the latest online trends and leverage off the internet, web 2.0, social media and mobile then you might be interested in this one day conference and separately bookable workshop on Social Media and Mobile Marketing 101 for Real Estate. Click here for more info.