REALTORS® and associations are encouraged to contribute to the Florida Association of REALTORS®' Disaster Relief Fund or NAR's REALTORS® Relief Foundation to aid victims of Hurricane Charley. Last Friday's Category 4 Hurricane left thousands homeless, millions without power or water, and property damage in the billions.

Spectacular Graphics Commemorating the
2004 Summer Olympics in Athens

Our designers have created beautiful new graphic collages featuring dramatic scenes from the Athens 2004 Summer Games. These photos are available for your use in the Image Library.  Here are a few samples:

To add one of these photos to a page, simply login to your Virtual Office.

- Enter the page you wish to add the photo to

- Click on the 'Insert/Modify Image' icon

- Scroll down to the 'Olympics' category and select a banner to add to your page.

NAR MAKES SAFETY AN ISSUE FOR ITS MEMBERS

The 2nd Annual REALTOR® Safety Week is September 12-18. REALTOR® Associations have planned activities to help their members become, and remain, aware of the potential dangers they may face while at the office, with a client, at home or while driving, using materials from a REALTOR®  Safety Week Kit developed by NAR.  The responsibility for being safe doesn't rest solely on the individual REALTOR®.  It is also vitally important for offices to have safety policies in place to encourage safe habits. Most of the 2004 REALTOR® Safety Week Kit contents are available for download from NAR's safety resource Web pages, including sample office safety forms.  Check it out today and continue to make safety a top priority.

More New Updates for Creating New Slideshows

Have you tried creating new Slide Shows lately?  Now you have the ability to link each slide to a specific page in your website.  For example, if you created a 'ListNOW' slideshow that featured several of your listings, each slide will link to the related property information page in your ListNow database.  This is a great 'call-to-action' enhancement that encourages your prospective client to click on a photo to see more details.

All of us at Advanced Access would like to thank you sincerely for your GREAT new ideas, comments, and suggestions for the new Classic Package 3.0.   We are excited to announce that the transition is complete:  everyone who was using our Classic 2.0 version has been successfully upgraded to our latest and greatest product.  We know you appreciate all the new features, benefits and capabilities that our NEW 3.0 program has to offer.  We are continuing to work on new ideas and enhancements for future products, and would like to thank you for your business and support.

"I just wanted to let you know since I make constant changes and almost daily updates to my site, the tools you have made available in the virtual office are awesome. The fact I can make changes via the source code (just one example) means I can just cut and paste URL's without disturbing the page (like using i-frames once it is set up). Also, I can copy a page and revamp it with new charts, graphic, etc without disturbing my "old" page, and only put the new page live when it is ready. Because of these easy to use tools, I have been able to add content easily and update things any time I want to.

The more I get familiar with what I can do, the better I like it. In fact, I almost hate to say it is fun, but it is addicting! I actually look forward to working on the site at midnight!!

I get rave reviews about my site (more importantly great leads) and it is because you all have made it easy to manage. Because of our site, I just got back to the office after writing a $1,000,000 offer on a property because a “relo” found us on the top spot on Google. A three month process since the initial contact, but it culminated with writing an offer within just a few weeks since they actually arrived here.

Thanks for keeping us all ahead of the competition. You really have the best product out there!

Keep up the great work!"

Drew Hartanov
San Clemente Real Estate