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OMS search usability tweaks

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1) The quick search will now automatically show your listings by default when you click on the menu link (so you don’t have to click on search again) – saving you a second or two :) 2) We’ve made small performance tweaks in the quick search . It will now also remember the page size you select (the number of properties to show on the page) together with the ‘show photos’ checkbox. So next time you log on and use the OMS (even from another browser), it will default to your last settings. 3) The advanced search screen will now default to your last areas selected (country, province, town), so you don’t have to select from scratch. Saving you a few more seconds using the OMS :)

New social sharing icons on Flex news pages

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There are now social media share icons on the news pages of Flex real estate websites. This includes Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and PInterest buttons that allows visitors to share news items to social media. We include the thumbnail uploaded with the news item where possible, as can be shown in this Facebook share example:

Change the default sort option on your Flex website property search results

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By default, your Flex powered real estate website will sort property search results by ‘latest first ’ to show your latest property listings first. You now have the option to change this default option to Price (low to high) or (high to low). Simply notify our Help Desk and they will update your website.

Bid or Buy feed now FREE to all Entegral Clients

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We are happy to announce to all Entegral Clients that a property feed to the popular South African website, Bid or Buy, is now a free service to all our clients within South Africa till the end of 2015. This service is an exclusive agreement between ourselves and Bid or Buy and only available to Entegral OMS users. All agencies listing properties on the Office Management System will now be able to register on Bid or Buy and have a feed for all listings activated to this portal.  T o take advantage of this free service, follow these easy steps to register: Step 1    Register an account on Bid-or-Buy with your Office name - e.g. "Green Properties Randburg"   https://www.bidorbuy.co.za/jsp/registration/UserRegistration.jsp )    Step 2 Register as a seller on Bid-or-Buy   https://www.bidorbuy.co.za/jsp/seller/registration/UserSellersRequest.jsp   Step 3 Once done, please send your email used to register on the site to us at our helpdesk at support@entegral.net and w

Improved OLX for your property listings

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OLX has launched an improved new website which makes searching for your property listings easier. Your latest property listings are automatically exported from the OMS to OLX. Check it out: http://www.olx.co.za/property-cat-16

Sending out your own bulk email without following permission based marketing policies? Don’t.

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WHAT IS PERMISSION BASED MARKETING? We often see this…individual estate agents or real estate offices sending out bulk emails to their contacts list without using permission based marketing policies. This is a big no-no. Even worse, is to include all those recipients in the email ‘TO’ address field. This allows the recipients to see each other and in many cases will backfire with nasty ‘reply to all’ emails from individuals that will reach all recipients..as can be seen here:   Here lies a big risk for you or your individual or estate agency brand, in that most people will get a negative view of your company if they haven’t signed up for your email in the first place, or are not provided with the option to stop the emails. Then there is the danger of having your domain blacklisted, as people can mark this as spam, and in most cases email servers can also automatically pick this up ‘spam’. It does more harm than good – as blacklisted domains will prevent standard email send/receive