Deliver a Mobile App Workshop in Your Market Center

Greetings, KW Technology Ambassadors! 

Happy Friday! We hope your summer is off to a great start! Here is your weekly Ambassador update:

Deliver a Mobile App Workshop in Your Market Center

Keller Williams agents have a powerful business tool right in their hands—their KW mobile search app. When agents share their app and can confidently explain the benefits of it, they increase their opportunities to win and keep clients—and get referrals!

Make sure every agent in your Market Center is using their own branded mobile app by teaching a new 1-hour workshop in your Market Center! 

Join today's Ambassador webinar to learn more.


REACH YOUR SPHERE WITH A CUSTOMIZED JULY 4TH VIDEO

"Happy July 4th" Template
from KW Video

As a Keller Williams Realty agent, you have access to six free KW Videos that you can use to promote your app, celebrate home ownership anniversaries, stress the importance of buying and selling, and more! Because these videos take literally minutes to create, why not wish your contacts in the United States a Happy July 4th with a new template from KW Video?

UPCOMING WEBINARS

Here's our KW Technology webinar and event calendar, and a list of next week's events.

• To view the entire calendar, log into your KW Technology Community where you can connect with your fellow techies in other KW Market Centers across North America, stay updated on KW Technology news and events, and access resources to help you in your role as a technology trainer. See this blog post for instructions on joining the community.

• All associates can register for upcoming webinars on the myKW home page, in the Scheduled Events section.

STAY CONNECTED TO US!
Be sure to follow us on Google+ so you’ll be updated when we post to this blog.

We deeply appreciate all that you do in helping KW associates drive productivity through KW Technology!

Make it a great day,
Brenda Harralson and W. Cavin Weber

Contact us at ambassadors@kw.com

New Features in eEdge!

Greetings, KW Technology Ambassadors! 

Happy Friday! We hope you've been having a great week and staying dry! Here is your weekly Ambassador update:

NEW FEATURES IN eEDGE

Alyson Engelbrecht
Trainer & Instructional Designer, Trulia

As of June 17, the following features are available in eEdge:

• Activity Alert Updates: Update your activity alert preferences and never miss an alert! You can now choose what alerts you want to receive, including two new alert types:
1. New email from a non-contact
2. New recommendation on your website (Pro only)
• Reply-to Email Address: Instead of using your Marketing Email Address as the “From” address in your marketing emails, it will now be included only as the “Reply to” address. Your “From” address is now your eEdge system email address. We are making this change because some email services use the “From” address to help identify emails as spam. By matching the “From” address to the sending servers we will be increasing email deliverability to these email providers. This change will result in more of your emails making it to your contacts’ inboxes while allowing you to still receive replies to your preferred email address.
• Mobile App Download URL in eEdge Profile Settings: Your unique mobile app download URL is now visible in your eEdge Profile Settings so that it can be easily added to the footer of your email marketing pieces.

And coming soon:

• HTML-Optimized Email: myMarketing will soon include templates and campaigns created using full HTML. There are many advantages to HTML optimized designs:
• Consumers don’t need to have images enabled to see the text of the email.
• Increased deliverability for all emails to the consumers’ inboxes.
• Designs will look great in most smartphones and devices. The HTML adjusts the design based on device size/type.
• Both text and images can be hyperlinked.

On today's webinar, Alyson Engelbrecht with Trulia will explain these new features, recommend best practices, and answer your questions. 

REACH YOUR SPHERE WITH A CUSTOMIZED FATHER'S DAY VIDEO

As a Keller Williams Realty agent, you have access to six free KW Videos that you can use to promote your app, celebrate home ownership anniversaries, stress the importance of buying and selling, and more! Because these videos take literally minutes to create, why not wish the dads in your sphere a Happy Father’s Day with a new template from KW Video?

FIND YOUR MOBILE APP URL QUICKLY ON MYKW!

myKW.kw.com > Technology > KW Mobile App Resources

The next time you're asked to help an agent locate their mobile app URL, you can direct them to myKW > Technology > KW Mobile App Resources. 

This page outlines the simple 3-step process for downloading, branding and sharing your app - a great resource for new agents! The URL can be found in Step 3.

UPCOMING WEBINARS

Here's our KW Technology webinar and event calendar for June, and next week's events.

• To view the entire calendar, log into your KW Technology Community where you can connect with your fellow techies in other KW Market Centers across North America, stay updated on KW Technology news and events, and access resources to help you in your role as a technology trainer. See this blog post for instructions on joining the community.

• All associates can register for upcoming webinars on the myKW home page, in the Scheduled Events section.

STAY CONNECTED TO US!
Be sure to follow us on Google+ so you’ll be updated when we post to this blog.

We deeply appreciate all that you do in helping KW associates drive productivity through KW Technology!

Make it a great day,
Brenda Harralson and W. Cavin Weber

Contact us at ambassadors@kw.com

Increase Learning and Engage Participants with Tell, Show, Do

Greetings, KW Technology Ambassadors! 

Happy Friday and we hope you've been having a great week! Here is your weekly Ambassador update:

HOW TO INCREASE LEARNING AND ENGAGE PARTICIPANTS
Think about the training classes you've facilitated. For every class you've taught, you can categorize all of the class activities into two basic categories:

1. Stuff that the Instruction or Instructor does
2. Stuff that the Learner does

According to a recent eLearningIndustry post by Joel Gardner, PhD, within each of the above categories there are four basic strategies for creating excellent instruction: Tell, Show, Do and Apply.

While often overlooked, the most important strategy is Apply; everyone benefits when the students leave the class with tasks completed! 

On today's webinar, we'll discuss tactics for applying these to your daily training activities. 


FIND YOUR MOBILE APP URL QUICKLY ON MYKW!

myKW.kw.com > Technology > KW Mobile App Resources

The next time you're asked to help an agent locate their mobile app URL, you can direct them to myKW > Technology > KW Mobile App Resources. 

This page outlines the simple 3-step process for downloading, branding and sharing your app - a great resource for new agents! The URL can be found in Step 3.

UPDATED MOBILE APP TRAINING VIDEOS ON KWCONNECT

KWConnect.kw.com > Agents > Technology Training >
 Keller Williams Realty Mobile App

We've updated our training videos to walk agents through the easy 3-step process for downloading, branding and sharing their app. Be sure to share these videos in your Market Center so that all agents are aware of the valuable marketing tool that they already have in their hands.

BRANDED LISTING PHOTOS AND SYNDICATION

Does your listing
look like this?

Zillow has been cracking down on branded photos—and they have the right to do so. Their terms of use prohibit you from creating advertising in your photos. While many trainers have encouraged branding of photos—what we have seen lately is not just branded photos but photos that look more like business cards, where the picture of the home is secondary to the agent’s contact information. 

We are working to protect the copyright of our agents’ photos and will hopefully have an agreement to enable KW agents to watermark photos. But right now, to prevent photos and listings from being removed, we recommend you and your agents remove your branding.

UPCOMING WEBINARS

Here's our KW Technology webinar and event calendar for June, and next week's events.

• To view the entire calendar, log into your KW Technology Community where you can connect with your fellow techies in other KW Market Centers across North America, stay updated on KW Technology news and events, and access resources to help you in your role as a technology trainer. See this blog post for instructions on joining the community.

• All associates can register for upcoming webinars on the myKW home page, in the Scheduled Events section.

STAY CONNECTED TO US!
Be sure to follow us on Google+ so you’ll be updated when we post to this blog.

We deeply appreciate all that you do in helping KW associates drive productivity through KW Technology!

Make it a great day,
Brenda Harralson and W. Cavin Weber

Contact us at ambassadors@kw.com

It's easier than ever to share your app!

Greetings, KW Technology Ambassadors! 

Happy Friday and we hope you've been having a great week! Here is your weekly Ambassador update:

NEW MOBILE APP TRAINING VIDEO TO SHARE IN YOUR MARKET CENTER

The KW Realty Real Estate Search app been downloaded 889,948 times. Yet, still only 41 percent of those apps are branded to an agent. That means 59 percent of the consumers with the generic Keller Williams franchise app may end up working with an agent outside of KW.

We've updated our training video showing you how easy it is to share your app with your Mets and Haven't Mets. Share this video in your Market Center!

LEARN TO USE GOOGLE MY ACCOUNT

Today, we are constantly connected, making control over our digital privacy and security even more important. With this in mind, Google recently launched a single hub where you can manage your Google account data.

My Account, which replaces the previous Google Account settings page, features sections dedicated to managing your sign-in and security settings, personal info and privacy settings, and account preferences. Below are just some of the things you can do with My Account:

• Take the Privacy Checkup and Security Checkup, two simple, step-by-step guides for reviewing and editing your personal privacy and security settings.
• Manage the information that can be used from Search, Maps, YouTube, and other products to enhance your experience on Google.
• Control which apps and sites are connected to your account.

Join today's webinar to learn more!

NEW FEATURES AVAILABLE NOW IN eEDGE

As of June 3, several new features are available to you in eEdge:

• More options for receiving activity alerts
• Improved experience for your eEdge website visitors
• Improved eEdge email agent experience

Join today's webinar to learn more!

UPCOMING WEBINARS

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Here's our KW Technology webinar and event calendar for June, and next week's events.

• To view the entire calendar, log into your KW Technology Community where you can connect with your fellow techies in other KW Market Centers across North America, stay updated on KW Technology news and events, and access resources to help you in your role as a technology trainer. See this blog post for instructions on joining the community.

• All associates can register for upcoming webinars on the myKW home page, in the Scheduled Events section.

STAY CONNECTED TO US!
Be sure to follow us on Google+ so you’ll be updated when we post to this blog.

We deeply appreciate all that you do in helping KW associates drive productivity through KW Technology!

Make it a great day,
Brenda Harralson and W. Cavin Weber

Contact us at ambassadors@kw.com