Friday, December 18, 2015

New eEdge Profile Completeness Feature

Happy Friday, everyone! This is your final KW Technology Community update for 2015. We appreciate all that you do - and will continue to do in 2016 - to help our associates take their businesses to higher levels leveraging the power of KW Technology. Here is your weekly update.

eEDGE PROFILE COMPLETENESS FEATURE
You can now easily gauge completeness for your eEdge website and system profile, which helps ensure your system is running at top performance and you and your brand are well represented.

You can read more about this feature at mykw.kw.com > Technology > eEdge Resources > Product Updates > eEdge Profile Completeness.

For a demonstration of how to get your eEdge profile to 100% complete, join today's KW Technology Community webinar

KW WEBSITE EARLY ADOPTER EMAIL NOTIFICATIONS
Sent to Early Adopters' @kw.com
email addresses on December 2
On December 2nd, our team sent emails to the second round of KW Website early adopters to let them know they would be receiving a website. These emails were sent to associates' @kw.com email addresses. To date, only 46 percent of these emails have been opened, which means there is a large number of Early Adopters who are unaware they're in the group.

If you haven't received your notification yet, and feel that you should have, please be sure to check your @kw.com email spam folder and/or the "Promotions" tab if you're using Gmail.

'TIS THE SEASON FOR CYBER SCAMS
The next two weeks will be busy and hectic for real estate professionals, as they're contending with high transactional volumes during year-end closings. Many millions of dollars will be sent and received via wire before the end of the year - exactly the environment in which online criminals seek to operate.

Criminals hack into the email accounts of real estate agents or others involved in real estate transactions and use information gained from the hack to dupe a party into a fraudulent wire transfer. The hackers often send an email appearing to be from an individual legitimately involved in the transaction, informing the recipient, often the buyer, that there has been a last minute change to the wiring instructions.  Following the new instructions, the recipient will wire funds directly to the hacker’s account, which will be cleared out in a matter of minutes. The money is almost always lost forever.

Be on high alert for email and online fraud and do not let your guard down. Start from the assumption that any email in your inbox could be a targeted attack from a criminal. 

Join today's KW Technology Community webinar for tips to avoid being a victim as well as steps to take if you believe you've been a victim of online fraud. 

Also, check out OnGuardOnline.gov, the U.S. federal government’s website to help you be safe, secure, and responsible online. The website contains a whole section dedicated to phishing, including an interactive game that teaches you to think before you click (requires a Flash Player). 

Share the game with your Market Center!


NEXT WEEK'S "SYSTEMS FOR SUCCESS" WEBINAR
Earlier this week, we kicked off a series of six technology webinars to help you "winterize" your business. We continue next week with:
  • Turn Customer Feedback Into Gold - Strategically using customer feedback is a must for any business looking to provide customers with the products they need. As a real estate agent, YOU are the product and you need to know how your customers view your product's support, professionalism, and dependability. Because happy customers will refer you to others and use you again in the future! In this session, we'll show you some ways to turn feedback into future business opportunities. Presented by Cavin Weber, eInstructor, KWRI Technology Training Team. 
  • Date: Monday, December 21
  • Time: 2:00 - 2:30 PM (Central Time)
  • Register Now

UPCOMING EVENTS
Here's our KW Technology webinar and event calendar, and a list of upcoming 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.







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


Friday, December 11, 2015

View Webinar Recording for KW Website Early Adopters

Happy Friday, everyone! Here's your weekly update:

VIEW THE WEBINAR FOR KW WEBSITE EARLY ADOPTERS
This week's webinar recording is
available on the KW Technology Training
Team's 
YouTube channel
.
Earlier this week, we delivered a webinar exclusively for KW Websites Early Adopters. If you missed it, or want a replay, you can view the recording here.

Here are a few quick highlights for you on the release of the new websites for the second round of Early Adopters:

  • We anticipate that the websites for the next round of Early Adopters will go live in the last week of December.
  • When your website goes live, you'll be able to access it from mykw.kw.com > Technology > New KW Website - Agent. This link is not available yet; it will appear when the websites are launched and you'll be notified by email when they're ready.
  • Download this quick reference guide for instructions on how to get started when your new website goes live.
  • We know you have many questions, and you can find answers to most of them at the bottom of this page: mykw.kw.com/website.

NEXT WEEK'S "SYSTEMS FOR SUCCESS" WEBINAR
Earlier this week, we kicked off a series of six technology webinars to help you "winterize" your business. We continue next week with:
  • Crush It With YouTube - With guest presenter JP Lewis, Executive Director of Media Services at KWRI. Start your year off right with your own YouTube channel and leverage this free "website" from Google.  We'll show you how to activate, set up, and optimize your YouTube channel and get it working for you!
  • Date: Monday, December 14
  • Time: 2:00 - 2:30 PM (Central Time)
  • Register Now

UPCOMING EVENTS
Here's our KW Technology webinar and event calendar, and a list of upcoming 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!

Friday, December 4, 2015

KW Websites Early Adopters Group 2 to Launch Soon!

Happy Friday, everyone! Here's your weekly update:

KW WEBSITE EARLY ADOPTER GROUP #2
Many of you have already received notification of being accepted into the next early adopter group for the new KW websites. 

If you haven't received a notification and you have an MC Tech role in White Pages and/or you're a member of the Technology Ambassador group in your MC Intranet, please know we're doing all we can to accommodate everyone. 

Please join today's KW Technology Community webinar for an update and to get answers to your specific questions. You can also find answers to general FAQs at mykw.kw.com/website.

NEXT WEEK'S "SYSTEMS FOR SUCCESS" WEBINAR
Earlier this week, we kicked off a series of six technology webinars to help you "winterize" your business. We continue next week with:
  • Tune Up Your Digital Strategy - In order to tune up your digital strategy, you must first have a digital strategy. This begins by deciding which technologies to invest in and how to make the most of those investments. As a Keller Williams associate, you have a wide variety of technologies at your disposal. In this webinar, you'll learn how to leverage KW Technology to improve your online image and brand, engage your audience, gain SEO, and attract future buyers and sellers.
  • Date: Monday, December 7
  • Time: 2:00 - 2:30 PM (Central Time)
  • Register Now

UPCOMING EVENTS
Here's our KW Technology webinar and event calendar, and a list of upcoming 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!