Communication "follow up" is one of the most important aspects of New Home Sales and Marketing. In a previous blog post entitled, "New Home Marketing 2.0 Heading in the Right Direction," I outlined four ways that describe how the Specindex website can help New Home Sales Professionals keep up with Realtors, the building industry, prospects, and Specindex site news.

Here is another great way to communicate with the growing web audience at Specindex.com - our interactive Community Calender of Events.

Any Registered site user can easily publicize or promote their upcoming special event, announcement, promotion, or update to our entire Home Building and Real Estate network of participants. The event details can be area specific by city, state, or region; and include a picture and web link back to additional information posted on your website if desired.

All submitted event notifications will be "human approved" before going public so keep it clean, and on-topic. And don't wait to the last minute to let everyone know what your planning... you can reserve your "front page" spot up to a year in advance!

Click here, to see our current calender of events. Don't delay, get your next special Real Estate or Home Building Event publicized on the internet today!

The Specindex is the only online marketplace where Home Builders and New Home Sales and Marketing experts socially network with other Real Estate industry professionals. Join this premier New Home Marketing 2.0 community for free, and learn why "Everybody Checks the Specindex."

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Yes, you can put your new home hunt on auto-pilot thanks to the kind folks at Specindex.com!

In a previous post, I mentioned a cool new way to get the Specindex listings from anywhere on the web. Did you know that you can also register to receive specific regional, and area listings sent directly to your inbox?

We have made this so super easy to set up, even an 8 year old child could do it!

Read below to find out how to get new home listings sent to your inbox:

1. Login to your Specindex account, or Register for a free one here.
2. Go to your My Account page.
3. Look for "Get Email Alerts."

   

4. Fill in the provided quick home alert, form with specific information regarding the types of new home listings you are interested in.

   

5. Sit back, relax, and enjoy the easy life of having the Specindex "New Home Marketing 2.0" system do all the work for you!

Side note - the Specindex adheres to a strict No Spam Policy! If you no longer wish to receive these email alerts for any reason, simply log back into your account, and click the "no" button, indicating that you no longer wish to receive the Specindex new home listing alerts... and the custom messages will stop instantly.

Add the automatic new home email alert system to your account today, and have one less thing to do every other day.

Find home builder inventory from anywhere on the web, at any time!

The Specindex is the only online marketplace where Home Builders and New Home Sales and Marketing experts socially network with other Real Estate industry professionals. Join this premier New Home Marketing 2.0 community for free, and learn why "Everybody Checks the Specindex."

Editor's note: Specindex.com NOW SpecHomes.com

SpecHomes.com is excited for you to join us at our new Spec Homes Blog

Did you know that you can check the Specindex from anywhere on the web? All you need to do is download our spiffy new web browser add-on - and you'll be updated automatically with the latest happenings on our site.

The Specindex team is proud to offer the latest New Home Marketing tools found anywhere on the web. Adding this toolbar to your web browser will allow you to search our exclusive listings - anywhere - anytime! It's free, with no spyware or viruses, does not open pop-ups or hijack your searches, and no personal information is required.

Talk about New Home Marketing 2.0! Perhaps best of all, our new toolbar is so simple to add to your favorites, I'll show you how in 3 easy steps:

1. Look for the add-on icon in the right corner of any web page at the Specindex

   

2. This will take you to the download page located at : http://www.specindex.ourtoolbar.com/

   

3. Installation takes about a minute, and your done! (Click below to see what yours will look like.)

   

And that's it, (I told you it was super easy to do.) So go download your own customizable toolbar from our site today, and tell a friend what you think of the latest edition to the New Home Marketing 2.0 family of products, brought to you by the good folks at Specindex.com.

(Also see: Five Simple Steps to Getting Home Builder Inventory Listings delivered to your inbox)

The Specindex is the only online marketplace where Home Builders and New Home Sales and Marketing experts socially network with other Real Estate industry professionals. Join this premier New Home Marketing 2.0 community for free, and learn why "Everybody Checks the Specindex."

Editor's note: Specindex.com NOW SpecHomes.com

SpecHomes.com is excited for you to join us at our new Spec Homes Blog

Before you mark this post as spam or inappropriate content - please understand that there is a valuable marketing message to be gleaned here. Keep reading...

Sales and marketing professionals are being turned upside down by the Web 2.0 - social networking phenomenom. Never before in history has the power associated with traditional mass media of the past been in the hands of everyday individuals.

While surfing the web I discovered something remarkable. While the video itself is a funny parody of the recent drama surrounding Paris Hilton - what I found truly remarkable was the amount of attention that this home made, amateur level content was able to garner.

Take a look at the screen capture below of what I found (enganced with my comments):

Most advertising firms, marketing consultants will spend a thousand hours, and hundreds of thousands of dollars, and NEVER reach an audience of this magnitude. (And in only 4 days!)

This is an example of the dynamic shift found today with Web 2.0 and user generated content. What is user generated content? At ActiveRain, your blog post(s) are your user generated content.

Want Fantastic website SEO? Ceate an informative message for your target audience that is fun and meets them where they are today - and implement a way to profit from your unique content.

(And just in case you want to see what all this fuss is about, here you go.)

The Specindex is the self-service, automated, online Home Builder marketplace, where New Home Sales and Marketing experts socially network with Real Estate professionals to increase their new home sales.

Editor's note: Specindex.com NOW SpecHomes.com

SpecHomes.com is excited for you to join us at our new Spec Homes Blog

In a previous post, I mentioned the lack of innovation that most modern day home builders put into thier marketing efforts. Many of the same dry techniques have been used for decades, and by just about everyone else.

With the development of the Specindex site I have been extremely busy as of late, and almost forgot about that blog post. Then, sometime last week I came across this video at youtube; I paused for a moment to imagine the future of new home marketing.

Enjoy this entertaining peek at the intersection of New Home Marketing, and Technology Drive...

After watching this short demonstration of Jeff Han's new Perceptive Pixel technology being perfected by Adobe, leave a comment with your ideas on how something like this can be used in your local home builder's model home?

The Specindex is the only online marketplace where Home Builders and New Home Sales and Marketing experts socially network with other Real Estate industry professionals. Join this premier New Home Marketing 2.0 community for free, and learn why "Everybody Checks the Specindex."

Editor's note: Specindex.com NOW SpecHomes.com

SpecHomes.com is excited for you to join us at our new Spec Homes Blog