Create, translate and share your expertise by embracing free plugins for your international real estate blog. You'll learn about tools that you can use to translate your blog into multiple languages, add multimedia sources of content, and currency exchange in minutes without spending any money. Differentiate your blog by turning it from a website into a PLAYsite and make your message go global. This presentation will benefit members of the CIPS (Certified International Property Specialist) designees who are also member of the National Association of REALTORS.

1. Top 10
Must Haves for Your
International Real Estate Blog
by @DougDevitre

3. When you update
your website
who knows
about it?

4. What % of
your email is
SPAM ?

6. What % of your time
is spent on the phone/
email answering the
same questions?

7. Frequently Asked Questions

8. http://www.realtor.org/research/research/
stateinternationalbusinessreports

9. http://www.realtor.org/research/
research/reportsintl

12. http://www.slideshare.net/dougdevitre/six-
ways-to-build-your-online-brand-fo-REALTORS

15. http://budurl.com/
dougssecret

17. 10. Pictures

18. What Pictures to Take?
• Tourism
• Lifestyle
• Neighborhoods
• Activities
• Community
• Events

19. Kodak EasyShare M580
• 14 megapixel camera
• SD card
• Large screen
• Video option
• Easy update to social media
www.Kodak.com/go/RealEstate

20. Flickr

21. http://animoto.com/
realestate

22. 9. Currency
Conversion
9. Currency Conversion

23. Conversion

24. Conversion

25. Conversion

28. Wordpress Widgets

29. http://www.widgetbox.com/widget/
currency-converter-forex

31. 8. Area Conversion

32. How many square feet
are in one square meter?
A. 10.6732911 B. 10.7639104
C. 10.7694311 D. 10.7369411

33. How many square feet
are in one square meter?
A. 10.6732911 B. 10.7639104
C. 10.7694311 D. 10.7369411

34. http://www.bestconverter.org/
unitconverter_area.php

35. <style type="text/css">#mort_cal_1 br {display:none;}</
style><div style="width: 200px;text-align:center;"><div
style="border:1px solid #000;background-
color:#fefefe;padding: 0px 0px;margin: 0px 0px;align:center;text-
align:center;overflow:hidden;"><div id="xcolor1_1" style="font-
size:12px;color:#173a00;line-Height:16px;font-family: arial; font-
Weight:bold;background:#94abf0;padding: 3px 1px;text-
align:center;"><a href="http://www.bestconverter.org/
unitconverter_area.php" alt="Area Converter" title="Area
Converter" id="upper_link" style="color:#000000;font-size:
14px;text-decoration:none;line-Height:16px;font-family: arial;"
>Area Converter</a></div><script type="text/javascript"
src="http://www.bestconverter.org/js/
unitconverter_area2.js"></script><table width=99%
align=center style="align:center;text-align:left;background-
color: #fefefe;color:#222222;"><tr><td>From:</td></
tr><tr><td><input type="text" size="20"
name="valuefromarea2" id="valuefromarea2" value="1"
onkeyup="cc_area2();" ></td></tr><tr><td><script
type='text/javascript'>ins_area2('selectfromarea2');</script></
td></tr><tr><td>To:</td></tr><tr><td><input type="text"
size="20" name="valuetoarea2" id="valuetoarea2" value="1"
onkeyup="ccb_area2();" ></td></tr><tr><td><script
type='text/javascript'>ins_area2('selecttoarea2');</script></
td></tr><tr><td>Result:</td></tr><tr><td><span
name="valueresultarea2" id="valueresultarea2"></span></td></
tr></table></div><a href="http://www.bestconverter.org/"
alt="Unit Converter" title="Unit Converter" id="unit_link"
style="font-size:12px;text-decoration:none;line-Height:
16px;font-family: arial;align:center;" >Area Converter</a></div>

36. Area Conversion Widget

37. 7. RSS Feed

38. Where does it go?
• RSS feed
• RSS reader
• Facebook
• Linkedin
• Twitter
• Blog
• Email
• Friendfeed

39. 6. Skype Chat

42. Contact Us Page

43. Skype Call Button
2.
1.

44. http://ecamm.com/mac/
callrecorder/

45. 5. PowerPoint

46. Types of Presentations
List Process Presentation
22 Ways to
10 Steps to
Maximize Your Buyer
Buying a Home
Investment
10 Problems 8 Steps to Get
Expats Will Pre-approved for Investor
Encounter a Home Loan

47. http://www.slideshare.net/pacificlots/why-
relocate-to-costa-rica-an-expats-guide

48. 4. Video

49. Kodak Zi8 Pocket
Video Camera
• HD 1080
• SD Card
• Mic jack
• Still pictures
www.Kodak.com/go/RealEstate

50. Categories of Videos
• Video tours
• Neighborhood videos
• Video testimonials
• Live events
• Video screen capture

51. 3. Translation
Me encanta
la Florida

54. YouTube Videos

55. Flickr Photos

56. http://translate.google.com/

57. http://www.realtor.org/
files/cipswidget/
• Language
• Currency
• Area
• Time
• Holidays

58. 2. Online Documents
2. Online Documents

59. PDF Documents
• Buyer agreement
• Sales contract
• Country information
• Buyer relocation package
• Investment property guide
• Loan approval documentation
• Legal and tax information as a foreigner

60. Excel Documents
• Financing alternatives
• Investment analysis
• Rent vs. own analysis
• Principle - Interest - Taxes - Insurance
• Monthly budget for living in country

61. Categories of Clients
• Investors
• Immigrants
• 2nd homes
• Retirees

63. 1. IDX Search