Who needs a data feed? (HINT: probably not you!)
IDX, API, RETS... tech folk love their jargon. But for an agent who is trying to just get a simple home search on their personal...
Michelle Carter
Better Together: iMax CRM and iAgentWebsites with Flexmls IDX integration!
iMax CRM and iAgentWebsites with Flexmls IDX integration gets all your technology tools talking to one another, automatically.
Save searches and view exclusive FloPlans in latest WordPress update
Save searches and view exclusive FloPlan floorplans in the latest Flexmls IDX plugin update, January 2021
Rock 2021
New Year, new opportunities to knock it out of the park. We’re brought together the best top tips and tricks for IDX and online success...
How to choose the right WordPress theme for your IDX website
The question is, how do you choose the right one for your real estate IDX website? You’d think it would be as easy as finding...
New partnership with iMax CRM and iAgentWebsites
FBS Products has partnered with Cendance Systems, creators of iAgentWebsites and iMax CRM, to offer exclusive, discounted bundled services to Flexmls agents and brokers
WP IDX Plugin Video Tip. Market Statistics Widget.
Your buyers are used to having more information than ever at their fingertips, and they want as much data as possible on the neighborhoods where...
3 Hot Tips for Smaller Brokers to Help Their Agents Online
Attracting and retaining top agents is the number one challnge for brokers. Try these 3 hot tips for smaller brokers to help their agents online.
Strategies For A Winning Broker Website
Big Broker Results. Small Broker Resources. You’ve invested time and capital into a website for your brokerage. You’ve promoted it, but of the people you’ve...
Broker Pain Points – An IDX Home Search Coffee Break Webinar Series
A 4 part series of brief 15-minute webinar recordings that address issues for real estate brokers as it relates to IDX home search websites. Creating...
The IDX Manager – A Flexmls Hidden Gem
Have you activated your Flexmls-connected IDX lead capture superpowers? With Flexmls IDX activated, your personal real estate website can not only display the most...
Video Tip – Add Flexmls IDX SmartFrame to a Wix Website
Wix is just one of many powerful DIY website platforms that can help you build a great-looking, real estate website, complete with IDX home search....
More Google Juice Please!
Taking advantage of Google’s “My Business Profile.” “My Business Profile” is a free tool from Google that will improve how your business shows up in search,...
8 Winning Features Of A Successful Agent Website
Where are all the leads? So, your website is up. It has all the basic elements: home search, about you page, contact information, etc… But...
How To Leverage The Lead Capture Power Of Storytelling
Mike Price – IDX Trainer/Content Specialist I get it. You’re a super hard working professional with a limited amount of time to absorb information. But...
WP Plugin v.3.10 packs a punch for developers and consumers alike
Full details of the latest Flexmls WordPress IDX Plugin Update from FBS Products, released in August 2020 with plenty to love for developers and consumers
Lead Capture Toolkits
Mike Price – IDX Trainer According to NAR, half of all home buyers find their new home online. IDX makes it easy to showcase properties...
Calls-To-Action and Your IDX Website Lead Capture
Mike Price – IDX Trainer You’ve got your IDX home search site set up and checked all the boxes for great content. You’ve run your...
Attention All Real Estate Web Developers!
Mike Price – IDX Trainer/Content Specialist We love developers and creatives! At FBS Products we are especially proud of the partnerships we’ve created with awesome...
10 Content Ideas For Your IDX Website
Your online marketing success is impacted by it’s most important component, your website. In 2019 52% of buyers found their home on the Internet. Real...
IDX solutions from FBS have data directly from Flexmls – does yours?
Mike Price – IDX Trainer FBS Products IDX subscribers have LIVE Flexmls data – do you? If your website’s IDX is powered by an FBS...
IDX Smartframe Fundamentals – Copy and Paste Lead Capture
Having an IDX powered web presence is easier and more cost effective than you might think. With just a simple cut and paste you can...
WordPress IDX Plugin Fundamentals
There is a reason that over 1/3 of the websites in operation today are built using WordPress. Known as a CMS or content management system,...
6 Reasons Real Estate Brokers Should Consider WordPress
As a broker, your website is your first impression, the place where you get to establish the heart of your company and begin to build...
Options For Virtual Showings, Listing Presentations & Open Houses
Mike Price – IDX Trainer Covid-19 has accelerated our reliance on technology to come together virtually. In the real estate industry, the challenge has been...
Work From Home Toolkit Lesson 5: Live Data
Mike Price – IDX Trainer / Content Specialist Today’s buyers and sellers have access to more information than ever. With the plethora of choices, the...
Work From Home Toolkit Lesson 4: Content Marketing
As we emerge from the pandemic, digital media and its impact on real estate transactions have accelerated at a tremendous pace. Having a presence on...
IDX & Your Flexmls Portal: Seamless Integration
Did you know there is away to seamlessly transition website leads into clients? Did you also know that you can manage your ongoing relationships without...
What Is IDX & Why Do You Need It?
In this webinar we review the basics of IDX and why it is a critical ingredient in your web marketing mix. Whether you’re new to...
Which IDX Solution Is Right For Me?
Are you building a new website and trying to understand which home search tool is the right one for your site? Or maybe you have...
Work From Home Toolkit. Lesson 3: Social Media
Mike Price – IDX Trainer We are going to be working from home for a while longer. Whatever normal looks like in the not-so-distant...
Work From Home Toolkit. Lesson 2: Blogging
Mike Price – IDX Trainer A blog just may be the most important content on your website today. As you navigate the days and weeks...
IDX For New Flexmls Users
If you’re new to Flexmls, you may not be aware that you have access to some fantastic IDX resources and services. Join us for a...
Good Times, Bad Times & Your Marketing Plan
Mike Price – IDX Trainer How will you approach your real estate market in this unprecedented time? I have been doing a lot of research...
Work From Home Toolkit. Lesson One
Mike Price – IDX Trainer Lesson One: How To Be A Hyperlocal Hero By now you’re probably aware of the fact that much of the...
“On Page” SEO and Your IDX Website
Mike Price – IDX Trainer Search Engine Optimization, or SEO for short, means optimizing your website to be found (and found closer to the top...
Focus On Excellence. A Profile of Broker IDX Success.
Mike Price – IDX Trainer While many in the industry today are hand wringing over things like artificial intelligence or iBuyers snatching-up technology companies, some brokers...
What The Heck Is A Technology Stack?
Michael Price – IDX Trainer Have you heard the term, “tech stack”? It’s techno-speak that refers to a collection of software and technology-related tools that...
Six Rules of Engagement For Social Media
There are some great examples of hard-working agents and brokers that are getting social media right. They are transforming the way they communicate with past,...
What is the Google Search Console?
Mike Price – IDX Trainer Why it’s important The Google Search Console (formerly Google Webmaster Tools) is a free service offered by Google. It’s an...
Hyperlocal Success Profiles – Facebook Pages and Groups
Mike Price – IDX Trainer / Content Specialist How to use Facebook pages and groups can in your hyperlocal content strategy to drive qualified traffic to...
Optimizing Your IDX Home Search Site’s Photos For SEO
Mike Price – IDX Trainer / Content Specialist Image optimization is one of the most overlooked opportunities to improve search engine ranking of your IDX...
IDX And Your Real Estate Blog
Mike Price – IDX Trainer Yes, blogs are still alive and well in this social media age. They can help you to keep new content...
WordPress Beginner? Setting up a WordPress IDX Site Is Easier Than You Think
Mike Price – IDX Trainer Getting started with a WordPress based IDX home search site may not be as complicated as you think. If you...
The #1 reason your clients prefer Zillow to your website
Michelle Carter – Director – FBS Products Broker Agent Services What the heck do burgers have to do with Zillow and your IDX website?...
The Do’s And Don’ts of Effective IDX Website Strategies
By Mike Price, IDX Trainer / Content Specialist IDX Home search levels the playing field for any real estate professional that wants to build a high-impact web...
12 Ideas For Better Real Estate Marketing Emails
Mike Price – IDX Trainer Email marketing is one of the most effective strategies you can employ to drive traffic to your IDX home search...
Stop waiting for the cat to bark.
Mike Price – IDX Trainer Simple tips for REALTORS® wanting greater social media success. One of the most significant opportunities for success in today’s digital...
10 MUST-HAVE BROKER WEBSITE FEATURES
By Mike Price – IDX Trainer Big broker results. Small broker resources. You’ve invested time and capital into a website for your brokerage. You’ve promoted...
Email Signature IDX Marketing
By Mike Price – IDX Trainer Untapping the use of your email signature as a powerful tool for capturing leads, increasing qualified web traffic, and...
What The Heck Is A SQUEEZE Page?
Mike Price – IDX Trainer Capturing Leads With Targeted IDX Have you heard the term “Squeeze Page” used in the context of web site marketing before? It’s...
Marketing Your Live Data Edge Via Social Media
By Mike Price – IDX Trainer Live IDX real estate data & social media We spend a lot of time talking about LIVE data and...
Smartframe Smarts. Finding The Best Smartframe IDX Website Hosting Solution.
Mike Price – Trainer Getting up and running with a LIVE Data IDX website can be super-easy. Provide your site visitors with a great home...
IDX Fundamentals Overview – Coffee Break Webinar
On A Chromebook or Mobile? Click Here To Register and View The Video IDX Fundamentals is an “on-demand” training. That means you can view short...
Capture Leads Using HyperLocal Saved Searches
Mike Price – IDX Trainer LIVE Data IDX Success Tip LOCATION – LOCATION – LOCATION. The only thing that has changed in this age-old mantra...
8 Winning Features of A Successful Agent Website
So, your website is up. It has all the basic elements: home search, about you page, contact information etc… Now you sit back and wait...
Content Marketing For Real Estate Brokers And Agents (Part 4 of 4)
Mike Price – IDX Trainer Part 4: Analysis – What Makes Content Marketing Work? So far, we have defined content marketing (part 1), established your simple strategy...
Content Marketing For Real Estate Brokers & Agents (Part 3 of 4)
Mike Price – IDX Trainer In our first article, we defined content marketing. In the second, we illustrated how to establish a simple strategy. In this article, we...
Content Marketing For Brokers And Agents Part 2 of 4
Mike Price – IDX Trainer / Content Specialist Part 2. Your Simple Content Marketing Strategy Claim Your Content Marketing Resource Guide In our first article,...
Content Marketing For Real Estate Brokers & Agents (Part 1 of 4)
Mike Price – IDX Trainer / Content Specialist Part 1: What is Content Marketing? What exactly is “content”? Content is anything you’ve developed to provide...
David Vs. Goliath. IDX & The WWW War
Mike Price – IDX Trainer “It’s like water coming at me from a fire hose.” That’s how a real estate professional that was just getting...
IDX Showcase. A Profile of FBS IDX WordPress Plugin Excellence
Mike Price – IDX Trainer The Lion & The Chihuahua You’ve heard the stories. The web is killing a specific segment of the business world....
IDX Manager Lead Capture Settings
Mike Price – IDX Trainer Are you using your website’s home search to capture leads? If not you may be missing out on a...
How Your Flexmls Portal Works With Your Flexmls Connected IDX Site
By Mike Price – IDX Trainer As a Flexmls subscriber, you enjoy the benefit of LIVE data updates. This excellent feature extends to our FBS...
LIVE Data IDX And Your Flexmls Portal. IDX Fundamentals.
If you’re looking for a way to seamlessly transition website leads into clients, and then manage your ongoing relationship with them without having to toggle...
What Is IDX And Why Do I Need It?
IDX, RETS, API… in today’s data-driven world, it’s hard to keep track of all the acronyms, let alone know how to use any of it....
WordPress IDX Plugin Fundamentals
There is a reason that over 1/3 of the websites in operation today are built using WordPress. Known as a CMS or content management system,...
Smartframe Fundamentals – Cut & paste lead capture.
Having an IDX powered web presence is easier and more cost effective than you might think. With just a simple cut and paste you can...
Which IDX Solution Is Right For Me?
THIS RECORDED WEBINAR QUALIFIES FOR THE FREE IDX FUNDAMENTALS CERTIFICATION TRACK Are you building a new website and trying to understand which home search tool...
Is WordPress The Prescription To Your Web Site Woes
By Mike Price, IDX Trainer If you’re a real estate professional that’s feeling some pain over the anemic state of your web site, this article...
6 Ideas for IDX Lead Capture
Mike Price – IDX Trainer The foundation of a great real estate website is a dynamic home search powered by IDX. How do you turn...
WordPress Plugin Guide
Mike Price – IDX Trainer WordPress Plugin Guide – Adding more power to your IDX Home Search Site. Plugins are comprised of software created by...
WordPress Update v.3.9 Is Here!
Based upon developer and customer feedback, we continue to provide regular updates to our WordPress plugin to keep it operating smoothly in as many installation...
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Rock 2020! Planning Your Work, Working Your Plan.
One of the big differences between successful real estate pros and those that are struggling? Planning. Real estate careers are like any other small business...
What Is IDX & Why Do I Need It?
In this webinar we review the basics of IDX and why it is critical to your overall marketing strategy. We will also have...
Video Tip – WordPress Portal Registration Pop Up (Login Widget)
Modify the lead capture settings for your site visitors with the login widget. FBS’s WordPress IDX Plugin and the powerful widgets included with it offer...