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Tutorial - How To Create Showcase Quality Ads
 

Create Great Ads In Minutes With Our Easy To Use & Browser-Based Entry Form!
Uploading Your Advertisement Has Never Been Easier!

1. Click the Add Listing link, add your property description and information...

2. Check the appropriate boxes and save your ad!

3. Upload your photos and enter the appropriate captions. You can add up to 7 pictures per property ad!

Voila! Your ad will automatically be displayed on all of our websites which market your type of property.

How To Best Use The Network

IMPORTANT: When entering prices for property, please do not add a dollar sign, comma or decimal point, and enter whole dollar amounts only.

Choose Your Ad Title Carefully. - The title you use for your ad is the first thing your prospect will see when searching our network. - The title you choose for your ad is also used to optimize your ad for the search engines.
  • Use a title which matches the most popular search term used to find the type of property you are promoting.
  • Try to use whole words and not abbreviations. Use proper spacing and keep your title as succinct as possible.
  • Try to mention what you are advertising as well as where the property is located. (City & State)
    e.g. 1001 - Industrial Building For Sale in City State
  • Precede your title with your ID number to keep properties in order on your 'Agent Profile' page.
  • The title you use for your ad may be up to 80 characters long.

Picture Guidelines & Tips

The image manager can only accept and automatically resize pictures up to 700 dpi in width. Please resize larger pictures accordingly before uploading. The system accepts many image formats - and most image programs support the popular '.jpg' format which works well on our system.

To resize a picture, or save it in a different format please use your photo editor to resize or resample the picture and then save it as the type of image you would like to use.

TIP - With most digital cameras you can save images in '.jpg' format at the 640 width setting to save yourself a step.

TIP - The presentation width is 500dpi - resize your photos to this width for best viewing in this application. - 640 width photos present very well on our system.

Tip - Add any text overlays to your picture "AFTER" resizing it to the correct size.

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Tips For Improved Text Appearance

When you input ads you will find four types of entry fields. Required Fields Are Marked and the General Description Field will always appear in your listings -- Other than these fields ALL OTHER FIELDS ARE OPTIONAL and may be used or left blank.

With just a little practice you will become more familiar with how to best present your ad - Use the "preview listing" option to see the ad and decide what you wish to change.

Checkboxes - Check All Boxes Which Apply... It is important to remember that selecting the proper "Class" & "Category" selections will send your ads to the appropriate websites and category searches.

Drop Down Menus - Select only one option from these lists.

Text Fields - These are one line fields which allow you to input a single line of information. Keep Them Short For Best Performance.

Text Boxes - These are multi-line boxes for longer descriptions. You may type as much information as you need within these boxes.

TIPS FOR MULTI-LINE BOXES

1. The separate entry titles or "Field Titles" appear Bolded on the listings and your description begins immediately after these field titles.

2. Hitting the ENTER key on your keyboard to insert a "Line Break" works within these fields. You can also follow a line with <br> to force a line break.

3. If you wish to highlight words within your listing you can USE ALL CAPS or use the following switches. -- Make Sure You turn them back off with the corresponding "off" switch.

  • <b> Bolds Anything Which Follows
  • </b> Turns Off The Bold Switch
  • <i> Italicizes Anything Which Follows
  • </i> Turns Off The Italics Switch

Tip - If your listing is all bold or bold from a certain point on check the field where you started the bold and check to make sure you placed it's "off" switch in the appropriate location.

Example - By using these HTML tags in your entry, you can greatly control the appearance of text in textbox fields within your ad.

The following line...

<b>Bolds </b>Un-Bolds <i>Italicizes </i>Un-Italicizes <b><i>Both Bolds & Italicizes</b></i>Turns it all off!<br>New Line<br><br>Another New Line - Example Finished.

Produces the following lines in your ad...

Bolds Un-Bolds Italicizes Un-Italicizes Both Bolds & Italicizes Turns it all off!
New Line

Another New Line - Example Finished.
 

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Maximizing Your Personal Contact Section

You have a contact page which lists your contact information. On this page you can post up to 5 pictures and their titles. Each of these pictures act as a link to separate page to better view the picture and present more information about you to the visitor.

You can post more pictures of your properties...

Or use your company logo and a picture title called "About Us" to describe more about your company and the services you offer. Intuitive use of this section can give you a webpage for each of the services you offer creating quite a presentation for our visitors.

TIP - Make sure to add your contact information to each of these pages.

TIP - All of the above "switches" for improving text-appearance in your ads will also work when editing the account information section.

Here's The Font Switches Again

If you wish to highlight words within these pages you can USE ALL CAPS or use the following switches. -- Make Sure You turn them back off with the corresponding "off" switch.

  • <b>  Bolds Anything Which Follows
  • </b> Turns Off The Bold Switch
  • <i>   Italicizes Anything Which Follows
  • </i>  Turns Off The Italics Switch
  • <br> Gives You A Line-Break - Your ENTER Key Works Too

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