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Jeannine Czech of The Real Estate book of Metro East Illinois Named Affiliate of the Year by the REALTOR® Association of Southwestern Illinois

rasiThe REALTOR® Association of Southwestern Illinois (RASI) recently named their Jeannine Czeck of The Real Estate Book of Metro East Illinois one of their “Affiliates of the Year.” 

Here is an excerpt from the press release —

 “The 2010 Affiliate of the Year award was given to two affiliates this year: Joanna Theismann of Executive Financial Group in St. Louis, MO and Jeannine Czech of The Real Estate Book in Fenton, MO. 

Theismann currently serves as the Affiliate Director on RASI’s Board of Directors. Czech and Theismann consistently give of their time through participating in numerous Association committees and task forces.  Both of these affiliate members are always the first members to volunteer.  Joanna and Jeannine are dedicated and willing to help wherever they are needed.

 

The Affiliate of the Year award is the highest honor an affiliate member can receive.  It is awarded to a dedicated individual who has demonstrated an ongoing commitment to supporting the Association’s activities.

 

Proud to have you on The Real Estate Book team! 

 The REALTOR® Association of Southwestern Illinois, established in 1918, is a voluntary trade association located in Belleville whose nearly 900 members are engaged in all facets of the real estate industry.  In addition to serving the professional needs of its members by promoting education, ethical standards and professionalism, the REALTOR® Association of Southwestern Illinois works to protect the rights of private property owners by recommending and promoting legislation that safeguards and advances the interest of real property ownership.RASI primarily serves the Illinois Metro-East market area, including St. Clair, Monroe, Randolph and Clinton Counties, except for the easternmost townships of Irishtown, Clement, Lake, East Fork, Meridian and Brookside.

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The Real Estate Book Offers Instant Creation of Display Advertising Technology

The New Service Will Increase Web Traffic For Advertisers

(Lawrenceville, GA) November 12, 2009 – To generate additional quality leads to its customers, The Real Estate Book , the leading publisher of real estate information online and in print in North America, is offering advertisers the option to create online promotional campaigns, at the simple click of a button. Accessible through The Real Estate Book ’s advertising management system, the One-Click Advertising© technology by iPromote allows customers to instantly create rich-media display ads to run prominently across a network of hundreds of premium Web destinations.

“We’re always looking for ways to boost value for our customers by increasing the quality leads that we deliver to them,” says Scott Dixon, Network Communications, Inc.’s president of the real estate division. “We’re excited to be able to offer them the ability to augment their online exposure with ad campaigns they create easily and instantly – and give today’s home buyer the photos and video they seek when shopping for a new home.”

Once logged onto The Real Estate Book’s advertising management system, AMS 2.0, customers can create their own display ads by clicking on the iPromote link, and following the simple steps of building custom advertisements. They can promote any URL they wish – their personal web site, company web site, Facebook fan page, or their personal profile or listings on RealEstateBook.com. iPromote technology scans their Web pages for content such as images, text, audio, or video and intuitively creates professional-quality, rich-media advertising packages with five different ad sizes, in a matter of seconds.

Advertisers have complete control over where to market their listings. They can promote their listings locally, nationally or even internationally with point-and-click ease. Real-time maps and graphs show exactly how well their ads perform in different areas.

Ads are displayed on the iPromote ad network which reaches over 40 million unique people a month across hundreds of premium websites like MSN, Yahoo and Facebook. iPromote’s proprietary ad serving technology automatically optimizes the promotion to appear more often on the sites on which they perform best.

To make this service even more cost-efficient, advertisers pay per click, and set their own budgets. They can also determine start/stop dates and adjust target audiences in real time, so advertisers drive traffic to their Web pages exactly when they need it.

The Real Estate Book gets nearly 2 million unique visitors on its Web site, www.RealEstateBook.com, and features thousands of homes for sale, new home communities, and local information.

Media Contact:
Tami Gross-McCarthy
TMG
212.750.5755
tami@tmgpr.com

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The Real Estate Book Feeds Its Online Listings To PropertyPursuit.com

PROPERTYPURSUIT.COM, A BROKER-CENTRIC NATIONAL REAL ESTATE PORTAL
Strategic Partnership Extends Online Reach and Value for Customers of the #1 Real Estate Advertising Publication

(Lawrenceville, GA) November 13, 2009 – The Real Estate Book, the leading publisher of real estate information online and in print in North America, today announces a strategic distribution partnership to publish its online listings on PropertyPursuit.com, a new broker and agent-centric national real estate portal from Delta Media Group.

PropertyPursuit.com is a unique real estate Web site that provides home searchers with comprehensive online real estate search tools, and drives all Web site leads directly to the respective brokerage or agent. Home shoppers experience single-click access to local listings and distinct search functionalities including an easy search, advanced search and search map, as well as the abilities to search by address, zip code, listing features and more. Brokers and agents receive the added benefits of brand and listing exposure, and the ability to control their own leads free of charge.

“PropertyPursuit is a great fit with our online listings distribution strategy, which expands exposure, high-quality leads and value for our advertisers through strategic alliances with highly user-friendly sites visited by today’s buyers and sellers,” said Scott Dixon, Network Communication Inc.’s president of the real estate division.

On a daily basis, nearly 350,000 for-sale property listings from The Real Estate Book, the #1 real estate publication in the country, will be uploaded to PropertyPursuit.com. When a home shopper requests more information on a The Real Estate Book property listing on PropertyPursuit.com, their inquiry will be directed back to The Real Estate Book’s advertiser’s Web site.

PropertyPursuit.com allows buyers to narrow their search results, and will display similarly priced properties in the area. Homebuyers can access graphical links to property features and details from each listing detail page, and can also contact the listing agent directly for more information or to schedule a showing. The site also displays available open houses and current price reductions, and gives users the ability to print a listing flier, pinpoint their chosen location, view large photo galleries, videos and slideshows, calculate mortgage payments and review community and school information. Home shoppers can save their search criteria and schedule to receive updates when properties become available that match their requirements.

PropertyPursuit.com is the latest site to join The Real Estate Book’s growing online distribution network, which includes BobVila.com, Condo.com, EveryMove.com, FrontDoor.com, GlobeandMail.com, Google Base, Home Gain, House Locator, Home Pages, Homescape.com, Live Deal, MSN Sympatico, NYTimes/Real Estate, Oodle.com, RealtyTrac.com, Trulia.com, Vast.com, Wall Street Journal, Yahoo.com and Zillow.com.

The Real Estate Book has been helping real estate professionals connect with buyers and sellers for over 30 years. Available in print and online in over 400 markets across the U.S., Canada and the Caribbean, The Real Estate Book delivers credible, proven results to its advertisers, who benefit from a wealth of experience and an integrated media platform that showcases their listings in a variety of ways. With 8 million magazines in print every 4 weeks, The Real Estate Book gets nearly 2 million unique visitors on its Web site, www.RealEstateBook.com, and features thousands of homes for sale, new home communities, and local information.

Property Pursuit is a national real estate portal Web site that features more than 1.6 million listings. Property Pursuit is the first broker and agent-centric portal, allowing companies to receive leads directly and distribute them based on their own preferences, and subscribing agents to directly receive their own leads. Property Pursuit offers consumers an easy-to-use property search and robust national listing details, and offers brokerages and agents unique online profiles, and customizable accounts, bios, logos, social networking tools and more. Visit www.propertypursuit.com for more information. PropertyPursuit.com is powered and a devision of Delta Media Group inc.

Media Contact:
Tami Gross-McCarthy
TMGpr
212.750.5755
tami@tmgpr.com

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