Have happy clients? Share the Smiles — with HomeGain!

HomeGain has launched a new campaign for Realtor members, called Share The Smiles, in which real estate agent and broker members can send HomeGain photos of their satisfied clients for publishing on HomeGain.com.

Here’s how it works:

1. Take a photo of your clients in front of their new or sold home. Even include yourself in the photo.
2. Email one photo per client (less than 1MB each in size) up to 5 clients and we’ll post them online for the world to see!
3. Feel free to include the names of your clients (and all your contact info!) and/or a 1-3 sentence review or description for each photo.
4. As a HomeGain member, you’ll receive 25 Max Rewards Points per photo/client!

Submit your photos today!

About Max Rewards Points and see your account balance.

HomeGain and CyberCity 3D announced a new partnership today (read PRWeb press release), which provides HomeGain’s real estate agent members the ability to display CyberCity’s 3D Virtual Viewing marketing products directly on HomeGain.com.

3D Virtual Viewing promotes homes for sale through the Google Earth™ API virtual globe. It provides an interactive, 3D model of the home designed to increase web advertising exposure and attract consumers searching for their next home.

See 3D home listings on HomeGain.com

HomeGain Realtor members can now link their CyberCity 3D models to their property listings directly from their AgentView product. Agents simply enter the 3D model URL in their HomeGain® account for that listing and a “View in 3D” button will automatically appear on HomeGain’s Search Results and Listing Detail pages linking the Google Earth™ API 3D model to the home listing.

We’ve moved! HomeGain has officially moved its headquarters to a new office in Emeryville.  After 10 years in the same office building, HomeGain decided it needed a change of scenery.

Located at 6001 Shellmound Street, on the 5th floor, HomeGain has a beautiful 360 degree view of the Golden Gate and Bay Bridges, San Francisco and the bay, and the Berkeley/Oakland hills.

Special thanks to Jim Ridley and his team, and everyone at HomeGain who helped make the move a smooth and successful transition!

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Happy 2nd anniversary to the HomeGain Real Estate Blog!

Over the past two years, the HomeGain Blog has won awards and been recognized by organizations including WebAwards (Web Marketing Association), FrogPond, Inman News, and World Wide Web Awards, as well as hundreds of supporting real estate bloggers, Realtors, real estate organizations and publications, and members of the press.

We’d like to thank everyone for their continued support, interaction and loyalty.

Two leaders in the real estate industry, Louis Cammarosano, General Manager at HomeGain and Sami Inkinen, Co-Founder & CEO at Trulia, met at Inman Real Estate Connect San Francisco 2009 to debate the best way to create value online.

Cammarosano pointed that HomeGain has a central focus on the agent and spoke of the HomeGain model that has content and platforms designed to connect buyers and sellers to real estate agents.

Trulia’s Inkinen, suggested that Trulia may have more of a central focus on consumers.

Listen to Louis Cammarosano and Sami Inkinen duel their sides about home listings, leads and vision:

What’s the Ideal Online Real Estate Business Model?

HomeGain.com and the HomeGain Real Estate Blog both have won the Standard of Excellence Award for website development in the Real Estate category in 2009.

HomeGain.com and the HomeGain Blog received scores that were above average in the overall Industry and against other WebAward.org, aka Web Marketing Association, entries. Points were awarded using the following criteria: Design, Innovation, Content, Technology, Interactivity, Copywriting, Ease of use.

WebAward Judges comments included:

“The HomeGain.com site design is open, clean and inviting. The method for division of site services is excellent. This makes it quite easy for the site visitor to select their path.”

“The best selling point for the HomeGain.com site is the wealth of content. Content aggregation is used well throughout the site. “

“Nice blog which follows many best practice elements, good use of photography, compelling elements for the blog visitor to interact with.”

“HomeGain Blog is focused on Real Estate and has attention grabbing posts — content is king!”

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