Bulletins – Hawaii Information Service

Real estate blogs are the most exciting innovation in real estate in some time – connecting consumers to valuable information through an exciting and easy-to-use new medium. Real estate and blogs were made for each other. Real estate is local, personal, and emotional, just like blogs.        

~Realty Blogging, Richard Nacht and Paul Chaney

Not Your Ordinary Blog – Be Part Of The Elite…
 
Are you ready to take your online marketing to a whole new level? Alohaliving.com is offering the unique opportunity for a limited number of bloggers to establish themselves as experts in real estate territories throughout Hawaii, as well as in certain market niches such as insurance, home improvement, or even food and entertainment.
 
Your blog will be prominently displayed across our website AlohaLiving.com, one of the most comprehensive, Hawaii focused, real estate websites out there.  Blogs are syndicated to our partner sites, as well as thoroughly and frequently indexed by Google and other blog-specific search engines like Technorati.

The Nitty-Gritty Details…
 
Why blog?  Blogs tend to do VERY well in search engine rankings due to their frequently updated content. So, write often, create a following, and watch as the traffic and leads from your blog develop organically. 
 
The Aloha Living Blog Network is built on an enterprise version of WordPress, an immensely popular, open-source blogging and content management system. A talented global community of programmers are constantly improving and refining the software. In addition, we will be developing and implementing our own custom solutions to provide you with more versatility and features down the road – one of the distinct advantages of the open-source movement.
 
Still, blogging is about the content, not the technology. While this blog focuses largely on the WordPress software, remember – As an Aloha Living Blog Network blogger, you are not really paying for code or servers or the like. What we offer is a service that helps you create timely, topical, interesting content that keeps people coming back, and a constantly growing network that boosts your visibility and reinforces your position as an expert in your area.
 
 
We’re Here For You…
 
There is a lot of information on blogging out there, as real estate and other industry professionals discover its value as a business tool. But we know that you don’t always have the time to keep up with it all, and sometimes need some help to get started.  No problem. We provide personal, individual support to our bloggers, and meanwhile regularly compile and feature tips, tricks, and ideas for blogs and other marketing tools on our Bulletin Blog, Facebook pages, and Twitter profiles.
 
 
Something To Look Forward To…
 
The Aloha Living Blog Network is only a small part of the larger AlohaLiving.com portal. And, as it grows, your blog content will be incorporated in a multitude of different ways, creating more and more opportunities for your business to flourish and thrive.

NOW LIVE!  Check it out at www.hawaiiinformation.com!

Hawaii Information Service is unlike most MLS companies in that we offer distinct ways for both members and customers to get information about real estate online. Our company website, HawaiiInformation.com, has long served both as a gateway to members to login to the REsearch system, as well as a starting point for homebuyers looking to find properties for sale on AlohaLiving.com.

Earlier this year, we redesigned HawaiiInformation.com, simplifying its structure and giving it a cleaner, more modern look. Now, we’re further refining the homepage, balancing REsearch and AlohaLiving.com to make it even simpler for first-time visitors to get to the information they need.

Members will still find prominent links to the existing login page, as well as to additional information on the products and services we offer.  The cleaner design will also better highlight the featured agent Gallery Ads.

Customers, meanwhile, will be directed immediately to AlohaLiving.com, where they will be able to find properties for sale, save their searches, access public records data, find an agent, and get more information about living in Hawaii.

Two views, one great new look — what could be better than that?

You’ve asked and we’ve delivered!  We’ve upgraded the property detail pages on AlohaLiving.com so that listing photos now include the captions you’ve entered into REsearch.
 
Photos are a key part of a listing’s appeal, and captions are an important way to add context — is this a view of the property, or from the property? Is this the master bedroom? Many MLS systems don’t support captions, so we’re glad to offer the feature in REsearch.  And with this upgrade, we’ve further made captions available to potential clients and the public, not just other MLS members.

 
The AlohaLiving.com caption display takes it a step further than on the former HawaiiInformation.com, including them both as image labels and displaying them in the photo “lightbox,” which works in all modern browsers – just hover over the photo thumbnails to see the captions!
 
If you’ve not previously included captions with your listing photos (and most of you don’t), we hope this upgrade and wider visibility encourages you to use them to benefit fellow agents and consumers alike!

The summer days are fading fast (is it really August already?), but living in the tropics has its perks, and no matter what time of year, there always seems to be nothing but perfect beach days ahead… So enjoy the last, lingering days of summer and all they have to offer here in the islands, and don’t forget to indulge yourself in a mango or two.

Erin’s Events for August 2009 >>>

Maintenance Scheduled for Sunday, July 26, 2009, 6:45 a.m.

HIS will be performing software upgrades to our Web Servers on Sunday, July 26, 2009, starting at 6:45 a.m.  The upgrades will take about 30 minutes to complete. All REsearch, IDX, Aloha Living, and Public Site customers will experience a loss of service for the first 15 minutes of this maintenance window.

We appreciate your patience and apologize for any inconvenience this may cause you.  Should you have any questions or concerns, please contact our Customer/Tech Support Team at 1-800-628-3121, if calling from the neighbor islands or 599-4224, if calling from Oahu, or send an email to TechSupport@HawaiiInformation.com.

In case of emergency……
You may leave a message in our emergency voice mailbox by calling the main office number and pressing * (star).  Leave your message and your contact information and our phone system will notify our on-call staff that there is an emergency message.  Phone:  1-800-628-3121, if calling from the neighbor islands, or 599-4224, if calling from Oahu.