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  Proxio Connections Newsletter August 2009
In This Issue
Proxio continues to GROW - take advantage!
New Editorial Partner: OPP Magazine
Our New Phone Translation Tool Makes Global Communication Even Easier
Most Visible Professionals (MVP) in Real Estate Identified
Proxio Selected as a Finalist for the Inman 2009 Innovator Awards
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Janet Case, CEO & Co-founder of Proxio

Greetings!
 
Your MLS took the initiative to provide you with a subscription to Proxio's global referral network, so you can grow your connections and your business, and serve your clients better. We want to help you succeed!

Welcome to Proxio's new monthly newsletter. Our goals: to deliver interesting and useful information to help you internationalize your business and make stronger industry connections, and to tell you what's happening within our global referral network so you can leverage it.

This month we announce online access to Overseas Property Professionals magazine for Proxio members. OPP's content is perfect for helping our real estate professionals keep in touch with trends and activity in overseas markets. Our editorial partnership with OPP adds an important element for creating international understanding and expertise, which supports our mission of giving agents the tools to do business across borders and across cultures.

Thanks for being a part of the Proxio global network!
Please send any feedback or suggestions to info@proxio.com.

Sincerely,
 
Janet Case
CEO
activity increasing ProxioPro Statistics... everything is UP!

ProxioPro is hosting over 7200 real estate offices in 65 countries on 5 continents!  Agents everywhere are recognizing the value of networking and marketing globally, to find referral partners and buyers.

Are you taking full advantage of this large, international network? 
We make it very easy to make connections with agents outside your local market. With one click you can notify your network about a listing, a price change, a buyer's needs.

The value of properties marketed on ProxioPro is USD 79.4 Billion (EUR 56,5 Billion), with property types including homes, rentals, fractionals, foreclosures, land, commercial, businesses and more. Are you adding your listings to the network?

All features and functions of ProxioPro now operate in 11 languages. English-speaking agents predominate, followed by French and Spanish-speakers.
OPP Magazine, August
Receive Your Extra Bonus from Proxio's New Partnership with OPP

Proxio has selected Overseas Property Professionals magazine (OPP) as an editorial partner. Everyone in our database will now receive the digital version of OPP magazine, via a link in our monthly newsletter. OPP is an excellent resource for keeping in touch with trends and activity in overseas markets, with articles covering the latest industry news, market analysis, profiles and interviews, research and statistics, product reviews and more.

Xavier Wiggins, CEO of OPP Media Ltd said that "this alliance will help professionals involved in all aspects of the sale, marketing, build, funding and promotion of overseas homes."

Click the magazine cover to read OPP online, with its feature article on the buyer trends and sales models that are changing the overseas homes industry. Among the highlights of this month's issue is a report on the distressed funds actively looking for projects and their criteria for investment, and also an update on the Florida market and the impact of foreign buyers.

 
Subscribe for electronic distribution of your own free copy of the magazine at OPP's website

Language Line logo Real-time Phone Translation Service Makes Communication Easier with Your Global Clients

With ProxioPro members all over the world making business connections with each other, we recognized that some might like assistance with translating their communications. We are pleased to add Language Line as a Proxio affiliate, so ProxioPro subscribers can access a top-notch service for real-time phone translations in 170 languages. Click the Language Line link in ProxioPro to initiate access; set up your LL account and you can have a translator on the phone within minutes for real-time client communication.  Text translations are available, too. This is another tool to help remove barriers across the world for Proxio members.

We Found the Most Visible Professionals (MVP) in Real Estate™Connected

Results are in from our first annual Most Visible Professionals (MVP) in Real Estate™ Search, which was held in July. The Proxio MVP Search set out to find the most connected real estate professionals in the industry - from brokers and agents to industry consultants, bloggers and writers.

At Proxio, we know that success in real estate is all about connections; being connected is the best way to maximize business. In order to get called upon for services, people have to know you! Find out now who is making the most use of social media to expand their networks and achieve their goals in real estate -and connect with them! The list of the Top 25 MVPs is on our international website, www.proxio.com, with exposure to agents in 65 countries.


View the list of Most Connected!

The top 25 real estate professionals were recognized at Proxio's exclusive Most Visible Professional Mixer, with support from Inman News, at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco on August 4, 2009, the eve of Real Estate Connect San Francisco 2009. It was great to meet these Master Networkers and introduce them to each other.  We hope to see you on the list next year.


Proxio Selected as a Finalist for the Inman 2009
Innovator Awards


We were delighted to be named a finalist for the Inman 2009 Innovator Awards in the category of Most Innovative Web Service. The annual Innovator Awards honor companies that use technology and innovation to enhance the real estate transaction process and improve the overall experience for consumers and real estate professionals.

It means a lot to us to be recognized for thinking outside the box, adding a whole new layer of functionality and connectedness to the real estate industry. We think real estate markets should be borderless and that real estate agents should be connected, and we are focused on making that possible with our international, multilingual networking platform.  We know you agree, since you joined us! Thanks.