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MRED Partners with Trulia in Shared Success Program
New program helps MLSs empower customers to more effectively market themselves online
LISLE, ILLINOIS (March 6, 2013) – Midwest Real Estate Data (MRED), Chicagoland’s multiple listing service (MLS), announced that it is the first MLS to enter into a partnership with Trulia (NYSE: TRLA) in their Shared Success Program. Trulia, a leading online marketplace for home buyers, sellers, renters, and real estate professionals, designed this program to help MLSs accelerate their customers’ success through premier training and exposure to the latest tools and trends in real estate marketing. Services such as mobile productivity tools and opportunities for agents to exhibit specific areas of expertise will be featured in the program to help make agents more effective.
“Consumers flock to Trulia and agents witness them using Trulia’s apps as part of their home search, so this partnership reaffirms our commitment to help our members succeed and adapt their business as the Internet and mobile apps increasingly become the fundamental destination for consumer home searches,” said MRED CEO Russ Bergeron. “Trulia is delivering the online and mobile tools to help agents meet the expectations of today’s consumers, and agents who adopt those tools effectively will build a better business.”
“It’s critical that agents adjust to today’s Internet marketplace if they want to build a thriving business as the real estate market recovers,” said Alon Chaver, VP Industry Services at Trulia. “We can offer exposure and education to help agents navigate this new market and facilitate connections between real estate professionals and the tens of millions of consumers who visit Trulia on the web and on mobile each month. MLSs benefit when they distribute this added value to their members, so this is a partnership that benefits all parties involved.
“As in the past MRED is acting as a facilitator for those brokers and agents who are already working with or desire to work with Trulia,” added Bergeron. “Our policy has always been and continues to be that the listing broker decides where their listings are displayed, and what products and services they wish to adopt.”
About MRED
Midwest Real Estate Data (MRED) is the real estate data aggregator and distributor providing the Chicagoland multiple listing service (MLS) to nearly 40,000 brokers and appraisers and 8,000 offices. MRED serves Chicago and the surrounding “collar” counties and provides property information encompassing northern Illinois, southern Wisconsin and northwest Indiana. MRED delivers over twenty products and services to its customers, complementing connectMLS™, the top-rated MLS system in the country per the latest WAV Group MLS Technology Survey. For more information please visit MREDLLC.com.
MREDpalooza Sponsors Stepping Up to the Plate
Support for Major Real Estate Tech Expo is Streaming In
LISLE, ILLINOIS (March 6, 2013) – Midwest Real Estate Data (MRED), Chicagoland’s multiple listing service (MLS), announced that support for MREDpalooza, the real estate tech expo event of 2013, has already started flowing in. Product vendors and service providers are seizing the opportunity to participate in an event hosted by one of the largest MLSs in the country.
ShowingTime was the first to commit to sponsoring MREDpalooza. The ShowingAssist™ product equips MRED real estate professionals with showing management tools enabling them to schedule showing appointments, generate feedback and create listing activity reports for sellers. Having had some significant enhancements over the past year, MRED highly recommends attendees Zap into ShowingAssist™ training at MREDpalooza. Together, ShowingTime and MRED make quite the dynamic duo.
Listingbook AI, CoreLogic Realist, and SentriLock are a few of the other companies that have leapt into MREDpalooza sponsorship with a single bound.
“ShowingTime is proud to be a sponsor of the first ‘MREDpalooza’,” said ShowingTime President Michael Lane. “We’ve seen strong adoption of all of our products in MRED – from our front desk software, to our appointment center service, to our online scheduling products – and look forward to being at MREDpalooza to meet many more MRED customers in June.”
“Our industry partners and sponsors have a sense for the best opportunities with which to inform clients and prospects about their products and services,” said MRED CEO Russ Bergeron. “We have already seen terrific response from those deeply involved in real estate and the MLS business. I am confident that our customers are about to experience a great informational, training, and educational opportunity at MREDpalooza, the likes of which they’ve never seen.”
MRED still has sponsorship opportunities available. All MREDpalooza participants will enjoy maximum exposure to MRED’s real estate professionals.
About MREDpalooza
MREDpalooza is one of the largest MLS tech expos in the country. Taking place Tuesday, June 18, 2013, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, Illinois, MREDpalooza will be a great opportunity for MRED’s real estate professionals to learn about a myriad of real estate products and services to enhance their businesses.
MRED is planning for several thousand attendees and scores of vendors, many of whom have already committed to attending. Product training sessions will be offered throughout the day, providing more in-depth understanding of many of the products. Those wishing to attend or exhibit at MREDpalooza are asked to visit MREDpalooza.com for registration and sponsorship information.
About MRED
Midwest Real Estate Data (MRED) is the real estate data aggregator and distributor providing the Chicagoland multiple listing service (MLS) to nearly 40,000 brokers and appraisers and 8,000 offices. MRED serves Chicago and the surrounding “collar” counties and provides property information encompassing northern Illinois, southern Wisconsin and northwest Indiana. MRED delivers over twenty products and services to its customers, complementing connectMLS™, the top-rated MLS system in the country per the latest WAV Group MLS Technology Survey. For more information please visit MREDLLC.com.
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