Debra Klassen Advanced Web Administration

Posted in: Projects, Websites by Paul McEwan on August 29, 2010 | No Comments

The Client: Debra Klassen as part of RE/MAX Real Estate Services  | DebraKlassen.com

Project Description: This is not a custom template. This is advanced administration completed over a few days for Debra Klassen on the real estate website solution MyRealPage platform. There are an increasing number of clients asking us to tweak their website instead of having a complete re-build. Although this can sometimes save time and money it is often not the case.  We would like to point out a few things to think about if you decide to go this route:

• There is no mock-up unless you ask for one. We just go in and make changes based on your branding.
• Your requests can not be specific or abundant. We need to have room to design.
• If you don’t like what we do, you’ll pay for the changes over and above any errors and omissions.
• This cannot be done without branding. We will need to start with creating your logo first if you have none.

So we had already done logo work for Debra Klassen and she had a standard myRealPage website template. She works with developers and her personal website is not her primary concern but she wants it to look good. So that’s what we did. No proof. Just web administration to make the site match her brand. MyRealPage makes it possible to tweak a design so customers don’t recognize it as something “Sort of like that other guys site”.

If you aren’t comfortable with the design grab bag idea of advanced administration and want to know what it’s going to look like then add a mock-up to the mix or choose our Custom Template Package that comes with a wire-frame proof; a mock-up proof; and a live proof before publishing.

Kim Cheng’s Fresh New Website

Posted in: Featured, Projects, Websites by Paul McEwan on August 13, 2010 | No Comments

The Client: Kim Cheng, Coldwell Banker | KimCheng.com

Project Description: Kim came to TribalYell to get some perspective. His old site was tired and needed a lot of up dating and work to shoe horn in some of the latest features he knew he wanted. He had a request for an Apple/Mac looking design. We had just the real estate website solution. MyRealPage was able to handle all his development desires and we were able to incoporate his specific design request as a custom theme with a  layout offering clear direction for the user to take.

Before and After

Before

Before: On a 24" screen. A visitor would really have to know what they wanted to do when visiting this website. Click for a close-up.

After

After: on a 24" screen. Our work added direction that guides people to the on-line real estate search tools. Click for a close-up

Getting to know Geoff Jennings

Posted in: Projects, Websites by Paul McEwan on June 25, 2010 | No Comments

The Client: Geoff Jennings

Project Description: TribalYell Custom Theme for Realtor® Geoff Jennings‘ myRealPage website

We’re happy to announce yet another TribalYell Custom Theme for myRealPage. Because the site is based on myRealPage, it’s already an advanced website with nothing to re-invent. Our clients can avoid extra costs for the latest technology, It’s already provided!

TribalYell Custom Themes are designed specifically to you using a 3 step virtual process that keeps you in the loop of what’s going on. It’s a wonderful experience getting to know someone so well and still say “I look forward to meeting you”. With the TribalYell Custom Theme process, we have eliminated the seemingly endless, time consuming, carbon  cost, meetings back and forth. A cost that eventually get’s passed on to you, the consumer. Our efficiency is key to having more time focussed on completing your design requests.

We love to meet our clients and we look forward to meeting you all someday. Coffee anyone?

Bonnie Hastings Advanced Administration

Posted in: Projects, Websites by Paul McEwan on June 10, 2010 | No Comments

The Client: Bonnie Hastings

Project Description: A Website for Realtor® Bonnie Hastings BonnieHastings.com

This is a custom website that was created entirely by doing advanced administration within the myRealPage Private Office only. The benefit of doing your site this way is reduced costs if you forgo the mock-up proofing stage and trust our decision making.  Since Bonnie wanted to keep costs down and was happy to let us make the design decisions and her requests were simple we stuck to advanced administration only.

The best thing about making website changes entirely with Advanced Administration in your myRealPage Private Office is being able to adjust something later. No special tools are needed, nothing to download, edit and then re-upload. Just login and edit.

The Vrba Nickerson Real Estate Team

Posted in: Projects, Websites by Paul McEwan on June 2, 2010 | No Comments

The Client: The Vrba Nickerson Real Estate Team: as part of RE/MAX Real Estate Services

Project Description: An open website, full of information with updatability by team members.

Robin Vrba and Sayo Nickerson Joined forces. They went through a temporary re-branding as part of the change. The Robin Vrba Team had a one website provider and Sayo Nickerson had myRealPage. When the team joined together, their marketing person, who had been used to working with the former and and was now new to myRealPage, found it substantially better. It was requested by the entire team, because that’s the way they do things, to combine the sites into the one myRealPage website. This is their first version.

Schumann Li website released with love

Posted in: Projects, Websites by Paul McEwan on May 31, 2010 | 1 Comment

The Client: Schumann Li Team: as part of RE/MAX Real Estate Services

Project Description: Schumann Li is a very busy Realtor® working with a team of dedicated people. They are so busy they hired a student to help create an identity package and website wire-frame for direction. From this information we developed a mock-up of what the website would look like. That approved design became real via the staging link and the team went to work populating it with content.

The staging link is unique to myRealPage. It is a link to the new fully functional but un-published website. Design and content can be applied to the new website via staging while the old published website is still doing it’s job. After the new website is proofed and approved using the staging link the decision is made to publish the website. Literally one click and confirmation is all it takes to publish a website from the staging area. There is no need to export the website and data-base to a new location.

We have refined an efficient and cost effective process for designing a website. MyRealPage works well with our process by keeping the client involved. From wire-frame to mock-up; content insertion to proofing, our clients know what’s going on. The schumann Li website was a very hands on experience for the entire team and helped pull this design process together.

Ask us about the TribalYell Custom Web Design Package that utilizes our communication proofing process.

Kristy Mattiazzo moves forward fast.

Posted in: Projects, Websites by Paul McEwan on May 27, 2010 | No Comments

The Client: Kristy Mattiazzo

Project Description: A Website for Private Property Realty privatepropertyrealty.com

This is phase one of Kristy’s Private Property Realty site. Kristy Mattiazzo’s plans run far and wide and it was a pleasure to listen and help align some key areas of focus and bring the design together as a spring board for her near future endeavors. MyRealPage allows a Realtor to make use of any market niche but also get up and running with a new design right away while the marketing machine is moving behind the scenes.

Especially during peak market periods like spring in Vancouver, you don’t want to be waiting weeks upon weeks for your new website. Building your website in phases in one of the best ways to move forward faster.

A Place to Sell your Co-op

Posted in: Projects, Uncategorized, Websites by Paul McEwan on March 30, 2010 | No Comments

The Client: Jay Peterson as part of RE/MAX Real Estate Services

Project Description: A Website for Jay Peterson’s Only Co-ops website

To be a Realtor that sells co-ops and market to this audience is a Realtor who understands niche marketing. This niche is not related to a geographical area like traditional “farm” areas. Co-ops are all over the lower mainland and Vancouver. MyRealPage allows the Realtor to dig for and display only their particular niche. This type of “Deep Search” display is available to all myRealPage customers as well as the ability to add the custom icons on the map that display the listings as you can see in the Only Co-ops website. Onlyco-ops.com

Menu removed from home page to direct traffic and help speed decision making process. A simple and non-spam mortgage calculator added to every page. Website widened. Map search for co-ops.

Ben Chimes Realtor Website

Posted in: Projects, Uncategorized, Websites by Paul McEwan on February 22, 2010 | 1 Comment

The Client: Ben Chimes (Vancouver real estate)

Project Description: Widen the website from 750px to 960px.  Alter the existing website colours, links and fonts and reformat content areas from a standard template to a template that  matches the branding. Re-design blog with large date titles and friendly navigation.

Client Testimonial: “A big shout out to @tribalyell. Everyone who has seen the new site loves it…I am HAPPY. He is the man!”

What makes this project interesting is that it’s the first website on TribalYell’s portfolio that is not completely custom. It is an edit of an existing myRealPage template with tools provided inside the client’s login. MyRealPage lets the website owner make significant changes without having to hire a designer or marketing person. Although we have a number of packages for template editing, we don’t do a lot of them unless the Realtor is too busy to do it themselves, which is the case with Ben Chimes.

Find out about the Template Reno Package (for WordPress too) or book a time here: Project booking calendar.

Before and after shots.

Not a bad design to start with. Adjusted by him already.

Wider layout, text and background reversed, styling to many dynamic areas.

Robert Crowe logo and market branding

Posted in: Logo Design, Print Media, Projects, Uncategorized, Websites by Paul McEwan on February 13, 2010 | No Comments

The Client: Robert Crowe (RE/MAX Real Estate Services)

Project Description: Create a personal logo mark and content copy. Brand it onto all requested marketing materials.

Robert Crowe has been in the real estate business along time and had decided it was time to get authentic with marketing. It’s one thing to look good but it’s another thing entirely to look good in a way that authentically attracts the eyes who will relate specifically to you. Also, content writing about who he is needed to be created. We’re not talking sales writing but a story of where he came from and what’s important to him. Without getting into the reasons of why this works here, it’s important to know that this works. Video blogs might work the same way for those who want to do that every day. Day in day out. Video blogging is not Robbert Crowe.

The Website
Not pictured but worth a look is, of course, the website layout we did on an Ubertor template and implemented by an Ubertor approved vendor/designer, The Marketing Guy. We design for most real estate website platforms.

Pre-printed Shells
We still do a lot of these too. Postcard shells. These are printed full colour, single sided on a 12pt coated stock leaving  the back blank for imprinting content. An average imprint is about 1500 pieces. Since you’re going to ask: 10,000 shells as described above runs about $700. The more you get, the better the price.

Completed as part of the work done at RE/MAX Real Estate Services.