Burnett Realty

2007 Holiday Party at West End Salvage

2008-01-19T11:47:00.001-08:00

A good time was had by all the this years party, which was held downtown at Architectural Salvage (West End Salvage) in Des Moines.

Thanks to Doug for another great year, and to Beth, Jennifer and Rochelle for planning the evening!

Here are a few photos to remember the evening! Click Here for Slideshow.

Plus Addressing With Burnett GMail: Yourname +

2008-01-11T15:07:00.000-08:00

Burnett Gmail allows for + Addressing. This means you can instantly create an unlimited number of "disposable" e-mail addresses associated with your account.

Here is how it works. Lets say you want to subscribe to the NAR e-newsletter. You can enter your email address like this:

bwentz+newsletters@burnettreal... (I left the "ty.net" off so I don't get spammed!)

Then you can set up a filter from within Gmail to send everything that arrives to that e-mail to a label called Newsletters automatically. When you want to read them, just click the label. And if you ever decide that address had been some to spammers, you can change the filter to delete anything that comes to that address automatically. All while protecting your standard user@burnettrealty net account!

This could also be used to send yourself notes that you want to remember. Create a filter to send user+notes@burnett... to automatically save to a "Notes" label. Then just email yourself and your notes will be automatically stored. If you are in the Gmail interface, you can even just type "notes" in the To: address and it will automatically send it to "user+notes@burnett... ". Pretty cool, eh?

You can Click Here for more instructions or press Play below:

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Setting up Vacation Responder for Burnett Gmail

2008-01-11T14:57:00.000-08:00

If you plan to be away from e-mail and need to set up an auto-responder telling senders when you will be back, it is easy to do.

To see the steps involved Click Here or press Play below:

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Understanding Gmails new Features for Burnett Email

2008-01-11T14:08:00.001-08:00

Gmail organizes your e-mails differently than what you might expect, here are a few of the ways it differs.

Gmail is designed so you never need to delete an email, except for Spam. That way you always have a copy of past communication. (If needed, you can permanently delete anything easily.) Gmail stores copies of all mail activity (sent mail, received mail, replies, labeled mail, even mail marked for the trash) in one continuous stream in the "All Mail" folder.

If you use outlook to read your e-mail, you are likely accustomed to "folders". Gmail uses labels instead of folders, giving the ability to give one single email multiple labels, (where you could not have one email in multiple folders in outlook). Instead of having a folder for "Auto-Prospectors", you can have one for "Auto-Prospectors" and one for "Billy Smith", a client. If you need all your Auto Prospectors from the last week, you can find them. But if you want Billy's Auto Prospectors, you can find those also.

Gmail also stores emails with the same Subject line in what it calls "Conversations". These emails appear with a "(X)" after the e-mail showing the number of e-mails that have been groped together. This is especially important to remember when using the MLXchange Auto-prospector function. If your client has multiple searches set up, you'll want to look closely at the e-mails to ensure yo don't miss any important listings by using the "Expand All" button.

Finally, the Archive button will move emails you have read, and are finished with, from your "Inbox" to the "All Mail" folder. Think about the Archive button as if it is there to move your read mail to a "Read Mail" folder. This allows you to keep your inbox nice and clean!

To see how these functions work Click Here, or press Play below:

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Too much Clutter on your BR GMail Login Screen?

2008-01-11T13:55:00.000-08:00

The Gmail log in screen has several features that can be shut off to un-clutter the screen.

Those include: Snippets, web-clips and the chat function.

To see how to turn these features off (and on) Click Here or press Play below:

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Add a Signature to Burnett Realty E-Mail

2008-01-11T13:35:00.000-08:00

Adding a signature to your outgoing e-mails ensures your contact information appears on all sent mail. You can also add the Burnett Realty website or a personal website to your signature for extra exposure.

Note that agents are required by the State of Iowa to include the "City their main office is located in" and state that they are "Licensed in the State of Iowa".

Here is an example:
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Brian Wentz, Realtor
Burnett Realty
515-334-4994 Desk
515-779-7677 Cell
www.BrianWentzRealtor.com

Licensed in Iowa,
Main Office, Clive Iowa
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To see how to add a signature to your Burnett Realty Gmail account, Click Here or press Play below.

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Getting to your Burnett Realty E-Mail: The Basics

2008-01-11T12:55:00.000-08:00

Agents can access Burnett Realtys email from any computer with an internet connection.

To use your Burnett Realty e-mail, simply open a browser window and go to:

gmail.burnettrealty.net (notice there is NOT a www befor this address)

Input your User Name
Input your Password.

To See video instructions Click Here or press the Play button below.

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Convert your contacts from Webmail to Gmail

2008-01-08T00:51:00.001-08:00

On Wednesday, January 9th Burnett Realty will make the leap to our new email server through GMAIL. This will have a big impact on the amount of SPAM we receive, and will add a several new features to our e-mail!

If you use the Webmail interface (not Outlook), you will want to follow the following instructions to gather your contacts from Webmail and import them into the new GMAIL account. If you use outlook currently, your e-mail contacts will be available automatically in the new server.

This will need to be completed today, as the Webmail server will go bye-bye before the Wednesday sales meeting.

Click Play below to see how to convert your contacts:

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