New 'Austin Real Estate Today' Community Website to Launch in April. We're Moving!

By DeeinAustin™

We're excited to announce big changes to the Texas Realty Blog website!

Upgrades will occur within the next few weeks and completed by end of April. Planning has been in the works since last Fall to create an interactive Austin Real Estate community.

You spoke. We listened. Here is the Press Release Sneak Peak...

"AustinRealEstateToday.com is the virtual water-cooler and interactive online community for Austin real estate news, developments, builder alerts, market updates and insight."

Top 'Austin Real Estate Today' Features That You're Going to Love

• New domain. Our new domain is easier to remember and reflects our dedication and focus on Austin Real Estate news, builder alerts, market updates, and community spotlights.
• User-Friendly Layout. We started with a blog template platform at Typepad.com in 2006. We're now moving to industry-standard Wordpress.com to continue growing.
• Sidebar Tools. New sidebar tools allow you to quickly Search Homes, Get Your Home's Value, View Market Updates and Access Community Reports.

Exciting interactive features will be rolled out by end of the year:

1. Rate and Post. You will be able to fully interact with other users, beyond traditional commenting. Rate, review and post content, including articles, hot issues, market updates, audio and video.

2. Membership features and benefits, including partner discounts, extended content, and exclusive interviews.

3. Member Directory. New membership directory for easy interaction and connection with other readers, agents, lenders, builders, and real estate professionals.

4. Video Channel. Our upcoming Austin real estate video channel will include a Green Living Series, Community or Builder Spotlights, and a video Gotcha Guides!

5. Mobile Interaction. Mobile tools and guides provided by our mobile partners will rock the way you take in real estate content. Stay tuned for this one!

Best of all: We're offering a FREE membership upgrades to both current professional or consumer readers if you sign up in April!

Thanks to real estate industry blog professionals such as ProBlogger, CopyBlogger and RSSPieces for guiding our development through their articles. Contact Dee today if you have further input or questions.

Comments

[Carson Coots]

Congratulations Dee. I hope it will be a big success.

[Dee Copeland]

Thanks Carson!

The new site has been in the works for a while. We're going to do a slow rollout and will leave Texas Realty Blog up until we're sure we should redirect. We wanted to get our readers used to the new site and get their input.

The goal is to create a more user-centric real estate experience for those of us in Austin. Many of our readers have something to say and can better control the direction of the articles than we can. Many of you are also experts, whether you're officially in real estate or not.

We hope to change the way news is reported in Austin. It should come from the people, not just an editor. Maravilla story is an example. Even today, news crews have filmed important follow ups, but won't air the stories.

Copeland Group Publishing will own the new site, so we'll have more freedom on what we can publish or allow.

P.S

Have you moved to Austin yet? I think you said you were heading here from Houston a while back.

[Dena Davis]

Hi Dee, Your new site looks like it is going to be exciting. I cant wait to see it. Go Dee!!
You amaze me!

Dena

[Dee Copeland]

Thanks, Dena! You'd be a great member of the site since you're also an investment and East Austin expert.

I own EastAustinRealEstate.com and plan on launching a related site or sub-section later. Once Austin RE Today is going, we can start listening to our audience and whether the community desires specific niche topics.

[William Jones]

Hey Dee!

Congrats on the new website. Can't wait to surf. And I'm looking forward to the best part. My membership upgrades!

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[Jennifer Fivelsdal]

Dee,

Congratulation! you are alway thinking of innovative ways to keep the consumer engaged.

Can't wait to see the finished product.

[Paula Bayer Hobbs]

Dee,

Congratulations on nearing the launch of Austin Real Estate Today. The site is an outstanding source of information that is very much needed in the Austin Real Estate community.

Paula
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