For Immediate Release 

Contact: Patrick O’Neil

              Distinctive Homes Hawaii Real Estate

 

Local Real Estate Agent Earns e-PRO® Certification

March 19, 2012 Gary W. Klever of Distinctive Homes Hawaii Real Estate  has successfully completed the e-PROÒ Certification Program and has been awarded the e-PRO® Certification, the official technology certification program offered by the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (NAR).

 

Gary joins more than 30,000 real estate professionals who have earned NAR’s e-PRO® certification and dedicated time and effort towards learning how to use the latest social media technologies to create an online presence and reach today’s hyper-connected consumers.

 

Working together with the Social Media Marketing Institute (SMMI), NAR redesigned the e-PRO® curriculum to better meet the challenges of today’s real estate market. The new e-PRO® program expands an agent’s real estate technology skills and helps them connect with consumers online via social media, email marketing, and web site promotion.

 

“Today’s consumers are beginning their real estate search online,” said Gary W. Klever of Distinctive Homes Hawaii. “With more than 80% of consumers using the Internet as

an information source in their home search process, it is essential for today’s agents to have the knowledge and training necessary to connect with these consumers online.

 

NAR’s e-PROÒ Certification program is presented entirely online and certifies real estate agents and brokers as Internet professionals. Because of its innovative design, students are able to complete the course at their own pace, when and where they want, via any Internet connection. The course is designed to help REALTORSÒ stay at the leading edge of technology and identify, evaluate and implement new Internet business models.

 

Once completed, the e-PROÒ certified real estate professional joins the ranks of a special community of highly skilled and continuously trained professionals who provide high quality and innovative online-based real estate services.  Consumers can identify the e-PROÒ through the exclusive e-PROÒ Internet Professional logo.

 

“The real estate industry has undergone a fundamental change over the past several years,” Klever said. “A majority of consumers are taking the time to conduct their own research prior to contacting an agent. In turn, real estate professionals must be knowledgeable of how technology can assist them in serving the needs of the buying and selling public. It only makes sense to work with a REALTOR® who is up to speed on today’s technology.”

 

Both the content and the delivery platform were created by the San Diego-based technology company InternetCrusade®. The course instructs participants in the professional use of e-mail, the development of an interactive Web site, and the use of online research tools including Social Media and Web 2.0 instruction. Graduates use the skills they've acquired to provide clients information on properties for sale, local communities, and the local real estate market.

 

For more information, e-mail Gary W. Klever at dhhre@garyklever.com or call 808-343-2120