The new RealBird
property websites can be printed as a single page flyer in most modern
browsers and you can also easily convert it to a PDF file and even share
it via Scribd and other document sharing services. Below is a quick
tutorial on how to convert your RealBird listings into PDf files:
All of browsers on Apple OS X support "printing" to PDF instead
of a physical printer and on Windows. For all hardware types the Google Chrome browser has
built-in support for the same. For Windows users we suggest to download and use Google Chrome, it takes only a minute or so to set it up.
Using Firefox on Mac:
By default Firefox on Mac includes "Page Headers" and "Page Footers".
Make sure you select "blank" for those field. Then click the "PDF"
button at the bottom to save the print flyer in a PDF file.
Using Safari on Mac:
In Safari, the page headers and footers are turned off by default, so
just click on the PDF button and save the print view as a PDF file.
Google Chrome behaves the same way on Mac and Windows so we'll show the
Windows screen shots below.
Using Windows:
You can print the flyers seamlessly with any modern browsers on Windows
(latest Firefox, Safari, IE 9 etc.) but the Google Chrome on Windows
(and on the Mac) also provides you with an option to create PDF flyers.
See the screenshot below:
Select "PDF" in the "Destination" list and uncheck the "Headers and
footers" (as marked with the arrows above) and click "Print" on the top.
Finally, save you PDF flyers to your computer
How to access your printable flyer from RealBird:
Currently, you can access the printable flyer via your single
property website. Click-through to your listing site from the RealBird
member area, then click the "Print Flyer" button on the right side. Once
the printable page is loaded, just proceed with the browser's Print
functionality as usual and refer to the screenshot above to hide the
page header and footer.
While the current printable RealBird
flyers were not created to replace your high-end, custom designed real
estate print ads, in many cases - due to its simple, elegant and
adaptive design - you can use them for many different purposes:
- For your homes for sale - should you find the RealBird format to serve this purpose
- For your rental ads - we've noticed an increasing
number of rentals listed on RealBird. Commission structure is different
when "selling" rental leases vs. homes and especially with lower-end
rentals, this commission level may not justify the cost of custom
designed print flyers, plus the sales cycle might be faster so you won't
have time to wait for your custom designs to be produced. The RealBird
printable flyer can be a perfect and free add-on tool for this purpose
- When you ran out of your custom designed flyers -
you can quickly print new ones with RealBird while waiting for your
high-quality flyers to be shipped again. Don't let your flyer boxes sit
empty in front of the house or the rental.
- The PDF version of the RealBird printable flyer can also be uploaded to scribd.com and with careful naming and tagging, you can get additional SEO benefits and distribution points.
An example RealBird flyer saved as PDF and shared on Scribd.com
Finally here is an example of a RealBird property website saved as
PDF, then uploaded to scribd.com and embedded in a blog post (courtesy
of
Janie Coffey. This is a printable PDF flyer generated via RealBird of Janie's RealBird property website of
2280 SW 154th Ave, Davie, FL 33326 )