Written by:  Nathan Thomas

More than 5,000 entered in the giveaway to celebrate the one-year anniversary of Mortgage XSites   Read more...

We're happy to announce that Blake Justus of Clear Creek Mortgage in Golden, Colo., is the winner of a brand new 2005 Corvette Convertible. More than 5,000 mortgage brokers entered the giveaway, which was held to celebrate the one-year anniversary of the launch of Mortgage XSites.   Read more...

Besides the good feeling you get from helping others, there are many business benefits to volunteering in your community. It can provide networking opportunities and name recognition, improve your communication skills, maximize your visibility and it shows clients and prospects that you care about your town and its citizens.   Read more...

It's been a busy few weeks for us at a la mode. In addition to server additions, CertMail improvements and the new Google Earth feature, we also added the new "Franchise" family of themes to your XSite websites, which you can view by going to Step 1 in your XSite's Wizard. We'll be working on more themes in the upcoming weeks and months, but if you have a specific request for an theme, e-mail us at info@alamode.com.   Read more...

Currently more than 40,000 real estate professionals use our web-based CertMail e-mail service - and that number is growing every day. As a result, we recently invested half a million dollars in new servers and technology so we can better handle the more than six million e-mail files that pass through our servers here in Oklahoma City each day.   Read more...

Google Earth helps agents gain competitive advantage while giving their clients new, innovative way to view homes on Agent XSites   Read more...

Google is now so synonymous with web searches that, instead of saying they're searching for something on the web, many say they're "googling" it. And in the few weeks since its release, Google's latest tool, Google Earth, is also changing the way people search for buildings, landmarks, and, more importantly for real estate agents, their next home.   Read more...

In addition to turning 20 this month we're also undergoing a few changes here at a la mode. As a result of the rapid growth in the new and existing markets we serve, we've expanded our management team and offices. Plus, we're currently working on improving our infrastructure so we can better serve you, our customers.   Read more...

As you know, link popularity - the number of inbound links pointing to your XSite - is an important component to your ranking with search engines. The idea being that each time someone links to your website, that's a vote for your site. Therefore, the more sites that link to your site, the better you'll rank on the search engines, right?   Read more...

Will be largest appraisal convention in recent memory, starring version 5.0 of company's flagship appraisal software   Read more...