Miamism is a client-centric and forward thinking real estate team with Majestic Properties that serves Miami Beach and its surrounding neighborhoods. Ines Hegedus-Garcia, Rick Garcia and Karen Alvarez make up the experienced and enthusiastic Miamism Team.

Ines and the Miamism team understand the value of online marketing and show their thought leadership with interesting industry related articles posted on the Miamism blog and the nationwide realtors blog, Agent Genius. Ines is also extremely active in social networks such as Twitter, where she engages people in conversations and posts insightful links. If you’re on Twitter, I definitely recommend following @Ines!

Ines has really maximized her business’ Brownbook listing by taking advantage of the easy to use customization features. The Miamism listing on Brownbook is completely personalized to display important business information and links, as well as videos, pictures and the Miamism logo. Ines’ use of multimedia on her Brownbook page displays Miamism’s vibrant personality and shows clients and potential clients the people behind the business. If you haven’t already, take a couple of minutes to watch the Miami Mojito video!

Make your listing stand out from the crowd and turn prospects into customers by customizing your listing page to really sell your services:

• Add your company logo, photos, videos, and marketing information. Change the layout of your page by dragging and dropping the different sections.
• Add external widgets, like Meebo’s excellent instant messenger widget “MeeboMe” (www.meebo.com) to respond in real-time to sales enquiries.
• Re-use Brownbook features, like reviews or the Google map, as Bidgets (Business Widgets) on other websites.

Here are two examples of customized pages that include rich media and widgets:

• http://www.brownbook.net/business/186/nauteriors-fitted-bed-linen-for-boats
• http://www.brownbook.net/business/31008544/sjk-products-ltd

And here’s an example of a blog that’s re-using the Brownbook map and reviews Bidgets:

• http://miracledrywash.blogspot.com

See the help pages here for more details: http://help.brownbook.net/overview-of-customize-my-page/

Brownbook V10 went into test today, should be live in two or three days.  We have 3 big new features for businesses, all aimed at helping you get the attention of new customers and of course win more business:

1. Customize your Brownbook listing page
Why are all directory listing pages the same?  And how can you distinguish yourself from your competitors?  Well, we’ve always allowed you to add a little extra detail like a photo and video gallery and some detailed text, but we’re about to take it to the next level.  In this version you’ll be able to move the standard page elements around to present your listing as you wish, so for example you can move your reviews right up top, followed by your map, of that is your choice.

But thats not all, you’ll be able to add almost unlimited photos and videos, in new ‘video units’ and ‘photo units’.  This means you can move those around independently too, so you can head up your page with a promotional video if you choose.

You’ll also have some more new ‘units’ of information, including a logo unit (display your logo), a text unit (add details, including some snazzy formatting), an HTML unit (add external widgets, like Meebo’s IM widget), and more.

2. Bidgets
Yes, you heard it Bidgets.  These are Business Widgets, and they allow you to take key elements of your Brownbook listing page (like your reviews for example) and reuse them on other websites (like your own business website if you like).  So now you can add reviews, maps, your photos and videos, in fact just about every element from your Brownbook page to your external websites.

3. Create my website
An amazing 60% of small businesses DON’T have a website, and without a website you’re missing out to your competitors.  Even if you do have a website, can you update it as often as you wish to keep it fresh.  But websites are expensive, right?  And take time to set up, right?  Plus you need to be, or know, a techy, right?  WRONG.  Now you can create your own website, courtesy of us here at Brownbook.  Our online website creator lets you quickly and easily build your website, with up to 99 pages, 99 images, 99 videos, in your own style instantly.  Plus you can update it as often as you wish.  You can include your Brownbook reviews, maps, videos, in fact just about any information that’s present on your Brownbook listing page.  And we’ll link to your website from your listing page.

Thats a quick preview, more info will follow in the next few days as we update the help system and build up some demo pages for you to see.