Townizen.com Is Quickly Becoming A Premier Real Estate Professionals Directory

March 12, 2009 - PRLog -- Irvine, CA - Townizen just opened its public beta, and already real estate agents are signing up to get listed on the directory and to use some of its built in online marketing tools.  

“More than ever, consumers are going online to find real estate professionals to work with. But not only to find them, but to research if they are reputable. The process of buying or selling a home is a complex thing, and consumers want to make more educated decisions in choosing professionals to work with”, states Townizen founder, Patrick Cheung. “What Townizen does is help real estate professionals showcase their reputation in four core areas: knowledge, endorsements, connectedness, and activity.”

On the knowledge front, Townizen provides a blog platform to all professional members. The blog platform ties seamlessly into a professional’s public profile page to help consumers guage a professional’s depth of knowledge. To showcase how well endorsed a professional is, Townizen offers an endorsements network to let consumers see a professional’s endorsement level.

“Connectedness and activity are a bit harder to understand initally…yet may be the most important reputation factors,”  explains Patrick Cheung. “Traditionally, the most effective real estate professionals are those that have deep networks. Consider deciding to hire either agent ‘A’, who has 10 people in their professional network, versus agent ‘B’, who has 100 colleagues in their network comprised of real estate agents, loan officers, appraisers, contractors, etc…the added value of agent ‘B’ becomes very evident. In terms of activity level, do you feel more comfortable  hiring an agent with an experience level of representing 1 listing a month or 12 listings a month? Here at Townizen, our goal is to help professionals showcase themselves more effectively, while giving consumers an opportunity to make more educated decisions.”

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Townizen is committed to helping real estate professionals be proactive in today’s social web, by providing online marketing tools that is social, simple, and free. Its core mission is to help professionals stay up-to-date, relevant, and proactive in today’s social web. For more information, visit www.townizen.com.