{"id":10955,"date":"2010-01-21T20:13:53","date_gmt":"2010-01-22T03:13:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=10955"},"modified":"2010-01-21T20:13:53","modified_gmt":"2010-01-22T03:13:53","slug":"gaining-control-of-your-schedule-just-got-easier-with-timedriver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/10955\/gaining-control-of-your-schedule-just-got-easier-with-timedriver\/","title":{"rendered":"Gaining control of your schedule just got easier with TimeDriver"},"content":{"rendered":"

So this is the year that time management is going to be crucial for me. If I cannot gain control over my time, then I’m likely to stay mired in my own particular mode of real estate mediocrity, and that would suck rocks.<\/p>\n

But, not to worry for I have found a tool that I think will be helpful to Realtors, and while I’m just getting started with TimeDriver, the response from clients and colleagues is “Wow! I love that.” And that’s plenty reason to keep a tool around, but I’m beginning to see how I could use it for a lot of real estate applications. Bloodhound Disclaimer: I don’t get any kickbacks for sharing this. There’s no affiliation program that I’m aware of, and I’m not in contact with the company except I signed up and use it. I simply want to share a tool that I’ve found useful.<\/p>\n

TimeDriver is called a personal scheduler<\/a>. From their site:<\/p>\n

TimeDriver is a revolutionary appointment invitation system that will compel your customers and community to schedule time with you. By embedding a “schedule now” button in email messages and on Web pages, you’ll drive more appointments with fewer hassles than ever before.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Basically, it’s an online calendar that you set up to schedule time as you want. Your clients can then access the calendar through a unique url, and they can schedule time with you themselves, bypassing the flying email and phone tag time sink. It gives the client control and that’s a good thing in a real estate transaction, right? You can also push clients to schedule their own appointments with “Schedule Now” embeddable buttons. TimeDriver will then sync the appointment with your Outlook or Google Calendar, with plans to bring SalesForce and Lotus Notes on board as well. Butwaittheresmore! TimeDriver will then send you an email, alerting you when an appointment is scheduled, and reminding both of you when the appointment is approaching.<\/p>\n

The first time I saw TimeDriver was when I called a photographer to schedule an appointment. She sent me the link to her TimeDriver calendar. It was an empowering experience to schedule Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I have found a tool that I think will be helpful to Realtors, and while I’m just getting started with TimeDriver, the response from clients and colleagues is “Wow! I love that.” And that’s plenty reason to keep a tool around, but I’m beginning to see how I could use it for a lot of real estate applications.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5,19],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-10955","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-real-estate","7":"category-technology","9":"no-featured-image"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":299,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/299\/bed-time-real-estate-blog-bytes-a-hammer%e2%80%99s-a-great-tool-until-you-have-to-paint-a-wall-right\/","url_meta":{"origin":10955,"position":0},"title":"Bed-time real estate blog-bytes: “A hammer’s a great tool until you have to paint a wall, right?”","author":"Greg Swann","date":"September 7, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"Rey Estate: Make things simple! 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