Smart phones, iPhones, Blackberries are everywhere. They keep us connected to our world – through the phone, internet, text messaging, etc.
I am addicted to mine. Not JUST addicted to it, but I LOVE it.
And I LOVE it even more, when my favorite sites have applications for my mobile device OR they have “mobilized” their websites for mobile devices. Not only do I LOVE those people who have mobile apps or mobilized websites, I am ANNOYED when someone doesn’t have a mobile app or mobilized website!
It used to be that you had to have a website. THAT is SO 1999. TODAY, you have to have a mobilized website!
Surprising, in the apartment industry, so few of our websites are mobilized. And when it comes right down to it, it’s due to pricing, leaving only the big guys able to afford to mobilize their websites. SAD!
RENT SODA’s blog is now “mobilized” thanks to a FREE application that took only 3 minutes of set-up time. In my attempt to mobilize my blog, I found it amazingly simple and FREE to mobilize it! Here’s the service I currently use:
Instructions are simple:
1.) Sign-up for an account
2.) Use the “MIPPIN MOBILIZER” – enter in your website URL or feed URL.
3.) Choose your lay-out
I was up and running in 3 minutes, with a few minor glitches:
- I found that my blog title and my blog article titles were running OVER each other. – I emailed customer service, and they fixed it within 24 hours. (WOW – and this is free!)
Other things you should know about mippin:
- This service hosts the mobilized version of your website on their servers – which means mobile traffic is redirected to a URL that they host. (i.e. your traffic is leaving your site)
- They do support advertising on the mobilized version of your site through ADMOB – you keep 100% of the revenues. I have not tried this as I do not want ads on my blog, mobilized or non-mobilized.
- Even if a website is not on the mippin server, if you goto mippin.com, and use them as a browser for any website that has an rss feed option, it will try to mobilize that website for your viewing pleasure.
I mobilized my blog (http://blog.rentsoda.com ) – I’m curious to see someone mobilize their apartment’s website and give us feedback on that process, and how it looks, so please leave a comment if you have used this to mobilize your apartment website.
Do you know of other services that are able to mobilize websites FREE or at a low cost? Please leave a comment and share with everyone!
Don’t GET IT? MOBILIZE IT! RENT SODA! GET IT!
-Daisy Nguyen in Minneapolis, Minnesota MN
CEO/President
Business, Operations & Marketing Consulting to the Apartment Industry
Web: RentSoda.com Email: Daisy {at} RentSoda(.)com
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Hi Daisy,
I tried with our site and it didn’t work because we don’t have an RSS (or Atom) feed connected with tour site. Here’s the error message I got: Sorry, there is no valid feed link for that url. Please try another one. * enter a site url with a valid RSS or Atom feed.
Bummer, but still a good idea!
Laurel
The property management company I work for is now mobilized! It is awesome and it resembles the actual website! Go to http://www.morgan-properties.com on your phone to check us out!! It’s simple, great pictures and information at your finger tips.
Laurel: yes, you are right – your website has to have an RSS feed. Most sites now do, but many still do not have RSS feeds.
Nathalia: I checked it out on my iPhone, and your site looks AWESOME! Glad the service worked for you!
-Daisy