ISA Launches New Website

(Click the image to visit the new ISA site)

The International Society of Appraisers just launched their new website. For full disclosure, I am an ISA member and the President of  ISA's Board of Directors.  I am very excited about the potential of this new site to promote ISA,   ISA members, the Foundation for Appraisal Education and to inform and educate the public about personal property appraising.

The new site has been developed with many great features for personal property appraisers.  Not only is the look fresh and clean, it is also extremely functional and intuitive. The home page is split into several sections, with a header, a large cycling carousel with a series of images and links, and a footer with a member spotlight and links to our forum, foundation and social media connections to Facebook, LinkedIn Twitter, and RSS feeds.

The site easy to navigate and allows for customizable membership pages, easy search to locate members right from the home page, a new ISA Forum, Education pages, e-commerce applications and ISA/Member news pages to name only a few.

Member Spotlight on ISA Home Page

The site was developed to both promote and increase the profile of ISA and our members. Some of the more interesting features of the site which benefits individual members is member spotlight and members news feeds.  On the home page (lower left corner) and some of the subsidiary pages is an area for the member to post news with their image.  This cycles through for those members who have selected this option. The members news feed page will posts links and posts from member blogs.

The search function can be location based with returned results based upon 50 miles in proximity.  In addition all returns searches can be filtered by the number of miles, appraiser designation or specialty. The member profile page is really exciting and attractive with an image field, hot links, member profile, mapping option, specialties, services and expertise areas.  The profile page can easily be updated for news and information the member wishes to share with the public.  The site was also developed with e-commerce functionality for registration of courses, conference and membership renewal.

I believe the site is very unique in that it was developed to not only promote ISA as an organization, but also to promote the individual members with features such as enhanced member profiles, selective searches, member news feeds, member spotlight, and member updates.  All of these features were designed to promote the individual member and enhance their marketability and brand.

The new new website should be a benefit to all members of ISA.  It will greatly increase the exposure of ISA and its members when compared to the previous static site. It is my expectations that the number of site visits, and searches for personal property appraisers will be greatly enhanced on this new dynamic website.

Click HERE to visit the new ISA website.

ISA reported on the website launch

On behalf of the Board of Directors and the Website Task Force, we are excited to announce that the new ISA website is now live!

We want to thank you for your patience throughout this process as we developed a new, user friendly, technologically robust, and esthetically pleasing website. We believe that after just a few clicks on the new site, you will realize the wait was worth it! The new ISA website strengthens the International Society of Appraisers' place as the most relevant and influential personal property appraisal association in the marketplace. We invite you to visit the website today, to:

• Complete your member profile and verify your contact information


• Search the new Find-an-Appraiser Directory that includes proximity searches, maps, keywords, and more! 


• Register for the Annual Meeting and 2012 Courses


• Visit the new and improved online Forum
  

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Turning Up The Heat: Assets 2012 
ISA Annual Conference
April 20–23, 2012 
Tempe Mission Palms Resort
Tempe, AZ
Click HERE for more info. 

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