Realtor Marketing On The Internet

Technorati Tags: internet business, internet marketing, online real estate marketing, real estate business

I have read many blogs, some were good like RealEstateMarketingBlog.org, and some were a waste of time. I am already familiar with PPC and SEO, but these two methods seem to be dwindling in terms of lead generation online.

I helped a friend of mine with SEO to promote his real estate business and he now gets 10-12 leads a week. It took some time though (6 months) for all the SEO pieces to work out. If you properly target your SEO you should have no problem. I can help if you like.

Specifically in Long Valley / Chester / Califon areas – any suggestions?

i am sorry i cannot answer that question because i am in Canada, thank you for your answer about theatre…Jennifer

Users can submit personal experiences in Real Estate. Anything from buying your first home, or how to become a Real Estate Investor. www.corbonzo.com. Get real world answers about Real Estate.

what you need is a Search Engine Optimization (SEO). There are many companies that would do it for you. They will try to make your website top 10 on Google, MSN and Yahoo. Word of mouth is also powerful. I am a Realtor and anytime I am at a party, people always have comments or questions about real estate. If you are a Realtor then you already know that. Good luck to you.

As a Realtor, lead generation is always on your mind.  Where is my next sale coming from?  You know the pipeline has to be fat and full.  Constantly filling your pipeline funnel with fresh leads is necessary for consistent paydays.  Internet marketing is the only medium I’ve ever used where you can generate leads on demand.  Becoming an accomplished internet marketer is a worthy goal.

A traditional marketing constant in a realtor’s business has been the flyer.  During it’s hay day, it was a great piece of information that could be churned out on the fly or in advance and it might work for an immediate sale depending on where it was cast, how often and the willingness of the recipient to read it upon receipt and act now.  Unfortunately, those days are gone.

Fortunately, though, the Internet replaces the flyer with something better.  Something that can impact the realtor’s business not for days, not weeks, not even months, but years and years.

The flyer replacement is called a Blog.  That’s short for web log. 

A great aspect of real estate Blogging is the fact that you can do it  anywhere, anytime, and you can use it to not only generate leads – you can use it to send traffic to your website.

When you have a real estate blog that generates leads and sends people to your website you can dominate the Internet in your area of expertise. In addition,  you can also dominate the Internet for people outside your area looking to move in.

Ho! Comes now Digital Farming

You can think about real estate blogging as the ultimate digital farm where every  post  (formerly the flyer) that you write stays alive and in front of a potential client forever.  The blog capacity to archive your posts into date categories makes your post entries available for years and years.  A viewer happening upon your blog can review your content written over a period of time and really get to know you in a short space of time.  If your post themes appeal to the viewer, you’ve got a customer.

Preselling, building trust and rapport doesn’t get any better.

Critical to the success of your blog:

• Provide fresh useful content
• Post two times weekly minimum
• Provide access to your comparative market analysis form
• Provide free access to your MLS
• Display your phone number prominently

Starting your digital farm blog today allows you to dominate in your area of expertise in just a few months.  There is no outlay of cash for printed materials and it will work for you 24/7.  There is no  middle man to pay between you, your blog and your prospects.   Your prospects will comment on your blog and this feed back is 100% free to use as you see fit.  This helps you  learn who is reading your blog.  They will call you.  Internet magic!  You won’t spend nearly as much time making “hot” calls.

A blog is the easiest to set up of all the sites one can use on the internet.  It is best to host your own blog.  It is tempting to use the free WordPress or Blogger blogs but, the blog is an asset and if you host your own, you’ll always know where it is.  Coming over the next few days are more details on digital farming for Realtors.  Thanks for stopping by.

Technorati Tags: blog, blogging, digital farming, flyer, flyers, internet marketing, Realtor lead generation, realtor of choice