September 3, 2010

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Another Property Portal Scam Warning

Rightmove Overseas has issued a scam warning to overseas sellers.

NAR Appoints Social Media Manager

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Companies and organisations are finally coming to terms with the reality that they need to take social media seriously. So seriously in fact that the National Association of Realtors in the US have advertised for and, after a lengthy search, appointed a social media manager – Todd Carpenter.

Top 10 Tips for Your Agency Website

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Having your own standalone website is an integral piece of the marketing puzzle. Here are propertyadguru.com’s Top 10 Tips for Your Agency Website.

Here’s propertyadguru.com‘s tips for Your Agency Website.

Your Blog – Own it and go Local

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We’ve talked here about blogging techniques and also vlogging, but I wanted to explore a little further, how you can make blogging work for you as a lead generation tool.

Interview with Ben Brain – partexmyhome.com

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If you have been watching the UK property market recently, you will have heard the terms “Home Swap” and “Part Exchange” being used a lot. propertyadguru.com spoke to Resource Manager Ben Brain, from partexmyhome.com about the concept.

thinkproperty.com Free-to-List Growth

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Late last year thinkproperty.com changed to a free-to-list model and it already looks to be paying off for the UK portal, with the company reporting that the number of agents listing on the portal has risen.

zoopla.co.uk Pay-For-Performance

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zoopla.co.uk is finally living up to its long-awaited promise and shaking things up with a new pay-per-lead model for UK estate agent listings. With two rapidly growing portals, zoopla.co.uk and propertyindex.com, now operating on a pay-per-lead basis it will be interesting to see what kind of challenge this model issues to the Big 4 in the UK.

propertyindex.com Phones UK Agents With Free Leads

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propertyindex.com is leaving no stone unturned in its attempt to take on the UK portals. UK estate agents listing their properties with propertyindex.com are being offered free telephone leads.

estatecreate.com Challenges Agents

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estatecreate.com is a new UK property website that launched this week. It aims to make it easier for private owners to advertise and list their properties online.

Property Portal Phone Scammer Alert

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Although they try their best to fight it, property portals – like most businesses – are not immune from the craftiness of Internet scammers.