September 3, 2010

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Downturn Drives Sellers Back to Agents

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New research by Nielsen suggests that the economic downturn may be causing sellers to doubt the FSBO approach, driving them back to real estate agents’ offices.

Listing Titles: How to Get People Clicking

How do you title your listings? Do you try to squeeze in as much detail as possible, or do you aim to appeal to home hunters with more expressive language?

How Do You Like Your Leads?

What do you count as a lead, and how much are you paying for them?

Shameless Self-Promotion: Getting Noticed Online

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With almost every real estate agent claiming to be the best and most experienced in their area, choosing one to work with can end up little more than a guessing game for buyers and sellers.

realbird.com Toolbar Keeps Agents on Top

Once property seekers leave your website and start looking on places like realtor.com and zillow.com, it becomes more difficult to ensure you stay top-of-mind.

How to: Create a Buyer Register

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An extensive customer database, built by encouraging potential buyers to register their details with you, is an excellent tool for three reasons:

Referral Programs that Actually Work

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While it’s not particularly hard to implement a referral program, there are a few ways in which companies from any industry can slip up. So before you send that email, take a minute to ask yourself these questions.

Selling Online Advertising to Vendors

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Many agents gloss over the Internet when presenting to prospective sellers or landlords, even though this medium has been the single most important innovation to the way we do business.

Finding Advocates, not Just Customers

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Beyond great service, there are a few digital marketing strategies you can employ to get people on board as advocates for your brand.

Are FSBO Sites Taking Over?

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Over the last twelve months, we’ve seen a swathe of new for sale by owner (FSBO) property websites come online, from owner-direct.eu in Europe to buymyplace.com.au in Australia. The UK market seems to be particularly flooded with FSBO offerings – hablib.com, tepilo.com, bethemiddleman.com, notestateagents.com, and auctionmove.co.uk are just a few examples.

So what effect are these websites actually having? Are they drawing traffic away from traditional property portals? Are they attracting business from owners keen to bypass real estate agents?