Are you looking to find serious leads for your real estate deals?
Guest columnist Nizzar Gherfal says there are five different ways you can general real estate leads online, and most of them won’t cost you a dime to execute, just a little time.
Social Media Marketing
1- Listing properties on social media is very easy. Simply copy the URL of the property listing that you are trying to sell, then past and post it on your personal and/or company Facebook page. This action will result in displaying your property to everyone who liked your page or to those who are in contact with you.
2- Posting regular articles and updates about your business and industry will position you as a reputable real estate agent with great knowledge and authority.
3- Facebook is one of the best sources for lead generation. There are several social media strategies designed to engage and encourage the user to provide his/her contact information through a simple form. This may be fulfilled in exchange for a free home evaluation or a list of foreclosed homes in a particular area.
4- Social Media marketing provide advertisers with the tools and options to target users both geographically and demographically as well as by interest. Social media marketing campaigns when designed and implemented properly can result in providing a large number of leads at an affordable cost.
5- Twitter is another alternative mode of Social Media for advertising. What is significant about it is that it cost considerably lower than Facebook.
6- LinkedIn is the best social media platform for business networking. Building a network on LinkedIn can help you generate solid leads. As they say “Your network is your net worth”.
Video
1- Creating and posting client video testimonials stating your expertise, achievements, why should people do business with you rather than with your competitors, and informative real estate tips, can have a tremendous positive impact on increasing the chances of those visiting your webpage to reach out to you.
2- Once you have created a video clip or more you can use the videos to advertise on Google’s display network which includes YouTube and Facebook video ads. Those video clips can also be shared and promoted on several social media networks.
Blogging
1- Nowadays knowing how to write a good blog has become a very important part of any online marketing solutions and real estate leads. blogs have been proven to be effective in generating leads. It is advisable to create and maintain a blog. Posting at least one blog per month is a must to secure its effectiveness. Blogs provide you with the opportunity to appear on more relevant real estate search terms and provide your current and potential clients with helpful information that will ultimately increase their loyalty and trust.
Real Estate SEO
1- SEO is the ability to optimize a real estate website to appear on the top ten search results for relevant real estate keywords, such as “Real Estate Agent in Montreal” and “Homes for Sale in Laval”. Make sure that the title, headlines, and content of your website includes relevant real estate keywords.
2- A Good SEO practice is to constantly build links to your website; you can do that by hiring an SEO agency or make time every week to work on getting quality websites link to yours preferably related to the real estate industry.
Real Estate Web Design Layout and Features
- When you give away your business cards to potential clients they are more likely to visit your website before they even consider calling or sending you an email. Therefore it is crucial that your Real Estate Web Design is professionally designed and clearly presents the properties being advertised for sale as well as the value you provide to your customers. Your real estate agent website should be easy to use with a visible menu to help users navigate the site.
- It should have several lead capture forms on most if not all pages preferably with different call to action.
- Let your potential clients know that you have tremendous experience selling real estate properties in their cities or areas.
- Write an interesting meet the team page comprised of fun and creative paragraph about each member in your team. Make sure to deliver a strong message that you and your team are capable of helping your client buy or sell real estate while making the entire experience easy and enjoyable.
- If the majority of your business comes from certain communities make sure you list any community work you have done in these communities.
Pay Per Click Marketing
- Google AdWords and Pay Per Click advertising provide real estate agents and agencies with the opportunity to display ads on any relevant search term, providing exposure for your properties with while keeping you up front and centered for significant prospects. The advertising budget can be set to a daily cap and the ads can be targeted by cities, even area and postal codes.
- Support your PPC campaigns with personalized effective PPC landing pages.
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