Why many real estate referrals don’t work January 21, 2006
John Vanhara
This is something I saw on real estate discussion board for agents about referral system. Some agent was complaining about getting leads and having the lead provider tracking what is happening with the lead. Another agent gave this advice:
It is easy to get rid of the tracking. Just make contact with the potential client and then tell lead router that it is a bogus lead. You then can follow up with the client without Lead Router involved which is a nuisance.
To be honest that was really shock for me. I am personally generating a lot of business and referrals we sent to agents nationwide. But the truth is we are rarely getting deals closed. This is really opening my eyes how many agents thinks. If I sent someone referral I want to know what happened. That’s why we also have in place tracking system. How can some agents be so short sighted. They must know this behaviour will cut them from any future business and opportunities.
The best toll free 1-800 for real estate agents
John Vanhara
If you are looking for great toll free (800, 888, 866, 877) number for your real estate business then check this offer (Kall8). Sign up and choose your number here.
The reasons I really like it:
- Calls can be forwarded to any cell phone. Not every toll free number can be forwarded to cell phone.
- Email notifications. You can set up email notifications for all calls. Even the missed ones. Let’s say your cell phone is turned off. You are showing homes. Someone calls you, but never leaves message. This toll free number will email you caller id information, time of the call and phone number to your email (free).
- Call recording. If you want you can set up call recording to see how your team is handling incoming phone calls.
- Routing. Calls can be diverted to different phones based on hour of the day (for example to the office during the day and to the cell phone during the evening hours). You can also set up ringing on several phones (if the first agent doesn’t pick up it will ring on other team member phone, etc.).
- Web statistics - see calls, minutes, etc.
- Low cost: $2 per month (888,866,877) or $5 for (800) + 6.9 cents per minute.
I use them for myself! That’s why I say I like these toll free numbers. I have different number on each ad in magazines on each website and know exactly how many buyers or sellers is each advertising producing.
The least expensive real estate website January 20, 2006
John Vanhara
If you are not search engine optimization expert and don’t want to spend thousands for pay per click advertising then don’t spend hundreds or thousands for building custom made website! Why? Because no one will ever find it.
Spending so much for the web will totally miss the point. The reason you need a website is to get more buyers and sellers, but if no one will ever come to it you will not get either. The other reason for having website is to place listings. Once you get listing you have to show to your seller what marketing you do and one of the marketing tools is to post listing on your website. But do you need something fancy and custom made for this purpose? What if you get just couple of listings per year? Do you want to spend most of the money on new website? No!!!!
Here is a great option. Nice, clean website for just $35 per year. That is $2.91 per month!
See real life example of one of our agents here.
- Easy editing and set up
- No complicated functions
- Upload listings
- Print flyers, send emails from listings
- Viewer Counter Statistics for each listing
Help with upgrade to Wordpress 2.0
John Vanhara
We have upgraded our real estate marketing blog to Wordpress 2.0. What’s new? Wordpress 2.0 has nice new build-in WYSIWYG editor (you don’t have to know html and type like in MS Word). There is not a lot major changes clearly visible. Most of the changes are under the hood and you should see new and interesting plugins appear soon!
If you need help with upgrading your blog to Wordpress 2.0 let us know. We can also help you transfer blog from different system like Blogger to Wordpress.
Featured agent profile - web linking opportunity
John Vanhara
This is one of the best linking strategies you can use. Get your website linked from PR 5 web with high quality information about real estate. Yes, this is the best. One way link from the place which is relevant. In this case it is from website called HomesParadise.com.
Your profile will be placed on the relevant page about your city or community. It will look like this:
Your profile will be posted for a full year and the cost is only $35. Only one agent or one team per page. This is the best value you can every get in real estate SEO! Email us if interested.
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