1. Internet Marketing For Real Estate Professionals A joint production by Chris Davies and the Awkward Turtle Consulting Group For more information visit: www.chrisdavies.ca or www.atcg.ca Twitter: @w_chris_davies Skype: chris.davies332
10. Suck-Free Websites Good Bad Getting Online Websites That Don’t Suck Getting Found Making It Pay Try Checking out: http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/04/23/30-beautiful-real-estate-websites/
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14. Getting Found Getting Online Websites That Don’t Suck Getting Found Making It Pay Your Site Direct Email Links Referrals Search Engines
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17. Search Engine Referrals Getting Online Websites That Don’t Suck Getting Found Making It Pay Organic (Free) Listings Sponsored (Paid) Listings
Facebook stats as of 29Nov09 Sources: Hitwise Canada Search Report September 2009 80.46% Google (8% Yahoo, 7.6% Bing, 3.1% Ask) Google Search Volume Numbers from the External keyword tool. 135,000 Canadian searches for ‘Real Estate’ in October
Realize that a shocking number of people will just Google it.
Organic Listings are determined by a complex algorithm and cannot be purchased or artificially manipulated. However, great sites will rank better. Sponsored Listings are advertisements and can be purchased. Cost varies on the keyword and the quality of the website.
How does it work: by making sites more closely parallel what users are looking for (KWs and formatting), faster and easier to use, identifying and resolving technical problems. Avoiding things the search engines consider to be spam.
Social places to connect with others. Big kettle of fish.