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The Real Estate Internet Marketing News Brief
September 13, 2006
Volume 1, Number 1
In This Issue
· This Month's Web Tip to Increase Sales & Listings: The Single
House Website
· Latest Real Estate News & Articles
· Why you need your own domain name
Future Topics
Search Engine Rankings
Pay for Click Advertising
Building Your Website
The Best Web Hosts
How Much Should You Spend on Internet Marketing
Email marketing
Using Newsletters
Creating Virtual Tours
Podcasting for Realtors
And more
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This Month's Web Tip to Increase Sales & Listings
A new type of real estate web site is beginning to catch on in
isolated parts of the U.S. - the individual house for sale website - or
what
are also called "One House Webs." By creating a website devoted to one
listing, a prospective buyer can stay focused. It's a great marketing
tool - add a rider sign beneath your For Sale with the web address,
something like 451ElmStreet.Com. Prospects see it when driving by - they
don't even have to stop to pick up a flyer - they just remember the
address,
go home, and see whatever you want to show them on the web. And what
seller
will give his listing to someone else when you offer a One House Web.
There are several sellers of such sites. We like OneHouseWebs.Com -
which has an innovative site building tool they call Webs Over Easy. They
claim anyone can build a One House Web in under an hour. It's true - we
built one in closer to 30 minutes, complete with a very nifty slideshow,
Google Satellite Maps, mortgage calculator and requesting appointments on
line. And would you believe it costs as little as $7 per month.
Why Everyone Needs Their Own Domain Name
Your own domain name (yourname.com) is valuable even if you don't
have
a website. It adds prestige, and most im****tantly gives you the ability
to
change companies without losing your email address. Most beginning agents
will change companies several times. Email addressed to you at their
domain
will be given to your replacement. Don't lose the business you've worked
so
hard to develop. Get your own domain name and start using it for your
email.
There are many places to buy domain names from, but the very
cheapest
we've found is Domains are Free. OK, they aren't really free, but only
$3.99 for a 1 year registration. If you are up to setting things like
Domain Name Servers yourself, this should be looked at.
Free Daily Real Estate News For Your Website
A news feed gives people a reason to come back to your site often,
and
it can improve your search engine rankings by offering new content every
day. One of the best and easiest to use is available from Inman. They
provide a code snippet which you can easily insert into any web page for
instant news feed.
Latest Real Estate News & Articles
Nightmare Mortgages - Rate Shock - Business Week.
Those popular "exotic" mortgages - i.e. interest only and option
mortgages - will reach far beyond those borrowers who either did not
understand the ramifications or think they could game the system. Click
here to read.
Real Estate Ads ****fting from Print to Web - Business Week
Three new studies say the $11.6 billion real estate ad market is set
to ****ft from print to the Internet. Click here to read.
NAR Expects Home Sales To Rise - Realty Times
The worst is over on the sales and inventory side. Those measures
will
begin to improve by the end of the year. Prices however will turn
negative.
We should be done by end of first quarter of next year.
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