15 of the Best Real Estate Call to Action (CTA) Statements

Creating the Best Real Estate Call to Action How effective is your Call To Action on your site? You’ve worked hard to create a great website or social page, so let visitors come and go without connecting with you is a shame. This post is about helping you increase your lead conversion rate by optimizing … More 15 of the Best Real Estate Call to Action (CTA) Statements

Positioning for the Coming Real Estate Boom

Long Extended Cycle Means Real Estate Sales Demand will Return Like a Tsunami A number of real estate marketing service companies are preparing for the return of the real estate market. And let’s face it, if they begin preparation now, they will be well positioned to take the market when it returns.  Zillow, Realestatewebmasters, and … More Positioning for the Coming Real Estate Boom

The Future of Search

Social Signals Rising as a Ranking Factor? I haven’t done many posts on SEO and Search Engine Ranking Algorithms, so I thought I’d begin touching on those topics. When we speak of SEO (Search Engine Optimization), we’re really talking about Google and it’s search engine indexing algorithm. Google owns 80% of the search market). Their … More The Future of Search

Social Media Strategy for Business

Consumers, Clients and Purchase Influencers are All Online WQPRWGM66ESF It’s not just homebuyers that are online today.  Stats show that most consumers have an increasing reliance on digital devices to connect socially, get informed, and manage their lives. From iPads to Android phones to their laptops, they search and connect 24 hours  a day. As … More Social Media Strategy for Business

Warren Buffet Says Boom Times in Real Estate Ahead

The World’s Wealthiest Man Gives Real Estate the Thumbs Up In an interview with CNBC, the Oracle of Omaha  says real estate investment will far outperform other investment vehicles.  Buffett said single-family homes in the US are cheap and attractive investments while treasury bills, gold or cash are not going to fare well in the … More Warren Buffet Says Boom Times in Real Estate Ahead

Real Estate Agent Branding – Key To Maximum Leads and Sales

Real Estate Agent Brand Strategy Top selling real estate agents often have a great brand image and when you’re working with people, you want to have the characteristics they like.  A good brand comes down to trust, competence, credibility, and a unique value offer and top agents must have projected that well enough to generate … More Real Estate Agent Branding – Key To Maximum Leads and Sales

iPad 3

Apple’s Newest Version of iPad will Make You Want to Own One You should have an Apple iPad 3 just to show off to your real estate clients.  Talk about realtor brand differentiation, this is likely to make you more than memorable and with it. It’s more than functional giving you more powerful meetings and … More iPad 3

Toronto Real Estate – Boom in Listings Soon?

Toronto Home Sales Market Falling at a Quicker Pace Well, the expected slowdown in the GTA Toronto real estate market has started, but how will this pan out this spring? Toronto Housing Reports from TREB and CREA show a drop of 5% in home sales in January, yet prices haven’t really dropped. That’s because there’s … More Toronto Real Estate – Boom in Listings Soon?

Social Media Strategy

Creating a Social Media Strategy and Managing Social Media Activity Social Media is taking up more consumer and business owners time these days, yet there’s a lot of complaints about how time consuming it is.  Business owners can’t get their head wrapped around the complexity of social media and how to tame it. I was … More Social Media Strategy

US Housing Starts Rise

December’s Housing Starts up 9.3% US Commerce housing statistics for November have revealed a huge rise in housing starts lead by multifamily dwellings. The strong demand for apartment and condo rentals is behind the increase.  The good news pushed stock markets up strongly in trading on December 20.  With foreclosure rates still high, many Americans … More US Housing Starts Rise

Who has the Best 3rd Party Realtor VOW/CMS Hosting?

Who has the best website hosting service? Take the survey and contribute your thoughts on the strengths and weaknesses of your provider. We’re collecting agents and brokers valuations and creating insights into which service is best  to help you make a better choice. The Realtor Hosting Survey is in 2 parts which you can take … More Who has the Best 3rd Party Realtor VOW/CMS Hosting?

Realtor.ca MLS Search

The Realtor.ca website is one of the top visited Canadian real estate sites. It is owned and operated by the Canadian Real Estate Association.  (CREA) has over 100,000 Realtors (including brokers, agents, and salespeople) across Canada as members.  Visitors to realtor.ca can search for homes listed by local participating mls boards . Review of Realtor.ca … More Realtor.ca MLS Search