Comments on: Hire An Agent that Knows How to Market http://www.whydidntmyhomesell.com/2008/12/19/hire-an-agent-that-knows-how-to-market/ Tips and Tools to Help You Get Your Home Sold Sat, 13 Mar 2010 01:51:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Missy Caulk http://www.whydidntmyhomesell.com/2008/12/19/hire-an-agent-that-knows-how-to-market/comment-page-1/#comment-79 Missy Caulk Sun, 21 Dec 2008 04:09:19 +0000 http://www.whydidntmyhomesell.com/?p=120#comment-79 Hi Lindsey, gotta love these Google alerts, I can't even remember tweeting this. guess I did. Hi Lindsey, gotta love these Google alerts, I can’t even remember tweeting this. guess I did.

]]> By: Bill Gassett http://www.whydidntmyhomesell.com/2008/12/19/hire-an-agent-that-knows-how-to-market/comment-page-1/#comment-77 Bill Gassett Fri, 19 Dec 2008 20:22:38 +0000 http://www.whydidntmyhomesell.com/?p=120#comment-77 What is really amazing is how so many agents lack the knowledge or effort to make themselves appear online. It is so easy to beat an agent at the listing table that does not know how to market online. It cracks me up when an agent thinks good marketing is having a listing in Realtor.com and nothing else. What is really amazing is how so many agents lack the knowledge or effort to make themselves appear online. It is so easy to beat an agent at the listing table that does not know how to market online. It cracks me up when an agent thinks good marketing is having a listing in Realtor.com and nothing else.

]]> By: Linsey Planeta http://www.whydidntmyhomesell.com/2008/12/19/hire-an-agent-that-knows-how-to-market/comment-page-1/#comment-76 Linsey Planeta Fri, 19 Dec 2008 19:51:20 +0000 http://www.whydidntmyhomesell.com/?p=120#comment-76 I agree that you have to go a little deeper to find listings, but I think that for an agent like yourself, your blog and website (likely to be found in the top of a Google search) will be viewed as valuable information and not just self promotion. Your Trulia piece is an example of the type of information you are providing as a service - not just 'Hire Me' type marketing. Unfortunately, so many of the agent websites don't serve the consumer on a deep level but instead are online business cards and little else. I also find the Google search doesn't go very deep with some of those agents. Many of the online marketing experts are pages deep in search results. Thanks for your comment. Definitely a great point. I agree that you have to go a little deeper to find listings, but I think that for an agent like yourself, your blog and website (likely to be found in the top of a Google search) will be viewed as valuable information and not just self promotion. Your Trulia piece is an example of the type of information you are providing as a service – not just ‘Hire Me’ type marketing. Unfortunately, so many of the agent websites don’t serve the consumer on a deep level but instead are online business cards and little else.

I also find the Google search doesn’t go very deep with some of those agents. Many of the online marketing experts are pages deep in search results.

Thanks for your comment. Definitely a great point.

]]> By: Bill Gassett http://www.whydidntmyhomesell.com/2008/12/19/hire-an-agent-that-knows-how-to-market/comment-page-1/#comment-75 Bill Gassett Fri, 19 Dec 2008 19:43:05 +0000 http://www.whydidntmyhomesell.com/?p=120#comment-75 Lynsey I am glad you found my post useful. I completely agree with your premise that the google results should not only be about personal promotion, the problem however, is that you have no control over the results. As you mention, the things that would be great to come up in search results for your name would be the marketing you are doing for specific properties. That will never happen though because there are far too many sites that would beat out something like an advertisement for a home. My blog and website will come up 1st but after that it will be other sites like social networks and other sites you have a profile on. You will have to travel to the 4th to 5th page to find marketing type posts if you have any strength in the search engines. Lynsey I am glad you found my post useful. I completely agree with your premise that the google results should not only be about personal promotion, the problem however, is that you have no control over the results. As you mention, the things that would be great to come up in search results for your name would be the marketing you are doing for specific properties.

That will never happen though because there are far too many sites that would beat out something like an advertisement for a home. My blog and website will come up 1st but after that it will be other sites like social networks and other sites you have a profile on. You will have to travel to the 4th to 5th page to find marketing type posts if you have any strength in the search engines.

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