I haven't had a lot of nice things to say about Zillow in the past, but I have to give them credit for what looks like a promising buyer inquiry. Today, I received an email from an American citizen living in the Malay Archipelago region. He has been browsing Lake Superior homes on Zillow and came across one of our Madeline Island waterfront listings that he found intriguing.
Apparently, this buyer prospect first found us on Zillow, but he has also been watching … (4 comments)
zillow: Has "Everyone" Seen Your Listings?
- 09/24/10 02:24 PM
Since I work in two states, I have broker friends on both sides of the border. And brokers do commisserate from time to time. They compare notes and complain about the slowness of the current real estate market. So it came as little surprise when a broker colleague with another firm called me the other day to cry on my shoulder a bit. It seems he's frustrated with a particular listing that won't sell. At one point in the conversation, he said "I just don't understand why my listing won't sell. Everybody's seen it!" Everybody? Okay, how good is your marketing … (5 comments)
zillow: Syndication Helps, but it's not Enough - You Need to Drive Visitors to Your Virtual Tours
- 09/21/10 04:47 PM
The hottest new Virtual Tours boast about syndication and that's swell. Syndication is fine, but you will find that you're going to have to contribute your own effort if you want to draw visitors to your virtual tours. For example, TourFactory boasts about syndication to YouTube, Trulia, Zillow, Home Debut, Move, Homes.com, Facebook, Virtual Tour Hotsheet, Oodle, Blinkx, Vast and Hotpads, among other sites. This is an impressive list, but some of these sites just don't get all that much traffic. TourFactory puts your virtual tour on YouTube for you, but the YouTube ownership is theirs, not yours. You can't customize … (6 comments)
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Eric Kodner
Wayzata Lakes Realty: Twin Cities, Madeline Island
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