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At The Real Estate Book, we recently conducted a customer service survey via email to a sampling of 28,000 of our advertisers and received an overwhelming 7600 plus responses and over 3500 individual comments. 
"For listings in the $250,000-$500,000 range, agents spent an average of $682 per listing"
This is probably the bulk of the homes on the market in Baltimore at least. I wonder how accurate this study is.
I also wonder why if this statistic is true, so much more money is spent … (4 comments)
Today I was let in on some insider information from a big realtor group in my area. They surveyed 135 of their agents about what they do for advertising currently and asked them to give their wish list of what advertising they want more of. The results surprised everyone, especially me. … (6 comments)
The internet is all the rage when it comes to real estate. According to the National Association of Realtors, when a buyer starts thinking of buying, the first place they turn is the internet. Just 10 years ago - it was getting in the car and driving around.
With gasoline prices … (1 comments)
Over the last many months I have ran several experiments with my online advertising to gauge the overall effectiveness of the different ads I run in different web properties. Through this experimentation I have gained some valuable insight and expertise that I thought some of my fellow real estate professionals might … (8 comments)
This blog is published in partnership with http://www.gothouse.com/, a national Real Estate Advertising Network, where Sellers can List & Sell properties, and Buyers can Search & Buy properties.
According to Jupiter research 60% of consumers were driven online from an offline source. The number one source driving them is magazines. Does your print advertising offer you integrated web benefits? Are you effectively promoting your website in your ad? And do you have a way to pull the consumers from … (0 comments)
I'm always looking for new ways to advertise online, follow the link below to an article of 8 ways to advertise free online (although I only think about 5 or 6 of them are valid) but some do help, so check it out!
Creating online visibility can be difficult and expensive to do correctly.It takes a significant amount of time to develop a strategy and the tactics to attack a particular market. However, eSourceAgent.com has made it both simple and cost effective by giving you SIMPLE, FREE, PROVEN, techniques that you can do … (0 comments)
Creating online visibility can be difficult and expensive to do correctly.It takes a significant amount of time to develop a strategy and the tactics to attack a particular market. However, eSourceAgent.com has made it both simple and cost effective by giving you SIMPLE, FREE, PROVEN, techniques that you can do … (1 comments)
Creating online visibility can be difficult and expensive to do correctly.It takes a significant amount of time to develop a strategy and the tactics to attack a particular market. However, eSourceAgent.com has made it both simple and cost effective by giving you SIMPLE, FREE, PROVEN, techniques that you can do … (0 comments)
2. Post a listing on Craig's List. 
In my role as Zillow’s CFO, I’m frequently asked three questions about the viability of our revenue model:
According to the recent study conducted by the National Association of Realtors®, 84% of homebuyers now use the internet to search for homes. Although getting your properties online can be a daunting and somewhat time consuming venture, now more than ever, you need to have a comprehensive online marketing plan. A … (0 comments)
I am on this "mission" to find every FREE way to market myself and my website. I have found that Google offers a free business ad on their Google Maps. The way it works is you create an account and then an ad for them to run. If someone types in … (10 comments)
Dear Valued Homeowner,
As published in Scotsman Guide's Residential Edition by Chadd SJ Ciccarelli, January 2008. Have you ever wondered why a national coffee chain can charge more for a cup of coffee than a local doughnut shop -- even when they are selling the same coffee? It's because of brand equity. 
Because the REAL ESTATE CHANELTM is one of the dominant distributors of high quality real estate related video content over the web (a global "IPTV" network) with hundreds of hours of broadcast quality TV program, paid programming and real estate property, project and community video profiles currently in our online video-on-demand … (2 comments)
I've just hired ReachLocal.com to manage my Google AdWords campaign. They manage my list of keywords and adjust my bids. All the ads go to a mirror of my own website that replaces my phone number with a tracking number so they can see which AdWords are producing leads (through the … (3 comments)
The Edmonton Journal reported that Home renters use the below 3 strategies to find a home:
This screencast shows how you can get up to twenty times more online buyers viewing your home when listing it with Elite Properties as you would with other Sacramento area companies. Find out what the benefits and drawbacks are to the MLS, Realtor.com, Craigslist, and other marketing venues, and see … (5 comments)
A few weeks ago, I wrote an article describing the strategy of “Conquesting” in the online marketing battlefield, which discussed the idea of dominating certain terms in an online market. If you realize a majority of real estate transactions start online and that the largest current real estate lead generators are Google … (3 comments)
Online marketing has a lot to offer. Currently my Field Coordinator is investigating all the possibilities and we will gladly share our findings. We just created a Vflyer, it is an online advertising avenue that will allow you to create professional flyers with the use of their templates. All you have … (0 comments)
From the Wealth Smarts Blog: http://wealthsmarts.blogspot.com 
Only $2700.00 up front, and $300.00 a month will buy me a huge banner at the top of Google, and listing in sponsored links of Google for much less than I could buy them for myself from Google hmmmmm.. This very nice saleswoman called me talked to me for a while, … (3 comments)
I remember when I first started working with Internet Advertising. Everyone assumed I was responsible for sending them spam emails about porn and viagra. The common belief was that Internet advertising was a niche trend that most businesses were not involved. Obviously that has changed quite a bit in the last … (5 comments)
Hey there mortgage professionals! I wanted to "formally" introduce myself to the mortgage group! I will be updating my profile soon, to tell more about me and why I left the mortgage industry to start my company Offer Angel and how it all came together. Some of you have already found … (1 comments)
My name is 2090 Montpelier Court. I am located in Crofton, Anne Arundel County, Maryland - in the middle of a triangle formed by Baltimore, Washington, D.C. and Annapolis. I have my own website! www.CroftonRancher.com.
In my job at Zillow I meet with a lot of Realtors and have heard many creative ways that agents are using Zillow to further their business. Based on these comments, I have typed up the top 10 ways agents can get involved with the Zillow website and reach out to … (66 comments)
I'm highly entertained by the scammers and the routes that they will travel to separate me from my money....(they seem to be lacking the knowledge that it takes a strong presentation and a crowbar to accomplish THAT!).
I was reading Active Rain this morning and came across Mary McKnights post about property specific websites. While I agreed with her that they are bad for SEO, I think they are still worthwhile. The wow factor is excellent and if used properly they are a great way to market a … (2 comments)
I’m going to review a current trend in real estate technology that I strongly feel is a scam. First, I will say that RSS Pieces does not offer anything that is remotely competitive with the product that I am about to review so there is no benefit to us in … (55 comments)
Many posts have referenced Realtor.com Showcase costs without providing the actual cost breakdown. I wanted to help those that were actually interested in knowing their actual charges.
How can you beat a potential market of 147 million people? That's how many visitors eBay claims to have every month. 
When it comes to promoting your home, advertising dollars should be spent where they will bring the most benefit. Considering the high percentage of people who begin their home search online, advertising online makes good sense.
I think that after even a short time of using active rain, that most of my colleagues here agree that this model, "The Real Estate Social Networking Site" will slay other portals in terms of authority and voice. I literally watched a hundred profiles join since lunchtime yesterday. With so many … (3 comments)