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REALTORS® - Important 100K Announcement!

If you're a REALTOR®, Broker, or an Agent and member of ActiveRain, this is a MUST READ! Last month, over 100,000 consumers searched ActiveRain for Real Estate in specific cities using the "Search For Homes" feature. I was just in a meeting with Bob Stewart and Doug Ching going over the stats and analytics reports. Folks, this is no joke, consumers flock to AR and used this tool in their quest for finding homes.

So why is this so important and why should you care? We've discovered that most of our Agent and REALTOR® members DO NOT have "Hit Router" Campaigns setup. That means these searches are NOT going to your IDX lead generating sites. WOW, look at these numbers and stats. I'm sharing this with you because while you are out there searching for tools to better your SEO and Blog, consumers are searching our network interested in homes in your area, and in most cases, we have very few members with campaigns setup in these areas.

And the list goes on and on and on... in fact, there are 600+ cities that had more than 100 searches.

If you're a REALTOR® member here, please don't miss out on this crucial opportunity to take advantage of the Hit Router Campaigns that each of you have access to. If 487 people searched San Diego last month for "Homes For Sale" and not a single member has a campaign setup there, this means those possible leads are lost to another company that may in fact be selling them off.

The key to making this work for you is:
#1 - Setting Up Your City Search Campaigns, and
#2 - Making sure you have a good lead capture IDX site where this traffic will land.

After researching some pay per clicks sites out there, Brokers and Agents are paying upwards of $3.00 per click to capture these leads from other sources like Google. AR campaigns start at .49 cents per click. I can't emphasize enough the value and gold mine you're sitting on here. Please take a few moments to look into this, the urgency here is that if our members aren't interested and don't take advantage of these "campaigns" fairly soon, they will end up being sold to the larger companies who are already willing, able and want to capitalize on these Clicks.

ActiveRain members need to be aware of this while you have the opportunity to jump on it. This is HUGE!! We want our members to get first shot at directing these home searches to your IDX sites, and will do everything we can to get this information out there to every REALTOR®. Bob Stewart is doing a price comparison of some other pay per click sites to show you the difference in value here, I'll add that link shortly. I would also assume that the home searches conducted here are of higher "quality" than they may be on some of the other generic pay-per-click sites.

This is one of the most important posts and announcements I've written on ActiveRain. Home searches are taking place on Activerain right now, these stats are proof. We want YOU to be able to help complete the process in finding these people homes. Please, contact Bob or myself if you have any questions or need more information regarding these stats, or if you just need help setting up your hit router campaigns.

This should be given priority consideration today. Thanks.

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Posted by Brad Andersohn ~ Community Manager on 05/07/2009 07:24 PM

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133 Comments on REALTORS® - Important 100K Announcement!

MAY

Thanks for the info. I will look into this!

Hi Brad,

I'm not sure how to do this?? I' going to go ahead and play around on here and try to find hit router- do I have to be techy to figure out the idx part?

Thank you for sharing this info. I have been burnt before on paying for online marketing, and since I have limited knowledge so far on that, I am always hesitant to do this.

Brad, Thank you for the information, I set mine up but it says I do not have credit. What does this mean?

Hi Brad - I get the message and I have no excuse why I haven't done this before. I'm switching website companies to get better IDX and will set this up ASAP after that. Thanks for the kick in the backside!

Brad I don't see Ann Arbor or Saline on your list but I can tell you that I do get leads to my IDX site from here. I track and can see where they came from and what they put into get here.

It is a fabulous opportunity for Realtors that need more business.

Don't we all ?

Thanks for your reminder that there if more for us to do!

This is awesome. I have seen activity too. The market is picking up and these tools are esential to staying on top-Dinah Lee

Brad,

Thanks so much for all of the great info that you pass along...it's invaluable!

Brad - That is some great news and Bob walked me through joining several communities and cities in Las Vegas & Nevada!

The power of The Rain is all around us!

Your friend Vegas Bob

Hi Brad: To be honest I tried it but did not see the benefit only the monthly charges. I guess I was also suspicious that other agents were clicking on my site to build listing router credit. Or I just could of had a lot of lookers. It somehow we could only pay for those clicks that lead to a warm body I might consider it again. I am reaping benefits from AR I'm just not sure if the hit router is the way for me to go. I would be interested in hearing from agents who have reaped the rewards or not.

Hi Brad, I obviously don't have this set up right if you are showing no agent campaigns for San Diego. Would you mind looking and seeing what is wrong?

Brad, I'm not sure how to set it up and I'm not sure how the payment works. Is hit router and list router one and the same?

THanks for the info Brad. I had it set up once upon a time & just went to re set it up & seems there isn't a 'San Antonio, Texas' option, just San Antonio....NM, FL & CO???? Is this some kind of glitch?

Brad - thanks for this very valuable information. I believe I have it set up correctly, but will have to check.

Brad - Hmmmmmm this looks very interesting..... Got to go look into this one now. Thanks Brad!

Thanks. I was thinking about expanding my campaign, but now I am wondering how can I tell who is visiting my website as a result of the Hit Router campaign?

All - Brad just called me to let me know he would check on the issue I was having in my comment above.

He is sitting in traffic Bumpahtobumpah & will respond to us when he get's back to his computer!! Thanks!

Now this is a post that's worthy of the daily newsletter - it might get in front of more people.

This doesn't seem to be working very well for me. When I got notified of more fees being added a few weeks ago, I sent in a request to not add more fees without trying to discuss it, but I haven't heard anything yet...but do get debited. I emailed a 2nd request, hoping to have an email discussion about it, but I know you all are very busy. I'll arrive at your front door, Brad, by Dec 31st if I don't hear anything or figure out what y'all are doing with the $$, ok? :-)

I haven't gottend around to do this..will try it this weekend.

Invaluable information. At face value, seems like an inexpensive and reliable source of internet leads. Thank you for the data.

Thanks for the reminder, just updated my URLs, one was an error.

When the hit router campaigns started there were a few weeks to test out the system. Was wondering if there could be a day to test out the system so as to check out systems or links without charging ourselves or others.

Terrific post Brad - I have my router set up, but I am trying to set up a new website with a new idx , and a new outside blog over the next week. I'd love to run a few things by you first. I'll drop you an email.

Cheers mate !

Sheldon :o)

I currently have 13 escrows and made my buyer's agents start charging a transaction fee (to pay my expenses.) I am going to seriously look into this. I did receive 22 leads from one blog post on April 27 (that I posted the week before.) THAT is my highest one day active rain lead generation EVER! That doesn't count all the other leads that trickled in from that one post in days prior (I am counting approximately 10.)

I think this could benefit my team but please keep posting on results. You know I am a stat gal! If the numbers make sense I will definitely have a higher budget for active rain ;)

Brad - Thanks for the information. I didn't realize how successful hit router was.

Hi Brad - Just to clarify ... these 100,000 searches are over and above those that are done within our own market areas from our blogs and profiles?

Brad - This is a very compelling post. I have my List Router set up. I am frankly quite surprised with such a savvy group that so many have not done this yet. I hope this post changes that. Please let us know in 30 days what the success rate of this email is.

Thanks so much. I had no idea. I have a great IDX search site and did not know I wasn't taking advantage of this.

I'll get it set up!!

OK you got me hook, line and sinker ;)

brad -- I know there was something on this before. Can you direct those of us who are a bit "behind" where we can find out how this actually works. Thanks.

Brad: This is great information.. I wonder how many hits were for Clarksville, TN or Oak Grove, KY... Didn't see either on the list..

Sorry All - I posted this today from a presentation I was doing at Empire Realty, then got caught in major traffic. (thanks for updating everyone Kristin) For those interested in setting up these campaigns, there are two links in this post. Bob and I did a training webinar showing exactly how to set these up step by step yesterday. If you missed the link, here it is again. The recorded video of the webinar is at the bottom of the post.

I'll be back in a bit after I get the kids in bed to answer questions and reply to comments. Thanks for taking a serious look at this, I sincerely feel this is a missed opportunity for many of our members and want to make sure everyone gets and understands how this works, and the benefits of having these campaigns setup properly. Be right back in a few....

This is a huge number of consumer searches. I need to look at the idea of PPC.

How do we see the traffic stats for our city?

Brad- I think that I should set up hit router expanding further than my immediate area and hire buyer agents in those locals to give this biz too. Better than selling it off to companies that want to sell it back. I would never be one of their customers, but that is beside the point.

MAY

Hi Brad! Thanks so much for coming out to Empire today! You got us all fired up! I hope you weren't in too much traffic on the way home! Looking toward to taking Empire to the next level with Active Rain! Katie

Thank you for your emphatic post! It appears that many of us have not investigated List/Hit Router. I don't know the difference, so I will check out the webinar. A while back I tried to figure it out, but saw the cost and didn't want to be charged for something I didn't understand. It looks like ignorance is lost opportunity.

Brad- this sounds like a goldmine!!!

Great info but I need more step by step info on how to make it happen. Can you provide more technical details? Thanks!

Brad,

Thank you for sharing this very important info with us. Just thinking of the opportunities this presents! Awesome and timely post.

Brad - I think I set it up several months ago, but I don't seem to be getting any hits. But then How would I know if I am or not?

Good morning Brad - thanks for all the care that you give us agents here in the rain. Not many other companies would that... very interesting information. I need to re-visit this today and go back over your previous posts.

You got me convinced. I'm bookmarking this page to come back to it after I'm done with my extremely important project.

Thank you Brad. I really love the idea. Can we do this in Canada. I will try tonight and check out.

Active Rain has been great. I enjoy all the blogs and have learnt a lot.

Great info. I do not go for PPC campaigns in general, they can drain your wallet fast. I was talking w/Zillow last week and they were asking for $4/click on one of it's PPC programs... 125 clicks, and you've already spent $500. OUCH.
.49c sounds reasonable enough for me to try it for 30 days and see.

Brad,

Have a different question

How do I get my picture on the comments and my name with office name and address to show up when i write comments.

Thanks

Maya garg

gtawesthomes.com

This is very helpful info and I am very happy that active rain is bringing in exposure!

Hi Brad...Being in such a small market I am hesitant as I do not think there would be many folks looking for Lake Anna. It is not exactly like Miami, San Francisco, etc.

Kate

Brad- I noticed that only 11 states were represented in the top 29 search count, above. PA was the only state listed, from the northeast. I'd be curious to know how many searches are done for CT.

Over 5 months, I've had 86 hits on my hit router. That averages to 17 hits/month. I assume, that puts Westport, CT pretty low on the totem pole. Is the lower search result consistent for the northeast?

HI Brad,

I was on your AR conf call about Hit Router last week and found it useful. I've now set up campaigns for the cities we serve...now I'm just waiting for the traffic and leads. Any advice or tips is always appreciated!

thanks

Stuart

I'm in a very rural section of NJ (bet most didn't even know there still was such a thing). While my area may never show up on the top search count, I only pay a modest fee when one of my towns is searched.

One BIG PLUS of the AR Hit Router is that you can cap your monthly spending, so you don't get a surprisingly huge bill even if you have Los Angeles.

Hi Brad: WOW - those numbers are amazing - talk about under utilization - thanks for the heads up.

Brad, do you or anyone else have any idea why I'm getting lots of clicks I'm paying for but ZERO click credits on the same 9 cities I'm paying for???

I know people are clicking on these links because I have a BUDurl.com website that they link to and it counts the unique visits.

Just curious.

"Click Credits You've accumulated no Hit Router credit"

Sheeesh! As a newbie, my list of to do's is growing every day! You may already have one and I just haven't found it yet, or is there a checklist so I can work through these things one by one. I tend to click on a link and start reading, which leads me to another link with more to read and then I'm off on a tanget. Help - it's fun but there so much to do and learn!

Hi Brad:

Terrific, I am all set up in my area. Thanks!

Quite,

I want all the hits in my area at a low price.

Cindy - you don't need to be a techy to set this up or do this, but you do need a good IDX lead capture site to maximize the potential of this feature. I included a link to "hit router" in this post. I also included a link to the webinar post that shows you how to set this all up.

Heather - I understand that. It's sad that there are a few companies out there that have given folks a bad taste about this stuff. I would never write a post about something like this if I didn't truly and honestly feel it was of great value and possibly being overlooked and under utilized. I get what you're saying though, once you have a bad experience at the dentist, you never want to go to another dentist ever again.

Maggie - credits are established when someone searches another area from your profile or Blog and gets routed to another member. You'll see those credits grow in time.

Susan - that IDX is the key! You should talk to Bob Stewart, we have some great options you might want to check out first.

Missy - If members understood this as you do, this post would't exist. There was no way I could include all 600+ cities on here but you know your city campaigns are being searched based on the results you are getting from the leads coming from your IDX. That is an awesome testimony that this really does work if people set it up right, then track the results as you have. I can't thank you enough for clarifying that. You obviously get how this all works and I'm glad it's working for you.

I want EVERY REALTOR member here to experience the same success and results you are. :-)

Good stuff........we'll figure it out today or you'll hear from us. Thanks for keeping us up to speed on the opportunities.

Shhhhhhh. Don't tell any others in Austin. Oh, I guess it is too late. Great feature and thanks for walking me through it. Cheers.

You're right. This deserves priority and is worthy of immediate action. there are a lot of potential leads fgoing to waste.

Brad, it would be great to see the stats for the other cities as well - if that's not too complicated...another post? Thanks!

How can we find these stats? or can we?

That is very very helpful. Thank you for sharing

YEs, Brad...can we get stats for our cities so we can better judge our opportunity...or missed opportunity as the case may be?

cool news....had mine set up just at the beginning of the week.

Bettina

Hey everyone, these stats were gathered from our team researching our backend analytics. I am trying to put together a spread sheet right now showing the cities, hits, and how many member Hit router campaigns are setup for each area. I'm putting the final into a .pdf format and will try to make it available on my box.net account for download. Be patient with me, it's taking forever but I want to get you this info...

I should have something up by this afternoon or evening with all the details. thanks. :-)

Brad, I just signed up for this. Not really sure about how it all works, but sounds like it is worth a try. I linked to my Growth Leader webstie-do you think that will help generate traffic there or should I have linked to my website?? Thx!

Thanks Brad,

I'll try setting this up.....again. It didn't work when I tried it the other day.

I'll give it another try and let you know .... How would I know that it is set up?? Will a red light go on!?

Patricia Aulson/Portsmouth NH Real Estate

Funny, I just got a sales call from some google-click-you're-it company and declined. I like the fact that you can limit the amount you want to spend so I went ahead and selected my town. Now I'm curious to see what happens! Thanks for the timely post!

I think I had set this up before...I guess I will have to go in and check to see if I did it right?

Thanks for the information. I already set up my router.

I am going to check this out for my Realtor partners. Thank you for the great information.

Brad, wow, that is mind-boggling data. First I gotta put the $$ in my budget - how much for a city?

Brad this is great data. I will be getting my IDX capabilities figured out as soon as my webmaster has my site update finished. Once it's complete I'll give the LR a real try.

Brad...is this the same program that I emailed you about? Any updates on that? Thanks.

MAY

Can't seem to find the "Search For Homes" feature. Can you tell us how to find that, please?

looks like a few agents must have been very busy from those numbers!

OK - I spent the better part of today compiling this report that includes over 3600 City Searches and I've uploaded it to Box.net in a .pdf format. It reflects every City that has a minimum of 10 searches or more. The AR City Home Search "Full Report"

If you do not see your City searched on this list, that does not mean it hasn't been searched prior to the month of this report, or that it won't be searched this month or in the months ahead. I can only assume and anticipate that these searches will grow in volume over time as they have in the past.

Remember, that there is a big difference between setting up "Hit Router" for your FREE Markets, and setting up "Hit Router" Campaigns for these City Home Searches. When you use the "My Market" searches, they only land on your IDX if they are on your Blog, profile, or post. If you use the CPC Campaigns and someone types in your City search, they'll land on your IDX no matter which of the 1,000,000+ post pages they search from here on AR. As I said, we are here to help you if you need.

I'll be back in the morning to respond to more comments. :-)

BTW - In order to see the "Search For Homes" option on AR pages, you must be logged out and seeing the site as a non-member or consumer would. Have a great evening all~

Brad: I did not see either Greenville of Spartanburg, South Carolina on your list.

Brad,

I am thinking about setting up my router later. Thank you for sharing this information with us

WOW terrific information, looks like I have my work cut out for me tomorrow to get things going in the right direction! Thanks for sharing!

Are you sure they were not searching for real estate and just ended up on active rain as apposed to coming to active rain to search for homes for sale? A lot of people came to my sites therough searches for homes and I have shome searches set up.

Hi Brad,

Bring on those leads...

Question: Does this system work in Canada? If I enter Brampton, ON in the search box, it goes to "Reply.com". If this is the site the public would put in there info... this site does not allow for a "Postal Code" as we have 6 digits. Can "Reply" adjust their search areas as we have thousands of Members in Canada.

Looking forward to your response.

Al and Peggy Cunningham
Brampton, ON
http://www.TheHousePeople.com

Was not aware of this. I am thankful that we have a team mentality here at AR. I am also glad we have smart people like Brad who can relay information to us so that we can take advantage of the benefits associated with being a part of this wonderful community. Thank-u!

Brad,

Thanks for presenting these numbers. This is huge! I should plan on getting my router set up.

Great post - as always! Brad, I promise to spend some time today learning more about that. Every day I try to take one new thing I read about on AR and thoroughly explore it! Thanks!

Mary

Brad

Once again you a goldmine of information. I get so much from all of your blogs. Thanks and keep them coming.

Sweet. i am ready for it.

Teresa - It's simple. People are landing on AR pages, profiles and Blog posts and when they see the "Search For Homes" box in the upper right corner, they type in a city and state to look for homes available in that area. Not sure how they get there, why, or through what source, just know that when they do, they're using this tool.

I'm just trying to get members to see that if their Hit Router City Campaigns were setup properly with a Good IDX site, there might be a much greater potential here to be capturing leads each month.

Los Angeles had a high number of hits, I was happy to see I got this email from Box.net this morning. :-)

Your shared file "ARCitySearchStats.pdf", was downloaded at 06:11 AM (GMT-07:00 America/Los Angeles PDT ) on 09 May, 2009.

To see who accessed your file, please visit your Box.net Updates tab:

Brad -

I have been using Listing Router for some time here in Chicago - have gotten 6 bona fide leads, one sale and one in process as a result.

Thanks!

DEAN & DEAN'S TEAM CHICAGO

Thanks Brad,

I had stopped my listing router but after reading your article I have reactivated it. Keep the insightful information coming.

I have been asked by my company to do a presentation on Social Networking - how to do it so it works for you. I hope you are OK with my using some of your statistic information.

Good post Brad. I did my listing router as soon as it was available. I love everything you guys do for us! Thanks!!!

Its worth check out. Active rain is growing so I would assume more people may begin their search here.

I'd like to see more comments from users actively using the service. It sounds very appealing considering who few members are taking advantage of the service but as some of the other members have commented I've participated in these types of campaigns before and have never found them to be that effective.

Jason Opland | The Opland Group | Columbus, OH

Hey Brad, is there a way to get stats from our area here..I'd be curious to see what they are, I live in a small town.. :)

Konnie - there is. I left a link for you here.

Thanks for sharing the information. Will check on it.

Jason said "I'd like to see more comments from users actively using the service." The whole purpose of this post is just that!
We'd like to see more members using the service so we could see comments like those from Missy Caulk, Dean Moss, Renee Burrows etc.

Comment Responses....

Cindy & Others - not sure how to set yours up? There's a link in the post, read it, then watch the webinar video. You'll be good to go.

Hit Router Credits? - These are accumulated from folks searching while on your pages other cities in other areas.

William - you have the FREE markets setup, but you do not have any CPC campaigns setup. Unless someone types in San Diego while on your page, profile or blog post, they won't end up on your IDX site. If they type in San Diego while on YOUR page, profile, or blog post, then they will land on your IDX site. Tip: There are over 1,000,000 other pages on AR that consumers are searching from. Only the Hit Router campaigns will get them to your site if they search your cities, not the "My Market" campaigns.

Lora - Hit Router and Listing router are one in the same. For any member to access their own Hit Router setup, just click here.

Kristin - I'll see what's up with San Antonio and get that corrected asap. Thanks again for your help. :-)

William - the best way to tell is to see Missy's comment #6. Your IDX site is crucial in this process.

Mara - there is a suspend link next to ALL campaigns, but based on these stats, I wouldn't. Make sure your IDX is doing a good job of capturing those leads and hits, that's a major component of this working or not working...period. Wish you would come knock on my door sometime! lol~ Happy Mothers Day! :-)

Eva - one or two checks to confirm it's working is fine. Just test your own campaigns and not other members.

Sheldon - always here if you need me anytime. That goes for anyone who needs help or assistance with this.

Thanks for the information, Brad. The statistics are amazing! I will look into this!

THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT!
Some of you are misunderstanding the "TWO" areas of Hit Router and how it works!

Start a New Campaign is the one that is going to drive these city searches and traffic (from ANY AR page) to your IDX sites:

My Markets will only drive visitors to your IDX site if they search from your Profile, Blog, or Blog Post.

If you are still having difficulty getting your arms around all this, click here for all the details you'll need to do this correctly!

Hi Brad -- Is it possible to have a post with the stats for all the cities?

Shhhh Im one of the two agents in Orlando. Now you are spilling my secret. ;) hehe just kidding I have yet to understand why other agents havent taken advantage.

MAY

Comment by Terrie Leighton , Realtor Northern Nevada Real Estate:

Hi Brad ~ I just watched the webinar video on generation leads from "Hit Router." Thank you for posting it.

I am happy to report, thanks to Bob Stewart who walked me through the process when I set up my Outside Blog, that my free "markets" were set up correctly. I send everyone to my Vision site. Each City was set up correctly, they did not go to my home page, they actually went to the City they were requesting.

I was so happy when I tested them that they were doing what you were talking about in the webinar, they went to the city and not just a home page.

I also just finished settingup my new campaigns for Hit Router. I sent them to my vision site as well and am looking forward to many leads from this. Thanks again for the webinar, you AR guys really are the coolest!!

http://www.box.net/shared/6kdyzx37o5 - the full report Chris.

Interesting post. I'm wondering how many new campaigns got set up as a result of this? What happens when it does get more competitive? Can I lock in lower rates now? The two cities I looked at from your chart had one campain each. One had around 200 searches the other one had about 100 searches.

I'll tell you where I'm at and how you can sell me. I'm working on the IDX search solution from my site. I think that's the whole key. I've ton a ton of research on IDX solutions and I still don't have the answer.

As usual, your posts are helpful and useful. You really spent a lot of time on this post, answering everyone's questions. Thanks again.

MAY

Great information. I am still waiting to see rave reviews for this system. I am going to take a look at the full report but it sounds very promising.

Thanks for the full report. Very, very informative.

Wow, those are impressive stats!! I had no idea that so many consumers were visiting the site...I assumed it was mostly housing professionals.

MAY

Hey Brad, are you able to get the AR City Lead Report by "City" rather than by number of leads. Would be helpful in choosing the cities in our area.

By the way, watched the Webinar on setting up Hit Router... good job, really helped.

Al and Peggy

This is my 2nd comment. I deleted the first one, which was pretty harsh. I'm trying to find a nice way of saying that I don't appreciate being expected to pay for the leads that my blogs helped to generate. And for quite some time, I've gotten better SEO from my also free WordPress blog. If I'm misunderstanding this, and it's not something I'm expected to pay for, then I apologize. I'll take a look at it.

Hey Al and Peggy - that pdf file is the only one I have. It's the way it was requested and this was the only info I had to work with. It took me hours to compile the data, I hope it will be sufficient for your needs. Let me know if there is anything else I can do to help. Thanks. :-)

Lisa - any leads that come to your Blog profile or Blog post DO go to you. The CPC campaigns are only if you want leads coming to you from searches done in your cities on other Blogs profiles or blog posts. I'm glad to hear your wordpress blog is doing well for you, I know some members have those too, but many do not. I'm not sure wordpress blogs get the same type of traffic and property searches that AR does, but I could be wrong. 100,000 home searches is quite a few if you ask me. (apology accepted) :-)

MAY

Hi Brad from Brampton, ON, Canada

Thanks, we will work with your list. Just thought a click of the button would re-order the list. Have the Hit Router up and running, just standing by for the results.

Have a great day!

Al and Peggy

Another great one! It took me ten minutes to get to the bottom of the comments. It is taking time to all thing necessary. I thank you for this post.

MAY

This was a great email I just received this morning.

THEIR QUESTION:

Hi Brad- I am (finally) setting up the hit router on AR. With the links for the market, would you recommend setting them up to that particular "community " page on my website, or to the home page or the mls search page? Thank you for all the work you do!

MY ANSWER:

When consumers search a city for listings, the next page they should see should be the homes for sale in that city. Period. If you want to capture those leads, I recommend an excellent IDX, otherwise they just do their search and leave with no trace or followup for you. A good IDX is always the answer and key to making Hit Router a success for them and for you. :-)

Hello Brad,

Thank you for all the valuable information! Your posts are great! I am fairly new at ActiveRain and your posts & the information that you pass on is helping me out tremendously. Thank you!

Rita

MAY

Congratulations Brad on having 100,000 real estate searches on your network.

Last month, we had 450,000+ searches on our customers networks, and we have less than 1% of the clients you have. Portals can be great, but the generic Internt is where most searcxhes happen and where most buyers look for homes.

With every best wish for your continued success,

Mike Parker

Again, great information as always...I'll set up my hit router (or at least try to set it up) right away.

Brad

Can i set up this. I am in canada. Please can you guide me. I would like to take advantage of this great tool.

Maya Garg

www.gtawesthomes.com

Mississauga,Canada

MAY

Brad. Thank you for sharing. My campaigns are now up and running. I am learning how to use it now.

I'm there baby. Much cheaper than a Google pay per click.

MAY

Maya - you should be able to set this up in your area as long as those searches are available. :-)

AUG

Just signed up - excited!!

AUG

Is this open fopr Canada yet, last time I checked, which honestly was quite a while ago, I could create a Canadian campaign.

I believe we do have members in Canada utilizing this feature. :-)

SEP

Well I need to call Bob anyway about something else, so I might as well check into this too! Don't see Nashville on your list, but maybe there are people searching here as well?

Hi Emily - if you download the list, you'll see Nashville on there I'm sure. It will show you how many searches were done that month on the .pdf list. There is a link at the bottom of the post for you to download the file. :-)

NOV

Thank you for the great information Brad!! So much to learn :-)

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