10 Marketing Questions To Ask The Real Estate Agent 

Who Is Offering To List Your Property For Sale

With 90% of property buyers searching online for real estate, you'll likely be best served by an agent who understands modern Real Estate web marketing techniques.

Quick Note: Most real estate agents you interview will not be able to answer all of these questions, but whoever comes closest is probably an excellent choice...

Questions For Your Prospective Real Estate Agent

Can you create a single property website for my property? Will it be syndicated? Can you track the metrics, activity and viewers?

 

Will this site include a video of the property? Will the video be on Youtube? How about some other video sharing sites?

How often will you post to Craig’s List? Kijiji? BuyToronto? Will your  ads hyperlink that traffic to more effective lead capture pages?

Which keywords will you target as part of the Google adwords and/or Bing campaigns you run for the property? (What’s your budget for these campaigns?

Do you have any Landing Pages  attracting buyer leads?

Will you post my property to your blog and update your readership at least twice/month with price changes, etc?

Will you create a Twitter Account for the property? Will it follow other twitterers in the area and invite them to take a look at my listing?

What kind of camera will you use to take the pics of my property?  How many photos of my listing do you intend to post around the web? Sample Photo Stream

Can I see the MLS description you plan to write for the property before we execute a Listing Agreement?   Can we edit and modify data together?

Are you willing to notify the 10 agents who have the most recent sales on properties closest to my property about the listing?

Which social networks will your blog posts about my listing syndicate to? How many total people do you have on your friends/fans/followers lists?

Will I be able to access web analytics for the various sites where my listing appears? Can you set me up to be able to view these visitors in real time?

Are you an Accredited Senior Agent?

Can they provide you with a Pre Listing Package?

If you'd like help selling your home; and to work with an experienced Accredited Senior Agent to Click here to connect with  David Pylyp for help... 

 

David Pylyp

Etobicoke Real Estate Agent

Accredited Senior Agent for York Peel and Halton Regions

Lives in Toronto and promotes Giving Value

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2 Comments on Avoid Listing Disappoint Ask Questions!

MAR
06
2011
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David, you lost me at "most real estate agents will not be able to answer all these questions". Do a better job, but don't climb over others wearing the "R" making them stupid, lacking, ineffective with social media streams and SEO practices. Being found on the Internet all over it is key, but the seller, buyer need to connect with the person, not just the cyber black belt skills. Look at how the marketing is done and those differences are what make the choice easy. But don't portray others in our industry as lacking. Just show your strengths and let that approach do the talking. Most real estate agents, brokers, REALTORS smarter than you are giving them credit for.
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MAR
07
2011
207,556 Points

 

In Canada, Many Agents have a website or webpage provided by their host brokerage. Realtor penetration for internet marketing at web 2.0 is at less than 5% of agents, who ever touch their sites or even blog.  In my market there are 33,000 agents that complete for the 89,000 units sale we had last year. 

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