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Embedding a Wufoo Form in Your ActiveRain Blog

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Embedding a Wufoo form in your ActiveRain blog is a great way to capture real estate leads from Craigslist.

The agent needs to capture the lead so they can deliver the information they promises in the ad.  By embedding a Wufoo form in your real estate blog, you can create a landing page that will capture leads from Craigslist, Facebook Ads, Google PPC, and other advertising sources.

Here is an example of a Wufoo form embedded in a real estate blog:

To embed a lead capture form in your ActiveRain blog

  1. Create your form in Wufoo.
  2. Write your blog post in ActiveRain using the WYSIWIG editor.  Include a text placeholder that says FORM to make it easy to sort through the html in step 5.  Save it as a draft.
  3. From the Form Manager tab in Wufoo, click the Code tab next to your form
  4. Select "Embed Form Code", and then copy the "iFrame Version" of text.
  5. Head back to ActiveRain and open your draft blog post, edit it using the HTML editor.
  6. Paste the code you copied from Wufoo over the FORM placeholder you typed earlier.
  7. Save the post as a draft to make sure everything works as planned.

Wufoo Embed Form Code for Real Estate Blogs

Comments(42)

Jonathan Benya
The Benya Group - Waldorf, MD
The Benya Group

Neat trick, I like it!  I was talking to Jonathan Osman the other day about WuFoo forms the other day, so the timing of this post was perfect, thank you!

Feb 13, 2012 11:59 PM
Pat & Wayne Harriman
Harriman Real Estate, LLC (203) 672-4499 - Wallingford, CT
Broker/Owners, Wallingford CT Real Estate

Very nice, thanks for showing us how to do this! Bookmarked for future reference!

Feb 14, 2012 12:49 AM
Connie Harvey
Pilkerton Realtors - Brentwood, TN
Realtor - Nashville TN Real Estate

Thanks Ben, I need to investigate this.

Feb 14, 2012 01:18 AM
Bryan Robertson
Los Altos, CA

Bookmarked for future reference.  I'll look into this more since I used Craigslist quite a bit to advertise listings.

Feb 14, 2012 01:36 AM
Gene Mundt, IL/WI Mortgage Originator - FHA/VA/Conv/Jumbo/Portfolio/Refi
NMLS #216987, IL Lic. 031.0006220, WI Licensed. APMC NMLS #175656 - New Lenox, IL
708.921.6331 - 40+ yrs experience

Unbelievably great information!  Thank you.  Once again an AR member proves that THIS site is the place to be active, should you want to learn new things and improve your business.  You have done .. and provided that ... in spades today ...

Gene

Feb 14, 2012 02:20 AM
Justin Dibbs
Fairway Independent Mortgage - Ashburn, VA
Mortgage Advisor

Very timely!  I'm looking at Capsule CRM which integrates with WuFu and was just wondering about this.

Feb 14, 2012 05:03 AM
Christine Bohn
RE/MAX Professionals - Gainesville, FL
The Bohn Team, Gainesville FL
Bookmarked this one ! Thanks and I will check it out.
Feb 14, 2012 07:37 AM
Shirley Parks
Sands Realty 210-414-0966 - San Antonio, TX
Broker, 210-414-0966, San Antonio TX Real Estate

I also am going to bookmark this and read it after I get back from Valentine's dinner.

Feb 14, 2012 08:48 AM
Cindy Edwards
RE/MAX Checkmate - Johnson City, TN
CRS, GRI, PMN - Northeast Tennessee 423-677-6677

I just headed over to this post from Top 10 items this week on Kathy's blog.  Wow, this is great!!  I am headed to WUFOO next

Feb 18, 2012 09:24 PM
Gary L. Waters Broker Associate, Bucci Realty
Bucci Realty, Inc. - Melbourne, FL
Eighteen Years Experience in Brevard County

Interesting information and resource. Going to check this one out. Thanks to Lenn for the re-blog.

Feb 18, 2012 10:03 PM
Shannon Coe
exp realty of California, Inc. - Oceanside, CA
760-586-5268, San Diego Realtor

Wow, neat trick. I will have to take the time to learn how to do this.

Feb 19, 2012 01:42 AM
Cheryl Ritchie
RE/MAX Leading Edge www.GoldenResults.com - Huntingtown, MD
Southern Maryland 301-980-7566

Came here via Kathy Streib's post. Bookmarked for a reblog this coming week!

Feb 19, 2012 05:31 AM
Joy Daniels
Joy Daniels Real Estate Group, Ltd. - Harrisburg, PA
Very good info, we will definitely get it figured out. Thanks for sharing.
Feb 19, 2012 05:44 AM
Eric Michael
Remerica Integrity, Realtors®, Northville, MI - Livonia, MI
Metro Detroit Real Estate Professional 734.564.1519

I just started looking into landing pages and stuff like this. I think this will definitely come in handy. Thanks!

Feb 19, 2012 09:34 AM
Rebecca Gaujot, Realtor®
Lewisburg, WV
Lewisburg WV, the go to agent for all real estate

Great information and have bookmarked for a reference. Thanks!

Feb 20, 2012 03:34 AM
Anonymous
Anonymous

Thank you for the tip and a question; could this be done using bitly as well?

 

Mar 26, 2012 09:42 AM
#38
Raymond E. Camp
Ontario, NY

Thank you again and I asked the question above.

Mar 26, 2012 09:44 AM
Adrian Willanger
206 909-7536 AdrianWillanger-broker.com - Seattle, WA
Profit from my two decades of experience

Ben,

 

Good stuff, thanks for cutting down the learning curve!

Aug 08, 2012 09:34 PM
Michael Blue
Home Smart Realty West - Encinitas, CA
REALTOR - 760-889-8877, Encinitas/Carlsbad

Thanks, this is a biggie, most may not realize it, but it is.

 

Aug 13, 2012 09:25 AM
Adrian Willanger
206 909-7536 AdrianWillanger-broker.com - Seattle, WA
Profit from my two decades of experience

Once again you're the go to source for converting online leads, thanks again. 

Feb 03, 2013 11:50 PM