realsupport inc: Find Your Profitable Niche in Real Estate
- 06/22/15 04:06 PM
As the real estate market picks up steam, real estate classes pick up students! Competition among real estate agents is intensifying, and will not slow down for the foreseeable future. On another front, market gains make home sales look "easy" - giving rise to more sale-by-owner services and discount brokerages. Meanwhile, technology has become a great equalizer. MLS listings are syndicated; real estate information is ubiquitous. With all these challenges to your income, how do you get a larger slice of a shrinking pie? Having a unique value proposition that differentiates you and your services is the first line of defense. Agents often present … (0 comments)
realsupport inc: 7 Ways to Boost Your LinkedIn Profile!
- 06/15/15 01:35 PM
LinkedIn operates the world’s largest online professional network with over 364 million members. LinkedIn is also growing fast, with 2 new members per second, and many sign-ups coming from recent college graduates and current students. If you haven't updated your LinkedIn profile lately, now's the time! Newsweek recently published an article about taking your LinkedIn profile from good to great. We're sharing those strategies here, summarized for fast reading! 1. Your LinkedIn Profile must include: Who you are What you have done What you can do Specific areas of knowledge, special skills Your unique value proposition 2. Keep your summary short and snappy: … (0 comments)
realsupport inc: 5 Compelling Reasons to Have Your Own Real Estate Blog!
- 06/08/15 06:03 PM
If you thought that having a Facebook page and a static website was sufficient for your real estate business, guess again! Today we're sharing 5 compelling reasons why you should have a blog on your real estate website! Check out these powerful web statistics from E-consultancy, sourced from Hubspot and IgniteSpot: 1. Websites with blogs have 434% more search-indexed pages, and 97% more indexed links, than static websites. 2. Marketers who use blogs on their websites enjoy 67% more leads than those who do not use blogs. 3. Marketers who prioritize blogging in their online efforts are 13 times more likely to see positive ROI. 4. Company … (0 comments)
realsupport inc: 5 Important Benefits of Long-Form Content!
- 05/29/15 03:11 PM
Social media leads us to believe that "less is more" when it comes to posting content. We've all become used to 140-character tweets, image-only posts, and short-snippet dialogue. But it turns out that long-form content, such as blog posts, articles and e-books, actually provide more value to your web presence. We're going to share some tips about long form content that we found on Entrepreneur.com, along with some insights of our own! What is long-form content? Long-form content isn't strictly defined, but typically it ranges from 700 to 1,200 words. Most importantly, long-form content contains several points on a given topic, allowing a more … (0 comments)
realsupport inc: 7 Steps to a Stellar Online Reputation
- 05/04/15 06:36 AM
Today, most business decisions begin with a search engine. Having a good online reputation is essential to your public image and your business prospects. In fact, you already have an online reputation, whether you've made an effort to create it, or not! Anything that shows up about you in a web search - such as public records, tagged personal photos and news articles - is a part of your online reputation. Rather than leave your Google page one results to random chance, it's far better to publish positive content about yourself! 7 steps to a stellar online reputation: 1. Have a professional website. This includes … (1 comments)
realsupport inc: Real Estate Business with Millennials: 4 Easy Things
- 04/06/15 01:24 PM
There are many articles about the importance of doing business with Millennials. And for good reason: these tech-savvy young adults, aged 18 to 34 years old, will number 75.3 million people during 2015. Generation Y will soon outnumber the Baby Boomer generation, according to data from the Pew Research Center. Capturing the attention of the Millennial audience requires more than a token effort at social media. It requires offering communication methods and business interaction that is comfortable for them. It also requires loosening up the suit and tie and showing your authentic self. This doesn't mean you need to chuck your own style … (5 comments)
realsupport inc: 7 Tips for Better Facebook Engagement
- 03/31/15 12:15 PM
While Facebook usage is growing worldwide, organic reach and post engagement remain a challenge. As of January 2015, Facebook had 1.393 billion monthly active users, and 890 million daily active users. Understandably, Facebook employs data filters to ensure that users are seeing the content that matters to them most. By some estimates, this means that you'll reach anywhere from 7% to 25% of your total audience with any given post. When that audience engages with your posts through Likes and comments, Facebook opens the filter a bit wider to show more of your content. When your audience shares your content on … (2 comments)
realsupport inc: 7 Ways to Market to Home Sellers!
- 03/23/15 02:01 PM
Need more listings? Do more marketing! Home inventory remains below normal in many areas of the country, challenging home buyers and pushing up prices. Meanwhile, improving market conditions have drawn new real estate licensees to the business. With more agents seeking the same slice of pie, it's essential to market yourself! 7 ways to market yourself to potential home sellers: 1. Leverage your professional network. You know plenty of mortgage lenders, contractors and home service providers, but when is the last time you leveraged those relationships? Think about co-branding opportunities: everything from link exchanges on websites, to social media interaction, … (1 comments)
Rumors of the death of Google+ have been greatly exaggerated. Again! The latest spate of "Google Plus is Dead" articles were instigated by TechCrunch, who previously reported the demise of Google+ in 2014. Some form of dead Google+ reports have circled the web since 2012. Many of these articles are sensationalized speculation, and because they draw traffic, they periodically resurface under new a new premise. And while it's true that Google+ has seen changes in executive management, there isn't any Google+ apocalypse. In an interivew published by Forbes on Februrary 26, 2015, Sundar Pichai, Senior … (3 comments)
As the real estate market picks up steam, real estate classes pick up students! Competition among real estate agents is intensifying, and will not slow down for the foreseeable future.
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