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Track your listings online with Google Alerts!

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Real Estate Agent with Progressive Realty (Boise Idaho) www.Progressive-Realty.info DB-17066

There are a lot of companies that are springing up that are willing to take your money to show you how your property shows up online; however, being the frugal Owner/Broker of Progressive Realty Corporation in Boise, Idaho, I would rather do it for free!

All you need to do is use Google Alerts!  (www.Google.com/alerts)

 

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Plug in your listing address (make sure to use "123 easy street" in quotes or else you will get all the 123's and all the easy's and all the streets).  Then set up another account for the MLS number.

This is a great way to track the effectiveness of your online campaigns by seeing where your listings show up.  You may also find companies scraping your data without your permission and stealing your leads!

I have found some of my listings show up in very unique places and it also lets me track what I can be doing better by showing me new places that already pull my data that I am not utilizing in my marketing materials.

Since I recently added a graphic on my business card that says "Google Me!"; I also set up an alert for myself and my company so I can make sure I know what people say about me online too.

If you need a Realtor in Boise, Idaho - Google Me!

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Danielle Pierce
Platinum Realty and Preservation - Chicago, IL
ADPR

Wow! I never thought of doing this. I just recently created a gmail account and the applications they have available are utterly amazing. Thanks for a great idea!

Jan 15, 2010 05:30 AM
Jill Schmidt
Aurora, CO

Great idea.  thanks for sharing.  I bookmarked it so I can remember how when I get to doing it.

Jan 15, 2010 08:33 AM
Jim Paulson
Progressive Realty (Boise Idaho) www.Progressive-Realty.info - Boise, ID
Owner,Broker

I make this part of my morning ritual checking my alerts.  There are so many possible ways to use this program it is amazing and FREE!

Jan 15, 2010 03:27 PM
Cheryl Ritchie
RE/MAX Leading Edge www.GoldenResults.com - Huntingtown, MD
Southern Maryland 301-980-7566

This just went on my to do list. Great idea to show you where you could be putting effort since they are already oulling data.

Jan 15, 2010 05:50 PM
Patricia Kennedy
RLAH Real Estate - Washington, DC
Home in the Capital

Jim, I think that Google alerts are just about the best bargain on the Internet!  I use them a lot.

Jan 16, 2010 02:01 AM
Bill Gassett
RE/MAX Executive Realty - Hopkinton, MA
Metrowest Massachusetts Real Estate

Google alerts are great but I am not sure why you would need to do this for a listing...why not just Google the address if you want to see where it shows up online? You would get the same info.

Jan 16, 2010 04:03 AM
Jim Paulson
Progressive Realty (Boise Idaho) www.Progressive-Realty.info - Boise, ID
Owner,Broker

Bill,  you can certainly take the time to keep re-googling things or just set up the alert once and choose if you want updates daily or weekly.  I currently have about a dozen alerts set and will keep adding more.  One thing this helps with is maybe when you first googled somehting, you didn't get the results you were after and then someone adds exactly what you wanted to know and it reaches out to let you know without any more effort on your part.

I have alerts set for my kids, my wife, my address, my company, me, my agents and since I am the President of the Ada County Association of Realtors and on several Board of Directors, I set up alerts for them too.

Jan 16, 2010 04:48 AM
Christopher Watters
Watters International Realty - Austin, TX
Austin Realtor (512-829-8000)

That's a great feature. I think I'm a lot like you. I'm real careful who I spend money w/ for online marketing data, etc. This is a great feature google offers btw. Makes your clients happy too!

Jan 16, 2010 12:39 PM
Todd Clark
eXp Realty LLC - Tigard, OR
Principle Broker Oregon

Steprep is another way to do this and I've caught many blog posts that my name was mentioned in because of Steprep that Google never saw.

Jan 16, 2010 11:14 PM
Jim Paulson
Progressive Realty (Boise Idaho) www.Progressive-Realty.info - Boise, ID
Owner,Broker

 Christopher, you are right on track.  Happy clients - Happy Realtors!

Todd, I hadn't heard of that program before so I will give it a try as well.  Thanks for the heads up.  Wow, I just noticed that you have 900K points!  I wonder if they have the ICON developed for 1 million yet or if you will cause AR to fail trying to deal with it like a Y2K glitch.

Jan 17, 2010 03:48 AM
Lee & Pamela St. Peter
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices YSU Realty: (919) 645-2522 - Raleigh, NC
Making Connections to Success in Real Estate

Great ideas Jim.  I too have Google alerts set up.  I had to set up files in outlook and create a rule to have them go to.  I was getting a lot of alerts and finding it distracting.  But it sure does help to keep an eye on your online reputation! 

Feb 07, 2010 04:40 AM
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Jim Paulson would like to be your Realtor. He is the Past President of the Idaho Chapter of the Council of Residential Specialists (2014) also the Past President of the Ada County Association of Realtors (2010). Jim has nearly 25 years being a licensed Idaho Realtor. Jim Paulson is a member of the Greater Boise Chamber of Commerce and he is the owner and broker of Progressive Realty Corporation which is an A+ accredited business with the Better Business Bureau. Jim is one of the few Realtors in Boise Idaho that has earned the "top producer" designation in excess of ten times in his career so he is a proud to be honored as a Lifetime Member of the Circle of Excellence by the Ada County Association of Realtors. Before you hire a Realtor, be sure to interview Jim Paulson and compare the difference 25 years of experience selling Idaho real estate makes! http://www.IdahoMLStours.com Http://www.Progressive-Realty.info

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