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Lead Capture With Mobile Phones

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I am still doing a lot of work with The RedX Listing Lead generating service and I have found that mobile seems to be the next big thing in attracting new clients.   More to the point, creating a place on your website that is optimized to appear correctly on a smart phone is a great way to capture new leads, especially if those leads are standing in front of one of your listings trying to find out more information.

So how exactly do you go about creating a mobile-optimized landing page?  Actually, there are a number of services out there that will do it inexpensively.   These organizations set up a specific page on your website and insert some code on your home page.  When someone visits your site from the search engine (these sites get indexed by google mobile pretty quickly) then they are send directly to your mobile-optimized landing page.  If this page has a form with an email lead capture on it, you can use it capture leads.

Mobile technology has come far enough that you can now include video (for your smart phone) on those landing pages to create an immediate connection with you prospects and drive them to become clients.  Due to Adobe Flash limitations with Apple, you do need to use YouTube to embed the movies on the page.  However this, along with email lead capture can generate some serious leads for you.

Here is how I would use this technology outside of my RedX lead generation activities:

1.  Create a landing page that details one of your listings that has a lot of foot traffic

2.  Embed the virtual tour of that listing in the page as a YouTube video.  Add an email capture form to the page to capture the lead.

3.  Add the web address to the site to the listing flyer and possibly the sign.

4.  Track your leads and results.

As I mentioned before, this technique is really paying off to help me promote my listing lead generation  relationship with the RedX Real Estate Data Exchange, and I know of a number of top agents who are using this mobile approach platform as a primary source of leads.

 

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Gwen Banta
Sotheby's International Realty - Los Angeles, CA

Barrett, I am new to a lot of technology. My website, although very nice, is not a true lead capture site. Have you really seen a huge difference in business since switching to that type of tecnology?

Oct 04, 2010 08:16 AM
Victor Zuniga
Berkshire Hathaway Home Services California Properties - San Diego, CA

It's amazing how far we've come along with regards to technology. There's even companies that are developing branded phone apps for agents. Can you imagine what's up ahead in the next decade technology wise?

Oct 04, 2010 08:27 AM
Evelyn Johnston
Friends & Neighbors Real Estate - Elkhart, IN
The People You Know, Like and Trust!

I get confused! Some people are bent on capturing email address and name while others say the agents that give info away free bring them back when they are ready.  What is the real answer?

Oct 05, 2010 04:50 PM
Bukka Levy
Keller Williams Realty - Petaluma, CA
REALTOR - San Francisco North Bay

I'm gonna get on this right away, mostly out of curiosity.

Oct 07, 2010 05:01 PM