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Hyper-Local Posts....The Cherry On The Cake!!!!

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I blog every day and much of what I do during the course of every week is hyper-local posts.  My team and I are marketing four subdivisions, at this time, and a fifth one is almost ready to come online.  We are listing agents, and our inventory is our income. 

Marketing every event and phase of each listing and subdivision is a full time job.   If done consistently and with determination, hyper-local posts make the phone ring.  They make our builders happy because their inventory is selling, and that keeps our heads above water in this challenging market.

Every open house event and the results of each event are posted.  All pending sales and closed transactions in each subdivision are posted, along with updated information about each phase as it comes online.  Photos of every room and every nook and cranny are displayed.  Links are everywhere within the post and they link back to the subdivision website and our team website. 

I have a list of hundreds of keywords that I use for our subdivisions.  These hyper-local posts are responsible for activity being directed to our open house events; calls coming in to see our new condos at our adult communities; and homeowners inquiring about building a new home in our single family home community. 

Our resale listings are always posted and many buyers are looking for specific subdivisions to move into.  Again, these hyper-local posts describe the communities where our listings are located.  They are resale homes but the subdivisions are in demand and hyper-local posts are important.

If you're not in the habit of writing hyper-local blog posts, it's a good one to form now.  It produces business for us, and our builders love to see their product online.  Our builders now look for their communities to be posted every week, and we never want to disappoint them!!  Every post is a cherry on the cake!!!!

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Barbara Todaro, Great Grandmother to Caleb, Santino, Aiden and Gianni       

Todaro Team - Retired

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Comments(93)

Tammie White, Broker
Franklin Homes Realty LLC - Franklin, TN
Franklin TN Homes for Sale

Thankfully, I've finally gotten this keyword thing down. I am in the process of creating my list. I'm shooting for a few hundred as well.

Mar 22, 2011 05:05 PM
Evelyn Kennedy
Alain Pinel Realtors - Alameda, CA
Alameda, Real Estate, Alameda, CA

Barbara:

I am working on posting more often.  Localism posting are a good way for me to become a more consistent blogger.  Thanks for the advice. 

Mar 22, 2011 06:16 PM
Barbara Todaro
RE/MAX Executive Realty - Happily Retired - Franklin, MA
Previously Affiliated with The Todaro Team

Michelle...I love the stuff I learn on AR too....

Navona....yes, Katerina knows her stuff....she'll answer all your questions.....just do what she says....

Vickie....we appreciate them too....

Kim...you really should start....it a good way to go....

William....doing it sporadically is not effective....Google likes stability....Google wants to know you're there and continually working.......hearing that from Katerina, I would say that there is never enough hyper-local posting.....

Cheryl....making it fun is a good thing....

 

Mar 22, 2011 09:31 PM
Barbara Todaro
RE/MAX Executive Realty - Happily Retired - Franklin, MA
Previously Affiliated with The Todaro Team

Christine....that's the best part of it....you know it best and that makes writing easy....

Gretchen....hope it helps you...

Marie....all my photo shows is gray hair.....I do love what I do....

Hi Jennifer....yes, it does work....

Sandy....glad to help you....check out Katerina's courses....

Christine....this is what brings us deals...

Tammie....it's time consuming.....but worth it....

Evelyn......yes, localism posting will do that for you.....

Mar 22, 2011 09:37 PM
Tni LeBlanc, Realtor®, J.D.
Mint Properties, Lic. #01871795 - Santa Maria, CA
Tenacious Tni (805) 878-9879

Barbara -

You are so right about this. When I look back at my posts that are performing the best it is always the ones I write about specific communities in my local area. When I started doing it I really had no idea that people even searched that way. 

Tni

Mar 22, 2011 11:57 PM
Sally K. & David L. Hanson
EXP Realty 414-525-0563 - Brookfield, WI
WI Real Estate Agents - Luxury - Divorce

Keying into hyper local is a key toward closing and giving the buyers new keys to the house they can call home.

Mar 23, 2011 12:08 AM
Barbara Todaro
RE/MAX Executive Realty - Happily Retired - Franklin, MA
Previously Affiliated with The Todaro Team

Tni.....that's right....when I started blogging, my first posts were about our inventory and new communities....I went into this blindly and fortunately, went in the right direction.....I was lucky...

Sally....it all makes sense, doesn't it....

Mar 23, 2011 12:17 AM
Ed Silva, 203-206-0754
Mapleridge Realty, CT 203-206-0754 - Waterbury, CT
Central CT Real Estate Broker Serving all equally

Barbara, hyper local posts very seldom get ActiveRain recognition with many comments or feature stars. The reward with the hyper local posts are the people that read them and although they don't comment, their reply is to ask for help with their real estate needs. A post that leads to a pay check is always preferred to a feature and peer recognition.

Mar 23, 2011 12:22 AM
Rob Thomas
Prestige Homes of The Tri Cities, Inc. CALL....423-341-6954 - Bristol, TN
Bristol TN-VA & Tri Cities Agent, ABR, GRI, e-Pro

Barbara....I really like these also......Congrats on the Feature!
Hope you have a great day!---Rob

Mar 23, 2011 12:26 AM
Michael J. Perry
KW Elite - Lancaster, PA
Lancaster, PA Relo Specialist

Very encouraging post ! Hyper local is where we can win the RANKING battle ! Thanks for the reminder !

Mar 23, 2011 12:34 AM
Barbara Todaro
RE/MAX Executive Realty - Happily Retired - Franklin, MA
Previously Affiliated with The Todaro Team

Ed...that's right and I love those paychecks....

Rob....thank you....localism is the way to go....

Mar 23, 2011 12:35 AM
Barbara Todaro
RE/MAX Executive Realty - Happily Retired - Franklin, MA
Previously Affiliated with The Todaro Team

Michael....I just joined the new subdivisions group.....thank you for the invitation....

Mar 23, 2011 01:13 AM
Susan Morrison
RE/MAX Executive Realty - Franklin, MA

All of my posts are localism posts.  I focus on my inventory and the subdivisions that they are located in.

Mar 23, 2011 01:34 AM
Barbara Todaro
RE/MAX Executive Realty - Happily Retired - Franklin, MA
Previously Affiliated with The Todaro Team

Susan....hyper-local is the way to go...

Mar 23, 2011 01:40 AM
Irene Kennedy Realtor® in Northwestern NJ
Weichert - Lopatcong, NJ

Barbara,

On Monday morning (usually slow) I had 2 new buyers and 1 new seller contact me - all 3 from hyper-local posts.  And none were very recent ones either.  Your counsel is wise!

Mar 23, 2011 01:44 AM
Barbara Todaro
RE/MAX Executive Realty - Happily Retired - Franklin, MA
Previously Affiliated with The Todaro Team

Irene....congratulations....those are the posts that work the best and are in the great demand by readers....the others have value....they enable readers to get to know you better....and that helps with their decision to hire you.

Mar 23, 2011 01:50 AM
Tom Bailey
Margaret Rudd & Associates Inc. - Oak Island, NC

Barbara, I attended an all day seminar on blogging and Social Media today. The first words out of the trainers mouth about blogging was make them hyper-local. You should start a RE training company. You would be a star.

Mar 24, 2011 03:28 PM
Barbara Todaro
RE/MAX Executive Realty - Happily Retired - Franklin, MA
Previously Affiliated with The Todaro Team

Tom....there are days when I have all I can do to get out of my own way!! I'll stick to what I'm doing.....

Mar 24, 2011 07:06 PM
Joy Daniels
Joy Daniels Real Estate Group, Ltd. - Harrisburg, PA

Great information -thank you!  Can you tell me if there is way to post to more than one county.  The drop down menu gives me the choice of state, then county . . . and I have several I'd like to include.  How can I do that?

Mar 27, 2011 08:47 AM
Barbara Todaro
RE/MAX Executive Realty - Happily Retired - Franklin, MA
Previously Affiliated with The Todaro Team

Joy....I don't know that answer.....ask AR support....all of my posts are in one county....

Mar 27, 2011 10:05 AM