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Some Tips to Increasing Website Traffic!!

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Real Estate Agent with Trillion Real Estate - REO/Bank Owned Specialist

I've been working on improving my website and generating more leads and website hits for the past year. We all know that Real Estate is numbers game and that the more leads you get, the greater the possibility of you getting good/qualified leads that are ready to buy. I'm no pro at this, but so far it is working great. See my website stats below! In January of this year I started with 128 unique visitors to 1249 unique visitors last month! Hopefully these tips help:)

Here are a few tips to increase your website activity (that have worked for me).

  • Add a blog to your website. ** According to everything I read, the blog is important..... but you need to post frequently in order to keep fresh content.
  • Add relevant and useful content to your website. Information on your community, neighborhoods, schools, etc.
  • Make sure that your website is a very important piece of all of your marketing material including business cards, property flyers, print ads, online ads, etc.
  • Post your listings and ads on all the websites that you possibly can (especially if they are free!) including Trulia, Craigslist, Zillow and use vFlyer or Postlets to post on various other sites. **Don't forget to have you website as a link, so that users are directed to your website!
  • Work on Search Engine Optimization (SEO), which will cost money to do certain things, but you can do a lot of things that don't cost money or very little money. ** A few things to look at are inbound links, meta tag titles/keywords, content, etc.
  • Add videos to your website.
  • Make sure you have a site map (both html and xml).

***One other thing I'd like to mention is I now use 1parkplace, which makes people register in order to view properties. I use to hate that idea, but now that I have it.... I swear by it. I went from maybe a couple leads a month to at least a couple leads a day.

Do you have any additional tips??? Please comment!

 

Monthly history  
  Unique visitors: 128Number of visits: 203Pages: 828Hits: 7487Bandwidth: 161.44 MB Unique visitors: 167Number of visits: 264Pages: 1259Hits: 9858Bandwidth: 155.08 MB Unique visitors: 219Number of visits: 323Pages: 1738Hits: 11857Bandwidth: 180.11 MB Unique visitors: 294Number of visits: 394Pages: 1528Hits: 14531Bandwidth: 315.39 MB Unique visitors: 587Number of visits: 865Pages: 3066Hits: 35818Bandwidth: 663.15 MB Unique visitors: 739Number of visits: 1066Pages: 3708Hits: 41208Bandwidth: 616.99 MB Unique visitors: 1249Number of visits: 1670Pages: 4251Hits: 47337Bandwidth: 486.77 MB Unique visitors: 798Number of visits: 1080Pages: 3153Hits: 33549Bandwidth: 253.27 MB Unique visitors: 0Number of visits: 0Pages: 0Hits: 0Bandwidth: 0 Unique visitors: 0Number of visits: 0Pages: 0Hits: 0Bandwidth: 0 Unique visitors: 0Number of visits: 0Pages: 0Hits: 0Bandwidth: 0 Unique visitors: 0Number of visits: 0Pages: 0Hits: 0Bandwidth: 0  
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Month Unique visitors Number of visits Pages Hits Bandwidth
Jan 2008 128 203 828 7487 161.44 MB
Feb 2008 167 264 1259 9858 155.08 MB
Mar 2008 219 323 1738 11857 180.11 MB
Apr 2008 294 394 1528 14531 315.39 MB
May 2008 587 865 3066 35818 663.15 MB
Jun 2008 739 1066 3708 41208 616.99 MB
Jul 2008 1249 1670 4251 47337 486.77 MB
Aug 2008 798 1080 3153 33549 253.27 MB
Sep 2008 0 0 0 0 0
Oct 2008 0 0 0 0 0
Nov 2008 0 0 0 0 0
Dec 2008 0 0 0 0 0
Total 4181 5865 19531 201645 2.77 GB

Comments (10)

Shane OnullGorman
Eau Claire Realty, Inc. - Eau Claire, WI
Eau Claire Wisconsin, Real Estate Agent & Realtor- Buy or Sell

awesome. what was the first thing you did to get more traffic? what specifically worked best for you. how long did it take for you to see the results?

Aug 20, 2008 08:48 AM
Dave Woodson
Dave Woodson - Chesterton, IN
Not the Average Agent

great information.  I have been working on this with a few of my realtors

Aug 20, 2008 08:50 AM
Richard Goates
Apex California Realty - Redding, CA
Broker 01251781

Great post thanks for sharing.Stay away from link farms and 3 way linking also or you may be sandboxed by Google...even though they say that such a think doesn't exist...yeah right...and taxes were supposed to be temporary also!!

 

Rick Goates

ECO Broker

Redding Ca

Aug 20, 2008 08:51 AM
Linda Mae Croom
Topock, AZ
(928) 768-3040

Wow, very impressive numbers. Your post inspires me to take another look at how I run my website. Need to get my listings out there on the sites you mention. Thanks.

Aug 20, 2008 08:54 AM
Anonymous
Anonymous

 The best way to increase traffic is by buying it. Also advertising is a perfect way. The most succesful for me has been buying it.

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Aug 20, 2008 08:55 AM
#5
Real estate with a purpose
Our Father's Houses Realty - Easley, SC

Wow!  Lots of info in terms I can understand!  Thanks for sharing!

Aug 20, 2008 09:16 AM
Brian Brumpton
Keller Williams Boise - Boise, ID
Boise Idaho Real Estate

Tyson,

Thanks for sharing some really good ideas.  Now I guess it's time to get to work.

 

Aug 20, 2008 10:32 AM
David Slavin
Keller Williams Premier - Katy, TX
CDPE, ABR, SRES Keller Williams Premier

Thanks for the great advice!  It can never hurt to keep everything fresh.

Aug 20, 2008 10:45 AM
Doris Freeman
Zach Taylor Real Estate - Gallatin, TN
Broker/Agent, 615-961-7799

Thanks for sharing your success, I think the blog is probably very inportant.

Have A Great Day

Aug 20, 2008 02:22 PM
Tony & Darcy Cannon
Aubrey and Associates Realty - Layton, UT
The C Team

Tyson, Thanks we are always looking for tips with the web site!

Aug 20, 2008 11:20 PM