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Trust Me........ Active Rain Blogging and Internet Marketing Works to Sell Homes

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Industry Observer with Retired BC Realtor


I get asked many times what works to get  Home Buyers and Sellers in Victoria BC. I can tell you I get a lot of attention from Both Victoria and out of town home Buyers and Sellers, nobody in my area is Blogging their Real Estate with the Success I'm getting by Blogging here in the Rain. It takes a while, people watch you and follow you, and soon see you are the area online expert to Sell and Buy Real Estate.

Also Do Niche Blogging for your Favorite Real Estate Market in your area, Like Luxury homes, Condos, waterfront properties, New Homes, etc

Here's a Great Example...Last Spring I received a Page from a Home Seller to come and list his home. They were unhappy with their Realtor, I thought oh boy, here's a Seller Blaming a Realtor for not selling his home. I quickly searched the home on the local MLS system to find it had only been on the market 14 days!!

I returned the call and arranged to  meet with the Sellers and advise them I would be limited about we talked about until they were no long under Contract with another Real Estate Firm.

To Make a long story short...they had listed their home For Sale and their Realtor Left for Holidays the Next day...leaving it in the hands of other Realtors in his office. The Seller sensed something was wrong when their was limited Showings and his Realtor was not returning his calls...he never told them he was going on Holidays!

The Seller Wanted his home Sold, so they did a  Google Search for a Realtor in their area of town and  they quickly found me all over the page of Google, they then called me, Once they had canceled their listing and listed with me, I quickly Blogged a detailed post on Active Rain about this charming 1912 Heritage home and soon was positioned in Google.

I' m consistently get asked by fellow Realtors "how do I get such good position in the search engines and under so many Victoria real estate search terms"...I tell them about my Blogging and I soon get the deer in the headlight look and they say I do not have time for that....Well Gary Keller just wrote a book called Shift, his advise in his new book...dump what's not working, and cut back on expenses. AR costs me only my time and experience I put into my online marketing here.

Victoria home Sellers Call me because of my marketing presence online...and get realy excuited when I show them my Blogs on AR and my Blogs in Google, then hear about my successful results. Folks I Sell Real Estate ....Blogging.

Fellow Active Rain Members...Keep Posting your Blog Stories here in the Rain and include Blogging here with all your online marketing...and now add Twitter to your Posts and set up AR to Post on Twitter. Sound like fun!

PS: I'll follow up soon with my story about finding the offshore Buyer for the Heritage home I mentioned here...From my Acitive Rain Blogging!

SPECIAL THANKS to The AR Gods and my Coach Katerina Gasset

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Comments (26)

Jamie Dumaine-Russell
RE/MAX Alliance - Branford, CT

Hi Fred - What a great way to inspire other members to the success that can be achieved through blogging.  Your dedication and hard work is definitely paying off for you.  I love the idea of niche marketing as you can probably tell from some of my recent blogs.  I'm hoping through my continued coaching with Katerina to reach this level of success very soon!

Oct 03, 2008 02:48 PM
Fred Carver Real Estate Consulant
Retired BC Realtor - Victoria, BC
Accredited Real Estate Consultant

Hi Donna...You're a great writer that will go a long way here. Keep Blogging, I try and then go away to work and come back. You'll do fine, Katerina knows her stuff and is very willing to share it with her students and many with her Blog Posts.

Are you getting any sleep?

Cheers, thanks for stopping by.

Oct 03, 2008 03:33 PM
Jamie Dumaine-Russell
RE/MAX Alliance - Branford, CT

Hi Fred - Sleep?  Is that what it's called?  I seem to have a slight recollection of it.   I'm like the Energizer Bunny....I just keep going and going and going!!!

Oct 03, 2008 04:15 PM
Katerina Gasset
The Gasset Group & Get It Done For Me Virtual Services - Provo, UT
Amplify Your Real Estate & Life Dreams!

Fred- Thank you for the mention and the kudos. I really love seeing yours and all my coaching clients' successes. There is nothing more exciting than to see one of you own the first page of Google and then to get listings from your blogging. Remember, what you focus on expands.

Donna- You are the energizer bunny and that is going to get you to the top all that much faster. I love how you are just going and going. You will be rewarded!

 

Oct 03, 2008 07:40 PM
Joseph D. Federico
MVP Realty - Naples, FL
Southwest Florida Homes with Joe Federico

Fred-What a excellent post, I have been trying to refer other RE/MAX agents, so far 2 have joined us in the rain.

"Not Your Average Joe"

Joe Federico

Oct 03, 2008 11:13 PM
Fred Carver Real Estate Consulant
Retired BC Realtor - Victoria, BC
Accredited Real Estate Consultant

Hi Donna...Great response, so you can say you go the extra mile and think on the run. And You just Keep Going And Going!

Go Girl...thanks for visiting!

Oct 04, 2008 03:29 AM
Fred Carver Real Estate Consulant
Retired BC Realtor - Victoria, BC
Accredited Real Estate Consultant

Hi Katerina...Thanks. You have made a difference to a lot here in the rain with your pay it forward attitude.

Cheers, thanks for sharing with us all.

Oct 04, 2008 03:32 AM
Fred Carver Real Estate Consulant
Retired BC Realtor - Victoria, BC
Accredited Real Estate Consultant

Hi Joe....not to worry, just do the stuff everyone here have to offer. It took me a while now my fellow Realtors comment about How do you do that, how do you get to the top of every page in Google etc etc. The Good News my Clients love the exposure i give them marketing their properties.

Cheers, thanks for visiting!

Oct 04, 2008 03:35 AM
LS Rogers Realty
LS Rogers Realty - Richardson, TX

Being relatively new here, I can't get enough of AR success stories. It's very good motivation.

Oct 06, 2008 05:46 PM
Kathy Clulow
Uxbridge, ON
Trusted For Experience - Respected For Results

Fred - don't you just love it .... my experience is that a properly active/rain posted listing is indexed in google with on 1 hour

Oct 06, 2008 10:55 PM
Fred Carver Real Estate Consulant
Retired BC Realtor - Victoria, BC
Accredited Real Estate Consultant

Hi Kathy...Ive seen a listing or article posted here happen immediately. Active Rain has great Google juice for our posts, my clients love it when they see their house being advertised at the Top of the Page in Google.

Cheers, thanks for visiting and Happy Thanks Giving from the West!

Oct 07, 2008 03:44 AM
Greg Dallaire
Dallaire Realty - Green Bay, WI
Green Bay Homes

Fred - It's so powerful when you have a strong presence with certain keywords and utlize it live in your listing presentation they are usually wowed and see the power.  You provide alot of great information that everyone can benefit from.

Oct 07, 2008 03:46 AM
Fred Carver Real Estate Consulant
Retired BC Realtor - Victoria, BC
Accredited Real Estate Consultant

Hi Greg...Thanks for you compliment...Blogging here on a regular basis about your real estate market is the key to good Google exposure. I've had Sellers email me wishing they had listed their home with me when they were listed with other Agents. Consumers are very much aware of the Internet...probably more so than Realtors, I use SnagIt and capture my Google Marketing to show Sellers interviewing me to list their home...they just love it and I usually get the listing unless price is an issue with us Both.

Cheers, thanks for your kind comments and come again!

Oct 07, 2008 04:23 AM
Petra Norris
Lakeland Real Estate Group, Inc. - Lakeland, FL
Realtor, Lakeland FL Homes for Sale

Fred - You are doing an incredible job and I love success stories -big and small. I have to check out your listings and see if there is anything I can tweak.

Oct 07, 2008 06:43 AM
Fred Carver Real Estate Consulant
Retired BC Realtor - Victoria, BC
Accredited Real Estate Consultant

Hi Petra...Just be sure to Blog your listings on AR, Use long tail key words for Now Buyers, such as two bedroom two bath top for Condo in Victoria BC..Start with the street address for instant Google Pickup.

Cheers, thanks for visiting!

Oct 07, 2008 09:16 AM
Fred Carver Real Estate Consulant
Retired BC Realtor - Victoria, BC
Accredited Real Estate Consultant

Hi Trunda...Read as many posts as possible, do searches on subjects you are interested in or needing help with, AR is a huge resource for us all.

Thanks for visiting, please subscribe to my Blog and come back often

Cheers

Oct 07, 2008 03:55 PM
Mike Jones
SUNSTREET MORTGAGE, LLC (BK-0907366, NMLS 145171) - Tucson, AZ
Mike Jones NMLS 223495

Fred,

This blogging stuff really does work!  You're about to pass the 100K mark.  Congratulations!

Mike in Tucson

Oct 07, 2008 04:16 PM
Fred Carver Real Estate Consulant
Retired BC Realtor - Victoria, BC
Accredited Real Estate Consultant

Hi Mike...a few weeks off yet, not a benchmark for me, just an indicator how much fun :O) I've been having!

Cheers, thanks for noticing! Come back soon!

Oct 07, 2008 04:33 PM
Anne Marie Malf
Malfi Marketing Solutions ~ for real estate professionals - Yardley, PA
Real Estate Marketing Consultant/Virtual Asst, Bucks County,PA

Great post Fred and I agree blogging is marketing you and your listings and you obviously deserve your great position in google.  You are very encouraging!  Hey, perhaps I will see you over on Twitter - I do have my blogs already posting there. And thank you for your association and comments on my blog.  I hope to chat again soon and look forward to hearing how your training goes. ~ Anne Marie

Oct 13, 2008 01:36 PM
Fred Carver Real Estate Consulant
Retired BC Realtor - Victoria, BC
Accredited Real Estate Consultant

Hi Anne...Thanks for the kind comments, Yes I twitter victoriarealtor. Love to watch your blogs and please come back. I did have a link to twitter on my blog but it was dropped while the Gods decided on what widgets to allow. I do add twitter to my posts.

I did Floyd Last spring and saw great results with my listing presentation, I just want more. So I'm repeating the course along with others who feel the same, we want to be on top with the market change here!

Cheers, thanks for Visiting!

Oct 13, 2008 03:00 PM