When a person looks for a property how come your website wasn’t the one showing on the top search result? Why are you not able to generate leads? I am sure if you are someone who has just stepped their feet into digital marketing and hoping to get business through online tactics these questions must have crossed your mind.
Well, to be honest, digital marketing is no magic, you need to go through several kinds of research, find just the right strategy that fits your business goal.
Every other realtor, especially the newbies, is into digital marketing.
Here are 5 digital marketing strategies that real estate agents can use to grow their business-
Email marketing is said to promote a business’s products and services, as well as incentivize customer loyalty. With e-mail marketing, you can focus on new leads and stay connected to the older ones. A realtor can share videos, photos, blog posts related to the property with the customers. And you can track down the potential leads by analyzing the response of the e-mail from the customer.
And it has been observed that most professionals prefer receiving e-mail over any other medium.
Now, this is a fun one at the same time a tricky one. Social media marketing has emerged as the most popular marketing technique, more than half of the world’s population is on social media and it isn’t going anywhere. Social media marketing involves being active on social media platforms like Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, Twitter mainly.
· Posting regularly
· Connecting with the audience
· Building a brand image
· Client’s review
· Informing about the services
These are some of the main activities that a realtor should follow on social media.
Some of few benefits that you can get from social media marketing are –
· Website traffic.
· Networking
· Lead generation
· Brand visibility
Social media marketing requires a strategy, and an attitude to keep up with the upcoming trends on social media.
Your website is like your office, where your customers are going to finally end up researching your company and your services. So, you want to make sure it is customer-friendly and your lead finds everything that they are looking for, from knowing about you to knowing your services.
Most of us use mobile phones on a regular basis rather than PCs, so we also want to make sure your website is accessible on mobile too. Implementing a live chat feature, also a good landing page can make a huge difference.
Now, when your website is all ready to go live, you want your website to be on the top searches and for that, you need to invest in a good SEO (Search Engine Optimization). Keywords are an integral part of SEO; they are going to rank your website on top. The SEO algorithm keeps changing with time and you have to be updated with it regularly.
Backlinking is one practice that helps rank your SEO. You can add backlinks to your blogs, social media handles.
Also as said by Bill Gates “Content is the king”. If you have a well-written description about your company with the right keywords and explain your product or service in a user-friendly way, It will create credibility, reputation and will help you connect with the audience.
Digital ads are just like paying a billboard guy to display your company’s ad. Except where you have the privilege to choose your own audience, according to your niche you can set the demographics which is going to save your time and energy in running after the wrong audience. You can also track running ads minute by minute.
Digital ads mainly include –
· Social Media Advertisement
· Google Ads
· Pay-per-click and many others.
Digital ads are a great way to reach your targeted audience.
If you really want to grow your business online, you need a good digital marketing strategy and you have to follow religiously. Focus on your target audience and deliver the content accordingly. Leverage multiple strategies to improve the chance of getting potential leads.
No doubt digital marketing is taking over the traditional marketing in the real estate business but nothing happens overnight even in the digital world things take time but they are worth the wait and efforts.
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