Video Content: A Rising Trend in Real Estate Marketing

 

“If a picture is worth a thousand words,” then a video is worth a million! There is no doubt that using video content is quickly becoming the next “big thing” for marketers everywhere. In fact, a study from the National Association of Realtors®¹ (NAR) reported that the majority (51%) of recent home buyers chose YouTube as their preferred online video destination when shopping for homes.

Videos are emotional and believable and increasingly in demand as consumers have come to expect videos to be available for any subject that they are interested in. Videos serve as a perfect opportunity to gain leads, promote your brand, and potentially increase sales!

So if video content is not yet a part of your marketing strategy, take a look at the numbers below²: Continue reading

YouTube Channels: Broaden Your Marketing Reach and Maybe Become a Star!

Reaching out and marketing to clients has drastically changed over the years. Now, more than ever before, you can connect with potential clients on a personal level through the use of social networking sites. There’s one network that combines both the accessibility to client’s actions and the ability to reflect one’s one personal style, and that social network is, the one and only YouTube. Continue reading

3 Innovative Ways to Increase Agent Productivity

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Here at Homes.com, we know there are many challenges facing brokerages in the current marketplace, and one particularly difficult challenge is increasing agent productivity. As a broker you must properly equip agents with the needed skills and tools, as well as inspire them to be productive members of the team. This is not only essential to your business as a whole, but to your bottom line also. As real estate heads into the busy summer season, applying some of these business strategies will help motivate and empower your agents and increase their productivity.

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Learning Your Way with New Training Classes and Videos

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It’s your job to sell homes; it’s our job to create marketing tools and strategies to help you do that. Explaining and exploring those tools with you is a part of that process. Whether you are completely new to the Homes Connect family, or have been using our products for some time, we have a variety of  training opportunities available, including many new webinars and videos, to help you successfully utilize your Homes Connect product.
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Open House Weekend

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What are you doing this weekend? Are you holding or attending an open house? If so, you’re not alone! This weekend, April 20th and 21st, is Nationwide Open House Weekend 2013!

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