I used to do real estate sites as well and noticed the same thing. People really do remember the web addresses from the roadside billboards.
Eric Robert Munn wrote: >I'll just follow that up with a big hell yes. Put ads in the Sunday paper, >people read that stuff. And make sure the realtor holds the house open, this >is a good time of year for open houses. > >My wife's real estate site is highly ranked in Google under specific search >terms, but the competition is fierce and I daresay the tactics used in the SEO >industry, as Cameron mentioned, mean that it is very unlikely you will be able >to generate enough traffic on a site for an individual listing to make a >difference. > >In terms of generating traffic to a general realtor site, I told my wife to >hire an SEO specialist because the competition for ranking is so brutal. It's >well worth the cash if selling the house a month or two early gets you out of >paying a few thousand dollars extra in mortgage payments. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:161511 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
