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For All Realtors® – Advertising Headlines for Home Ads

By Advertising, Realtor Marketing

Writing copy for home ads can be one of the most difficult aspects of marketing a home and finding the right headline is critical to capture the attention of the target market you are trying to reach.

Here are a few to get you going on the right track:

LANDSCAPING
Right out of Better Homes & Gardens
Think Garden!
The War of the Roses
Stop to Smell the Flowers
Made in the Shade

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Innovative New Buyer-Centric Website For Ottawahomes.com

By Prospecting, Realtor Marketing, Responsive Websites, Website Design, Wordpress

I have visited thousands of website in the last 18 years and I think is the first buyer-centric website, at least in Canada. Yes, a website designed to attract buyers. If this is the only website targeting buyers there is little or no competition. As Realtors® you know the pros and cons of working with sellers and buyers and there are fewer Realtors® wanting to work with buyers than sellers, but the Walker Ottawa team see things a bit differently. Click here to view the live website.

The concept was to make it as easy as possible for a buyer to drill down to the home, condo or townhouse of their dreams.

On the Home Page you have three choices. Are you looking for a house, townhouses or condo? That’s it!

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Google My Business Tips

By Marketing Strategy, Realtor Marketing

There is a great article and the infographic below provided by www.fobtoronto.ca . Here is an excerpt. You can read the rest of the article by clicking here.

Google MyBusiness Tips to grow your search engine optimization and ranking on Google Maps. Stay ahead of the competition with our infographic about GMB. Follow these DO’s and DONT’s when improving your ranking on Google. Google is the most used search engine in the world. It is important to learn how to rank higher as your business grows if you want to improve.

Be sure to follow the Google MyBusiness guidelines to avoid problems and improve your position on Google: https://support.google.com/business/answer/3038177?hl=en

Your customers will notice if you are ranking high on Google and you do not want your competitors to be higher than you. If you follow all of these Google MyBusiness tips, your business will do better in the long run!

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Top Branding Tips for Realtors®

By Branding, Marketing Strategy, Realtor Marketing

How to uncover the unique brand that sets you apart from all the other honest, hard-working, professional, results-oriented Realtors® out there.

BRANDING

Even if you have never spent a penny on branding you are a brand already.

There’s a lot of confusion about the term “branding.” This list comes from What Language are We Speaking? Understanding the Day-To-Day Jargon of Designers & Printers, care of Unisource Canada, Inc.

A brand promises a result and experience you can count on.

A Brand is intangible – It is the meaning or feelings you associate with a service, company or product. If five people are asked to describe a well-known brand, you may get different descriptions; however, there will be similarities. These similarities are the brand, and they are very powerful.

A Brand is not a logo – A logo only identifies the brand; it is an entry point.

A Brand is not an identity system – An identity system only controls the expression of the brand. Identity systems (often called branding systems) are created to express the brand in a consistent and cost-effective way.

A Brand is not a product – Many people talk about managing their brand, but they really are managing their product. The brand is often the reason we buy the product. People, corporations and countries can have brands.

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Google Voice Search – How Will It Affect Realtor® Websites?

By Blogging, Realtor Marketing

What Is Voice Search?

Voice search essentially allows users to speak into a device as opposed to typing keywords into a search query to generate results. Instead of typing in the search “4 bedroom homes for sale“, buyers are dictating much longer searches such as “4 bedroom homes for sale under $900,000 with 3 bathrooms and a finished basement near shopping“. Very few people would type such a long search string.

So what does this mean to you? Google puts websites on page 1 that answer search queries in context. In other words, if you don’t have enough of the words that are in a search you will most likely not be on page 1.

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Does Your Logo Have A Distinctive Design?

By Branding, Logos, Realtor Marketing

Your Brand Is More Than A Logo

It’s your customer’s first experience, your voice and your badge of honour. It helps customers to remember you and differentiate you from other businesses. Good logos should be clean and unique to potential customers.A company should not only be different, it must be seen as different. Like a musical theme, your brand is the big idea that colours and connects every aspect of communication as well as the cultural identity and appeal of its products, people and services. Given a clear and consistent branding strategy, the value, purpose and energy of a company works in unison for the benefit of all concerned.

 

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Benefits of HTML Email Signatures Over An Image

By Design, Email Stationery, Realtor Marketing

An average employee or business owner sends around 10,000 emails every year!*

That’s 10,000 opportunities to create an impression. Brand every email with your custom HTML Email Signature.

You may be using just an image as your email signature. It looks great and has lots of useful information. Let’s go over the reasons you need an HTML Email Signature rather than simply an image.

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