25,016 6,000 / week 3,636 4,500 / week 7,810 6,000 / week 41,107 100,000 / week 10,103 15,000 / week 17,412 8,000 / week 7,162 30,000 / week Not one site – many audiences 110,000 listings – 168,000 sessions per week
Growing audience
Broad international audience
Latest research from USA – the web #1 for search National Association of Realtors Home Buyer Survey 2008
The web is central to real estate in 2009!
NZ – where do they search for property?
“ Traditional agents will not be replaced by technology... ..they will be replaced by agents with technology” Real estate professionals need to change!
The web is the home of real estate
Understanding the buyer behaviour
The web provides rich information
Getting the basics right - listings
Your profile – your future!
How to make the most of the web
Browse full set of listings in target areas Narrow down to view target listings in area Quick-look filter Deeper filter & inspiration “ Edutainment” “ Serious buyers” Price check & risk reduction Breadth Depth Understanding interest / behaviour
Evolving consumer experience Searching for property buy Searching for someone to help me sell my property
The web is the home of real estate
Understanding the buyer behaviour
The web provides rich information
Getting the basics right - listings
Your profile – your future!
How to make the most of the web
>1,000,000 sessions per week 33% up on same period last year
Seasonal pick up– the web provides key indicator
Relevant data for the rural market
The web is the home of real estate
Understanding the buyer behaviour
The web provides rich information
Getting the basics right - listings
Your profile – your future!
How to make the most of the web
What are they looking for?
Get the basics right!
Rich information
Viewing information
Richer and richer information
Email alerts – first impressions count!
Your listings – for your client and for you
Featured listings
Featured listings – cost effective advertising
14 days with a featured listing delivers an enhanced presentation with more viewings than a regular listing $100 inc GST Featured listing for just Vendor paid marketing – that delivers
Buyers - call to action
The web is the home of real estate
Understanding the buyer behaviour
The web provides rich information
Getting the basics right - listings
Your profile – your future!
How to make the most of the web
1998 : 26,000,000 web pages
2000: 1,000,000,000 web pages
2008: 1,000,000,000,000 web pages
100,000,000,000 clicks per day
The power of links
To be found you need to be online
Part 1: Find yourself on Google
Blogging – conversations online
Web page
Library of articles
Profile
Authentic / Transparent
Requires commitment
The most powerful form of marketing
Blogs – hosted on realestate.co.nz
Social Media – building a profile
Free profile page – linked to your listings
Sell yourself!
Promote yourself everyday to over 15,000 people a day
Just 3 agents per suburb
July / Aug / Sep
$10 / $15 / $25 per month
Online ordering and credit card transaction
Login / sign up / profile yourself
“ Homebuyers & Agents have information overload. Agents must create legitimate value-add services & become the trusted go-to person” Stefan Swanepoel The changing face of real estate
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