Networking and Promoting your Real Estate Business

For those of you that have decided to join the Real Estate investment world, List below are some tips and tricks on networking and promoting your Real Estate business.

1.     Use a Website!

With the advent of the Internet, selling real estate has changed dramatically. It is now very important for a Realtor to have a web presence - a website. It is also important that they follow a few simple steps to set up and promote that site properly. Doing so can make the difference between a website that languishes and a website that stands out above the rest and helps to generate prospects and business.

2.     Online Advertising!

Banners!

Banners are those little flashy things that run across the bottom of your screen when you enter a website. There is enough evidence to prove that almost two thirds of all people interested in buying or selling real estate are searching online for possible deals. Because the Internet is the result of modern communication technology, it is thus an ideal way of promoting your real estate business.

Social Networking Sites!

YouTube & Twitter

Placing your knowledge of a particular area on a high visibility social networking site can lead prospects to your door. But first, in order to do so, you need to be willing to set yourself apart from the pack-as an expert in a particular area or niche.

Combining this concept with YouTube, a destination for savvy Web surfers looking for entertaining video clips, you can provide a video that highlights the lifestyle and quality of living in a given community. YouTube’s format, which is easily accessible from most any computer, allows users to transfer a video performance from a computer to the site. Once uploaded, the video is searchable by the YouTube community. Why not create a series of videos that capture what’s great about living in your community? If you do this and post it, people will find it, and when they do, they find you. It’s in this searching that Realtors can find a marketing benefit to YouTube and other Web 2.0 sites.

3.     Newspaper Ads!

Both buyers and sellers are always searching the local newspaper classified real estate space and thus you are assured of achieving your goals provided you advertise in the proper manner. Thus, you need to put the name of the property at the top of your advertisement, followed by the name of your company. Also, when placing real estate advertisements you should also ensure that you do not divulge too much information in your ad because that would cause prospects to not make contact with you to get the complete details. You want your advertisement to raise curiosity in the minds of clients and also make sure that you use the proper terminology by avoiding calling a hut a home, and to also specify the exact style of your property. These details will help build trust in you in the minds of clients and will thus help promote your real estate business.

4.     Attend Social Events

Use your resources to find out about any social events going on in your area. It would be wise to join a Real Estate Club. This would be an excellent resource to find about different events going on around your city and to also talk about your business. Mix and mingle with other novice Real Estate investors is the best way to get information.   For more information on real estate investing go to http://www.annettapowellblog.com

Wishing You Much Success

Annetta Powell

Queen of Real Estate