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Greg Harrelson & Abe Safa discuss evergreen content ideas, the importance of building your digital footprint, and how to drive traffic to your Real Geeks website. 

If you’re looking for a way to increase traffic to your real estate website, consider using video. Videos are an extremely powerful marketing tool, and they can be used in many ways to drive traffic to your site. In this article, Greg Harrelson and Abe Safa will discuss how to drive traffic to your Real Geeks real estate website.

 
 
 
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Driving traffic to your Real Geeks website is the best way to improve your conversion rates. Using engaging videos as part of your content strategy increases the amount of time that prospective customers will spend on your website, which will eventually lead to more conversions and get a better return on investment.

Here, you’ll find some reasons why you should add videos to your content strategy, the ways they’ll benefit your Real Geeks real estate site, and tips for creating effective videos that will help you achieve your marketing goals.

 
 
 
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The Importance of Your Digital Footprint

As Greg points out, "Like credit... No digital footprint is a bad digital footprint.” This is because the more quality content you have online, the more opportunities you have to create leads for your business.

As YouTube is the second largest search engine on the internet, potential clients can find you there and get to know your company better. Almost 85% of content being consumed these days is video because more people prefer watching over reading articles; that’s why it’s important to have a YouTube channel.

Building Value With Your Real Geeks Site

By linking your videos to your Real Geeks website, you’ll direct more traffic to your site. You can do this by putting links in the description boxes of your videos. If you use a trackable link, you’ll even be able to see how much traffic is going from other platforms to your site. It’s a simple step, and, as Greg puts it, "It is very well worth it."

Evergreen Content

Evergreen content is multi-purpose content that can stay fresh and alive forever. It’s always valuable and useful for the audience.

This is a very effective type of content for generating leads, as it won’t die off over time like most other trends or topics. Creating evergreen content may take more time, but it’s worth it in the long run, as you won’t have to continuously create new content.

Using Video Effectively in Your Workflows

 
 
 
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When using videos to generate leads and traffic, you want to make sure that they’re effective. They should be engaging, informative, and properly edited. Make sure that your videos are also placed in the right locations on your website so that they can be easily found by prospective clients.

To keep your content as effective as possible, make sure that you create videos discussing details of the real estate services you’re marketing, and make sure that the videos are evergreen.

It’s also helpful to build a Frequently Asked Questions page on your website and record a video answering those questions; this will certainly cause an increase in website traffic and engagement.

 

 

Conclusion

If you're not using video on your Real Geeks website, you could be missing out on a huge opportunity to drive traffic and generate leads. Video is an incredibly powerful tool that can help you connect with your audience, build trust, and close more deals.

 
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How to Manage The Shift

How to Manage The Shift

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Admit That It’s Real


We all know that things are changing and there’s a lot of uncertainty in the stock market and economic inflation. You must first start by admitting that it’s okay. The market is going to be different now than it was before. Get ready for what needs to be done to find opportunities in this shifting market.  

Take 30 Minutes and Hit Pause 


Before doing what needs to be done, you need to take a step back for 30 minutes and just think about your business. Write down five things you must adjust, assuming the market is shifting.

This gives you time to think. People are always rushing and are constantly stressed out, and having a break will give you time to be creative. Do this during the morning when your mind is still fresh. 

Set a New Daily Contact Goal


Talk to at least 20 people a day and just check in with them and see if they’re curious about whether the value of their home has changed or not.

See if they have questions about what is happening in the market. You could be a good resource if you open up the conversation. 

Get a Coach


If you’re in coaching right now, the big question you have to answer is, “Are you showing up for every call?”

And, if you don’t have a coach yet, who can be your coach?  

The problem in hot markets is that even though they can afford to have a coach, they do not do anything the coach says.

On the other hand, when the market is down, few people are getting into coaching because they are afraid they cannot afford it. Those that do show up and follow the coach thrive in a shifting market. 

Use Tech Tools To Increase Your Bandwidth


You’ve got one of the most powerful features in CRM out there with the workflows. It helps you connect with more people; this means more business. Connect and talk to at least 30 to 40 percent more people to do the same amount of business.

Don’t let your business go down just because the number of transactions in your market goes down.

Bandwidth means the number of people you can talk to within a certain period of time. Using technology and having an ISA will increase your bandwidth because you can communicate with more people in the same amount of time.

Rewrite Your Schedule and Eliminate Anything You Cannot Track a Positive ROI From


Look at your schedule and all the things you consistently write there and ask yourself what your ROI is. If you have a hard time answering that question, you need to think twice about whether that needs to be in your schedule.

Re-evaluate your schedule and eliminate stuff that doesn’t contribute to investments’ gains.

Get an Accountability Partner


Do so and set your goals. You can have two or three accountability partners to help you stay on track. Having an accountability partner will motivate you on days when you don’t have a hundred percent in you. The sizzling hot market can make you create bad habits and lose focus.  

Work on Your Mental Endurance


You need to have the mental endurance to stay the entire day. Talking to 20 people a day is no joke. Stick to the game and avoid all distractions that come your way.   

Work on Your Physical Endurance


This is a good time to get back in shape because you will be needing that energy and stamina. Having good physical endurance makes you think more clearly and perform better. The physical side really helps the mental side. One way to break the pattern of lack of motivation is to start increasing your physical strength. As Tony Robbins would say, physiology dictates your psychology.  

Know Your Numbers To Know Your Market


As the market is shifting, your market knowledge becomes more valuable. Start separating yourself from the rest of the market. Gather all the data to have conversations with people about what’s happening at the local or national level, stock markets, interest rates, or inflation because people are talking about this now. You need to be able to have intellectual conversations with sellers and buyers on these topics. 

Remember: your job is to be able to find the data that makes the buyer comfortable moving forward. These buyers know all the news around them, and you need to present the data that will otherwise make them feel confident about buying. Your job is to bring certainty to a world full of uncertainties; that’s what they need right now.

The shift doesn't mean the market has completely flipped...

 

A coach is an investment.

 

Tech, Tools, and Real Geeks

 

Calculate your value per hour.

 

Mental Endurance

 
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Keeping It Real: The Resources To Equip Your Real Estate Team for Success with Sascha Chatman

Keeping It Real: The Resources To Equip Your Real Estate Team for Success

 

 

In this episode of Keeping it Real, Sascha Chatman and  Frank Klesitz, CEO of Vyral Marketing, break down how you can equip your real estate team for success.

Learn more about the resources needed to manage your own team of real estate agents. Of course, a capable workforce is one thing for generating leads and obtaining success in the real estate world. However, having the right resources available is one of the critical factors needed to equip your real estate team for success.

Recruiting Presentation 

 
 
 
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Transforming Your Success into Their Success

 
 
 
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Creating a Schedule

 
 
 
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Buying this Year vs Next Year

 
 
 
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Discovery Phase

The discovery phase is meant to determine whether or not the agents being recruited are the right fit for their real estate team while providing the necessary details for the agents to know what their team is about. Sascha first discusses their team goals and strategies to ensure agents know exactly what they're walking into. He also discusses other matters, such as expectations from the agents themselves and their commissions.

The discovery phase may be one of the most important parts of knowing how to equip your real estate team for success. In order to succeed, you need to have a reliable workforce on your side that shares the same goals and is willing to cooperate with the rest of the team to move forward. Having a compatible and efficient team is one of the best resources you can have in real estate, as it can significantly affect your business' productivity.

Ad Educated Buyer is Easier to Work with!

 
 
 
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This is the highlight of the entire video. Sascha compares his utility belt of resources to Batman's belt of tools and trinkets. This belt essentially exists to store all resources and keep them within reach. Don't get the wrong idea, though. It's not an actual belt. Instead, it is usually a cloud or a compilation of all your valuable resources, such as videos, links, and other agent tools. Having a utility belt that is curated specifically for your team and your needs could help increase the productivity of your workflow because you won't have to scavenge for resources when you need them.

Not only does it make you more productive within your workplace, but it also gives off the sense that you are reliable and organized. When clients ask for something, you will easily have it within reach. 

Clients understandably have many questions before closing the deal, so one of the best ways to answer them is to grab a resource from your utility belt. For example, you're talking to a client about title insurance. Instead of answering their questions yourself, you could take an informative video from your utility belt and ask them to watch it. This makes it easier to understand and relate to.

Having a utility belt is a great way to equip your real estate team for success. It also comes in useful during business transactions. All in all, it's one of the best resources that a real estate team can have.

Having the right resources is essential in equipping your real estate team for success. Create an agent utility belt that caters to your team by signing up for the Real Geeks platform today. We provide valuable resources that you and your team can use to achieve the best possible outcome in every situation. Get started with us today!

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Using Video To Drive Traffic To Your Real Geeks Website

Greg Harrelson & Abe Safa discuss evergreen content ideas, the importance of building your digital footprint, and how to drive traffic to your Real Geeks website. 

If you’re looking for a way to increase traffic to your real estate website, consider using video. Videos are an extremely powerful marketing tool, and they can be used in many ways to drive traffic to your site. In this article, Greg Harrelson and Abe Safa will discuss how to drive traffic to your Real Geeks real estate website.

 
 
 
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Driving traffic to your Real Geeks website is the best way to improve your conversion rates. Using engaging videos as part of your content strategy increases the amount of time that prospective customers will spend on your website, which will eventually lead to more conversions and get a better return on investment.

Here, you’ll find some reasons why you should add videos to your content strategy, the ways they’ll benefit your Real Geeks real estate site, and tips for creating effective videos that will help you achieve your marketing goals.

 
 
 
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The Importance of Your Digital Footprint

As Greg points out, "Like credit... No digital footprint is a bad digital footprint.” This is because the more quality content you have online, the more opportunities you have to create leads for your business.

As YouTube is the second largest search engine on the internet, potential clients can find you there and get to know your company better. Almost 85% of content being consumed these days is video because more people prefer watching over reading articles; that’s why it’s important to have a YouTube channel.

Building Value With Your Real Geeks Site

By linking your videos to your Real Geeks website, you’ll direct more traffic to your site. You can do this by putting links in the description boxes of your videos. If you use a trackable link, you’ll even be able to see how much traffic is going from other platforms to your site. It’s a simple step, and, as Greg puts it, "It is very well worth it."

Evergreen Content

Evergreen content is multi-purpose content that can stay fresh and alive forever. It’s always valuable and useful for the audience.

This is a very effective type of content for generating leads, as it won’t die off over time like most other trends or topics. Creating evergreen content may take more time, but it’s worth it in the long run, as you won’t have to continuously create new content.

Using Video Effectively in Your Workflows

 
 
 
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When using videos to generate leads and traffic, you want to make sure that they’re effective. They should be engaging, informative, and properly edited. Make sure that your videos are also placed in the right locations on your website so that they can be easily found by prospective clients.

To keep your content as effective as possible, make sure that you create videos discussing details of the real estate services you’re marketing, and make sure that the videos are evergreen.

It’s also helpful to build a Frequently Asked Questions page on your website and record a video answering those questions; this will certainly cause an increase in website traffic and engagement.

 

 

Conclusion

If you're not using video on your Real Geeks website, you could be missing out on a huge opportunity to drive traffic and generate leads. Video is an incredibly powerful tool that can help you connect with your audience, build trust, and close more deals.

 

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The Power of SEO and Area Pages w/ Bob McCranie

 

 

The Power of SEO and Area Pages With Bob McCranie

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Do you want more lead traffic to your website? In this latest episode of Keeping It Real, we explore the latest SEO best practices with Bob McCranie. Bob is the Broker Associate & Team Owner at Texas Pride Realty Group - HomeSmart Stars and an expert on utilizing SEO best practices and Area pages in his strategies.

Join host Frank Klesitz, CEO of Vyral Marketing, in breaking down the strategies and best practices behind a robust, high-conversion online presence in today's evolving digital landscape.

Bob on Why Real Geeks:

 
 
 
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Bob on Organic VS Paid Advertising:

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

If you need some help optimizing your site, tips on how to turn up the volume on your current lead flow, insight into different strategies that have provided wins for agents across various markets, -- Check out Bob's Area Page lead generation strategy!

Bob on Optimizing Your Real Geek's IDX Website:

 
 
 
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Top 3 Ways to Generate Lead Traffic & Boost Your Sale Funnels' Visibility in Your Market

Bob, a Brokerage Associate & Team Owner at Texas Pride Realty Group - HomeSmart Stars, shares the techniques and strategies he deploys to increase overall visibility to prospective clients in his market. 

According to Bob, he deploys three unique strategies to get leads. These strategies roughly refer to attraction marketing, SEO & optimizing his website based on popular search engine optimization guidelines, and demographic farming/cultivating his existing audience. 

Let's dive more into these strategies and find out how Bob executes them to get as many leads as possible.

Bob on Attraction Marketing:

 
 
 
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Attraction Marketing

Attraction marketing, also called event marketing, is Bob's number one strategy. This strategy is based on the idea is that you don't have to run Ads all the time or cold calls but have people gravitate towards you because of who you are in the community. In the case of Bob, he's a well-known Broker Associate with long years in the industry. Newer agents can begin working on their community visibility by hosting events. 

Bob on the fun of event marketing:

 
 
 
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You can draw people to you by hosting events, posting about them on social media, and generally being a social connector. It doesn't have to be a real estate event, but any event that serves as a lure to connect with people.

Bob on marketing his events:

 
 
 
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Some of the events you can host include:

  • Kite Flying, BBQs, & Outdoor Events
  • Theater Events, Movie Nights, DriveIns, Concert in the Parks, etc. 
  • Recycling Events, Food Drives, Community Service Events, etc.

Bob on building collaborative events:

 
 
 
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Starting successful community events takes consistency and patience. Make a schedule and stick to it when promoting your events. You can put up physical signs around your area. Put up flyers at your local coffee shops and gyms, and utilize social media ads. These have proven very effective no matter which markets you are located in. 

Bob on using creative postcards for marketing:

 
 
 
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Putting in a constant effort will build attendance over time, and before you know it, you will have collected a community of regulars at your events that can also serve as a potential client base. Networking greatly helps get leads, even if not by a massive count at first.

Your Website

Bob on the importance of having your own IDX website: 

 
 
 
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The second and perhaps most important is internet marketing, specifically SEO. Your primary medium is your Reel Geeks website, which helps you draw in more organic leads. You still run Google ads, which brings you steady business.

However, you must have a website to lead your potential leads and provide them with the information they need.

Of course, just having a website is not enough – you need area pages. Bob stresses the importance of area pages and being specific about where you want your leads to go. He combines social media and SEO, focusing locally on his pages.

No one looks for real estate in the main city. People always look for the suburb or neighborhood they are looking into.

You create business pages for each suburb of the city you're covering. Each page must have a call to action that takes the reader to the actual area page on your website. It has to lead to the direct page for the city or suburb, not the homepage. It helps to pre-fine all searches as much as possible, directing leads where they want and giving them satisfaction.

 

Bob's Take on Ads & Real Leads

 
 
 
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How Bob Determines His Area Pages

 
 
 
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Building a Backlink Strategy

 
 
 
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Backlinks & Area Pages

 

 
 
 
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Demographic Farming

Bob's last strategy has to do with demographic farming, which is about cultivating or nurturing your lists.

Using Funny Postcards in Demographic Farming:

 
 
 
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In this example, he developed his holiday list using postcards sent creatively and in good fun. For instance, he would send a holiday postcard in June or Valentine's Card with a humorous caption. Of the many postcards he sent, the most creative and successful is the tagline, "No, I don't want to buy your house." Bob doesn't want to buy your house, but he can sell it at a 30 to 40% better price than others in the market. The idea is to keep it fun, so people will look at the cards or mail and know what Bob has to offer.

Per Bob's experience, the strategies that can help you bring in leads are – attraction marketing/events marketing, SEO and area pages, and demographic farming. Add them to your process, and you can turn up your current lead flow to the highest volume.

 

Keeping It Real Real Estate Lead Generation

How To Generate Seller Leads in Low Inventory Market w/ Lisa Chinatti & Jason Posnick.

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We are excited to welcome back one of our favorite guests, Lisa Chinatti, for this episode of Keeping It Real. Lisa is a top producer based in Westford, MA, with over ten years of Real Estate experience. 

Jason Posnick, the Sales Manager for the Chinatti Realty Group, also joined and has an enormous passion for developing others, solving problems, and conveying positivity into people’s lives.

The market is hot right now. A shortage in housing inventory has been a problem faced by real estate agents for years. As times change, you also need to adapt and learn how to generate seller leads even in low inventory areas. Lisa gives you her tips and shares what she and her team are doing to maintain their seller lead flow.

Lisa and Jason break down the most effective approaches to 5 different lead sources and how to create a plan that meets your needs regardless of which market you are in.

 

 

 Online Home Value Leads

People want to know what their home is worth. For this, they usually go to a landing page or web form where they have to input information that will help them discover just how much their home is worth in the market. How do you lead traffic to this page?

Lisa shares that the best way to get online home value leads is to be diligent with retargeting and email work. Some strategies you can do to approach this lead source is to also take advantage of Google Pay-per-Click (PPC) and Google My Business.

Having a lot of photos and geotagging them will increase your visibility as Google tends to favor local experts. Google reviews will also help drive traction, as well as links to your other content or social media pages.  

Circle Prospecting/Door Knocking

While circle prospecting or door knocking are considered older, traditional techniques, they will never die. How to generate seller leads through this lead source requires some timing and knowing the five touchpoints for circle prospecting. These five touchpoints include:

  • On the day of signing the listing

  • Before the listing goes to the market

  • Once the offer is accepted

  • On the day of the inspection

  • When the deal closes

Each of these five touch points necessitates a different message from which you could build your business. Instead of feeling like they’re talking to a company, which may be off-putting, consumers can view you with trust, which will convince them to do business with you.

Buyer Leads From Buyers Who Have a Home To Sell

Using ads strategically in your follow-ups can lead you to discover that a lot of buyers have a home to sell before they can make any purchase. There’s a big chance you can get buyer leads who have homes to sell by marketing Facebook posts towards listings and open houses.

In a low inventory market, it can be effective to market every new listing as a “coming soon.”

However, there are some workarounds that won’t get you in trouble with laws concerning coming-soon marketing. Along with Google PPC, this can prove to be an effective way to generate seller leads.

Google Local Services

When using Google services to generate seller leads, reviews are crucial. Reviews don’t just get you credibility, but they also tell Google that you’re a local business or service, which is more favored by their algorithm. Many potential seller leads also rely on Google reviews to see if an agent is right for them.

That said, building reviews increase your chances of being more visible while also convincing seller leads to contact you directly — especially when they want to know the value of their home.

Agent-to-agent Referrals

Agent-to-agent referrals are all about nurturing relationships with other agents regardless of your industry. Usually, people who want to sell their house will be moving to a different state, so they contact an agent in the state they’re moving to.

This agent can then send you a referral, so you can help them give the client a smooth transition and experience. This is only possible if you build relationships with other agents by giving value and sharing knowledge.

Put Yourself Out There

Learning how to generate seller leads in a low inventory market can take some time, but the effort is well worth it when you start generating an incredible amount of leads.

Begin by putting yourself out there and taking advantage of online tools like Google PPC, Google My Business, social media marketing, and email marketing.

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