Archive for the 'Marketing' Category

realestateremix.com - Directory of Real Estate Marketing Professionals

August 22nd, 2007

Carson Coots over at realestateremix.com is putting together a directory of real estate marketing professionals. Carson describes his inspiration for the site as follows:
“Working in the marketing department for a major home builder, I have had a very tough time locating qualified vendors to outsource our marketing initiatives to… and although I would like to […]

vFlyer Now Allows You to Turn vFlyers Into a Property Site

August 18th, 2007

Wow everyone is getting into the property site act! vFlyer.com Introduces Domain Plus - Search for, Purchase and Host Domains and Build Single Property Websites. Domain Plus is a new service from vFlyer that enables subscribers to quickly find, purchase and host Single Property Websites directly from vFlyer. With Domain Plus, subscribers can purchase and […]

Postlets.com Another Way to Create Ads for craigslist, etc

August 6th, 2007

Also while I was gone, Karl Hoelscher pointed out there is a new site available called www.postlets.com that is similar to www.vFlyer.com. Both of these sites help you create professional looking HTML for real estate and other classified ads to post on sites like craigslist.org, ebay.com, edgeio.com, propsmart.com,vast.com and many others.
Thanks Karl.

Great Client Closing Gift Idea From Susanne Hayek

July 26th, 2007

Susanne Hayek sent me a great suggestion for a product to market to your Realtor clients as closing gifts. Susanne says she uses mypublisher.com to make beautifully printed coffee table style books. These books also work nicely as an elegant way to present your portfolio of images. Another similar site that a portrait photographer […]

VerticalResponse: An Easy Way To Manage Your Marketing Campaign

July 19th, 2007

Yesterday Scott Hargis sent me a copy of his e-mail marketing that he is sending to clients. I’ve talked before about how if you are building your business it’s a good idea to keep regular contact with your past and potential customers by sending them e-mail and post cards. This doesn’t replace face-to-face contact, it […]

Expand Your Real Estate Photography Services to FSBOs

June 19th, 2007

Here is an interesting possibility for expanding your RE photography business to solicit business for FSBOs in your area. This person in the Bay area is promoting their services to For Sale By Owners (FSBOs) in the bay area. I think this is a good idea! Their ad is as follows:

Real estate photography, flyer […]

vFlyer Announces Watermark Plus

June 15th, 2007

Today vFlyer add a service call Watermark Plus which is a image enhancing service offered as part of vFlyer that allows users to merchandise and enhance photos and images by adding text, graphics, logos and watermarks to them - quickly and easily. The service allows online sellers to:

Protect photos by adding visible watermarks and logos
Enhance […]

Ad on newyork.craigslist.org: $12 per assignment photo taking job

June 14th, 2007

Drew King who works in the NY area sent me this craigslist ad. Since it will expire some time, I’ll repost it below so everyone can continue to read it:
I am a real estate agent who needs someone to take pictures of homes in the Nassau and Suffolk area (wwww.BrianSilvestry.com) I work with deadlines so […]

Statistics That Drive Real Estate Photography

June 13th, 2007

A recently released study of the California Association of Realtors use of Technology by Leslie Appleton-Young, Chief Economist of the California Association of Realtors (CAR) reaffirms the trends in the Real Estate that are driving the demand for good Real Estate photography. Here are a few of the report’s findings:

About 3 of 4 (73%) adult […]

vFlyer.com Listing Widget

June 9th, 2007

Last week I had to post our rental home on craigslist.org. Since I use vflyer.com to create my craigslist ads I was looking around on vflyer.com and noticed they have added some new features since the last time I was there.
To me the most interesting feature is the listing widget feature. This is a feature […]