Marketing

Realtor.com Enhancements

February 23rd, 2009 0 Comments Realtor.com Enhancements

There are many great real estate search sites out there, Roost , Trulia, Zillow, and more.  But the consistent winner in terms of total visitors is Realtor.com According to their data, Realtor.com has 6 million unique visitors to their site each month.

While most every listing in an MLS appears on Realtor.com, there are options available to Realtors to get more views out of their listings, more visitors to their website, and therefore more leads.  One major service offered by Realtor.com is their enhanced “Showcase” listing service.  When combined with our virtual tour system, ehanced listings on Realtor.com are viewed almost 300% more than other listings.

Some of the enhancements:
(You can view Realtor.com Info Here)

  • Your Listings Appear Above Non-Enhanced homes
  • 25 Photos
  • Virtual Tours
  • Open House Notifications
  • Headlines
  • Listings Branded With Your Company
  • LeadsProcessor Enabled (Your agents receive Realtor.com leads right to their cell phones)

The largest franchise companies offer Realtor.com enhancements on all of their listings.  Offering the same tool to your agents should help you get more listings and recruit more agents.

Realtor.com enhancements are included with both our standard and premium service plans.

Online Advertising

February 23rd, 2009 0 Comments Online Advertising

Without question, the best dollars your company can spend to procure clients is online.  Over 85% of homebuyers start their homesearch there.  One of Tribus’ goals is to make this a competitive advantage for your company.  With our website, contact management system, and other integrated tools coupled with our online advertising program, we can create lead lists you might not dream possible.  These leads can help recruit agents or potentially generate higher total commission splits for your company.

We include in our affiliate fees a specific portion that we use to advertise your company.  So from dayone of affiliating with Tribus, you’ll get a professionally managed online ad campaign at no additional cost.

Tribus understands that all real estate is local and therefore all real estate advertising needs to be specific to your area.  Therefore, our marketing staff works with you to setup campaigns that will be most effective for your area.  We’ve been able to obtain click through rates on ads as high as 25% over a one month period.  As an option, you can elect to spend additional marketing dollars online and Tribus will help place those ads as well at no extra cost.