06 Aug 07 Top 50 Online Ways to Market Real Estate
Brad Inman invited Jamie Glenn of Trulia.com to present the top 50 online ways to market real estate. We shot some video of the presentation and have it posted here along with a list of the web services mentioned in the video. We’ll critique our section (Multimedia) later. Not surprisingly, we have a lot to say about the subject.
Listing Sites
Craigslist – Great way to get local information
Google Base – Post it on Base. Find it on Google
Homegain – Expose your listing and profile to buyers and seller
Trulia – Get in front of serious home buyers
Zillow – Post your property for free
HomeScout – Get exposure for your listings
Oodle – Post your free classified listings
Edgeio – Post your listing, be viewed by the world
Live Deal – Get in front of your local community
SecondSpace – Lifestyle network of sites such as Landwatch.com that you can submit to
Postlets – Submit your listings and get on several classified sites
vFlyer – Sell things easier and faster; create only one ad and submit to multiple sites
Social Media
Facebook – Create a profile and connect with people around you
LinkedIn – Relationships matter – join online network of over 12 million
Yelp – Review local businesses. Become a local expert
Trulia Voices – Create a profile and answer local real estate questions from potential clients
Home Thinking – Create a profile and be found by customers looking for an agent
Bebo – Online social network, create a profile, explore, and be discovered
fatdoor – Get to know your neighbors
The Flipping Pad – Share and discuss real estate investing
Tagged – Social networking destination where people showcase their talents and connect with others
Multimedia (Video)
Turnhere – Full service interner video solution provider. Solves all your web needs.
WellcomeMat – Upload a video for free or hire a videographer to market your listing
RealEstateShows – Create an internet commercial for your listing
You Tube – Broadcast your listings on YouTube and integrate on your site
Blinx – Broadcast your listings on blinkx
Blip.tv – Upload listing tours to gain exposure
Break – Upload listing tours to gain exposure
Dailymotion – Share your listing tours with potential home buyers
Vimeo – Share your listing videos with only those you choose to
tubemogul – upload your listing videos and distribute to top video sites
Inman TV – Real Estate Television
Slide – Create and share slideshows of your listings
listingdomains – Create a property specific website to target marketing toward
Mixbook – Create a book of your featured listings
transpera – create and share mobile video
MLPodcast – Broadcast your listings via podcast or videos.
Communication
Meebo – Consolidate all of your instant messages in one place
Jaxtr – Link to your web presence to your phone while maintaining privacy
Plugoo – Chat with your website or blog visitors in real time
jaiku – Connect with people by sharing presence updates
Twitter – Let your clients know where you are and what your doing
Userplane – Enable live chat on your website or blog
Blogging
Wordpress – Start your own blog today
SixApart – Start blogging today
LiveJournal – Platform for blogging discussion forum or a social network
HousingWidgets – Place to find & share real estate tools for your site or blog
TruliaMap – Showcase your listings on your website or blog with this widget
ActiveRain – Free online community for real estate professionals to help promote & grow business
Blogging Examples
FutureofRealEstateMarketing – Blog exploring Real Estate Marketing& the impact of the internet.
Real Estate Tomatoes – Blog about real estate news, entertainment, internet insight, etc.
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You forgot to mention http://www.zooped.com
LULU – It wasn’t an oversite.
Lulu…I have no idea how we overlooked that. Our bad.
Thank you for posting this – I was unable to attend the meeting and this is a great presentation! I appreciate it!
Excellent list, excellent post!
Can you consider adding us to your list of online real estate video resources? We’re gaining steam here at http://www.agentcasts.com and would love to grab a place on your list of providers!
Thanks!
Dan Dashnaw
http://www.agentcasts.com
Interesting. Thanks for sharing.
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Dan, you can sign up at any time here:
http://www.wellcomemat.com/real-estate-video.htm
We’d love to have you become a part of the directory.
Thanks for posting this, we missed this presentation.
Excellent format to present the video. The links to different sections of the video are ingenious. Good material in the video too!
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Very nice post, thank you.
Great info!
Some of the features you’ve mentioned are also available at http://investorsloungeonline.com/.
Please keep adding to the great list of networking and marketing .. it is useful for useful for anyone in the real estate industry.
The most innovative concept for modern real estate marking is: http://www.realestateshot.com.
It’s not on your list, but it surely belongs on the top. No wonder RealestateShot.com is called “Revolution in Real Estate Listings”.