Comments on: New sites for marketing your home http://mioaklandcounty.com/blog/2006/10/03/new-sites-for-marketing-your-home/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-sites-for-marketing-your-home Real Estate in Birmingham, Bloomfield Hills, Beverly Hills, Royal Oak, Troy and Oakland County Michigan Tue, 15 May 2012 18:53:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Aimee Zoyes http://mioaklandcounty.com/blog/2006/10/03/new-sites-for-marketing-your-home/comment-page-1/#comment-7472 Aimee Zoyes Wed, 28 Feb 2007 15:21:04 +0000 http://mioaklandcounty.com/blog/2006/10/03/new-sites-for-marketing-your-home/#comment-7472 We have just launched a new resource website for the home industry in Detroit. We plan to build up our membership in the next year and keep expanding on the site's SEO and content to provide Metro Detroit with a new way to "shop" on line for their homes. Check it out and let us know what you think so far- gethomesdetroit.com We have just launched a new resource website for the home industry in Detroit. We plan to build up our membership in the next year and keep expanding on the site’s SEO and content to provide Metro Detroit with a new way to “shop” on line for their homes.

Check it out and let us know what you think so far-
gethomesdetroit.com

]]> By: Maureen Francis http://mioaklandcounty.com/blog/2006/10/03/new-sites-for-marketing-your-home/comment-page-1/#comment-68 Maureen Francis Sat, 07 Oct 2006 01:36:36 +0000 http://mioaklandcounty.com/blog/2006/10/03/new-sites-for-marketing-your-home/#comment-68 Marlow, I don’t disagree with you at all about that. You have a good grasp of the bigger picture that many agents seem to miss. We, as an industry, have been slow at embracing technology, and that is creating the problem. As an agent I don’t have the resources to build a super high profile site. Even most brokers didn’t understand this issue until recently. Can we really put a bandaid on the situation now? Marlow, I don’t disagree with you at all about that. You have a good grasp of the bigger picture that many agents seem to miss.

We, as an industry, have been slow at embracing technology, and that is creating the problem. As an agent I don’t have the resources to build a super high profile site. Even most brokers didn’t understand this issue until recently.

Can we really put a bandaid on the situation now?

]]> By: Marlow http://mioaklandcounty.com/blog/2006/10/03/new-sites-for-marketing-your-home/comment-page-1/#comment-67 Marlow Sat, 07 Oct 2006 01:30:37 +0000 http://mioaklandcounty.com/blog/2006/10/03/new-sites-for-marketing-your-home/#comment-67 Though putting your listings “everywhere” is good in the short-term, it could be very harmful in the long run. By providing content to these other real estate portals, an agent is helping to make them a “go-to” site. Every listing you post there makes that portal site stronger, gives them more free content and provides them with more eyeballs. Eventually, consumers will just go to these portal sites instead of to agent sites. The portals will then sell the leads they get, back to the original agents who gave them the free listings to begin with. Agents and their companies would be better off in the long run to hold back and spend time, energy and money into developing their own wonderful, high profile sites instead of making these outsider-owned portal sites so powerful. Though putting your listings “everywhere” is good in the short-term, it could be very harmful in the long run. By providing content to these other real estate portals, an agent is helping to make them a “go-to” site. Every listing you post there makes that portal site stronger, gives them more free content and provides them with more eyeballs. Eventually, consumers will just go to these portal sites instead of to agent sites. The portals will then sell the leads they get, back to the original agents who gave them the free listings to begin with.

Agents and their companies would be better off in the long run to hold back and spend time, energy and money into developing their own wonderful, high profile sites instead of making these outsider-owned portal sites so powerful.

]]> By: Jeff Dowler http://mioaklandcounty.com/blog/2006/10/03/new-sites-for-marketing-your-home/comment-page-1/#comment-66 Jeff Dowler Sat, 07 Oct 2006 00:44:35 +0000 http://mioaklandcounty.com/blog/2006/10/03/new-sites-for-marketing-your-home/#comment-66 Thanks for stopping by one of my blogs, http://www.FansofCoastalSanDiego.com. I used to live in the Detroit area (Dearborn Heights) eons ago. My wife worked for GM while I was in grad school. We had a new car every year for a bit and I do remember all the new cars everywhere…and people driving VERY FAST. But I also remember that you hardly EVER saw a foreign car…and you didn’t dare work for one of the bug automakers and drive such a thing. :) Thanks for stopping by one of my blogs, http://www.FansofCoastalSanDiego.com.

I used to live in the Detroit area (Dearborn Heights) eons ago. My wife worked for GM while I was in grad school. We had a new car every year for a bit and I do remember all the new cars everywhere…and people driving VERY FAST. But I also remember that you hardly EVER saw a foreign car…and you didn’t dare work for one of the bug automakers and drive such a thing. :)

]]> By: lisa dunn http://mioaklandcounty.com/blog/2006/10/03/new-sites-for-marketing-your-home/comment-page-1/#comment-65 lisa dunn Sat, 07 Oct 2006 00:25:21 +0000 http://mioaklandcounty.com/blog/2006/10/03/new-sites-for-marketing-your-home/#comment-65 Top Notch agents know technology and how to harness it to help their clients. Glad to see Michigan has you to help them!! Top Notch agents know technology and how to harness it to help their clients. Glad to see Michigan has you to help them!!

]]> By: » Your Listings Online - Everywhere - Results for Realtors - Real Estate Blog http://mioaklandcounty.com/blog/2006/10/03/new-sites-for-marketing-your-home/comment-page-1/#comment-63 » Your Listings Online - Everywhere - Results for Realtors - Real Estate Blog Fri, 06 Oct 2006 03:34:41 +0000 http://mioaklandcounty.com/blog/2006/10/03/new-sites-for-marketing-your-home/#comment-63 […] Maureen Francis has it right: your listings should be everywhere for the benefit of your clients. In today’s world, everyone starts with the Internet for their home searches, and there are sooooo many places: […] […] Maureen Francis has it right: your listings should be everywhere for the benefit of your clients. In today’s world, everyone starts with the Internet for their home searches, and there are sooooo many places: […]

]]> By: Kristal Kraft http://mioaklandcounty.com/blog/2006/10/03/new-sites-for-marketing-your-home/comment-page-1/#comment-62 Kristal Kraft Fri, 06 Oct 2006 02:50:55 +0000 http://mioaklandcounty.com/blog/2006/10/03/new-sites-for-marketing-your-home/#comment-62 MF, How many points do we get for commenting here? :) Your blog is very nice. I love the piece about the farmer’s market. That’s my favorite Saturday thing to do. Of course they aren’t very “farmy” anymore. Our markets are more gourmet with all kinds of prepared goodies, flowers, fancy food and the like. They are a happening for the weekend! MF, How many points do we get for commenting here? :)
Your blog is very nice. I love the piece about the farmer’s market. That’s my favorite Saturday thing to do. Of course they aren’t very “farmy” anymore. Our markets are more gourmet with all kinds of prepared goodies, flowers, fancy food and the like. They are a happening for the weekend!

]]> By: Jeff Dowler http://mioaklandcounty.com/blog/2006/10/03/new-sites-for-marketing-your-home/comment-page-1/#comment-61 Jeff Dowler Thu, 05 Oct 2006 19:34:56 +0000 http://mioaklandcounty.com/blog/2006/10/03/new-sites-for-marketing-your-home/#comment-61 Love your site - and thanks again for the tour idea posted on ActiveRain. I have been using the same websites for advertising - love the “low cost” but frankly not a lot of response. Part of that is probably due to the market we are currently in. :( Jeff in Sunny San Diego Love your site – and thanks again for the tour idea posted on ActiveRain. I have been using the same websites for advertising – love the “low cost” but frankly not a lot of response. Part of that is probably due to the market we are currently in. :(

Jeff in Sunny San Diego

]]> By: Maureen Francis http://mioaklandcounty.com/blog/2006/10/03/new-sites-for-marketing-your-home/comment-page-1/#comment-59 Maureen Francis Thu, 05 Oct 2006 19:24:29 +0000 http://mioaklandcounty.com/blog/2006/10/03/new-sites-for-marketing-your-home/#comment-59 I have no idea where they went Jay. What bad timing. I invite over everyone from the island and I am caught with my sidebars down. Thanks for the heads up. I have no idea where they went Jay. What bad timing. I invite over everyone from the island and I am caught with my sidebars down.

Thanks for the heads up.

]]> By: Jay T. http://mioaklandcounty.com/blog/2006/10/03/new-sites-for-marketing-your-home/comment-page-1/#comment-58 Jay T. Thu, 05 Oct 2006 19:03:43 +0000 http://mioaklandcounty.com/blog/2006/10/03/new-sites-for-marketing-your-home/#comment-58 The first stop on my three hour tour… (Inside joke. Some will get it, some not so much) Maureen, why can’t I see your sidebars anymore? And are you doing the Techorati tags by hand, or did you find a plug-in? The first stop on my three hour tour… (Inside joke. Some will get it, some not so much)

Maureen, why can’t I see your sidebars anymore?

And are you doing the Techorati tags by hand, or did you find a plug-in?

]]> By: Maureen Francis http://mioaklandcounty.com/blog/2006/10/03/new-sites-for-marketing-your-home/comment-page-1/#comment-57 Maureen Francis Thu, 05 Oct 2006 04:14:38 +0000 http://mioaklandcounty.com/blog/2006/10/03/new-sites-for-marketing-your-home/#comment-57 Rudy, We get the most phone calls and direct business from our own site, oakland-county-homes.com. We use the other sites to get clients there. The statistics we have on this blog are much better than we had on our old blog, so we are going to be able to do a better job of tracking this now too. Thank you so much for stopping by. Maureen Rudy,

We get the most phone calls and direct business from our own site, oakland-county-homes.com. We use the other sites to get clients there.

The statistics we have on this blog are much better than we had on our old blog, so we are going to be able to do a better job of tracking this now too.

Thank you so much for stopping by.

Maureen

]]> By: rudolph d. bachraty http://mioaklandcounty.com/blog/2006/10/03/new-sites-for-marketing-your-home/comment-page-1/#comment-56 rudolph d. bachraty Thu, 05 Oct 2006 00:41:55 +0000 http://mioaklandcounty.com/blog/2006/10/03/new-sites-for-marketing-your-home/#comment-56 maureen - which sites have proven to be successful for you and your clients? -rudy.sellsius° maureen – which sites have proven to be successful for you and your clients?

-rudy.sellsius°

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