Friday, November 28, 2008

Real Estate Marketing with today's Internet Technology

New Internet technologies are constantly changing the way real estate companies do business. Good Internet marketing is a necessity for today's successful real estate companies. Buyers and sellers should always question potential real estate agents on how they intend to use Internet technology to make real estate transactions quicker, smoother and simpler. Below are a few of the technologies that we are utilizing with our clients.

Youtube.com - This is a great site that allows agents to share videos and slide shows of properties to enhance their listings.

Craigslist.com - A free online classified advertisement site that allows agents to market listings. Today's savvy buyers look in more than one place for their next home!

Realtor.com - This site was one of the first real estate search sites to go online well over a decade ago. Today Realtor.com attracts 5 to 6 million unique visits monthly — twice as many as its closest competitor.

Data from the National Association of Realtors the median age of home buyers was 39 in 2007, the median age among Realtors is 51. And, among first-time home buyers, 49% were between 25 and 34 years old. Make sure the company that you select to work with understands technology and how to use it to work with today's technology savvy buyers and sellers.