Website Start-up and Set-up Service
The Internet, websites, and e-mail have become absolute necessities for real estate pros in the last 5 years.
We use the internet for educating ourselves and our clients, for communication, for storing crucial information, for marketing and lead generation, to display listings, manage sales transactions, manage our businesses, and a fast-growing list of other things.
We believe that the Internet provides the most cost effective tools in an agent’s toolkit for a wide range of uses.
But, like any tool, if it is used for the wrong purpose or wielded improperly, it can be a waste of time and effort.
Naturally, lots of companies now provide sites, and services for real estate professionals.
- Some have great technology, and no knowledge of marketing
- Some are great in marketing, but don’t know about real estate
- Some build great sites that no one ever sees, or only the wrong people see
- Some speak Technology, but not English
- Some even know real estate, but not technology
- Some have all the bells and whistles, but don’t deliver the goods
- Some keep up to speed with the evolving technologies, some don’t
- Some charge a flat fee, for a flat site
- Some charge you for every little feature and every service they provide, or don’t provide
We have seen agents spend enormous amounts of money (tens of thousands in some cases) for websites that don’t produce even a break-even return on investment (ROI).
We believe a real estate pro should not have to become a technology expert to be a good agent.
Our Start-up and Set-up service will help you choose the right vendors and service providers for your objectives. We will assure that you have the right features and content, and that your site gets seen by the target market you have selected. You will also get instruction in the most effective ways to convert your leads to clients.
When necessary we will identify designers, web hosting services, e-mail providers, etc. and negotiate the best deal as your consultants.
Our fee includes the initial procurement costs of a standard website and its basic content. You will pay the monthly fees to the website hosting company starting when the website is launched.
Our service will assure that you have the systems in place to make your site visible in your market and generate real leads. Our process will usually take about two months and requires a minimum of six phone and online sessions between you and our internet experts.