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CRM is better than average, themes are ok. Everything is an add on. You need to pay to drive traffic...
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CRM is better than average, themes are ok. Everything is an add on. You need to pay to drive traffic to your site otherwise no one will ever find you. Also had a problem sorting foreclosure and short sale and REO properties. The contract I've signed for a year increased in a middle which I've never seen before. After that it was all going downhill. I'll give it a 1 for the speed.
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I was with real geeks for a while, but have found a much better solution with Chime. They were a go...
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I was with real geeks for a while, but have found a much better solution with Chime. They were a good company with good support. They recently sold to FNF, which may be part of the change, but they increased the monthly billing by 44% with no notice!!
In addition, I was a client with a contract that had been with them for multiple years.
Since there is not any loyalty, we're moving on. Plus, the new system is 100% more user-friendly and better integrated with other platforms/systems.
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As many other reviewers have stated, Real Geeks is a great option for lead generation at a reasonabl...
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As many other reviewers have stated, Real Geeks is a great option for lead generation at a reasonable price, particularly when compared to one of their competitors who more than doubled their prices overnight! "Real Leads by Real Geeks is a highly efficient and effective marketing solution for generating, capturing and managing home buyers/seller leads.
One of the best lead generation and management systems available. A fully integrated custom IDX and marketing solution to drive traffic, capture leads, manage-cultivate them and close more transactions.
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Real Estate Webmasters (REW) recently decided to price gouge a large portion of their customer base,...
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Real Estate Webmasters (REW) recently decided to price gouge a large portion of their customer base, prompting what I would imagine is going to be a large exodus from that company. Older REW platform users previously paying $200.00 per month were bumped to $500.00 on a month's notice. Plus, everyone is being pressured to upgrade to one of their new platforms at what REW is calling a "discounted rate" of $3500.00 to $4000.00.
I switched to Real Geeks and I'm very pleased with the move and more than satisfied with their service and technology. Geeks platform may not be superior to the expensive modern REW sites but they are certainly better than the old REW Legacy site I was running.
Superior load times in under 2 seconds for enhanced SEO performance, text messaging directly from the CRM, and text drips in addition to email drip campaigns, a really good seller lead generation tool, weighted round robins for buyer and seller leads, a far superior lenders CRM, and lots of third party software integration options, etc, etc.
Also, a much better dash board offering a more detailed overview of lead activity and follow-up reminders for both current and upcoming.
Signup cost is $500.00 and monthly costs are a fraction of what REW now charges. Customizations are limited but adequate and have to be performed either by the user or by third party contractors at a reasonable rate. Unlike REW at $200.00 per hour.
Tech support is free and far more responsive; typically with a 3 to 5 hour turn-around time or less. I have found them to be extremely competent and thorough in handling all my requests. They will transfer all your existing leads to the new site for you at no charge providing you supply the csv file.
Lots of video presentations and help files to help you get started. I was able to get my site up and running with everything transferred including leads, content, users, customizations, and drip campaigns in about three weeks on a part time basis.
Also, after making the switch I noticed a big jump in lead conversion rates. Not sure yet if those are organic or PPC.
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Building the website with RealGeeks is fairly easy to do, although there are not many options as far...
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Building the website with RealGeeks is fairly easy to do, although there are not many options as far as the layout of your webpage. The CRM is also very easy to use.
The home valuation tool (if you decide to invest in this feature), is inconsistent and only works sometimes. If you post the home valuation link and it is not functioning, a message is sent to your lead that you will contact them with more info which means that you then have to run comps that should have been provided automatically to your lead. This becomes extremely time-consuming and doesn't provide the instant gratification to your lead that he or she is looking for.
There is no customer support available on the weekend, so I am still awaiting resolution of a problem that I emailed RealGeeks about on Saturday. It is now Wednesday, but RealGeeks support team didn't start working on the issue until Monday.
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RealGeeks IDX Websites services are excellent. I move because I want to manage and host my own websi...
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RealGeeks IDX Websites services are excellent. I move because I want to manage and host my own website; so by doing this it is not as easy as it sounds but I am learning something new every day. I wish they could offer the IDX and the Property valuation separately. Overall the offer exceptional services. If you are looking for that kind of services RealGeeks are the people to talk to.
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One of the users claim that this IDX service provider can bring 21 times more leads compared to othe...
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One of the users claim that this IDX service provider can bring 21 times more leads compared to other IDX sites. Some others say it's 10 times, 5 times and even double!
Any which way you take it, this IDX sites seem to attract buyer clients - and if you do it right, you are more likely to get more leads using RealGeeks IDX site.
They have SMS tool for instant messaging, Facebook Advertising tool and auto-responders.
I could not get pricing details - and hoping it's a fair price for this great site.
Should try out to see what it has to offer.
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As a long time customer with boomtown I was hesitant to switch over my website to Real Geeks. I star...
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As a long time customer with boomtown I was hesitant to switch over my website to Real Geeks. I started a new site to compare the two companies. I figured there was no way that I could get an amazing CRM, powerful website, and a whole host of tools for the price that Real Geeks was charging; it just COULDN’T be possible. I was completely wrong. Almost immediately I was getting more traffic on my Real Geeks site than I was on my boomtown site. The clients simply liked the flow and ease of use of the Real Geeks site. Within the first month I had done twice the business I had done with my boomtown site…. For almost 1/10th of the cost. My Real Geeks site constantly generates new business for my company without me having to spend THOUSANDS of dollars a month.
The best thing about Real Geeks is they are continuously adding new features and they are very interested in their customers input. If you have a great idea for a feature they are extremely receptive to your ideas and will find a way to implement them.
Switching to Real Geeks was a no brainier for me. If you are ready to SEE a change in the way your users interact with your website, make the switch to Real Geeks
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I've been running a mostly Internet based lead generation team for 16 years. I've tried several pro...
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I've been running a mostly Internet based lead generation team for 16 years. I've tried several providers and can give highlights (and low lights) on most of the major and some smaller providers. My most recent test was to put a Real Estate Webmasters site up against my real geeks to test how they did. In my opinion, the look of the REW site was better and the photo clarity (at that time) was also better. At the time I started this project REW was also updating properties much more quickly than RG including photos and that was a HUGE deal for my Internet savvy relo. clients.
In the past year I have seen every one of my concerns with the RG site not only corrected, they've add the most amazing mobile interface for lead follow up that let's me reach out immediately to anyone registering on the site by e-mail, text or with a quick call. The ability to set follow ups at the appropriate times for each client and via the best venue...are they due a call or e-mail or text, means I can't get busy and forget who needs some TLC.
And as a team leader the activity of your team on following up on leads is easily monitored to see if there are any weak links.
Though the only way to really reach the support staff is by e-mail, I find them professional, helpful and prompt in their answers. I've also been able to customize my site to what my clients want to see with easy searches and if there was anything I couldn't do, Todd Bogert, an RG development specialist provides prompt and fairly priced services to take on a whole project, or show you how to do it yourself.
Jeff, I just gave up my REW site and I'm all yours. In doing that, my Google placement went from 3 in the natural search back to 1 in the natural search within 24 hours.
One note if you run multiple domains. I was told that you shouldn't do domain forwarding with stealth (masking the real page name to be your desired domain name) because it could affect your Google rank. I have successfully done this with no negative ramifications. In fact I popped back into the number one slot!
I currently run three websites on one RG platform
www.FortMeadeHomes.com
www.PineyOrchardHomes.com
www.TheRoskellyTeam.com.
I'm very happy with my RG site and would recommend it to anyone.
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This is probably not the place for this question and if you direct me to it, I'll post it where it s...
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This is probably not the place for this question and if you direct me to it, I'll post it where it should be.
PPC Does anyone do their own PPC using a RG site? I'm considering RG because I work a tiny market with about 75k people and from what I can tell, the PPC guys want $500 (or more) to do the job. Don't get me wrong; they deserve it.
I have a fairly good understanding of it, managed my own campaigns from 2002 to 2010. Admittedly I'll be rusty, and no I won't be as good as the pros. But I feel like the cost for my small market where I'm expecting only 30-40 leads per month, won't justify the expense of the pros.
Thoughts?
From what I can see and read so far, RG looks like a real winner.
TIA
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