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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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Because I will soon be a licensed real estate agent, I started contacting those I know in the indust...
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Because I will soon be a licensed real estate agent, I started contacting those I know in the industry about generating leads. Many began to receive buyer leads soon after their Real Geeks site went live. They never did any advertising or pay-per-clicks. Agents said they can customize the sites and add their own core values. The site is somewhat user friendly, but as with most sites, there is a learning curve. The folks I have talked to highly recommend RealGeeks to anyone looking for a website that is more advanced than the cheaper template sites out there. Bottom line, it works! I will be using this site.
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I began to receive buyer leads soon after my Real Geeks site went live. I’ve never done any advertis...
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I began to receive buyer leads soon after my Real Geeks site went live. I’ve never done any advertising, like pay-per-clicks. People just found the site by searching on the internet.
The customer service is extremely good and speedy. They’re on Hawaii time but have an emergency after-hours contact which fortunately I haven’t needed, so far.
Since I’ve had my Real Geeks site, I’ve seen new themes and technology come out regularly. The owner, (Jeff Manson), is extremely hands-on which I think is important.
There are people who will work on your site for you, for a fee, if you need things changed or added, or if you aren’t interested in doing this yourself, but I recommend you check out the back-end of the site first, and see how simple it is to use.
I highly recommend RealGeeks to anyone looking for a website that is more advanced than the cheaper template sites out there.
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There's more than one way to get internet leads. The long and short of it is that they all cost mone...
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There's more than one way to get internet leads. The long and short of it is that they all cost money, and they are all similar in quality. My realgeeks site: phoenixrealestateandhomes dot com is fetching 70 - 110 leads per month all from organic search.
Not all real estate websites are alike
The truth is that most real estate websites do nothing more than act as an invisible billboard. The realgeeks websites have awesome search functions that visitors love (much better than Zillow). The capture features on the RG sites are what makes agents like me rave about the platform. There's nothing that compares on the internet, and that's a big deal when you are competing for traffic in an ultra-competitve market like Phoenix metro.
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I can't say enough about my experience with Real Geeks. From help with building my website, to unde...
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I can't say enough about my experience with Real Geeks. From help with building my website, to understanding Google Analytics. These guys are fantastic!!! The customer service and help I've received has been amazing and very much appreciated...
Highly recommend.. I would give them 10 stars if I could!
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My experience with Real Geeks was very different than most. At issue was the fact that the owner dev...
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My experience with Real Geeks was very different than most. At issue was the fact that the owner developed and still derives income from a #1 rated website in my city of San Diego.
I really wanted this website. I know that it is good and can get results. Yet when I tried to develop my website with them, I was constantly told I couldn't do certain things, or make certain choices about my site because they conflicted or competed with the owner's San Diego site.
Ultimately I had to back out and to this day am disappointed. I was not allowed to develop my site in peace. The owner was less than professional in my instance, and should just not do business with other agents in San Diego if we are not able to do as we wish with our sites.
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We love Real Geeks websites because the brokers, owner, and agents in our Top Pro Group can customiz...
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We love Real Geeks websites because the brokers, owner, and agents in our Top Pro Group can customize the sites to add their own core values. We add area pages and buyer and seller value offers on every page.
The websites are great at lead conversion when set up properly! It can be a learning curve yet, very easy framework if you have someone who is a bit tech savvy and knows how to convert leads to quickly pull it all together for you.
We have coached agents doing hundreds of units on how to use these sites effectively. It works!
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I return to the products I review time and time to again to determine if and when their products are...
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I return to the products I review time and time to again to determine if and when their products are updated, revised or discontinued. I encourage you to do the same and stay abreast of recent developments. Being up to date on products, particular standards and levels of practice is due diligence that should be undertaken by every real estate professional. Nice product.
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I started using the Real Geeks platform around 5 years ago. Since then, I have created 4 more sites ...
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I started using the Real Geeks platform around 5 years ago. Since then, I have created 4 more sites with Real Geeks in the different markets that I serve. I have been very satisfied with my websites.
This is the only website that I have ever had where my buyer leads tell me how much they love my website. It is always a great sign when the consumer tells you how easy it is do conduct property searches and save things to their favorites.
I have multiple agents using my website and my agents love the CRM that is built in the backend of my site. We can manage our database, send emails, set future appointments and tasks as well as monitor the activity which each lead that we have in the system.
I have had Tiger Leads, BoomTown and other systems and thing the Real Geeks CRM is the easiest one on the market. In addition to being user friendly, the price of the system is extremely low.
I hope you find this review helpful. I would tell you if there was something negative about the system yet I have had the greatest experience with the Real Geeks team.
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