IDX Plugin for Indexable Listings Released by Diverse Solutions

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ThisIDXpress plugin will almost certainly give you a massive increase in your website visitors and a colossal boost in your search engine rankings by allowing Google, Yahoo!, and Bing to index the MLS’s properties for that will be found on your website and domain.

While other solutions either frame in the MLS content from another domain or charge you tens-of-thousands of dollars for a website you’ll never own or fully control, dsIDXpress is different. In a nutshell, dsIDXpress allows you to display search-engine-indexable content for the properties in the your MLS on your own WordPress blog / website and on your own domain name. The content for the lists of properties and property details can be accessed via URLs on your blog (ex. www.yourblog.com/idx/city/los-angeles/) or via our Live Listings℠ shortcode functionality.

With dsIDXpress, the listing data never gets stale since it’s all maintained by and resides our own servers. You’ll never have to worry about showing inactive or outdated listings on your since our system automatically takes care of all of the feed updates from each MLS. In fact, ALL of the data displayed is never more than 24 hours old and is often never more than 2 hours old (depending on MLS policies)!

HIGHLIGHTS:

  • 30 second plugin installation process that’s fully-integrated into WordPress
  • Live MLS data directly on your own blog or site and on your own domain
  • Multiple WordPress widgets make features listings in your sidebar a breeze
  • Tremendous increase in website traffic from search engines
  • Live Listings℠ shortcode insert real-time listing data directly into pages / posts
  • Shows visitors you’re an expert in your area
  • Property slideshows, Google Maps integration, and so much more..


DETAILS

  • EASY TO INSTALL: Simply download it from WordPress, click install, click activate, put in your Activation Key and you’re done. That’s all! There is no technical knowledge or special skills needed.
  • WIDGETS & SHORT CODES: Widgets and shortcodes give you more ways to create dynamic content. With shortcodes you can drop property details or groups of listings onto any post or page.
  • SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZED: All of the HTML that the dsIDXpress puts out is semantically appropriate. The benefit of semantic markup is that there’s less HTML bloat and more content for search engines to see and index.

Postlets vs vFlyer…Which to Use for Your Real Estate Listings?

Real estate agents are always asking me which to use…vFlyer or Postlets. I say BOTH!

Postlets is free and vFlyer has a subscription fee. So for a small fee each month (plus your time to enter your listings into each system) you can get your real estate listings “shot gunned” (syndication) to lots of other real estate sites.

When your broker syndicates to real estate sites, as soon they are in “contingent” or “pending” status, the feed updates the status and your listing will no longer be marketed. If you do  your own syndication, your listing will stay on the internet a little longer and you will be able to generate more leads. (Plus, if you are a Trulia Pro member, you can brand the listing syndication properties long after the broker syndication feed has been removed.)

Both create .html code which can be used to post your listing to Craigslist and Backpage. Unfortunately, a lot of my clients are telling me that their ads using this code are being flagged when their “ugly ads” are not. So, if you are posting and this happens to you – this might be why and you may need to find alternatives for your ads.

POSTLETS

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vFlyer

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vFlyer now syndicates to Kijiji and you can Tweet it

 

OK, I am a day behind in reading my emails and if you are too then this might actually be NEW news for you.

vFlyer now automatically posts real estate and rentals listings in the U.S. to Kijiji.com for vFlyer business subscribers! [Key word = business subscribers] They will automatically syndicate so no manual postings – now if others will follow their lead!

Also, you can now share your vFlyers on Twitter by selecting “Share on Twitter” under the More Options section on the Publish Successful page.

Questions? Let me know.

Don’t have time and need help setting up your listings on these sites. Let me know.  icon smile vFlyer now syndicates to Kijiji and you can Tweet it

eClassifieds – 10 Tips to Post Ads Effectively on Craigslist, Kijiji, Backpage

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OK, it’s really not 10 tips…it’s 9!

eClassifieds can be a huge resource for generating buyer and seller leads through posting your listings to advertising an upcoming seminar that you are hosting. Below are a few tips to get you started or improve your current campaign:

  1. Create a spreadsheet of your postings with date posted, address, title and number of leads each ad producesm [TRACK TRACK TRACK TRACK TRACK TRACK]
  2. Use .html code from your Point2Agent listing, Postlet account, vFlyer, etc. so that the ad stands out from others
  3. If you don’t use code, create a photo collage with text and save the collage to PhotoBucket or Flicr and use the code they generate for you
  4. Don’t give all the information in your ad – leave something to get them to contact you by email,  phone or to visit your website for more information
  5. Use the MAXIMUM amount of photos that are allowed with the posting method you are using
  6. Rotate different headlines for each property to test “keywords” in the title are generating the most leads TRACK TRACK TRACK
  7. Use ______underscore _____to _____separate ______text ____to _____make _____it ____POP ___more (can’t do this with Backpage)
  8. Avoid any of these @#$%^&*  to grab someone’s attention
  9. Post ads throughout the week but make sure you have ads posted on Thursday and Friday (my stats show those days generate the most leads)
  10. TRACK TRACK TRACK TRACK TRACK

Remember, visitors on these sites are shotgunning lots of emails about properties they see online and 80% go with the real estate agent who contacts them first! DON’T DELAY WHEN THAT EMAIL ARRIVES!

Good luck and let me know if you need help!

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