Real Estate WordPress Plugin Enables Searchable Listings for Free

January 6, 2010 By Leave a Comment

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As an alternative to IDX solutions, real estate marketing company, RealShout, offers a free WordPress plugin that allows agents and brokers to have searchable real estate listings on their site.

Grover Beach, CA (PRWEB) January 5, 2010 — With WordPress being the choice for many real estate bloggers, RealShout has unveiled a new plugin for the publishing platform that will enable real estate professionals to have searchable local listings on their blog or website.

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The free searchable listing Real Estate WordPress plugin can be installed on any WordPress template and functional the same day. Pulling data from the Google Base API, the plugin provides ample data to populate any real estate site. Customization capabilities include colors, location (cities), distance, bedrooms, bath, and price. The plugin enables listings to display in a list with thumbnail pictures, which can be clicked on to view more details, photos, a Google Map, and more.

Setting it apart from many IDX services, the RealShout plugin does not place listings in an iframe, thus allowing them to be indexed by search engines.

“Up until now, real estate professionals had to purchase expensive IDX solutions in order to display neighboring listings to their visitors,” says Misty Lackie, CEO of Go Smart Solutions, LLC, the parent company of RealShout. “We’re offering this plugin for free to allow agents and brokers to have searchable listings on their site without spending hundreds of dollars.”

The plugin is offered for free on the RealShout website or the WordPress Plugin Directory, and is compatible with most WordPress templates.

RealShout.com is a real estate marketing company that guarantees leads for agents, real estate brokers, and mortgage brokers. The company also offers marketing services to MLS’s nationwide.

RealShout is the creation of Go Smart Solutions, LLC, a company that has been providing advertising solutions for professionals and small businesses since 2002. RealShout provides lead generating online real estate advertising for agents and brokers in the industry

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Advertising Through Your Blog

May 15, 2009 By Leave a Comment
A blog put simply is a type of website that has regular entries of commentary, current events having to do with the business posting the blogs, and can also contain other material such as graphics and videos.

This definition doesn’t come close to really describing how a blog can help propel your business to be more successful then you ever thought possible.  By keeping up a regular blog not only will you be keeping in touch with past clients and any future clients just joining your sphere of influence, you will be putting your name out to millions of people.

When people type into a search engine they want “California Real Estate” they will get many, many hits. It is very hard to get on the first page for such a general search. Big companies with big pockets are able to do it, but for most agents though it is far too expensive.

By utilizing a blog you have the opportunity to attract people’s attention and optimize the search engine. For example Jenny wants to know how to ready her house for sale. She types into her search engine “How to sell my California home” and your blog comes up with your ” 7 things not to do when selling your California home” post. Jenny is very impressed at the detail of the article and continues to search your other blogs for more information.  Finding a lot of excellent advice Jenny leaves her name and number and requests more information.

So essentially what you have done is attract a seller to your site, kept their attention with valuable information, and obtained a very good lead. Without ever having to cold call, knocking on doors, or having to spend thousands to get names for a direct mail campaign.

By using blogging as an advertisement for your business not only are you getting your name out there even more, you are adding power and prestige to it. Using quality posts, written by you or someone else, will show you know what you are talking about so when you are face to face with clients they already respect your opinion.

Blogging is an excellent way to advertise for new opportunities and keep existing clients coming back to you for expert advice.

Don’t have time to maintain your own blog – outsource an expert to write your articles and post to all your blogs. In the long run, it will save you time and money.

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