Make time for your website...
- By Kurt Lynn
- Published 03/25/2008
Kurt Lynn
Kurt directs the marketing and communications activities at RealtySoft. He has a long, successful track record in the hi-tech industry and frequently is a prolific freelance writer both in and out of the real estate marketplace.
Your website is not a static thing -- it is dynamic; it moves; it lives. It is not like some printed paper brochure that once written and printed remains fixed for all of history. More to the point, a good brochure just does not make a good website.
You have an advantage. You are using a website service that makes it almost trivial to add-to or change your site. Take advantage of it. Consider your website as a living document that is updated regularly to reflect the state of the market, the diversity of your services, and the nature of your neighborhood or community. But to do this, you need to give some attention to your site and do so on a regular basis.
"Tweak" the site. As your environment changes so should your site. Make a point to update your site with things that have changed in your real estate environment. Is there a new neighborhood center? Has your brokerage just sponsored a new little league team? Has the city tax rates changed? Make sure your site contains content that reflects these changes. Updated content makes your site more useful and more interesting and confirms that you are knowledgeable and a part of your community. Also, consider just rearranging things on your site or changing the graphics to "freshen" up the site. Some agents make seasonal site changes -- i.e. changing the site for each season, or using different graphics or content for holidays like Christmas or President's Day.
Tweak regularly. It takes a certain amount of discipline to keep your site up-to-date. Try to set aside a specific time and place to do a review of your site. Ideally, do a quick review of your site once a week; certainly no less than once a month. Go through each page of the site and scan the images and the written content and see if there's something that needs updating, or expanded upon, or deleted. The goal of your periodic reviews is to hone the content to your marketplace, your community, and your "style".
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3 Responses to "Make time for your website..." 
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said this on 15 Apr 2008 4:48:42 PM CDT
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you! Finally, someone that just states how agents should approach their website. It's a part of their business that will continue to grow as we get farther and farther away from traditional methods. I will be sending this to all of the agents that I talk and work with on a daily basis.
Great info! |
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said this on 03 May 2008 7:49:40 PM CDT
Yes I love this. I am just learning to tweak my web site BUT I do know how important it is. My problem is here we can not change seasons and so forth.
I can do 5 sites but being Century 21 most are alike. |
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said this on 03 May 2008 7:53:45 PM CDT
Love it, But my sites do not allow me to change with the seasons. In fact with Century 21 there is little I can do. I live in Texas. I do plan to change special events in the communities but want to have more flexibility with home page.
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