IDX Sitemap + SEO Fields
IDX Sitemap + SEO Fields
Behind the scenes, a site’s SEO (search engine optimization) can drastically help an agent reach their local buyers and sellers who are searching online for homes. To help with that, we have enabled several valuable tools on your PropertyMinder website.
IDX Sitemap
A sitemap XML file is a file that alerts the search engines what pages on the site are available for crawling. We have always had a sitemap for the regular content pages + custom pages on your website, but now we have added it for all of your IDX listing pages as well. This can possible mean up to thousands or tens of thousands of extra pages depending on your given MLS and the available listing inventory. It can mean active, pendings, and solds too, but again, depends on your given MLS and the data feed.
SEO Fields on Property Listing Details
On a given listing detail page, the SEO fields can be edited in one central area so that they reflect the criteria of each listing on the MLS. We have pre-filled each property listing’s SEO Title, Description, and Keywords with useful data.
Google + Bing Webmaster Tools
We recommend to create a Google and Bing account and submit your new sitemap XML file to Google Webmaster and Bing Webmaster. In these areas, you will be able to submit your sitemap, get data, and diagnostics for your website.
To find your Sitemap XML file, please login to your Toolkit, go to Website Editor, then Search Engine Optimization (SEO).
Example of Google Webmaster admin area:
For any further questions, please contact support@propertyminder.com
Mountain Mike Talks Ease of Use, SEO, and Saving Time (VIDEO)
“Mountain Mike” Scherer of Summit Properties talks about how his PropertyMinder website has helped him get business for his local area of “Los Gatos mountain” and “Santa Cruz Mountains”. He also talks about getting top placement in Google results for those keywords, the ease of use of his website, and how his PropertyMinder website saves him time throughout his busy day.
View more PropertyMinder reviews and client success stories here: PropertyMinder Reviews
Prior results do not guarantee or predict a similar outcome with respect to any future matter.
New Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Tools!
New Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Tools!
PropertyMinder has expanded on the SEO tools that are available on its AccelerAgent websites. You will be able to tailor your website even further so that you can be found on the major search engines like Google, Yahoo, and Bing. Here is some of the functionality that we have just added:
* Sitemap XML file: a directory of all available pages
* Sitemap file can be submitted to Google, Yahoo, Bing, and Ask so that the website pages get indexed by those major search engines
* Property Details Custom Tags – Agents can pick pre-defined tags to automatically populate the SEO information on all Property Details popup windows (Featured Listings, Office Listings, MLS Listings)
* SEO on Individual Pages – Before, agents could only edit the SEO info and all pages would have the same SEO titles, description, and keywords. Now, each page is independently editable. Go to Website Editor – BUTTONS (edit name/seo)
* Individual Page Permalinks – each individual page can now have its own editable URL after the .com
For example, if a client didn’t want the the ABOUT ME page to be www.agentdomain.com/aboutagent, they can shorten the URL to www.agentdomain.com/about
We are teaching these new tools in our January TechMar webinar classes. Please register for the final two weeks here.
Marketing Ahead of Your Competition
Many agents who took advantage of PropertyMinder’s TechMar Program made the switch from image-based marketing to direct response marketing. Within a few months, they began to see fantastic results.
Image advertising is the creation of a particular perception for your service. According to allbusiness.com, “While there is definitely a role for image advertising in creating awareness, an entire marketing strategy built around image is not going to create loyalty because it is, by nature, a one-way communication strategy.”
Direct response marketing is designed to solicit a direct feedback which is specific and quantifiable. The delivery of the response is direct between the viewer and the advertiser (source: Wikipedia.com).
Any agent can start the road to direct response marketing by following these 2 tips on how to instantly generate interest through your website.
Numbers and Statistics: For example, if you save your buyers 12% on the purchase of a home on average, say it! Instead of having a slogan that says “I have the honesty, integrity and passion to make people’s dreams come true”, make your slogan “I guarantee to save you 10% on your next home purchase or you get $1,000.00.” Notice the first slogan is more focused on you, the agent, and the second is focused on the client’s desires.
In buyer marketing, a simple way to figure out your unique statistics is to go through the last 12 months of your transactions. Take the list price, subtract the final purchase price and the difference is the total savings.
Specialties: Become the expert. For example, you specialize in working with first time home buyers. Instead of having a slogan that says “Leading people to achieve their dreams with passion and expertise”, try using “An expert in saving first time home buyers thousands of dollars. It’s guaranteed”. Notice again that the first slogan is more focused on you, the agent, and the second is focused on the client’s desires.
It is also important to know where your audience is. List yourself on sites that get the most traffic, but most of all, those that are relevant to your real estate services.
PropertyMinder continues to offer the TechMar Program to help agents develop their Internet Marketing skills. PropertyMinder has helped more than 30,000 Real Estate agents and brokers quickly adjust to the post-Internet reality and take advantage of tremendous opportunities to secure success in Real Estate.
For more information about the TechMar Program, call (800) 743-5820 or visit us at www.propertyminder.com. Also ask us for a 30-day no risk trial today.
PropertyMinder Extends Search Engine Advertising Management Program
After four years of successfully managing search engine advertising for thousands of PropertyMinder customers in California, Illinois, Maryland, and Virginia, the company will offer the same service to real estate agents and brokers in Canada.
Last year, PropertyMinder customers with limited sphere of influence and restricted advertising budgets were able to add new contacts and attract hundreds of tech-savvy Generation X buyers and sellers for a fraction of the traditional advertising costs
To keep this program cost effective, PropertyMinder will price this program to reflect local market conditions and will limit the number of participants in the program to reflect local competition.
“Search engine advertising is an integral part of the PropertyMinderiMARKETING System. More and more agents discover the benefits of inbound marketing these days. For many, this program remains to be one of the most cost effective marketing alternatives,” said Jane Ellsworth, vice president of Sales.
The PropertyMinder iMARKETING System blends traditional practices with highly reliable and innovative Internet marketing technology.
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