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Five Ways To Generate Leads From CTReal.com

With the CT real estate market the way it is these days, REALTORS® are looking for any and all ways to generate leads for their listings. If you’re one of those REALTOERS® I have good news for you. CTReal.com sends leads directly to our members which allows you to send your clients and potential clients to the site to look at property without fear of losing them to another REALTOR® who has paid for premium placement, because there is no premium placement on CTReal.com. CTReal.com is completely free of advertising and the site sends all leads directly to our members. The other good news about CTReal.com is that the site sends the same percentage of leads to our members that all of the ListHub syndication channels do. So, how do you Read more [...]

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New Photo Rules To Showcase Your Listings

As you are well aware, there is a tremendous amount of CT real estate on the market these days. Making your listing stand out among the thousands of listings in Connecticut can be hard enough, but when you go online, you’re then competing with hundreds of thousands of listings. It’s for this reason, CTMLS has changed our rules and regulations to allow our members to include 25 photos in your listings. This increase will allow you to not only showcase the traditional aspects of a piece of property, but it will allow you to focus on the unique features of a home that make it stand out from the rest. This new rules change also makes it imperative that you continue to take stunning pictures that will help your property stand out from the Read more [...]

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A Picture Says A Thousand Words…How About Three?

Do a search for CT real estate on any of the national search engines and you’ll find a complete list of CT homes for sale based on the criteria you’ve specified, but you’ll also get a whole bunch of other information surrounding those results that cloud your view. Let’s try a search on Zillow.com for instance. The criteria I am going to use is Wallingford, CT 300,000 – 400,000. The search is pretty simple to use, but the results, that’s a whole other question. Take a look at what I get. Click the image to view larger Keep in mind, I am acting in the role of a consumer, coming to one of these search sites to FIND a piece of property. What am I presented with here? A map with dots on it, some advertising, featured partners and Read more [...]

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Twelve Days of Tips and Tricks (Day 7)

On the first day of tips and tricks my MLS gave to me, a mobile search in Kurio. On the second day of tips and tricks my MLS gave to me, two ways of searching. On the third day of tips and tricks my MLS gave to me, three links to Realist. On the fourth day of tips and tricks my MLS gave to me, four sites worth viewing. On the fifth day of tips and tricks my MLS gave to me, five social sites. On the sixth day of tips and tricks my MLS gave to me, six time savers. On the seventh day of tips and tricks my MLS gave to me, seven tips for photos. One of the most critical pieces of your Internet Marketing efforts is your photos. They are the first impression anyone who finds your listing online will have of that piece of CT real Read more [...]

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7 Rules For Taking Great Photos

What is the lifeblood of your Internet Marketing efforts? If you said photos, you’d be right. The one problem is, you’re a REALTOR® NOT a photographer, so how can you be expected to take beautiful pictures of your listings? It would be different if you were a professional photographer, but you’re not. Why are photos so important to your Internet Marketing? Photos are the first thing that anyone looking for a piece of CT real estate will see online. Many consumers will not look at any property that does not have photos. Photos give the consumer a glimpse into a property before scheduling a showing. SO, how do you take great photos that stand out from the pack? Thanks to one REALTOR® member of the CT Statewide MLS who sits Read more [...]

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