| Online marketing for Professional Realtors Building | | | | a thing of beauty and can give you a truly unique |
| your Real Estate website with template or, | | | | online presence. |
| custom solution. | | | | There are two other factors you should give a |
| Online marketing for Realtors involves the | | | | great deal of thought and consideration to when |
| application of many different online tools. As a | | | | making your decision. There is the cost involved, |
| professional Realtor, the decision as to which of | | | | but equally as important is how much control you |
| these tools is best for you can be somewhat | | | | want to have over your site after it is finished. |
| confusing. Here is a break down and brief | | | | Down the road you will inevitably want to make |
| explanation of some of the many options available | | | | changes to your site. You need to consider how |
| to realtors in this modern age. | | | | this will be done. |
| First you need a website. Your Real Estate | | | | There is an excellent template driven, Real Estate |
| website introduces you to you customers and | | | | website company online that I would highly |
| establishes you as a professional in your field. | | | | recommend. To begin with you can get a Free |
| Your website should be attractive, informative | | | | website to work on and customer support while |
| and easy for your potential customers to | | | | you are learning is 100% Free. They have over |
| navigate. There are an endless number of people | | | | sixty custom built templates available and you can |
| and companies online that can build a website for | | | | change your template anytime you like, on the fly. |
| you. However, I would suggest you have your | | | | There is no software to download, you simply go |
| site constructed by an individual or company that | | | | online, log in and work on your site. When you |
| specializes in building Real Estate websites. | | | | decide to publish your new website, you can have |
| Next you have to decide if a "template" website | | | | your completed website live and on the internet |
| is right for you or, should you look for a "custom | | | | for less than twenty dollars per month. This |
| built" solution. There are several online companies | | | | solution allows you to have complete control over |
| that have excellent, Real Estate templates | | | | your website and at a cost per month that is less |
| available. They have the look and feel of a | | | | than the cost of taking the kids to McDonalds for |
| professionally designed site and include all the bells | | | | lunch. |
| and whistles. Included in many of these templates | | | | A custom solution will most likely cost, anywhere |
| are MLS or IDX capabilities, dream home finders, | | | | between nineteen hundred and thirty five hundred |
| featured listings, pages as well as mortgage | | | | dollars. The expense can be well worth it, as they |
| calculators, dynamic mapping to available listings, | | | | are one of a kind, and unique to you and the |
| contact us, and about us pages and much more. | | | | professional image that you want to present. |
| A custom designed website is also a very real | | | | However, You will have to contact your |
| option. There are web developers out there who | | | | webmaster when you want to make any |
| concentrate on Real Estate sites. There is a | | | | changes. There is usually an expense involved. I |
| greater amount of flexibility to a custom designed | | | | have only been able to find one company that |
| site. Custom designers utilize the most cutting | | | | offers a completely custom solution, and gives |
| edge technologies available, such as flash, slide | | | | you complete control of your website after it is |
| shows, dissolving text, mouse rollovers, virtual | | | | completed, and has 100% Free customer support |
| tours, and more. A custom Real estate website is | | | | for as long as you own your site. |