Comments on: Vancouver Realtors – Digitally Challenged

By: Phil Butler

Phil Butler — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 19:00:52 +0000

My pleasure John, you are doing great work, let us know if you ever need us or have news.

Always,
Phil

By: Ravi Benjamin

Ravi Benjamin — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 17:35:12 +0000

Superb article and Bang on !!

By: John Grasty

John Grasty — Sat, 30 Jul 2011 02:59:39 +0000

Thanks so much for the post: https://realtybiznews.com/vancouvers-real-estate-evolved/9874267/ but more importantly the review will be helpful for the next website update in early 2012. Your generous feedback and suggestions have already been passed on to my agency, http://ArmadaDesign.ca in preparation. Very much appreciated Phil. Take care, John

By: Phil Butler

Phil Butler — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 06:59:18 +0000

@Kory, I am really glad you and some others understand I am not being overly critical for no reason. The thing is, and most do not realize this at all, Internet success, be it marketing or otherwise, is an active activity, not passive. A great many people still think there is some magic going on here. You put up a web site and Voila! You are rich, people see you, you have done your job. In today’s economy, the storefront has moved to the Internet and you had better tidy up the shelves before the doors open for business.

I like to think of business on the web as if anyone’s website is a new car dealership say. Some dealers build theirs out in the middle of the outback, not even a dirt road leading to it. And then, there are dealers who not only built in Timbuktu, but who decided to fill the showroom with clunkers that won’t run. Project to Twitter and Facebook, let’s call them salesmen. They can have 6 billion followers and fans, but even though everything is like P.T. Barnum described still, even though there is a sucker born every minute – sales are just not going to skyrocket. An infantile metaphoric here, but…

And then there is the branding. How do you feel about say, an attorney whose website is full of grammar errors, one who puts up an image that looks like Jimmy Hoffa, catchy use car salesman headlines that proclaim you can get $50,000,000,000,000 for your whiplash injury? More “suckers” may ring the phones off the hook, but that attorney will never, ever be thought of as a true professional by those who know, or by his contemporaries. FOREVER. The web is funny, 100 people click on your site a month, no one calls to buy a house, but the first time you need to look professional online – Mr: Big with deep pockets hates something you put on here. Call if Murphy’s Law – it happens all the time Kory.

So ends my soap box session for today. I hope it helps some. There’s no free rides – marketing is marketing no matter. Cheers and please come back and comment + read when you can Kory.

Always,
Phil

By: Kory Prince

Kory Prince — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 01:18:47 +0000

Thanks for the feedback Phil, I appreciate it. As far as having limited engagement via facebook and twitter on my website, I concur that it is mostly broadcast on my home page, albeit that I absolutely do listen when someone takes the time to click the corresponding social media link. It is in this forum (on the social medial site itself) that I interact with most clients. I also have a comments section on by daily blog which I encourage readers to use and make suggestions for future posts and/or critiques of my content.

As far as my finish carpentry business, it is extremely localized (Edmonton, AB) and really only has a website because I believed every company needs to be online. The client base of that company is entirely compromised of repeat and referral business through commercial contacts and does not aim to acquire new business from said website given I would not mind if it did but as it stands the company is quite large and content dealing with a limited number of larger commercial clients.

Also, as far as your “50 visitors a month” guess, I am not sure if you are speaking of the finish carpentry business or my Real Estate business (www.KoryPrince.ca). I don’t track the carpentry business’ analytics because I do not deal with the day to day of that business and as I mentioned, we do not deal with the public, focusing instead on large commercial contracts cultivated through existing relationships. In my Real Estate business (www.KoryPrince.ca), I do oversee the day to day and I actually exceed 50 unique visitors a day but I would encourage and suggestions on how to increase that number.

Again, thanks for your honest and professional opinion, Phil.

Kory Prince

By: James

James — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 06:19:10 +0000

Yes, vancouver real estate is very competitive. It requires more work than other keywords. However, I would suggest you work around vancouver real estate keywords and that will help your website to rank high and improve your traffic.

By: James

James — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 06:14:38 +0000

http://www.myrealsearch.ca/ is another real estate social website that brings realtors, buyers and sellers together. Their questions and answers section is like zillow that really helps users to get into real estate market quickly.

By: Vancouver’s Real Estate Evolved – Getting the Message

Vancouver’s Real Estate Evolved – Getting the Message — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 09:26:07 +0000

[...] get our headlines via email as well, or follow us on Twitter.A Realtor in Vancouver, in response to an article about that business community’s digital engagement queried my to look at his web footprint. [...]

By: John Grasty

John Grasty — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 04:18:58 +0000

Unlike many REALTORS® my goal isn’t to be a top producer but rather just to keep a manageable active client base. Based in Port Moody, a suburb of Vancouver that attracts more and more younger couples, I’m really interested to receive your feedback (good or bad). Most of my business is helping buyers, although I’ve also been very successful with listings. Thanks Phil. Take care.

By: Phil Butler

Phil Butler — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 16:57:22 +0000

@REaltor, as you suggest, it is only a frame showing content from your other site. Whoever advised of this, did you no favors tho. I will mail you asap, but no matter what, you need to have this site on its own, optimized domain – or it is money down the drain.

Always,
Phil