Generating Real Estate Leads?

You're going to have to be more specific.
What kind of leads are you trying to get?

Buyer leads? Seller leads? Mortgage leads?

Buyer leads. most traffic is coming from ppc keywords like houses for sale in "city"

Except 90% of homebuyers start their search online lol. I'm not looking for phone calls I'm looking for opt ins.

Real estate is a very competitive "Market". It is not a niche by any stretch of the imagination. You say you are looking for buyer leads. As a former real estate agent and a real estate broker, I would advise you to narrow down your target audience. By that I mean, you should target 1st time home buyers, empty nesters, People looking for condos, Single family homes, duplexes, etc. To be successful in the residential real estate market you have to be a specialist and not a jack of all trades. What do you plan to do with the leads? Are you reselling them, are you an agent, broker, investor, etc? If you can give me your goals, I can certainly help you out. I have been in real estate for 30+ years and still have real estate investments that pay quite well passively.

Agree with both MagneticKopy & wesawu, you need to get really specific and you need the potential lead to take some action for it to become a lead worth anything.

I mostly deal in insurance leads and for those the potential lead needs to provide contact/personal information (address, multiple phone #s, age etc.) as well as their wishes for the insurance policy.

Of course what they specified in the latter is up for discussion once they get the sales call, but you need that intent from the lead to get anywhere in this business.

Oh and about specificity: all my insurance sites are dedicated to 1 insurance product only. If a potential lead has searched for life insurance, I don't want them to arrive at my site and see offers for car insurance or health insurance, even if they are just navigation links. Don't try to upsell either, it makes you look cheaper and the quality of the lead goes down.

I consider a qualified lead, a prospect that calls in. They meet minimum income. Also, they show up for a sit.

Approx 50% of people that call up, do not show up. This goes to 90% when they are out of state, and the next day they call you. Typically, it is a story of how their aunt is in the hospital and their car is in the shop getting major repairs. I do not need pathetic excuses.

Google Ad words costs me approx $50 per lead, but most are rubbish that belong in the bin because they are too far away. People that are 40 - 50 miles away will sometimes show up. However, they will tell me that the house is just too far away. Also, that gas is expensive. No kidding Sherlock Holmes, they could have saved me the trip, but there you go.

Typically, I put ads in local community newspapers. A $100 ad will generate 200 leads, but In contrast, a similar $300 ad in a large metropolitan newspaper will generate 100 leads. People ask me. Why do you even advertise in large newspapers. Here is the reason. I need to sell the house quickly And it cannot sit for months or the owner will take it away.

Craigslist leads are trash that belongs in a garbage can. Free, that they are. What you get is 100 calls and 50 people show up. All are making less than minimum income. Typically, I will not schedule a sit. OK so that way, I save them their time and mine.

Most of CL leads are people that are young. They are fresh out of college and have no money. BANK wants a large down payment now. Here are the things you need to consider in your concerns:

• LOCATION - people want a house that is near.
• MONEY - banks need a minimum income.
• JOB - People need to have a stable job that is near.

Most of my Google Ad words calls were from people out of area. They did not show up. These tend to be expensive. I calculate that I am paying 50 cents per click for my keywords, but some of my competitors are pay $3 or $4 even. Clearly, this is not for you. People from out of state will call up. However, they will not show up. Approx 90% no shows I tell you.

The worst is ads in out of state magazines. Not only are they expensive. Please add that all the prospects are out of state and converting them is impossible or near so. Time sink to the max.

Here is your best scenario. People who live with in one mile of the property you are moving. They do not need to put their kid in a new school or change their cable service even. Also, they use the same electrical company. In fact, everything stays the same.

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I was looking for answers to the solution. I am involved with promoting real estate in various states in USA. I've used all possible online marketing techniques to generate the leads. Here to mention, these are MLS based listings and clients want people to sign-up and fill the form. They don't want people calling to often.

In my experience, it depends on state. When I was promoting a realtor in Utah, I had the advantage because luckily local SEO worked back then very well (1 year back). So, SEO is the main component for generating qualified leads. However, you need right kind of strategy because there too many algorithm updates and results may take long.

Look for local news website I found KSL in Utah. It turned out to be the best because 90% of people living in the region I was focusing use KSL classifieds. It is a paid service, but well worth spending money. I generated 500 leads in a month for my client. So, local classifieds are something you need to look for. It requires good research to find one famous in your area.

Similarly, Fort Collins, Co is not so good in generating leads online. I am struggling with classifieds because Craigslist is the only best option available here.

You can also leverage facebook ads by geo-targeting your location. I think this is much better than adwords because adwords clicks are often fraudulent. Your competitors might click, an SEO company might click or even information searchers. I would recommend split budget between adwords and facebook.

If you have any ideas or suggestions, I will be happy to hear from you. As I am still working for clients to generate real estate leads.

I have a software that I sell to agents that generates buyer leads. However, in order to use it you have to be a licensed agent. However, if you don't have your license then you could align yourself with a licensed agent, advertise these particular listings in their name then sell the leads to them or to others. PM for details. Am happy to help.

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Why not start a blog and start blogging on rich keywords related to real estate. You can get a lot of serious, higher quality and rich traffic this way. It's also long term. When you stop paying for ads, traffic stops as well. As for blogging, as long as you have high quality content, targeted traffic and opt-in forms in place, you will get leads.

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I'd have to take a look at your landing page and Adwords campaign to know more.