SEO/Advertising for new Real Estate site

Discussion in 'General Marketing' started by Froggie, Feb 17, 2010.

  1. #1
    I am in the process of launching a property rental website that for now is directed for Canadian tenants and landlords.
    I am not sure exactly where to start with the advertising/SEO
    I have been advised to begin with buying 1 or 2 pr3+ back links and slowly build
    I would appreciate someone to give me advice on the best course of action.
    The budget for the SEO/Advertising I can do about 500 maybe more if needed.

    Any help would be appreciated
     
    Froggie, Feb 17, 2010 IP
  2. webbmaster

    webbmaster Well-Known Member

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    #2
    two websites on your sig are not working... no content ...

    offer to post apartment/room for rent on classifieds website? I see a lot of websites like yours doing that on craigslist

    then any general seo trick will help your business.. keyword advertising is probably too expensive for your budget..

    how about offering free rental agreement form download? that could be a start
     
    webbmaster, Feb 17, 2010 IP
  3. seogame

    seogame Peon

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    Blog, Article Submissions, Press releases are all good for marketing.
     
    seogame, Feb 17, 2010 IP
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    gocali2009 Active Member

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    Would wait a bit with buying links. Do all the basic stuff first: Directory Submissions (niche ones), Press Release, Article Submission and so on.
     
    gocali2009, Feb 17, 2010 IP
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    Hi froggie, there is also another way of promoting your property rental website through optimized real estate online video marketing .
     
    optimized_media, Feb 17, 2010 IP
  6. Froggie

    Froggie Well-Known Member

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    I already had kijiji and craigslist in mind, thank you for the reminder though, adwords would probably be to expensive your right. How is offering the forms going to help, there is not one or 2, there is many of them for each province do i download them all and make them available through my sight or just provide links to the sites they are already on *government sites*

    I was thinking of hiring someone to find out what the site needs and where and what type of advertising to be done, has anyone done this and can recommend someone that can take a fresh new site and advice on EXACTLY what to do or even they do it and report back, I am not just talking about SEO i am talking about everything all together.
     
    Froggie, Feb 18, 2010 IP
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    I would say create a free report that your customers can send to each other. Be honest, while I have no immediate idea of what in your case, I've seen free e-books deliver some pretty stellar results.
     
    Beevok, Feb 19, 2010 IP
  8. GuruCreation

    GuruCreation Notable Member

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    PPC
    Article Marketing
    Social Bookmarking
    Blog Commenting
    Press Release Submission
    --Basically, build your website backlinks to gain organic traffic.
     
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    It's been several months. What strategies work the best for your site, Froggie?
     
    mwong, Jun 12, 2010 IP
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    A lot of free learning from Youtube, including your case, try to search youtube
     
    baliseo, Jun 12, 2010 IP