10 Internet Marketing Questions to Ask Your Realtor Prior to Listing Your Home:

1. What websites do you have a profile and listings or a link to your listings on?

2. How many websites will you be marketing my home on, what are the names and url's of those sites and how many pictures of my house will be displayed?

3. Will you post my house on your Blog, promoting the community, in addition to my house? Do you have a Blog? How is it being promoted?

4. Will you build a hub or a lens on my house to promote it to search engines, so that it links to your website and exposes my home more often?

5. How many search engines are you pinging your blog to in order to promote business. Will my house be found by area if someone using the search engines and inserts my subdivision name by keyword?

6. Will you put my house out on Postlets, Saw It on Line, and Craig's List with pictures?

7. Will you do a virtual Tour on my house and a slide presentation for promoting on Flickr, Slide Share and other sites?

8. Do you belong to any Social Networking sites that would allow a posting of my house like, Facebook, Myspace, You Tube or others?

9. Once you post these sites will you promote my house to other Realtors by sending, professional flyers via: email and link to give my home ful exposure to the market?

10. Will you provide me with day to day updates either by email, twitter, SMS or some form of communication via Internet, in addition to talking to me face to face  or by phone on a frequent basis?

There's dozens of other important questions to ask in addition to Internet marketing that are a necessity, you may find them on my website or feel free to contact me for one on one personal consulting opportunity.

"Expect the Best" Mike

Mike Bowler Sr. ePRO, CRB, GRI, SRES
Coldwell Banker Hubbell Briarwood
1020 S. Creyts Road, Lansing, MI 48917
Phone: 517-492-3400 Fax: 888-832-6203email:
Mike@MikeBowler.com 
Website for Clients: MikeBowler.com
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