Comments on: What is the easiest way to make money as a real estate broker in ILLINOIS? http://www.businessbrokersguide.com/blog/what-is-the-easiest-way-to-make-money-as-a-real-estate-broker-in-illinois/ Thu, 17 May 2012 10:57:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: bigmary2 http://www.businessbrokersguide.com/blog/what-is-the-easiest-way-to-make-money-as-a-real-estate-broker-in-illinois/comment-page-1/#comment-1448 bigmary2 Sun, 28 Mar 2010 02:22:08 +0000 http://www.businessbrokersguide.com/blog/what-is-the-easiest-way-to-make-money-as-a-real-estate-broker-in-illinois/#comment-1448 You have to be able to market yourself and get your name out there, so you get more leads. AKA: You absolutely NEED a website. The NAR put out a study in 2005 saying that the use of the Internet to search for a home has risen from 2% in 1995 to 77% in 2005 and agents with websites has increased 129% over the past 5 years. It also said that In terms of lead generation, only referrals and repeat clients rank above the Internet as the most effective methods of gaining new business. Unfortunately the real estate industry is a little bit behind in marketing themselves online, so having a website that displays the MLS data with an integrated IDX feed is probably your best bet to beat the competition. Especially since most of the real estate being sold is being done so by the newly established realtors who have mastered online marketing. Some good website design companies are or But the real kicker is being able to display MLS listings on your site and integrate search tools using an IDX feed. IDX Broker is definitely a superior product: Good luck!<a href="http://www.popwebshop.com/"> bigmary2</a> You have to be able to market yourself and get your name out there, so you get more leads. AKA: You absolutely NEED a website. The NAR put out a study in 2005 saying that the use of the Internet to search for a home has risen from 2% in 1995 to 77% in 2005 and agents with websites has increased 129% over the past 5 years. It also said that In terms of lead generation, only referrals and repeat clients rank above the Internet as the most effective methods of gaining new business.

Unfortunately the real estate industry is a little bit behind in marketing themselves online, so having a website that displays the MLS data with an integrated IDX feed is probably your best bet to beat the competition. Especially since most of the real estate being sold is being done so by the newly established realtors who have mastered online marketing.

Some good website design companies are or

But the real kicker is being able to display MLS listings on your site and integrate search tools using an IDX feed. IDX Broker is definitely a superior product:

Good luck! bigmary2

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