How Directory Listing Boosts Real Estate SalesPosted by Nick Niesen on November 8th, 2010 The real estate industry is a competitive one, and as a player in that market, you?ve got to play every edge that you can find. You?ve got your listings on MLS, submitted your ads to the newspaper classifieds, bought space in local realty For Sale magazines and even set up your own website. Now you need to maximize your exposure by getting the word out about the service that you offer. Listing your real estate related web site with a real estate directory is an excellent way to help drive targeted traffic to your website. What?s ?targeted traffic?? How to Get Targeted Traffic There are ways to boost the flow of targeted traffic to your web site ? and on the World Wide Web, increased traffic means increased sales. A real estate directory can help boost your real estate sales in a number of ways. Why List Your Realty Site with a Real Estate Directory? A listing on the right real estate directory will put you where your potential customers and clients will see you ? on a site that?s designed for people who are looking for information about what you sell. Suppose you buy foreclosed homes in California. Because a real estate directory categorizes its listings, your potential clients don?t have to wade through three pages of listings for real estate agents and home mortgage companies to find your listing. Because the real estate directory has links to and from many web sites that are relevant to real estate, it?s far more likely to rank higher in the page results than any single-realtor site. When you submit your web site to a real estate directory, you?re leveraging the popularity and page ranking of the directory to bring traffic to your web site. How a real estate directory boosts YOUR web site?s ranking Reciprocal links, search engine submissions and submissions to directories are all important pieces of your web presence and marketing. By paying close attention to them all, you?ll find that your web site pays off in increased sales. Like it? Share it!More by this author |