REALTORS® – Independent Contractors

September 17, 2011

Are REALTORS® really independent?
Let’s take a look at the definition of an “independent contractor” as applied to a REALTOR® in Canada:
A REALTOR® working as an independent contractor is a natural person, business, or corporation that provides real estate services to another entity under terms specified in a contract or within a verbal agreement. A REALTOR® [...]

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Marketing your real estate business online

November 5, 2010

Why marketing your business online is important?
As a Realtor, an effective online presence is critical to grow your business and add value to your Brand. More home buyers are using the internet to for real estate information, in particular homes for sale in their neighborhoods. Google or other Search Engines are more important to your [...]

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Social Media Marketing

June 24, 2010

Social Media marketing
Social media like Facebook, Myspace, Twitter, etc are popular with internet users to share information with one another. These social groups interact with another and share news and interests they have in common. Some may be consisting of social group of a particular industry, or they may be from a geographical location.
Many Realtors [...]

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Real Estate Niche

May 5, 2010

Working a real estate niche
A niche market is well-defined and marketing to home buyers or sellers in a “farm area” or a “housing type” say in Burnaby South help to build trust and confidence. Online marketing success targeted to audience in a niche can be  achieved by blogging, social media promotion and online classified ads [...]

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Blogging: Marketing Online

March 7, 2010

Blogging is an effective way for Realtors to  promote their business online.  Blogging can help drive more customers and sales to your business. The purpose of blogging is to  improve your website visibility and to influence home buyers and sellers to use your service.
SEO provided by service providers can be expansive, and not easy to [...]

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Niche Marketing – Steveston, Richmond

March 7, 2010

Steveston in Richmond is a rich and diversed community with strong a small business community in the village area. There are a few local Richmond Realtors who have built their strong bonds with the residents and merchants in Steveston village area.
Realtors working the Steveston market are actively involved with community events in Steveston. Throughout the [...]

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Real Estate Marketing Online

March 1, 2010

Why use blogs to promote your real estate business?
A blog can be set up in a matter of hours and ready for your first blog post.  For any business big or small, blogs hold tremendous power and can make a big different in helping grow your real estate business. Here are some great things blogs [...]

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