{"id":2452,"date":"2017-02-21T19:47:57","date_gmt":"2017-02-21T19:47:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/listhubnews.com\/mls\/?p=2452"},"modified":"2018-09-19T21:29:52","modified_gmt":"2018-09-19T21:29:52","slug":"making-a-lasting-impression-with-your-website","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/listhubnews.com\/mls\/making-a-lasting-impression-with-your-website\/","title":{"rendered":"Make A Lasting Impression With Your Website"},"content":{"rendered":"\n <div id=\"wrapperMI_0\" class=\"wrap-mjp nostop flip \" style=\"position: relative; padding:5px 0px 30px 0px; margin:0px; width:auto;\">\n\t<div style=\"display:none;\" class=\"Eabove-mjp\" id=\"Eabove-mjp_0\"><\/div>\n\t <div class=\"subwrap-MI\">\n\t\t <div class=\"jp-innerwrap\">\n\t\t\t <div class=\"innerx\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t <div class=\"innerleft\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t <div class=\"innerright\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t <div class=\"innertab\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t <div class=\"interface-mjp arial-mjp\" style=\"height:88px;\" id=\"interfaceMI_0\">\n\t\t\t\t <div class=\"MI-image Himg left-mjp\" id=\"MI_image_0\" style=\" width:auto; 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So just how important is it for a real estate professional to leverage their own website as an information source? <\/span><b><i>Very!<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3434 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/listhubnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/obviously.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.topproducer.com\/news\/website-of-the-month-ariana-loucas\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to Top Producer<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, \u201cno one knows better than you that first impressions matter. Since many prospects will be forming those impressions by checking you out online, your website needs to be sleek, mobile-friendly and above all, accurately showcase your brand and tell your story. \u201c<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you\u2019re ready to win at the digital marketing game, they also offer 5 tips to keep in mind while creating or updating your website:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/a\/move.com\/file\/d\/0BxSg20h5KdIhaFR3QXNhbXdfSE0\/view\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3510 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/listhubnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/website-design-infographic-1-310x1024.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<p><b>Bonus!<\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here are 3 additional tips to help your improve your online presence with your website.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>1. Make local references throughout your website<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When potential buyer and seller clients search online, improve your rank by using local terms. If your agents focus on a particular area in Michigan, this should be highlighted. Search engines strive to provide relevant information to those searching, so be sure to use this to your advantage.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>2. Make engagement easy<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You\u2019ve put a lot of work into perfecting your website. Be sure to integrate tools that engage and retain visitors.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Display social media follow buttons throughout your site and blog to attract more social media followers <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Allow visitors to subscribe to your blog, newsletter and\/or email list; this offers an outlet for ongoing communication and lead conversion (make sure you have the tools in place to engage once they sign up &#8211; <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.listhub.com\/marketsnapshot\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">learn more<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Offer a \u2018click to share\u2019 feature to allow visitors to easily share your content to their followers (who just may be in the market to buy or sell a home)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>3. Make measuring your success easy<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As with anything, it\u2019s important to set goals for your website! You may be interested in your website&#8217;s conversion rates or where your website traffic is coming from. An effective <\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">way to measure your sites performance or success is with Google Analytics. If you haven\u2019t set up analytics tracking on your website, here is a<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/analytics\/answer\/1008080\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">step-by-step guide<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> straight from Google. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><i>Want to track your online success beyond your website?<\/i><\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> ListHub Reports can help! Plus we can provide tools that will help you engage with new leads and current clients to nurture them until they are transaction read. <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.listhub.com\/bundle\/\" target=\"_blank\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Click here<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to learn more.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.listhubnews.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1683\" src=\"http:\/\/listhubnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Read-More-ListHub_News.png\" alt=\"Read-More-ListHub_News\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSchKrxIwDdaY-AnFXwYl5MtE_LafStmb6XgNp4LajAaZWVpYg\/viewform&amp;sa=D&amp;ust=1487701634602000&amp;usg=AFQjCNG2OdN_68qyRIVoOdngQi-ADPjKGw\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"77\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2409\" src=\"http:\/\/listhubnews.com\/mls\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/SurveyBanner_MLS.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/listhubnews.com\/mls\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/SurveyBanner_MLS.png 600w, https:\/\/listhubnews.com\/mls\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/SurveyBanner_MLS-300x39.png 300w, https:\/\/listhubnews.com\/mls\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/SurveyBanner_MLS-112x14.png 112w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; In today\u2019s real estate market, more and more people are turning to the Internet.In fact, just last year the National Association of REALTORS\u00ae\u00a0reported that online websites were seen as most useful in the home search process at 86 percent. \u00a0Furthermore, real estate agents\u2019 websites were listed as a top marketing method for homes at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2469,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,3],"tags":[153,154,43,155,156,157,51,158],"class_list":["post-2452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archives","category-featured","tag-blog","tag-property-listings","tag-real-estate-listings","tag-real-estate-professional","tag-search-engine-optimization","tag-seo","tag-social-media","tag-website"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/listhubnews.com\/mls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2452","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/listhubnews.com\/mls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/listhubnews.com\/mls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listhubnews.com\/mls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listhubnews.com\/mls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2452"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/listhubnews.com\/mls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2452\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2493,"href":"https:\/\/listhubnews.com\/mls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2452\/revisions\/2493"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listhubnews.com\/mls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/listhubnews.com\/mls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listhubnews.com\/mls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listhubnews.com\/mls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}