2,222,281
I don't think so Tony Lewis
I get more leads and business from my website than I do from social media.
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Kris Collis, Associate...
East Stroudsburg, PA
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Dario Ferreira
Attleboro, MA
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Julie A. Black
Kapaa, HI
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Ron and Alexandra Seigel
Carpinteria, CA
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Joan Cox
Denver, CO
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John Juarez
Fremont, CA
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Anthony Acosta - ALLAT...
Atlanta, GA
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Kathleen Daniels, Prob...
San Jose, CA
1,202,572
Plenty of agents still have websites, I suppose the more tools you have in your bag the better off you'll be. Exposure is the name of the game
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Ernie Steele
Lebanon, PA
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Kris Collis, Associate...
East Stroudsburg, PA
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Ron and Alexandra Seigel
Carpinteria, CA
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Joan Cox
Denver, CO
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John Juarez
Fremont, CA
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Kathleen Daniels, Prob...
San Jose, CA
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Anthony Acosta - ALLAT...
Atlanta, GA
1,078,451
Not at all, but a website being used as a vanity/landing page is already obsolete. It's got to rank, have lead capture, customer funnels, and IDX feed to keep customers engaged on the site.
A website is still a great resource, but a website for the sake of having a website is pointless, you've got to use the tool.
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Pete Xavier
Pacific Palisades, CA
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Kris Collis, Associate...
East Stroudsburg, PA
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Fred Griffin Florida R...
Tallahassee, FL
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Dario Ferreira
Attleboro, MA
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Ron and Alexandra Seigel
Carpinteria, CA
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John Juarez
Fremont, CA
469,510
Just like the rest of our tools - you get out of it what you put into it kind of thing. If you put zero into a website and have your biz centered around otherthings - for that person a RE website could possibly be useless and at least functionally obsolete because it's doing nothing for them and they doing nothing for it.
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Dario Ferreira
Attleboro, MA
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Ron and Alexandra Seigel
Carpinteria, CA
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John Juarez
Fremont, CA
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Anthony Acosta - ALLAT...
Atlanta, GA
3,350,589
Not in my opinion.
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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John Juarez
Fremont, CA
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Peter Mohylsky, Destin...
Miramar Beach, FL
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Anthony Acosta - ALLAT...
Atlanta, GA
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Kathleen Daniels, Prob...
San Jose, CA
381,637
I don't shop on social media. That's a tool to drive traffic to the website for specific searches.
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Jerrill Ewing
Eatonton, GA
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Ron and Alexandra Seigel
Carpinteria, CA
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John Juarez
Fremont, CA
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Anthony Acosta - ALLAT...
Atlanta, GA
5,116,528
Why would you ask that? Your own website adds a ton of credibility to your standing as a professional. I don't refer business to agents who don't have their own robust website (and I don't mean a webpage on a brokerage's site).
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Anthony Acosta - ALLAT...
Atlanta, GA
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Dario Ferreira
Attleboro, MA
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Joan Cox
Denver, CO
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Ron and Alexandra Seigel
Carpinteria, CA
5,879,676
I hardly think so, as I get a huge amount of visitors every day.
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Anthony Acosta - ALLAT...
Atlanta, GA
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Dario Ferreira
Attleboro, MA
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Ron and Alexandra Seigel
Carpinteria, CA
1,847,731
It is your 24/7 business card.
I will AGREE that our sites have taken a hit with the popularity of the big 4. I'm not even sure I believe their supposed numbers on visitors. I think that shoppers think those are just easier to navigate & look sharper than many agent sites.
Am I as a consumer going to visit John Doe's site or go to Z?
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Ernie Steele
Lebanon, PA
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Anthony Acosta - ALLAT...
Atlanta, GA
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Ron and Alexandra Seigel
Carpinteria, CA
1,325,924
A properly utilized website remains a tool of value in the Realtor tool kit.
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Anthony Acosta - ALLAT...
Atlanta, GA
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Ron and Alexandra Seigel
Carpinteria, CA
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Joan Cox
Denver, CO
1,506,923
No, far from it. Social media is closer to being obsolete!
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Ron and Alexandra Seigel
Carpinteria, CA
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John Juarez
Fremont, CA
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Kathleen Daniels, Prob...
San Jose, CA
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Anthony Acosta - ALLAT...
Atlanta, GA
2,785,456
If one is active in any practice, a web site is like a business card & should be treated that way. However, as you pointed out, there are forces at work constantly that may change the way we interact on just about everything
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Ron and Alexandra Seigel
Carpinteria, CA
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Lyn Sims
Schaumburg, IL
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John Juarez
Fremont, CA
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Anthony Acosta - ALLAT...
Atlanta, GA
613,494
No...
I don't believe that they will be obsolete.
I do almost all my business off my website because my target buyer is out of town.
What I do think what will eventually be obsolete is listing agents due to the opportunity for sellers to list on various places without a realtor...
Eve
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Ron and Alexandra Seigel
Carpinteria, CA
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John Juarez
Fremont, CA
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Kathleen Daniels, Prob...
San Jose, CA
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Anthony Acosta - ALLAT...
Atlanta, GA
1,458,269
We've found the majority of buyers go directly to Realtor.ca which is free and shows all listings in Canada except Quebec. Realtors get free leads interested in their listings. Sellers look for corporate websites and then follow-up with specific Realtors.
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Anthony Acosta - ALLAT...
Atlanta, GA
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Ron and Alexandra Seigel
Carpinteria, CA
648,425
I don't think so at all. Any and all of the mediums you mentioned can be used to drive people TO a website to engage.
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Anthony Acosta - ALLAT...
Atlanta, GA
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Ron and Alexandra Seigel
Carpinteria, CA
135,824
no they aren't. They might not work for agents who don't know how to run them.
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Anthony Acosta - ALLAT...
Atlanta, GA
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Ron and Alexandra Seigel
Carpinteria, CA
5,773,239
There are a 1001 opinions on this. We know what works in the markets we work in. It all depends on the market, and the strategy. A
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Anthony Acosta - ALLAT...
Atlanta, GA
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
921,504
Many businesses have ONLY a FB presense. Many busineesses succeed by providing NO Customer service but encourages and supports FB user groups.
However, it is important to understand when thousands of dollars are in play, consumers do behave differently than lower cost engagements.
What they WILL do is seek no less than 3 and often 5 points of validation. If a real estate professional can do that without a website, that means they are more tuned into their audience habits than most.
An agent website is a great tool but not when used as most have implemented. Those $30 a month 'shiny thing' websites do not offer the agility to get in front of the needs of the shelter seeking population.
The moral of the story is, 'The horse you feed will win the race."
The choice is which 'false news' channel will the agent choose to participate. In this socieity of consentual delusion, we tend to choose or create the messge streams that make us feel the way we want to feel.
I think the agents website is just one of the five pillars of validation available. Use it wisely.
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Ron and Alexandra Seigel
Carpinteria, CA
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John Juarez
Fremont, CA
5,245,401
Ryan Huggins - Thousand Oaks, CA and I are in lockstep on this one.
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Ryan Huggins - Thousan...
Thousand Oaks, CA
6,424,817
One of the essential tools that if used right in conjuction with the other tools becomes valuable to our clients and the promotion of our business.
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Carla Freund
Raleigh, NC
914,098
I think some agents could get by without a website, but it would depend on what other platform(s) they would use. I have seen many websites that suck and could easily be replaced with more effective technology.
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Anthony Acosta - ALLAT...
Atlanta, GA
3,590,566
It depends......so many ways of doing businesss.
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Ron and Alexandra Seigel
Carpinteria, CA
9,257
My opinion of course.
The future of marketing is website/SEO. Everyone I know pulls out their phone to answer their question. If I google "Top producing real estate agents near me", I am going to focus heavily on the top 3 posts. Invest your money into an SEO company that knows what they're doing. With time, organic SEO leads are free!
907,072
I depends on the website. Mine brings in leads and offers valuable information so I will be keeping it.