Thanks for the responce tyler, I have used the search and there is a great deal of information. I'm just trying to find some info for a new agent starting off, the most cost affective, to help me close a deal! your advice was great and specific, thats what I am asking!

Yes it is worth it because you need to expect it to take a while to see results...so whenever you start with the internet you need to wait a bit to see results. Search engines take a while to index you and how quickly depends on your Search Engine Optimization...how well your content is indexed for your key words.

As BPO Bill said, see if other agents in your office will let you advertise their listings. Then set up a blog - you can get hosting from Godaddy for less than $10 a month, and a domain name for $10 a year or so. Set up a Wordpress.org blog and then begin writing content for your posts. What are you going to write about?

Write about the listings you have permission to market

Take your own pictures of the area and write about the picture...one picture per post...take a picture of a landmark, a business to highlight, a tourist destination, a favorite restaurant...always making reference to real estate somehow in the article without sounding spammy of course

Write about home sales trends (use info from your mls if allowed...my mls does not allow it by yours may)

List some upcoming current events

Highlight various communities

Talk about some homeowner issues

Again make sure you get local real estate terms in those posts.

It would be extremely beneficial if you get IDX access to the MLS - in my MLS you pay an additional fee on top of the dues to be able to display listings on your website and enable customers to use your website as a search portal.

If you are mildly tech savvy you can set it up yourself with an investment in time or you can spend a few hundred bucks to have someone set it up for you. Not having an internet presence will harm you in the long run and make it difficult to generate your own leads.

Of course you can do the traditional stuff like door knocking and cold calling but for me personally, that kind of activity upsets my stomach. I do not like bothering people which is how I see it. Some other agents do very well at it but it's not my cup of tea. Even if you are door knocking and cold calling you should have some kind of website to send them to....and that would work for Craigslist too.

In this internet age, a website is very important for a new agent. I have done very well without doing any of the traditional prospecting methods. Good luck.

I succeeded and I was fairly broke to start out with.

I say what I say because some people think that if they don't like or hate propsecting in the traditional methods, that they are not cut out for real estate.

There is a ton of stuff out there saying KNOCK ON DOORS! MAKE PHONE CALLS! but those materials do not encourage those who cringe at such methods.

Check out http://www.sellwithsoul.com

Thanks for the advice everyone! Perky I am not that tech savvy to make my own site, I would have to hire someone to do it. idk if it worth spending the money if I'm not going to get results in the next few month. Any recommenede companys for websites? I was thinking of just getting a lead generating site for now and wait to get a regular site.. Any recommended companys for that? Linden you are rite I am looking for now money!! I was in mortgages so cold calling seems like another plan. what do you folks think?