Hi all,

1. Do you know of any good RE website templates that I can buy without having to pay a monthly fee? Recommendations will be appreciated.

2. Anyone here use Adsense (Google)? The way I understand it, I'll pay per click, so in other words, I'll only pay once there is a visitor to MY website, correct?

Thanks,
VK

The Google Pay Per Click is actually Adwords.

That is correct. You will only pay for the visitors that log on to your site.

However PPC is not all it is cracked up to be. From what I have seen, it is not uncommon for competitors to click on your link numerous times, just to run up your bill. Once your daily max is reached, your site dissapears off Google and you can be stuck with a rather large bill.

Also, expect the rates for a 1st page position to steadily sky-rocket.

I am doing PPC right now, but I am deffinately looking forward to the day that I can get ranked high organically (not one of the sponsored sites).

If you would like I could build you a RE site! PM me for details.

If you are looking for turnkey real estate website software. Try my scripts they are webmaster and agent friendly.

If you are looking for a way to have members/users list properties on your site for free or for money try the online demo of http://www.phprealestatescript.com

If you are looking for a more flash website for your self or your agency try the online demo for this - http://www.dboorn.com/estate/

Both come with free installation you don't have to be a webmaster to get your site going. Free online support and updates.

Hope this helps!

Google Ad-words is a great way to get your new site out there. Not only is it the most afordable payper click advertising; it's the quickest to get up and running.

There are many different ways to use google adwords. Some examples:

-If you run a local website, you targeted browsers need to be local. With adwords you can select the state,county, and even city that your add should show up in!

-If you run a website that targeted browsers in a certen lang. You can set up google adwords to only show up on searches with that lang.

- But most importantly you can use the keyword tools to project trafic and keyword importance. Knowing what your search engine keyword / keyword phrases are is very important.


Another thing that you much remember in internet marketing. Is that different pay per click programs will reach different parts of the net.

Yahoo - will cover more pages for browsers that are not tech orented.
Google - will cover more pages for browsers that are tech orented.

i.e. if you are selling a computer product you would first want to advertise on google then on yahoo.

Hope this helps!

p.s. advertising on google and yahoo will make them crawl your web page faster and can even bost you rankings!

Two links for you to specific real estate templates and quick instruction on google adwords are at TechnologyForRealEstate.com below:

Real Estate Web Site Templates and

Google Adwords Pay Per Click . Also note that Yahoo has a pay per click program too at:
Yahoo Search Engine Marketing Explained

Jim Kimmons
TechnologyForRealEstate.com

Pay-Per-Click is a good avenue to begin your marketing campaign but be certain to track your keywords. Specifically, determine which keywords are most effective in generating a conversion (they go where you want them to on your site). Merely picking a popular word like "real estate" will cost a lot of money and provide few new customers unless you are on the top. This can get expensive.

The Log-on comment really means if someone clicks on your ad and immediately hits the back button and leaves, you will pay for it.

Spider
New Site: www.washington-real-estate-sales.com

Google Adwords is a great way to get more visitors to your site. There are a few things to remember though.

1. You should bid on less competitive phrases instead of Realtor or Real estate try the local neighborhoods names, home builder names, schools (just thought of that one now), and the city name with FSBO or condos or house.

2. make sure that you are using a small geographic area, your state or province. I did not do this at one point and got low return, or Click through for a neighborhood here called glasgow....wonder why?

3. Keep your cost per click low and bring it up if you want more traffic knowing that the monthly bill will go up.

4. Have a good compelling page that the future customer will go to. Once they get to you web page they have to have a reason to contact you either by form, email or telephone. You do not want to go to the work of having your possible customer look and then click away and never come back.

Very insightful topic. Thanks guys!