5 Ways to Boost Real Estate Sales through Digital Marketing
In this digital age people are relying less on traditional media to promote their products and more on digital and social media to market anything and everything. Real estate is no different. Digital Marketing is easy and way cheaper and this is how you can optimize it to the fullest if you intend to. It takes a few tricks but it’s not rocket science…
Customer engagement
First of all there is customer engagement. This can be done in a million ways. Different projects have different nuances and engagement too has to be made according to these nuances. For example, when it comes to a project like Krishna Bhumi, it is obvious that the audiences that are drawn towards the project are somewhat spiritually inclined. Hence, for this project there is a quiz that is posted every Monday on religious topics. Any news regarding temples or religious festivals that is making headlines is also posted on the blog and the link is shared on the social media sites.
Leverage advertising and SEM
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Another very important thing is leverage advertising and SEM. In order for SEO to be successful, keywords are very important. However, keywords cannot be pushed into the content everywhere. The description of a real estate project on the website itself cannot be keyword specific, in that case a marketing pitch would come in and marketing pitches are not used on websites. In such cases, it is better to focus on SEM and leverage advertising.
Second screen marketing
Second screen marketing is also very important. We have to understand that this generation does not necessarily view everything on their desktops or laptops. Tablets and smart phones are more in vogue these days. It is more plausible to assume that the content you want read by your audience will be viewed on a phone rather than on a desktop. Hence make use of text messages, WhatsApp and mobile friendly websites and landing pages.
Video marketing
It has been seen that videos of projects are 80% more successful in converting views to leads than any other medium, so use videos. Don’t go overboard with them though. Take for example our project, Forum Atmosphere. We release 2 niche videos maximum in a month, but those videos draw more traffic than other posts that are made. People are interested in seeing what they are going to buy, so give them that visual treat.
H2H – Human to Human
Last but not the least, just because we are selling our projects in the digital age does not mean that the entire process should lose human touch. Your buyers need to feel like they are being personally dealt with rather than some automated message responding to them. So have designated people who are in charge of responding to their queries and answering their questions, this makes them feel important and this will provide a lot of leverage to your marketing strategy.