real estate web design


 

'Bring your
local community together'



Locals Blog

A successful Web Site must satisfy all of the following criteria :

A Blog is a two way communication type website that allows comments by users, and approvals by the publisher or moderator.

It will also allow you to invite the community to:

  • Publish their news and community concerns.

  • Publish their sporting or personal achievements.

  • Publish their community announcements.

  • Publish items via email, directly to your blog.

...You could also give author access to Sporting Clubs to post results directly!

Top 10 Reasons for Blogging
Bloggers (as the writes of blogs are called) have many reasons for starting and maintaining a Blog, such as:

1. It's good for business.

2. It improves your search-engine ranking.

3. It makes you more valuable to your customers and prospects.

4. It will generate more traffic for your website.

5. It will improve your sales & listings.

6. It will promote you as a community minded local expert in your field.

7. It can get you and your company noticed.

8. You can have added RSS news feeds to your Blog, you can get loads of content without working so hard AND you can easily distribute your blog's content to other bloggers and websites. (RSS means Really Simple Syndication), it is a form of viral marketing!

9. You can invite your readers to comment on your posts, thereby creating a better relationship with them (increasing the possibility that they will buy from you).

10. You can have fun writing about your company, products, industry, competitors and conferences you attend… you can write just about anything!

What a listing tool! What a selling tool!
Remember 70% of listings, come from personal referrals or people who were referred by someone who knows you.

With Blogs it is easy to get in touch with your community, especially if you are the exclusively representing your neighbourhood on Localsblog.com.au

For as little as $33 per month including GST you can have an exclusive license to operate your own local real estate and community blog on localsblog.com.au.

Naturally we would like you to assist us in putting us in touch with local traders of your choice, that you would like to advertise on your local blog… You will then be rebated 50% of the advertising revenue made.

What Do I Need to Do?
You do Not need to do much at all! Naturally the more local news you put on your blog, the better and more successful it will be. The more locals you invite to view and make comment the more successful it will be. The local content is up to you. We will endeavor to assist you in a written guide and telephone support for your blog.

No special skills are required, however your will need an interest in being part of the community you are going to represent on your local blog. Just average computer skills.

We will always support you by phone, and assist you if you have difficulties.

Best of all once up and running all you will need to do is:

1. Answer email post requests, by approving with a tick.

2. Place posts or news items on your blog.

3. Maybe create an extra category or two.

4. Put listings on your site.

Your Local Blog could replace your newsletter or more so your newsletter should support your Blog and drive your clients to it.
 

Additional Information
Q. Will we always support you?
A. Yes, we will always offer support by phone, newsletter, providing written instructions and marketing assistance. After all, this license is really a partnership. We want to make it work for you, otherwise the service is not worth paying for.

Q. Why is it so cheap compared to other services?
A. A web site of similar design and interaction features could cost you thousands of dollars... Really the fee you pay is for support, assistance and marketing on the web and use of the domain name, and a static internet address to help the search engines list your site.

Q. Who else is using blogs?
A. Real Estate Blogs are taking off everywhere, especially in the USA, except we have included the local community as well, as real estate is local, and so are you. Really it could be your online newsletter, but interactive.

Q. Why are there advertisers on the site?
A. Advertising is kept to a minimum, but as the development costs are ongoing advertising ensures us that we have the funds to enhance and improve the blogs, and recover development costs, as each blog is set up separately and can take some 3 to 5 hours each, plus IP addresses, and server maintenance and space.

Q. Why is it not free?
A. Blogs need to be hosted, backed up and maintained, on the servers; and as your blog is supported by a professional team of webmasters experienced with real estate web sites, you will be given the backup that you need, to run a successful, search engine submitted blog.

To provide ongoing services and advice, a fee is necessary, however we have built in rebates* to assist you. (* see fees section)

Q. What marketing support is included?
A. Your localsblog is listed on blog directories by us, and also submitted to search engines on your behalf, plus 1000 leaflets for you to letterbox drop, will be sent to you to use in your marketing... Distributing these flyers around your local area, will create instant recognition, traffic and involvement from your community/neighbourhood.

We will be promoting www.localsblog.com.au through Google Adwords and on the search engines as well... Google has it’s very own Blog Search, that’s how popular blogs truly are.

www.localsblog.com.au contains a list of all localsblogs across Australia, it also list opportunities we have identified.

Q. How long is my agreement?
A. You will need 12 months to really pump up your real estate blog, so we would require a 12 month agreement, with automatic renewal on a monthly basis. Naturally a new agreement will ensure pricing control (just like realestate.com.au or domain.com.au do).

Q. When will I need to make payment?
A. Naturally payment is required before building commences as each blog is “localised” for you. Payment is Quarterly in advance, by direct debit or credit card or cheque. This authorization is required upon us accepting the order.
 
Ready Set Go – order your local blog today!

Go to www.localsblog.com.au  and click on the order a blog link, and follow the instructions. 

Otherwise, call us on 02 4351 5515