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Sell your Home in Austin and Central Texas
I can help you list and sell your home in Austin TX, Bastrop, Cedar Creek, Del Valle, Kyle, Buda,Travis, Hays, Caldwell and Bastrop Counties or just about anywhere else in Central Texas. I know how to list your home professionally and get it sold expediently.
Using the Austin MLS and my offices expertly designed group of websites, I can assure you that your home will get maximum exposure on the internet by using a wide variety of web-based marketing tools such as videos, podcasts, virtual tours, syndication to 100's of Real Estate websites and more. When selling your home, it is important that you have this exposure on the web. Think about it, when looking to buy a home, 87% of the people use the internet.
If you would like a precise presentation of how the Austin MLS, my website and other marketing techniques that are used and implemented by Sky Realty agents, please send me an email, call or text Janie at 512-538-5282
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We are "Staying Ahead of the Game"
The products and services below are not automatic services provided to REALTORS. Sky Realty subscribes to the following to help increase the exposure of our client's listings. Some of these are company-wide products and some are specific to individual Sky Realty agent's marketing programs.
The Official Company Website
You will find that our site is open to the public to search for homes in the Austin and surrounding areas with Google Map integration. You will also find that our company website is optimized for Austin and most areas in Central Texas. This optimization helps to ensure the exposure of our clients' listings to be the finest available. You will find our listings in the natural and/or sponsored search of the major search engines. We really emphasize Search Engine Optimization.....because we know it works and it works consistantly.
Featured Listings
Listing with me, as a Sky Realty agent, your listing will be posted on the featured listings section of many other highly optimized, Sky Realty agent websites. Our websites are specifically optimized to gain maximum exposure of our listing inventory for people relocating to Austin and other areas of Central Texas.
Yes we Tweet!
Your listing will also be posted on Twitter for folks that follow our Twitter feed for the latest in real estate updates.
Virtual Tours
Another aspect of our visual strategy. If you can visit the home via your computer, you are apt to get a better feel of the home than just straight pictures. Seeing is believing.
Real Estate Podcasts
My listings podcats are submitted to the following sites (see below). Podcast are another aspect of visual marketing that is a very effective tool. These podcasts will often show up when people view the video tab for their searches. Listing podcast often show up in the natural search when people look in a specific area, as well.
Here is a live sample of a viralized and optimized video for a home we listed in East Austin
- Youtube
- Yahoo
- Metacafe
- and More
Text Messaging for Real Estate
We make our listings available to potential buyers via text messaging. By texting a code displayed on our signs, information on the property (including photos) and links to our websites are immediately texted back to the user. It is instant gratification via their smart phones, no more waiting for flyer boxes to be filled anymore and it is totally green. All residential listings will show up on our mobile website for best exposure.
If you would like to see a sample of our mobile website text the message "sky" to the number 88000 Standard rates apply, we do not charge for it.
Our mobile website is provided by Drivebuytech.com
Real Estate Listings Blogs
For all residential listings that are listed with me as a Sky Realty agent, a seller will automatically get an individual blog that highlights and capitalizes the listing to many Real Estate communities such as Active Rain. These blogs, often times, will show up in the natural search for a specific town or subdivision just like the podcasts. Our REALTORS are local, we live, work and play here, so our blogs are customized and give consumers a human touch that tells what that community, neighborhood or home is all about.
See a sample of an optimized blog for a home in Villas at Treemont with 
E-flyers for New Listings
We offer e-flyers that are distributed to other real estate agents in Austin and the surrounding areas to help bring your property to the attention of other agents. We do this because 80% of the time, a Buyer's agent will bring the buyer. In addition, we use a flyer program that broadcasts your home out to Google, Trulia, Zillow, Craig's List, Bing, Yahoo, MSN and many more Real Estate focused sites.
Just Listed Cards
Tried and true methods. Just Listed cards lets the neighbors know that a home has recently come on the market in their neighborhood. This is important because people are always on the lookout for their friends and family to live closer to them.
Open Houses
Open Houses are another way to show off your home to as many able bodies as possible. We also use various programs to help our open houses gain maximum exposure. Whether it be on-line or in person we maximize your listings exposure.
Mind Boggling?
Is your head spinning right now? Don't despair! I have all the tools at my disposal to do the work for you. Why settle for the same old sign in the yard and a few flyers (which usually go to the neighbors in the first day)?
Toto, we are not in Kansas anymore!and following the yellow brick road is no longer enough. The world moves at a faster pace and we are embracing today's full throttle ahead promotional arena because it is our responsibility to sell your home at a fair price in a timely fashion.
I will be happy to come to you and explain more, fill out the form below or give me a call. Janie at 512-538-5282
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