Comments on: Want To Buy A House in Redmond Washington? http://www.ninebyblue.com/blog/want-to-buy-a-house-in-redmond-washington/ by Vanessa Fox Wed, 14 Oct 2009 20:07:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Galen http://www.ninebyblue.com/blog/want-to-buy-a-house-in-redmond-washington/comment-page-1/#comment-1583 Galen Tue, 13 Nov 2007 23:27:00 +0000 http://www.ninebyblue.com/2007/10/25/want-to-buy-a-house-in-redmond-washington/#comment-1583 Vanessa - once you've listed it in the MLS, you don't get much of a second chance: "And then, the resulting page has to keep the visitor interested. In my case, I need good pictures, headlines, and copy. Do I have them? Probably not as I did this all really quickly, but I can always go back and change things if it’s not working." It's like a blog post - most home buyers look at homes in the first 24-48 hours they're on the market. After that, they've already made up their mind, so if your copy doesn't hit 'em, you'll have to wait for new folks. That said, I think your copy and photos are pretty good. Heck - it looks like you already got an offer: http://www.estately.com/listings/info/745435 Vanessa – once you’ve listed it in the MLS, you don’t get much of a second chance:

“And then, the resulting page has to keep the visitor interested. In my case, I need good pictures, headlines, and copy. Do I have them? Probably not as I did this all really quickly, but I can always go back and change things if it’s not working.”

It’s like a blog post – most home buyers look at homes in the first 24-48 hours they’re on the market. After that, they’ve already made up their mind, so if your copy doesn’t hit ‘em, you’ll have to wait for new folks.

That said, I think your copy and photos are pretty good. Heck – it looks like you already got an offer: http://www.estately.com/listings/info/745435

]]> By: Charlie Anzman http://www.ninebyblue.com/blog/want-to-buy-a-house-in-redmond-washington/comment-page-1/#comment-1582 Charlie Anzman Mon, 29 Oct 2007 18:32:57 +0000 http://www.ninebyblue.com/2007/10/25/want-to-buy-a-house-in-redmond-washington/#comment-1582 PS: Nope ... the Zillow ad was from another realtor in the area (and make it two as of this morning!). PS: Nope … the Zillow ad was from another realtor in the area (and make it two as of this morning!).

]]> By: Charlie Anzman http://www.ninebyblue.com/blog/want-to-buy-a-house-in-redmond-washington/comment-page-1/#comment-1581 Charlie Anzman Mon, 29 Oct 2007 18:26:18 +0000 http://www.ninebyblue.com/2007/10/25/want-to-buy-a-house-in-redmond-washington/#comment-1581 Vanessa !!! Hey, I just noticed your post back. Basically I went digging through all the new (and old) RE sites to see where the realtor missed and posted away. I don't remember (??!!) 'what I put where', but I found the house on AOL and a lot of other places after a week or so. Google SERPs were back again as of yesterday (I updated the page) under Pike County PA houses for sale, Milford PA home for sale .... and a whole bunch of others. So I'm getting e-mail from GOBS of real estate people, a few bites, and a second showing Thursday. Considering the disparity of living there and here, I think we should 'dual market' the houses ... "Buy Vanessa's house and get Charlie's FREE?" Later and Thanks! Vanessa !!! Hey, I just noticed your post back. Basically I went digging through all the new (and old) RE sites to see where the realtor missed and posted away. I don’t remember (??!!) ‘what I put where’, but I found the house on AOL and a lot of other places after a week or so. Google SERPs were back again as of yesterday (I updated the page) under Pike County PA houses for sale, Milford PA home for sale …. and a whole bunch of others. So I’m getting e-mail from GOBS of real estate people, a few bites, and a second showing Thursday.

Considering the disparity of living there and here, I think we should ‘dual market’ the houses …
“Buy Vanessa’s house and get Charlie’s FREE?”

Later and Thanks!

]]> By: Kate http://www.ninebyblue.com/blog/want-to-buy-a-house-in-redmond-washington/comment-page-1/#comment-1580 Kate Sun, 28 Oct 2007 00:29:51 +0000 http://www.ninebyblue.com/2007/10/25/want-to-buy-a-house-in-redmond-washington/#comment-1580 Wonderful kitchen. Best wishes regarding your google experiment and selling your home. Wonderful kitchen. Best wishes regarding your google experiment and selling your home.

]]> By: Julio Fernandez http://www.ninebyblue.com/blog/want-to-buy-a-house-in-redmond-washington/comment-page-1/#comment-1563 Julio Fernandez Sat, 27 Oct 2007 23:13:12 +0000 http://www.ninebyblue.com/2007/10/25/want-to-buy-a-house-in-redmond-washington/#comment-1563 Vanessa, where is the price? Sorry did not see it on your site, Susan's, etc. The buyer wants to compare apples to apples, don't for the potential buyer to find the MLS listing for the price. And I have a great home in Miramar, FL for sale too, lets switch... :) Vanessa, where is the price? Sorry did not see it on your site, Susan’s, etc. The buyer wants to compare apples to apples, don’t for the potential buyer to find the MLS listing for the price.

And I have a great home in Miramar, FL for sale too, lets switch… :)

]]> By: Vanessa http://www.ninebyblue.com/blog/want-to-buy-a-house-in-redmond-washington/comment-page-1/#comment-1579 Vanessa Sat, 27 Oct 2007 16:54:07 +0000 http://www.ninebyblue.com/2007/10/25/want-to-buy-a-house-in-redmond-washington/#comment-1579 Charlie! Thank you so much for posting! I came across your blog post a few days ago and had it open in a tab so I could come back to it. However, I tend to have 100 tabs open, which tends to crash things and I wasn't able to find the post in my saved session. The Zillow call was from an ez ad that your realtor put up? What search terms are people usin to find the house in the SERPs? And yep, I am indeed both in search and selling real estate in Seattle... well, just the one house. :) Listen to sasha, people! She's even been to the house! Good idea, btw. And hi -- when are you going to be out my way? Charlie! Thank you so much for posting! I came across your blog post a few days ago and had it open in a tab so I could come back to it. However, I tend to have 100 tabs open, which tends to crash things and I wasn’t able to find the post in my saved session.

The Zillow call was from an ez ad that your realtor put up? What search terms are people usin to find the house in the SERPs?

And yep, I am indeed both in search and selling real estate in Seattle… well, just the one house. :)

Listen to sasha, people! She’s even been to the house! Good idea, btw. And hi — when are you going to be out my way?

]]> By: sasha http://www.ninebyblue.com/blog/want-to-buy-a-house-in-redmond-washington/comment-page-1/#comment-1578 sasha Sat, 27 Oct 2007 14:57:58 +0000 http://www.ninebyblue.com/2007/10/25/want-to-buy-a-house-in-redmond-washington/#comment-1578 The Msoft HR dept. must have a relocation specialist. Give them a holler. Low tech, I know. People - Vanessa's house is gorgeous. You should all buy it. The Msoft HR dept. must have a relocation specialist. Give them a holler. Low tech, I know.

People – Vanessa’s house is gorgeous. You should all buy it.

]]> By: Charlie Anzman http://www.ninebyblue.com/blog/want-to-buy-a-house-in-redmond-washington/comment-page-1/#comment-1577 Charlie Anzman Sat, 27 Oct 2007 06:39:04 +0000 http://www.ninebyblue.com/2007/10/25/want-to-buy-a-house-in-redmond-washington/#comment-1577 Vanessa - Well, we kinda just did the (almost) exact same thing ... and I guess we were wrong about YOU? The post is ... <a href="http://anzman.blogspot.com/2007/10/more-tools-added-to-google-webmaster.html" rel="nofollow">here </a>? PS: Direct results from Google SERPS eclipsed all efforts by the realtor and MLS 2-1 so far and you'll be happy to know one showing (through an advertising realtor) came from Zillow. Regards Charlie Vanessa – Well, we kinda just did the (almost) exact same thing … and I guess we were wrong about YOU? The post is … here ?

PS: Direct results from Google SERPS eclipsed all efforts by the realtor and MLS 2-1 so far and you’ll be happy to know one showing (through an advertising realtor) came from Zillow.
Regards
Charlie

]]> By: Drew Meyers http://www.ninebyblue.com/blog/want-to-buy-a-house-in-redmond-washington/comment-page-1/#comment-1576 Drew Meyers Fri, 26 Oct 2007 22:01:20 +0000 http://www.ninebyblue.com/2007/10/25/want-to-buy-a-house-in-redmond-washington/#comment-1576 Use a company like Postlets (www.postlets.com) to distribute the listing to more portals. Use a company like Postlets (www.postlets.com) to distribute the listing to more portals.

]]> By: Vanessa http://www.ninebyblue.com/blog/want-to-buy-a-house-in-redmond-washington/comment-page-1/#comment-1575 Vanessa Fri, 26 Oct 2007 18:23:58 +0000 http://www.ninebyblue.com/2007/10/25/want-to-buy-a-house-in-redmond-washington/#comment-1575 graywolf - I didn't know if it was worth it to try and optimize those pages, but I'll go in and edit and see how it goes... John - that does sound fun to try. I'll look into it and keep you posted! Larry - of course! Why didn't I think of that before! andrew - interesting. I might look into that too. David - you're definitely right on the keywords. I can likely do a better job there. And I was testing the analytics code with the redirect just to see what it would do. What you and I both suspected is true -- the redirect happened before analytics saw the page or the code. I've now switched to a meta refresh, so we'll see how that goes... graywolf – I didn’t know if it was worth it to try and optimize those pages, but I’ll go in and edit and see how it goes…

John – that does sound fun to try. I’ll look into it and keep you posted!

Larry – of course! Why didn’t I think of that before!

andrew – interesting. I might look into that too.

David – you’re definitely right on the keywords. I can likely do a better job there. And I was testing the analytics code with the redirect just to see what it would do. What you and I both suspected is true — the redirect happened before analytics saw the page or the code. I’ve now switched to a meta refresh, so we’ll see how that goes…

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