Comments on: Should You Pay For Real Estate Leads? You Already Do. http://www.particlewave.com/internet-marketing/2007/12/31/should-you-pay-for-real-estate-leads-you-already-do/ ParticleWave.com - Web development, hosting, and content Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:44:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: St George Utah Real Estate http://www.particlewave.com/internet-marketing/2007/12/31/should-you-pay-for-real-estate-leads-you-already-do/#comment-9180 St George Utah Real Estate Fri, 21 Mar 2008 21:59:51 +0000 http://www.particlewave.com/internet-marketing/2007/12/31/should-you-pay-for-real-estate-leads-you-already-do/#comment-9180 This is a very interesting post. Obviously very emotional for some agents. Not long ago, we had something interesting happen. A man came to us and told us that he was going to build a website to dominate our real estate market. He said he would like to work with us on it, and we pay him a 20% referral fee. The site hasn't been indexed yet, but he did ALL the work and we are happy about it. We don't pay unless we close a deal through the website that he built. Pretty cool huh! Have a look at the website here <a href="" rel="nofollow">St george real estate</a>, and let me know what you think. I am interested to know, with all of your experiences, do you think this is a good idea, and are we getting a good deal? Thanks! This is a very interesting post. Obviously very emotional for some agents. Not long ago, we had something interesting happen. A man came to us and told us that he was going to build a website to dominate our real estate market. He said he would like to work with us on it, and we pay him a 20% referral fee. The site hasn’t been indexed yet, but he did ALL the work and we are happy about it. We don’t pay unless we close a deal through the website that he built. Pretty cool huh! Have a look at the website here St george real estate, and let me know what you think. I am interested to know, with all of your experiences, do you think this is a good idea, and are we getting a good deal? Thanks!

]]> By: John Lockwood http://www.particlewave.com/internet-marketing/2007/12/31/should-you-pay-for-real-estate-leads-you-already-do/#comment-7763 John Lockwood Mon, 07 Jan 2008 23:36:25 +0000 http://www.particlewave.com/internet-marketing/2007/12/31/should-you-pay-for-real-estate-leads-you-already-do/#comment-7763 Yes, the combination of lead generating tools and traffic generation is what my own business model is based on -- and I think it's the right one. The reason for the lead generation company emphasis in this post is that I believe all approaches have possible merits and drawbacks -- depending on the agent. Having lead generation tools without traffic is as much a mistake as either paying a lead generation company too much or not following up on what they send. You're preaching to the choir, but the choir was (and continues) to play devil's advocate some time. Yes, the combination of lead generating tools and traffic generation is what my own business model is based on — and I think it’s the right one. The reason for the lead generation company emphasis in this post is that I believe all approaches have possible merits and drawbacks — depending on the agent. Having lead generation tools without traffic is as much a mistake as either paying a lead generation company too much or not following up on what they send.

You’re preaching to the choir, but the choir was (and continues) to play devil’s advocate some time.

]]> By: Mortgage calculators developers http://www.particlewave.com/internet-marketing/2007/12/31/should-you-pay-for-real-estate-leads-you-already-do/#comment-7759 Mortgage calculators developers Mon, 07 Jan 2008 17:04:38 +0000 http://www.particlewave.com/internet-marketing/2007/12/31/should-you-pay-for-real-estate-leads-you-already-do/#comment-7759 Well, you don't really need to pay someone every month to generate online leads. You might purchase one or more lead generation tools and install them on your own web server. Well, you don’t really need to pay someone every month to generate online leads. You might purchase one or more lead generation tools and install them on your own web server.

]]> By: Davis CA Real Estate http://www.particlewave.com/internet-marketing/2007/12/31/should-you-pay-for-real-estate-leads-you-already-do/#comment-7703 Davis CA Real Estate Fri, 04 Jan 2008 00:09:24 +0000 http://www.particlewave.com/internet-marketing/2007/12/31/should-you-pay-for-real-estate-leads-you-already-do/#comment-7703 I got a call from a lead generation company yesterday and didn't even let them get to the pitch. When I get these types of calls I ask if they are selling leads, if they say yes I tell them I'm not interested. I want to work with customers but don't want to pay someone else to generate that for me. I agree that working on lead generation costs either money or time, I am hoping the time I'm putting in now will pay off in the long term. I got a call from a lead generation company yesterday and didn’t even let them get to the pitch. When I get these types of calls I ask if they are selling leads, if they say yes I tell them I’m not interested. I want to work with customers but don’t want to pay someone else to generate that for me.

I agree that working on lead generation costs either money or time, I am hoping the time I’m putting in now will pay off in the long term.

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