After doing pretty well on our 2015 predictions, we’re sticking our necks out again to declare what we think is in store for the real estate industry next year. All signs point towards a very different and more challenging property market in 2016; many agents will be rethinking their approach to marketing to adapt to the new market conditions. Portal Price Wars After initially announcing it would hold prices until January 2016, REA recently...
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In late 2014 we made a few predictions about the marketing trends we thought would shape the real estate industry in 2015. Predicting the future is a tricky business, so before we make our marketing predictions for 2016 (stay tuned next week), we thought we’d revisit last year’s and check how they panned out. So, here goes nothing: Brand ‘refreshes’ We said: In 2014, several high-profile agencies tweaked and freshened their brands to generate...
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Newsletters are experiencing a surge in popularity at the moment. Maybe it’s about drumming up spring listings; maybe it’s that so many agencies have strong results to promote. Either way, it feels like a topic worth revisiting. Newsletters are sensational branding tools, but our real estate clients often underestimate the time and effort involved not only in putting them together, but in getting them out to the database on a regular basis. ...
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Tags: newsletters