Upgrading to an REW website
Many real estate webmasters members have already upgraded their websites to REW websites. They are amazing to look at and more search engine friendly than any other product available.
Management
REW also provides a very easy to use backend which allows you to create and manage an unlimited amount of pages and sub pages. You can name your files the way you want, all the SEO goodies (Title, descriptions, keywords, H tags etc) are all built in so that you can do the best job on your SEO campaign. Other features are a listings manager, navigation manager, website backup and more. There is no extra charge to iframe your MLS into your site, create contact forms, create your resources directory and with an REW site we have full time support in real time at our template support forum.
Search Engine Rankings
You still need to do everything right. By having an REW website you are ensuring that you have a website that is search engine friendly using ultra lean external CSS coding and proper site architecture so you don't have to worry about putting a lot of work into a website that will not rank well. However - rankings in search engines require a lot of sweat equity. You need to write unique content, you need to structure your content properly, create appropriate titles, descriptions etc and of course build relevant, topic specific links to your site. If you do everything right on your side, then your REW website will rank better than any other product available. This is not a magic bullet, it still takes a lot of time to secure top rankings and it's hard work. But wouldn't you like to have the peace of mind knowing that the website you are putting all this effort into is the best it can possibly be?
Scalable / Upgradable
The backbone of REW websites is fully upgradable, template products and our custom websites are both powered by the same backend. You can add blogs, forums, custom IDX solutions. You can upgrade the graphics, have RSS feeds, do whatever you want! That is what makes them so great.
Pricing
Pricing - REW sites start as low as $740 USD and hosting is $20 per month, paid yearly. So for under $1000 USD you can have an amazing looking website that is search engine friendly AND easy to manage without the limitations of the other template providers.
The process
Once you have decided to switch to an REW website we set up your content managment system on our development server. You will be sent a unique URL, username and password. From here you login and create your pages. If you have unique content on your website, you can simply copy paste it from your existing website into notepad (To remove formatting) and then paste it directly into your content managment system. The external CSS will automatically apply formatting to paragraph, H tags, bullets etc so you don't have to enter any superfluous HTML or style your pages, it is all done for you. If your filenames were search engine friendly then we suggest you keep them. If not, we suggest creating new filenames for your pages *There are tutorials on filenaming, page creation etc available and lets not forget the template support forum.
Once all your pages are loaded, your contact forms are installed, your listings have been uploaded, and you have provided any emails you want us to create for you - simply tell us you are ready to have your site go live. We will give you the DNS that you need to change to and presto! Your new REW site replaces your existing site.
How will this effect my rankings?
Many websites have seen an increase in rankings as soon as their REW has been fully spidered by the search engines and the old URL's have been dropped from the rankings.
How will this effect my leads?
We have had users report much higher pageviews, longer visit times and most importantly more leads. We build these sites based off the wealth of information we have acquired from the REW forum. If you follow our advice and tutorials, your new website should do nothing but overachieve.