We recently hired an independent market research company to interview 10 random people who have bought or sold a home worth at least $300,000 in the past 12 months, and ask them a series of questions over the course of an hour.

When asked to describe the best real estate websites they have seen, guess what they said?

Nothing.

Most respondents didn't have any awesome sites to share because nothing stood out to them. The few that did comment on a website referenced the major portals, including Zillow and Realtor.com.

This means there's huge opportunity for real estate agents, brokers, and franchises to make an impression in their local markets. All they have to do is create the best website visitors have ever seen, and we're here to help:

The

We've worked directly with thousands of Realtors over the past decade, and our business is built alongside top-producing real estate agents who see a positive ROI and improved GCI from our real estate technology.

As a result, we've become experts in lead generation and conversion, and we know what it takes to find new buyers and sellers online, and then convert them into actual clients.

The details of each successful strategy vary a bit, but not as much as you may think. In fact, almost every powerful lead gen and conversion strategy starts with the same two tech tools: a website and a CRM.

In today's post, we're going to talk a bit about these two tools, and why every Realtor needs them if they want to improve their GCI. Without further ado,

We don't have to tell you that sellers represent a huge opportunity for real estate agents, because you already know that. But do you know how to attract and convert sellers? Two weeks ago, we talked about how to attract and convert buyer leads using your real estate website, and this week we're going to talk about how to get seller leads!

Set yourself up to build relationships

One of the major themes you're going to see us talk about in the coming months is relationships, and that's because relationship building continues to be crucial for effective real estate sales. As digital media changes the way we interact, and agents focus on sales targets and transactions, it can be easy to overlook the people behind the real estate. But the need to build

As a website company, our absolute favourite way to get real estate buyer leads is online. Technology has already taken over the world, and its use is still growing rapidly, which makes this one of the best areas of opportunity for lead generation.

In this blog, I'll tell you how to use the world wide web to get more real estate buyer leads.

Step 1: Create an engaging foundation

When we're planning to target buyers, we first need to ask ourselves an important question:

"What are buyers looking for?"

Remember that people go online to answer a question or find information, and real estate buyers are no different. Every online search starts with a question that needs an answer.

Most buyers are interested in viewing real estate listings,