The more advertising for your open houses the better! If you can't beat them join them!
Yesterday I was googling long grove real estate and unfortunately my individual website ranking of www.buffalogrovehomes.com moved down from number 2 to number 6. As you can imagine I was not at all happy with these results especially since I was beaten by national online firms like realtor.com and trulia who aren't as familiar with the local Long Grove market like I am . I have seen every home and piece of real estate in the Long Grove area, can predict the next house to sell, tell you what home is the best deal etc. I guess google can't measure these important tools for buyers and sellers when calculating their google serp!
When I was exploring Trulia and navigating through the site, I noticed that one of my open houses for this Sunday at 4972 Wild Rose Lane, Long Grove was advertised on Trulia's site. One of the realtors in my office was sitting an open house for me and she already submitted this information. When you clicked on Sunday's open houses in Long Grove, my listing was the only home that popped up. I quickly added the other house that I was doing an open house this weekend and within 36 hours, this home too will be advertised on Trulia. 
My open houses this weekend will also be advertised on www.coldwellbankeronline, www.realtor.com and www.coldwellbanker.com. My motto forever, is if you try your hardest and you can't beat them, why not join them!
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The above information regarding was provided by Judy Greenberg, Realtor with Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage
Judy's websites, www.buffalogroveareahomes.com and www.buffalogrovehomes.com provide all the information regardless as to whether you are a potential buyer or seller. If you are a first time home buyer trying to determine how much you can afford, or an experienced buyer who is selling your home, Judy can help you with all your real estate needs . As a seller you benefit from Judy's savvy internet marketing skills and strong negotiating skills, and as a buyer you benefit from her passion for finding you your perfect home!
Judy can be reached at 847-602-5435 or via email at info@buffalogrovehomes.com. Judy has helped people move in and out of the Chicago Northwest Suburbs. including but not limited to Arlington Heights, Long Grove, Kildeer, Buffalo Grove, Lincolnshire, Vernon Hills, and Wheeling Illinois
I hope your open houses go well and that you are able to get those homes sold quickly!
Trulia is a site that the search engines seem to love. If you cant beat it you had better join it. It is also a great site to blog on.
Judy, thanks for the pointer. I've used other free methods for advertising open houses, but haven't yet tried Trulia for this purpose. 36 hours isn't that bad if you know it takes that long and can plan ahead to get your listings posted here for free too.
You are so ahead of me on this stuff. I'm clueless outside of my 3 internet things. We'll connect next week K?
I have had so much luck with Trulia....much more than Zillow which I think is fading away. Maybe not, but seems like it.
Good strategy...but what else would I expect from one of Long Grove's finest agents? :)
Hi Judy. You are doing GREAT with your exposure for Long Grove and you track it so well.
Thanks for sharing this. I did not know that this was available. Going to check it out!
Judy,
We just discovered this also! We always have our open houses on coldwellbanker.com, coldwellbankerunited.com, realtor.com, Austinhomesearch.com and now Trulia. They also offer a tremendous report you can send your sellers on a weekly basis. Are you going to the National convention in San Antonio in a few weeks? Let me know I will be there and hopefully meet.
Hi Judy, Thanks for sharing the info. I know about Trulia but just haven't checked it out.
Hi Judy!
You're looking great on Trulia. Adding your Open Houses to Trulia is a great way to get more exposure. Thanks for sharing with everyone here on AR.
@Karen - I'd love to hear about your luck with Trulia. Please email me at rudy at trulia .com
@Dorie - Thanks for mentioning our new Client Listing Report where everyone can send their sellers a personaized and branded email highlighting how many views their home has had on Trulia over the last week and since it was added to Trulia. I will be in San Antonio for the convention so please come and find me at the Trulia Booth....
Rudy
Social Media Guru at Trulia