Property Marketing
Position yourself as an estate agent.
Once you know who your audience is, you need
to package yourself so that you appeal to them. Just like a product
your business will need a strong image that can develop into a well-known
and trusted on line brand name
Positioning has to do with the position that people
place you in when they think about you compared to other Estate
Agents.
If you are a relatively new Estate Agent on a
commision split with your competitors operating in a depressed area
you will have difficulty positioning yourself in the UK Luxury Home
market.
However, if you grew up with horses and know everything
equestrian you might successfully position yourself in the UK Equestrian
Property market. Or maybe you grew up on a lake or the sea-side
and still live there.
You might well package yourself in the UK Retirement
Property or UK Waterside Property market While you're at it, why
not create your very own slogan or tag line to match your positioning?
Next, you have to begin publicising your new image
to consumers. Especially on your web site. For your plan, write
down all the reasons you can think of that a consumer can gain by
contacting you instead of some "generalist" or "me-too" Estate Agents.
You need to define your business so that consumers
will hold you in their minds in the position that you expect. It
must not be left to chance.
You do it by proper packaging and branding Why
offer 'all property related services' when you can write out and
describe your skills, services, features and benefits?
If you really were a consumer product on a supermarket
shelf, what colour would your package be? That may help you decide
your on line identity.
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