Blog 16: Advisory Meeting #2

EQ:

• How can an IT department best meet the demands of a real estate company?

Answer #2:

• An IT department can best meet the demands of a real estate company by creating a website tailored to the company's needs.

Support:

• Creating a personal website about you as an agent/company can help give clients an insight into what kind of agent/company you are and an idea of how you treat business. Using a personalized domain can help as well, giving you a more professional look to your website. (RID 29 RC 11)
• There is a difference between a real estate website, & a company website. You don't want to have a long tedious domain name, keep it short & simple. I then comes down choosing a custom or personalized template. Another option is to have a web designer customize a template. (RID 31 RC 12)
• Websites that have a blogging aspect to them tend to generate more traffic, and it is very important to get more traffic as it increases the amount of potential clients that you can work with. The major focus of WordPress content and it is content that makes the difference on a real estate website. (RID 33 RC 12)

Research:

• Clark, Sabrina. "Personal Branding for New Real Estate Agents." Web log post. Personal Branding Blog. Personal Branding Blog, 20 Sept. 2013. Web. 25 Jan. 2014.
• Price, Seth. "How to Build a Better Real Estate Website." Web log post. Inman News. N.p., 13 June 2013. Web. 6 Feb. 2014.
• Price, Seth. "11 Reasons to Choose WordPress to Build Your Real Estate Marketing Website." Web log post. Placester. Placester, Inc, n.d. Web. 6 Feb. 2014.

Concluding Sentence:

• There are many factors that can lead to a successful real estate company, but as with many companies today, success, requires a website.