Many listing agents falsely believe sellers don't think about placing their home on the market until they've sold their current home. The truth is, many homeowners think about selling long before they've found their dream home. In fact, the average seller spends 21 months researching online before they find an agent. You can capture seller leads during their this initial online search phase through providing the content their looking for. Don’t have any content to share? We’ve got you covered, the Zurple Marketing Team created this 2018 Moving Checklist to help you capture seller leads in their farm.

You know what would be super valuable? Being able to receive messages from your past self, telling you information that would be useful in closing transactions and generating real estate leads? Did you know that Zurple already has that technology?

In today's online world, consumers have grown accustomed to generic drip email campaigns. In fact, 86% of the world's email traffic is considered junk mail, according to Bloomberg Technology. With so much spam circulating the web, chances are real estate leads will accumulate a significant sum of spam when conducting their online home search. Real Estate agents will need intelligent, personalized emails to stand out in lead's inboxes. Zurple, the real estate industry's leading email automation platform, researched emails sent to buyer and seller leads in 2017.¹ Of those emails, those with high response rates shared four similarities. Below we’ve uncovered what those four similarities are. 

Have you ever left the home without your phone in your bag or pocket? Have you ever left your phone in your car and wait at the listing appointment because you and your client agreed on a time...so you didn't need to call them when you are there? Don't be silly! Of course not!

With so much information available online, buyers and sellers spend more time researching homes on their own. Leads can conduct the initial stages of their home buying or selling journey without having to communicate with an agent. However, certain email and text messages will encourage leads to reach out to agents. Zurple research has revealed the average time it takes for leads to respond after registering on a real estate agent's website. Additional research revealed five types of messages that speed up reply time. Statistics and message types listed below are taken from Zurple client back offices.¹