Matt Kellam, broker/owner of Help-U-Sell Keystone Realty, is this RealEstate.com's Pro of the Week.
Congratulations to our own Matt Kellam, broker/owner of Help-U-Sell Keystone Realty in Chambersburg, Penn., for being selected as RealEstate.com’s Pro of the Week.
In the 900-word article, we learn about Kellam’s hometown, previous positions (he once sold computers), favorite sports teams, and why he opened a Help-U-Sell Real Estate franchise.
“It made sense,” he explained. “It was something completely different from traditional real estate. It offered something to the consumer, and it just felt good.”
You can read the article in its entirety on RealEstate.com.
Congratulations to our top-producing offices for January 2013. It was a tight race, with just two closed sides separating first place from third place.
1) Help-U-Sell Hometown Realty, in York, Penn., held the top spot with eight closed sides split evenly between buyers and sellers.
2) Tied for second place, Help-U-Sell Keystone Realty, out of Chambersburg, Penn., finished the month with seven closed sides: three seller sides, two buyer sides and one dual-sided transaction.
2) Chino Hills, Calif.’s Help-U-Sell Prestige Properties also had seven closed sides in January. Five were seller sides and two were buyer sides.
3) Rounding out the top three, Help-U-Sell Federal City Realty closed six sides, a combination of two seller and four buyer transactions.
Video has been growing in importance as a marketing tool for the past few years, and 2013 promises to make the medium even more vital especially for real estate marketing. How can you take advantage of this trend?
We’ve compiled seven tips on what to do (and what not to do, especially regarding mobile optimization of videos) to create a successful video.
Avoid tiny text.
Use clear audio.
Put links to your website and related sites, such as your blog or a property listing, in the description.
Include keywords in the description.
Use close-up shots of interesting property features, neighborhood sites or interviewees.
Test the video on mobile devices.
Keep it no longer than 3 or 4 minutes, ideally 1 to 2 minutes.
Matt Kellam of Help-U-Sell Keystone Realty does a great job with the length, audio and keywords. Watch one of his recent videos of a property tour.
Not sure what to film? Try out this suggested content:
Property tours: If possible, record the sellers’ story of the home and focus on unique details of the property.
Neighborhood overviews: Give viewers a feel for the area and speak with local proprietors and residents about why they love the neighborhood.
Tips for buyers and sellers: Answer your most frequently asked questions (one per video).
Market updates: Share the most recent sales figures or give the latest interest rate information. Use graphs or other visuals to help explain the changes.
Client testimonials: Record your happy sellers’ and buyers’ praising you and your staff.
Do you have any other ideas for video content or tips for successful videos? If so, please share them with us.
[Special thanks to Inman News‘ Mobile Marketing Essentials webinar for a few of these tips.]
We’re just back from the 2012 Help-U-Sell Success Summit, and the REALTORS Conference & Expo leading up to it. By all accounts, both were a great success! We loved seeing our brokers from all over the country. Several of them (Kim and Mike Zelena, Leigh Anne Losh, Kyna Baehr, and Walt Hippauf) drove hundreds of miles to be with us in Orlando.
Thank you to everyone who spent time at our expo booth. Your testimonials to prospective franchisees are more powerful than just about anything we can say to them or show them. A special thank-you to Dan Desmond, who made the trek from storm-damaged New Jersey to help out at the Expo and to attend the Summit.
We hope all who attended the Success Summit got some great takeaways. The hands-on approach and interactive discussions about OMS and website requests and your fee structures taught us, too. We also talked about partnering with a wonderful charity that gives food to the hungry and about adding a potential vendor to our program. As we get closer to finalizing those partnerships, we will keep you informed.
Those of you who couldn’t make it this year, please mark your calendars and start saving now for the 2013 events in San Francisco. The NAR dates are Nov. 8-11, and we will have our Success Summit immediately following. We’ll provide more information in the months to come.
Meanwhile, enjoy a few photos from the Expo and the Success Summit.
Help-U-Sell Real Estate's booth at the Realtors Conference & Expo in Orlando Chris, Dee and Kendra working the Help-U-Sell Real Estate booth at the Realtors Conference & Expo Tracy Jacobs of Help-U-Sell Quad Cities Realty takes notes during the Success Summit. Ron McCoy teaching about Instagram during the Help-U-Sell Success Summit
