Keen Agents from Glendale, California asks: How does someone begin to SEO their site on a small budget in an overwhelmed industry such as real estate?
Well, I'll give you the same answer, regardless of whether it is real estate or any other industry.
I think there's a couple of things to bear in mind:
Nr. 1: Start with a small niche.
Don't just say, ok, I'm gonna rank nr. 1 for blank real estate or whatever your trophy phrase is.
It's probably better to concentrate on individual neighbourhoods or individual markets; maybe going for the consumer market is a little bit of a big thing to grasp at once.
So maybe you wanna go for a small sliver of the market you know, a niche that you can be well known for and then build your way outward.
So, build your reputation up and build your rankings up as you get to be more well known.
The other factor is to be creative, right?
If you have the same brochure on your site as everyone else in the industry, there's no reason for someone to link to you or even remember you.
But if you have some sort of compelling thing about your website, that can be a blog with a distinct voice.
It can be that you make really amusing videos, it can be that you come up with fantastic advise, look for some unique angle.
So, start with a unique niche and try to be creative in how you tackle it, and that can probably help you out quite a bit compared to a bunch of different competitors in your industry.