Real Estate Marketing by Justin McClelland | September 10, 2009
I’ve come across what was once a road-block and have created a workaround. With creative thinking there is always, and I mean always, more than one way to skin a cat.
The issue:
CraigsList will not allow a user to embed a YouTube video. More specifically, CraigsList has a short list of acceptable HTML elements and the <embed> HTML element is not one of them. This means that you can’t “embed” any video in your CraigsList ad, thus a page visitor can’t watch video residing on your page.
Why this should matter to you:
If you are an investor and/or a Realtor, you can find great use for YouTube videos for property marketing.
Google reigns supreme as the most popular search engine, they have the greatest market-share of all search engines. In November of 2008, YouTube (a Google company) surpassed Yahoo in search engine market share to take the #2 spot and has extended its lead margin as of July 2009 (comScore). CraigsList is #7 worldwide in terms of english-language page views.
By implementing two heavy hitting websites such as YouTube and CraigsList together, you will greatly increase the marketing exposure of your business.
The Solution:
While you could just place a text hyperlink to your YouTube video on your CraigsList ad, this isn’t very effective. Web users respond more to imagery than to text. If you simply use a text hyperlink, chances are the end-user will skim over the link and never view the video.
Commentary by Joshua Dorkin | January 10, 2009This episode features hosts Joshua Dorkin & Charles Feldman talking about predatory lending and how lenders won’t work with borrowers regarding pre-payment penalties unless they fall behind on their loan. The topic hits home with Josh and he tells Countrywide how he really feels about it.
Joshua Dorkin
The BiggerPockets Real Estate Show (sort of): Episode 4 – Countrywide Rant
by Joshua Dorkin | January 10, 2009This episode features hosts Joshua Dorkin & Charles Feldman talking about predatory lending and how lenders won’t work with borrowers regarding pre-payment penalties unless they fall behind on their loan. The topic hits home with Josh and he tells Countrywide how he really feels about it.