SEO, Lead Generating & Wholesaling

Realtor · Cincinnati, OH · Member since 2021 · 37 posts · 16 votes

Hey everyone. Back again looking for some more advice.

My last post talked about generating leads using a form created on a Facebook ad campaign I did couple of months ago which lasted 2 weeks. nothing panned out but I'm still determined to get, and close, my 1st deal.

I've stepped up my efforts since then...

I signed up for Carrot and built my online platform on there (peer feedback would be great - https://www.walkerhomebuyers.c...) and have started another, more detailed, Facebook ad campaign lasting 2 months. I haven't converted any leads as of yet but I'm only a week into the campaign so its still early in the game.

but I cant shake this nagging feeling that i need to be doing something else right now instead of just waiting for leads to come in. i feel like the SEO strategy is a "set it and forget it" type of strategy which is exactly what I'm looking for but i still feel like i need to be doing something else WHILE checking the status of my campaign.

I've continued to pull list with the intent on doing some cold calling & reverse driving for dollars but I've been kind of limited in getting out at a decent time due to my actual day job and family time.

I don't really have the funds to invest in a VA right now

I'm till taking time to learn the industry when i can

What more could/should i be doing while the campaign is running?

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Jerryll Noorden

Flipper/Rehabber · Wilton, CT · Member since 2015 · 4k+ posts · 4k+ votes

Let me add and clarify a few things here.

1. Reviews do not make you credible. Reviews are a verification that you are indeed credible. Reviews only are effective when you have already established yourself as the authority in this space. Therefore, never solely rely on reviews to establish credibility. A review is simply a testament to an experience had with you. That said, reviews are obviously good, provided you use them accordingly. So simply adding more reviews doesn't do much for conversions. Making it obvious you are the authority in this space does.

2. I wouldn't recommend Youtube as the medium for videos on your website. Definitely have a youtube channel, but your youtube channel should be the lure between people on Google and your website. Your Youtube videos you produce should lure them onto your website from where ever outside source they see your video.

Once on your website, you do not want to have your traffic see videos with the youtube banner, youtube link, and the recommended videos that are displayed after the video is done. Go to Nike's website. Any video you see on their site is clean. It is on their own website. It is not hosted on Youtube. This makes you look infinitely more professional. I use Wistia.

Now I will give you advice that every SEO expert will go against. I warn you, this is true advice.

Make your content as short as possible. Focus on intent-based value to your ideal traffic, not on "keywords".

3. Your carrot form has too many fields in it. Carrot did their tests. 3 is optimum and put them on 2 lines. So 3 fields, and 2 lines.

4. Now IMPORTANT..

IMMEDIATELY remove your social media icons from the top of your website. This is a HORRIBLE idea. You are giving away all your prospects on a silver platter to your competition. Do not give your traffic ANY reason to leave your website.

If they click on your social media, and go to Facebook, and see their messages, likes, comments they get distracted, and Facebook algorithm knows this person just visited a "we buy houses" website, and Facebook now will display all your competitions ads to that prospect, hence giving away your prospects away on a silver platter. Remove them now.

5. Avoid using "roof top" logos. The point of a logo is to identify your business. You need to differentiate your business from the rest. Your logo is not memorable, or identifiable in the sea of other rooftop logos.

6. Read on color theory. Your website colors are wrong. It is dark, depressing, and gloomy. Use colors that promote taking action, confidence, happy, bright, cheerful.

My website is orange. Why?

Well...

For example, red means danger, warning, run, wrong, watch out, YOU WILL CROAK!! Never use red.

7. Your website has zero credibility. People need to see who they are dealing with immediately. Here is the golden rule you need to memorize. People are not going to dig deeper or further into your website to find missing information or give you the benefit of the doubt. It is the opposite. People will only dig deeper into your website if they became interested in it. So only when they see who you are, what you offer, will they go deeper. They are not going to dig deeper because you didn't provide some info that they needed and they are looking for it.

8. Remove center text and right-aligned text. You need to make your content as easy as possible to read. No one reads center text in paragraphs. NEVER sacrifice conversion with design or style. Conversions is the ONLY thing that matters. After conversions, comes ranking.

I only pointed out the negatives. This doesn't mean you have no positives. The positives won't hurt you so it is useless to me to mention them. I mentioned the negatives because those need to be changed. They hurt you.

As Beth said, good try!

Hope this brings added value to wat Beth already covered.

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Chris SeveneyBusiness Member
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Investor · VA · Member since 2015 · 21k+ posts · 19k+ votes
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Quote from @Damian Walker:

Hey everyone. Back again looking for some more advice.
My last post talked about generating leads using a form created on a Facebook ad campaign I did couple of months ago which lasted 2 weeks. nothing panned out but I'm still determined to get, and close, my 1st deal.
I've stepped up my efforts since then...
I signed up for Carrot and built my online platform on there (peer feedback would be great - https://www.walkerhomebuyers.c...) and have started another, more detailed, Facebook ad campaign lasting 2 months. I haven't converted any leads as of yet but I'm only a week into the campaign so its still early in the game.
but I cant shake this nagging feeling that i need to be doing something else right now instead of just waiting for leads to come in. i feel like the SEO strategy is a "set it and forget it" type of strategy which is exactly what I'm looking for but i still feel like i need to be doing something else WHILE checking the status of my campaign.
I've continued to pull list with the intent on doing some cold calling & reverse driving for dollars but I've been kind of limited in getting out at a decent time due to my actual day job and family time.
I don't really have the funds to invest in a VA right now
I'm till taking time to learn the industry when i can
What more could/should i be doing while the campaign is running?
paid advertising is all about he who spends more makes more. Also making sure you have the right target audience. We have learned there are people who understand FB ads and those who do not. Think of it as watching a football game and understanding it to being the head coach. If you are using someone to do the ads who is the "football watcher" they will just spend your money and you get nothing. You need someone who is in the day to day and they cost $. A good FB marketer will run you $2-$5k per month.

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  Specialist · Krakow, Europe · Member since 2019 · 87 posts · 25 votes
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  Quote from @Chris Seveney:
  
  Quote from @Damian Walker:
  
  Hey everyone. Back again looking for some more advice.
  My last post talked about generating leads using a form created on a Facebook ad campaign I did couple of months ago which lasted 2 weeks. nothing panned out but I'm still determined to get, and close, my 1st deal.
  I've stepped up my efforts since then...
  I signed up for Carrot and built my online platform on there (peer feedback would be great - https://www.walkerhomebuyers.c...) and have started another, more detailed, Facebook ad campaign lasting 2 months. I haven't converted any leads as of yet but I'm only a week into the campaign so its still early in the game.
  but I cant shake this nagging feeling that i need to be doing something else right now instead of just waiting for leads to come in. i feel like the SEO strategy is a "set it and forget it" type of strategy which is exactly what I'm looking for but i still feel like i need to be doing something else WHILE checking the status of my campaign.
  I've continued to pull list with the intent on doing some cold calling & reverse driving for dollars but I've been kind of limited in getting out at a decent time due to my actual day job and family time.
  I don't really have the funds to invest in a VA right now
  I'm till taking time to learn the industry when i can
  What more could/should i be doing while the campaign is running?
  paid advertising is all about he who spends more makes more. Also making sure you have the right target audience. We have learned there are people who understand FB ads and those who do not. Think of it as watching a football game and understanding it to being the head coach. If you are using someone to do the ads who is the "football watcher" they will just spend your money and you get nothing. You need someone who is in the day to day and they cost $. A good FB marketer will run you $2-$5k per month.
  
  Were you managing your own campaigns who you worked with a specialist?
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Beth Bannor
Member since 2021 · 41 posts · 15 votes
3y
Your site looks great! I recommend the following:

1- Get more reviews. You can also add character testimonials if those are easier to get. Check the Carrot Community for more info on what makes a good/better/best testimonial/review and how to build them on the Carrot system.

People want to see that other people have worked with you and that you are easy to work with, trustworthy, and do what you say you will do. Motivated sellers need to be sure you are the right one to help them.

2- Customize your About/Our Company page. People want to know more about you and how you can help them. Be sure to add a photo of you, you and your team, or you and your family.

There are a couple of videos in the Carrot Community that talk about adding localization and personalization to your site.

3- Great job at creating a Google Business Profile. I recommend having the people who have sent you reviews also add a review to your Google Business Profile. Google values these reviews higher since it's done through their system.

4- You might consider creating a YouTube channel and adding some explainer videos, video reviews, and customer stories. YouTube is owned by Google and is the 2nd largest search engine. You can also add any of your YouTube videos to your site.
I recommend doing these changes before you spend any money on ppc.

Let me know if you have any questions. If you dm me, I can send you the links to the resources I mentioned.
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Damian Walker
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Realtor · Cincinnati, OH · Member since 2021 · 37 posts · 16 votes
3y
Quote from @Beth Bannor:

Your site looks great! I recommend the following:

1- Get more reviews. You can also add character testimonials if those are easier to get. Check the Carrot Community for more info on what makes a good/better/best testimonial/review and how to build them on the Carrot system.

People want to see that other people have worked with you and that you are easy to work with, trustworthy, and do what you say you will do. Motivated sellers need to be sure you are the right one to help them.

2- Customize your About/Our Company page. People want to know more about you and how you can help them. Be sure to add a photo of you, you and your team, or you and your family.

There are a couple of videos in the Carrot Community that talk about adding localization and personalization to your site.

3- Great job at creating a Google Business Profile. I recommend having the people who have sent you reviews also add a review to your Google Business Profile. Google values these reviews higher since it's done through their system.

4- You might consider creating a YouTube channel and adding some explainer videos, video reviews, and customer stories. YouTube is owned by Google and is the 2nd largest search engine. You can also add any of your YouTube videos to your site.
I recommend doing these changes before you spend any money on ppc.

Let me know if you have any questions. If you dm me, I can send you the links to the resources I mentioned.
Thank you! I worked really hard on it and the Checklist on Carrot helped A LOT!

I'll definitely take heed to your advice and continue to make changes and optimize it the best i can.
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John O'LearyPro Member
Lender · Winter Park, FL · Member since 2021 · 737 posts · 412 votes
3y
SEO is a long term play, and with the amount of competition it could take 24 months to see organic strategies take off. You can go the PPC route but that is for sure one of the more expensive routes to take. If you are doing SEO I would consider localized landing pages and try to incorporate as much back linking as you can.
1.) There are extremely cheap VA services. We pay ours $2-3 per hour. 5 hours a day will cost you $75.00 a week.
2.) If you are already pulling lists and skip tracing I'd incorporate text blasts. It's inexpensive and works passively for you.
3.) Attend your local REIAs. The power if just getting in a room with people is powerful and there are always deals in there.
4.) If you are good at dispo, find a JV deal. It can take that income and apply it to your current marketing and capture 100% of the profit.
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Damian Walker
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Realtor · Cincinnati, OH · Member since 2021 · 37 posts · 16 votes
3y
Quote from @John O'Leary:

SEO is a long term play, and with the amount of competition it could take 24 months to see organic strategies take off. You can go the PPC route but that is for sure one of the more expensive routes to take. If you are doing SEO I would consider localized landing pages and try to incorporate as much back linking as you can.
1.) There are extremely cheap VA services. We pay ours $2-3 per hour. 5 hours a day will cost you $75.00 a week.
2.) If you are already pulling lists and skip tracing I'd incorporate text blasts. It's inexpensive and works passively for you.
3.) Attend your local REIAs. The power if just getting in a room with people is powerful and there are always deals in there.
4.) If you are good at dispo, find a JV deal. It can take that income and apply it to your current marketing and capture 100% of the profit.

Thanks for your insight @John O'Leary
SEO is definitely the long term strategy. I think I'm expecting too much too soon, honestly.
I have been thinking about the PPC route, but its definitely expensive and probably something that could be a financial liability if nothing pans out.
I have been thinking about using VAs to help with cold calling. I'll dig a lil deeper into that this week.
I've been doing text blast but I've been doing 1 number at a time lol. I'm going to invest in someone's SMS marketing software that would allow me to mass market.
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Jerryll Noorden
Flipper/Rehabber · Wilton, CT · Member since 2015 · 4k+ posts · 4k+ votes
3y
Quote from @John O'Leary:

SEO is a long term play, and with the amount of competition it could take 24 months to see organic strategies take off. You can go the PPC route but that is for sure one of the more expensive routes to take. If you are doing SEO I would consider localized landing pages and try to incorporate as much back linking as you can.
1.) There are extremely cheap VA services. We pay ours $2-3 per hour. 5 hours a day will cost you $75.00 a week.
2.) If you are already pulling lists and skip tracing I'd incorporate text blasts. It's inexpensive and works passively for you.
3.) Attend your local REIAs. The power if just getting in a room with people is powerful and there are always deals in there.
4.) If you are good at dispo, find a JV deal. It can take that income and apply it to your current marketing and capture 100% of the profit.

I know you mean well, but all this is actually wrong. Don't do that. This is exactly what every SEO company will do. And this is factually wrong. SEO is NOT about Google, backlinking or any of that technical stuff.
SEO is about providing value to your ideal traffic.
Do you think that someone that is very motivated that lands on your website is interested how many backlinks you have? Or how many blogs you have? Or how many videos you have on youtube?
No.
SEO is about being the website that brings the most value to your ideal traffic. The key and secret to SEO is simply this.
Google will rank that website #1 that offers the most value. That makes Google's traffic the happiest.
How does Google measure which website brings the most value? The website that generates the most leads, obviously offered the most value.
So recap.
While everyone on this planet thinks that "if you rank #1, you get leads".. this is factually completely wrong.
You rank #1 IF you get the most leads!
This is the secret, and this is correct. Good luck.
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Jerryll Noorden
Flipper/Rehabber · Wilton, CT · Member since 2015 · 4k+ posts · 4k+ votes
3y
Let me add and clarify a few things here.

1. Reviews do not make you credible. Reviews are a verification that you are indeed credible. Reviews only are effective when you have already established yourself as the authority in this space. Therefore, never solely rely on reviews to establish credibility. A review is simply a testament to an experience had with you. That said, reviews are obviously good, provided you use them accordingly. So simply adding more reviews doesn't do much for conversions. Making it obvious you are the authority in this space does.

2. I wouldn't recommend Youtube as the medium for videos on your website. Definitely have a youtube channel, but your youtube channel should be the lure between people on Google and your website. Your Youtube videos you produce should lure them onto your website from where ever outside source they see your video.

Once on your website, you do not want to have your traffic see videos with the youtube banner, youtube link, and the recommended videos that are displayed after the video is done. Go to Nike's website. Any video you see on their site is clean. It is on their own website. It is not hosted on Youtube. This makes you look infinitely more professional. I use Wistia.

Now I will give you advice that every SEO expert will go against. I warn you, this is true advice.

Make your content as short as possible. Focus on intent-based value to your ideal traffic, not on "keywords".

3. Your carrot form has too many fields in it. Carrot did their tests. 3 is optimum and put them on 2 lines. So 3 fields, and 2 lines.

4. Now IMPORTANT..

IMMEDIATELY remove your social media icons from the top of your website. This is a HORRIBLE idea. You are giving away all your prospects on a silver platter to your competition. Do not give your traffic ANY reason to leave your website.

If they click on your social media, and go to Facebook, and see their messages, likes, comments they get distracted, and Facebook algorithm knows this person just visited a "we buy houses" website, and Facebook now will display all your competitions ads to that prospect, hence giving away your prospects away on a silver platter. Remove them now.

5. Avoid using "roof top" logos. The point of a logo is to identify your business. You need to differentiate your business from the rest. Your logo is not memorable, or identifiable in the sea of other rooftop logos.

6. Read on color theory. Your website colors are wrong. It is dark, depressing, and gloomy. Use colors that promote taking action, confidence, happy, bright, cheerful.

My website is orange. Why?

Well...

For example, red means danger, warning, run, wrong, watch out, YOU WILL CROAK!! Never use red.

7. Your website has zero credibility. People need to see who they are dealing with immediately. Here is the golden rule you need to memorize. People are not going to dig deeper or further into your website to find missing information or give you the benefit of the doubt. It is the opposite. People will only dig deeper into your website if they became interested in it. So only when they see who you are, what you offer, will they go deeper. They are not going to dig deeper because you didn't provide some info that they needed and they are looking for it.

8. Remove center text and right-aligned text. You need to make your content as easy as possible to read. No one reads center text in paragraphs. NEVER sacrifice conversion with design or style. Conversions is the ONLY thing that matters. After conversions, comes ranking.

I only pointed out the negatives. This doesn't mean you have no positives. The positives won't hurt you so it is useless to me to mention them. I mentioned the negatives because those need to be changed. They hurt you.

As Beth said, good try!

Hope this brings added value to wat Beth already covered.
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Damian Walker
OP
Realtor · Cincinnati, OH · Member since 2021 · 37 posts · 16 votes
3y
Quote from @Jerryll Noorden:

Let me add and clarify a few things here.

1. Reviews do not make you credible. Reviews are a verification that you are indeed credible. Reviews only are effective when you have already established yourself as the authority in this space. Therefore, never solely rely on reviews to establish credibility. A review is simply a testament to an experience had with you. That said, reviews are obviously good, provided you use them accordingly. So simply adding more reviews doesn't do much for conversions. Making it obvious you are the authority in this space does.

2. I wouldn't recommend Youtube as the medium for videos on your website. Definitely have a youtube channel, but your youtube channel should be the lure between people on Google and your website. Your Youtube videos you produce should lure them onto your website from where ever outside source they see your video.

Once on your website, you do not want to have your traffic see videos with the youtube banner, youtube link, and the recommended videos that are displayed after the video is done. Go to Nike's website. Any video you see on their site is clean. It is on their own website. It is not hosted on Youtube. This makes you look infinitely more professional. I use Wistia.

Now I will give you advice that every SEO expert will go against. I warn you, this is true advice.

Make your content as short as possible. Focus on intent-based value to your ideal traffic, not on "keywords".

3. Your carrot form has too many fields in it. Carrot did their tests. 3 is optimum and put them on 2 lines. So 3 fields, and 2 lines.

4. Now IMPORTANT..

IMMEDIATELY remove your social media icons from the top of your website. This is a HORRIBLE idea. You are giving away all your prospects on a silver platter to your competition. Do not give your traffic ANY reason to leave your website.

If they click on your social media, and go to Facebook, and see their messages, likes, comments they get distracted, and Facebook algorithm knows this person just visited a "we buy houses" website, and Facebook now will display all your competitions ads to that prospect, hence giving away your prospects away on a silver platter. Remove them now.

5. Avoid using "roof top" logos. The point of a logo is to identify your business. You need to differentiate your business from the rest. Your logo is not memorable, or identifiable in the sea of other rooftop logos.

6. Read on color theory. Your website colors are wrong. It is dark, depressing, and gloomy. Use colors that promote taking action, confidence, happy, bright, cheerful.

My website is orange. Why?

Well...

For example, red means danger, warning, run, wrong, watch out, YOU WILL CROAK!! Never use red.

7. Your website has zero credibility. People need to see who they are dealing with immediately. Here is the golden rule you need to memorize. People are not going to dig deeper or further into your website to find missing information or give you the benefit of the doubt. It is the opposite. People will only dig deeper into your website if they became interested in it. So only when they see who you are, what you offer, will they go deeper. They are not going to dig deeper because you didn't provide some info that they needed and they are looking for it.

8. Remove center text and right-aligned text. You need to make your content as easy as possible to read. No one reads center text in paragraphs. NEVER sacrifice conversion with design or style. Conversions is the ONLY thing that matters. After conversions, comes ranking.

I only pointed out the negatives. This doesn't mean you have no positives. The positives won't hurt you so it is useless to me to mention them. I mentioned the negatives because those need to be changed. They hurt you.

As Beth said, good try!

Hope this brings added value to wat Beth already covered.

If i could vote for this 100 times, i would. Thank You so much!!
I definitely went more so for style and design when putting everything together (aligned text, colors, etc.) and I wasn't thinking about CONVERSIONS...because that's the name of the game, right?
Thank you for taking the time to actually point out some flaws in my site.
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Jerryll Noorden
Flipper/Rehabber · Wilton, CT · Member since 2015 · 4k+ posts · 4k+ votes
3y
Quote from @Damian Walker:

Quote from @Jerryll Noorden:

Let me add and clarify a few things here.

1. Reviews do not make you credible. Reviews are a verification that you are indeed credible. Reviews only are effective when you have already established yourself as the authority in this space. Therefore, never solely rely on reviews to establish credibility. A review is simply a testament to an experience had with you. That said, reviews are obviously good, provided you use them accordingly. So simply adding more reviews doesn't do much for conversions. Making it obvious you are the authority in this space does.

2. I wouldn't recommend Youtube as the medium for videos on your website. Definitely have a youtube channel, but your youtube channel should be the lure between people on Google and your website. Your Youtube videos you produce should lure them onto your website from where ever outside source they see your video.

Once on your website, you do not want to have your traffic see videos with the youtube banner, youtube link, and the recommended videos that are displayed after the video is done. Go to Nike's website. Any video you see on their site is clean. It is on their own website. It is not hosted on Youtube. This makes you look infinitely more professional. I use Wistia.

Now I will give you advice that every SEO expert will go against. I warn you, this is true advice.

Make your content as short as possible. Focus on intent-based value to your ideal traffic, not on "keywords".

3. Your carrot form has too many fields in it. Carrot did their tests. 3 is optimum and put them on 2 lines. So 3 fields, and 2 lines.

4. Now IMPORTANT..

IMMEDIATELY remove your social media icons from the top of your website. This is a HORRIBLE idea. You are giving away all your prospects on a silver platter to your competition. Do not give your traffic ANY reason to leave your website.

If they click on your social media, and go to Facebook, and see their messages, likes, comments they get distracted, and Facebook algorithm knows this person just visited a "we buy houses" website, and Facebook now will display all your competitions ads to that prospect, hence giving away your prospects away on a silver platter. Remove them now.

5. Avoid using "roof top" logos. The point of a logo is to identify your business. You need to differentiate your business from the rest. Your logo is not memorable, or identifiable in the sea of other rooftop logos.

6. Read on color theory. Your website colors are wrong. It is dark, depressing, and gloomy. Use colors that promote taking action, confidence, happy, bright, cheerful.

My website is orange. Why?

Well...

For example, red means danger, warning, run, wrong, watch out, YOU WILL CROAK!! Never use red.

7. Your website has zero credibility. People need to see who they are dealing with immediately. Here is the golden rule you need to memorize. People are not going to dig deeper or further into your website to find missing information or give you the benefit of the doubt. It is the opposite. People will only dig deeper into your website if they became interested in it. So only when they see who you are, what you offer, will they go deeper. They are not going to dig deeper because you didn't provide some info that they needed and they are looking for it.

8. Remove center text and right-aligned text. You need to make your content as easy as possible to read. No one reads center text in paragraphs. NEVER sacrifice conversion with design or style. Conversions is the ONLY thing that matters. After conversions, comes ranking.

I only pointed out the negatives. This doesn't mean you have no positives. The positives won't hurt you so it is useless to me to mention them. I mentioned the negatives because those need to be changed. They hurt you.

As Beth said, good try!

Hope this brings added value to wat Beth already covered.

If i could vote for this 100 times, i would. Thank You so much!!
I definitely went more so for style and design when putting everything together (aligned text, colors, etc.) and I wasn't thinking about CONVERSIONS...because that's the name of the game, right?
Thank you for taking the time to actually point out some flaws in my site.

And that is EXACTLY my ONLY secret to getting a TON of leads.

I don't care for "ranking". All I care about is conversions. That is what I teach my students, and others here on BP. The only thing that matters is conversions. And the way you get conversions is by providing more value through your website than anyone else.

If you do that, you WILL rank #1 it doesn't matter if you are new in the space!
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Kyler B.
Member since 2020 · 38 posts · 9 votes
3y
Quote from @Damian Walker:

Hey everyone. Back again looking for some more advice.
My last post talked about generating leads using a form created on a Facebook ad campaign I did couple of months ago which lasted 2 weeks. nothing panned out but I'm still determined to get, and close, my 1st deal.
I've stepped up my efforts since then...
I signed up for Carrot and built my online platform on there (peer feedback would be great - https://www.walkerhomebuyers.c...) and have started another, more detailed, Facebook ad campaign lasting 2 months. I haven't converted any leads as of yet but I'm only a week into the campaign so its still early in the game.
but I cant shake this nagging feeling that i need to be doing something else right now instead of just waiting for leads to come in. i feel like the SEO strategy is a "set it and forget it" type of strategy which is exactly what I'm looking for but i still feel like i need to be doing something else WHILE checking the status of my campaign.
I've continued to pull list with the intent on doing some cold calling & reverse driving for dollars but I've been kind of limited in getting out at a decent time due to my actual day job and family time.
I don't really have the funds to invest in a VA right now
I'm till taking time to learn the industry when i can
What more could/should i be doing while the campaign is running?

You're going to have to do some outbounding to get some deals going!
I would suggest looking into new technology in AI to help get you ahead.
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Lindsey Pinkham
Member since 2023 · 17 posts · 13 votes
3y
Hey Damian!
I love all of the effort you are putting into your wholesaling. I am new to the game too but I am have been finding some things that are at least planting some seeds and building relationships with people.
Ive been going on Zillow in the area that I am focused on and looking at rentals available. Finding rentals that need updated and reaching out to the owners to see if they would consider selling instead of renting. This has started a few conversations with some homeowners that I am working on converting into deals!
If you cannot invest in some type of AI system or anything, then you could also do this with agents in your area. Reach out to them and try to build a relationship with them so they can bring you off market deals. It is a lot of outreach in the beginning but will hopefully build lasting and profitable relationships.
Also in the mean time I would be consuming as much education as I possibly could. Here are some things I have dove into that have really helped me:
Podcast: wholesale hotline, wholesaling inc, get creative with pace morby
Books: Wealth without Cash - Pace Morby, How to Wholesale- Jamil Damji.
Youtube: Pace Morby, Jamil Damji, Brent Daniels
I hope some of this helps! Keep gettin after it dude. It will pay off!!
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Damian Walker
OP
Realtor · Cincinnati, OH · Member since 2021 · 37 posts · 16 votes
3y
Quote from @Lindsey Pinkham:

Hey Damian!
I love all of the effort you are putting into your wholesaling. I am new to the game too but I am have been finding some things that are at least planting some seeds and building relationships with people.
Ive been going on Zillow in the area that I am focused on and looking at rentals available. Finding rentals that need updated and reaching out to the owners to see if they would consider selling instead of renting. This has started a few conversations with some homeowners that I am working on converting into deals!
If you cannot invest in some type of AI system or anything, then you could also do this with agents in your area. Reach out to them and try to build a relationship with them so they can bring you off market deals. It is a lot of outreach in the beginning but will hopefully build lasting and profitable relationships.
Also in the mean time I would be consuming as much education as I possibly could. Here are some things I have dove into that have really helped me:
Podcast: wholesale hotline, wholesaling inc, get creative with pace morby
Books: Wealth without Cash - Pace Morby, How to Wholesale- Jamil Damji.
Youtube: Pace Morby, Jamil Damji, Brent Daniels
I hope some of this helps! Keep gettin after it dude. It will pay off!!

Thank you @Lindsey Pinkham for reaching out and providing a few educational resources! I also like to keep learning about the business so im constantly reading articles and books as well and i'll check out the podcasts you recommended.
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Yogev Lifchin
Specialist · Krakow, Europe · Member since 2019 · 87 posts · 25 votes
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I just saw this now, and my take on it is this –
If an investor has no ability to pay for a VA (which is far cheaper than PPC),
then the PPC game for generating leads is probably not for them.
With one major caveat – and that is if they actually have a few years’ worth of experience running paid ad campaigns.
Otherwise, it’s a setup for a setback… it takes a bit of time and a few good thousands to have a solid campaign generating off-market seller leads (doable, of course…).

For new investors who don't have enough funds for a VA, it's better to go with texting or cold calling options. That's my take…
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