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A 2 minute read. We are passionate about social proof in our business. We don’t do much in the way of traditional sales and certainly don't have a...
Whilst going about my usual networking amongst estate / letting agents, I often hear a lot of debate as to *when* they should be asking for a review. My...
We've all got a little bit more time on our hands right now. In particular, estate agents find themselves unable to do the majority of their day-to-day...
If, like us, you consider social proof important in your business, and you’ve noticed that people have told you that they’ve posted a review but for...
The fact is, people rely on online reviews when they're choosing whether or not to do business with you! Social Proof A whopping 84% of consumers trust...
How do you collect reviews from your clients? Our new feature is sure to help you manage reviews and second chance in a good experience where needed....
As an estate agency, there’s a lot that you can do to make sure that you are getting maximum exposure to your business, services and properties, and...
Will Beare of Echo Video takes you through why video on social media is so important for estate agents...
Some tips on improving the popularity of your estate agent website!...
Let's talk about Keyword Research, and how and why it's extremely useful for your website....
I was a guest on the Estate Agent Podcast to give you some advice on how best to improve your website....
A background on SEO, what it means, and why it's so useful for your website...
One of our most unique new features, we've called it "Brought to Market By" - here's why it's perfect for your agency....
We wanted to talk about our Loyalty Card and the benefits it can have for you and your business!...
There are some processes in developing a website which can be difficult to understand. It is our hope that in this post we provide you with an easy...
Facebook Pixel's policy on cookies and how they can affect adverts and your website...
We attended the Croydon Awards last week - an evening full of fun and surprises!...
Let's talk about Facebook Pixel, what it is and what it can do for your business...
The Estate Apps team talk about the things they like the most in Croydon...
The facts and figures to help you decide how to implement video into your marketing strategies....
How can you humanise your online presence?...
Hyperlocal Marketing can be incredibly effective for estate agents - and here's why...
Google are making all HTTP sites "not secure", so we thought we'd explain that means...
It's GDPR Day. If you're not prepared, then this blog is something you should definitely take a look at....
The boys are off to Australia this week so we thought we'd update you about what's going on....
Estate Apps area guides can add locally relevant automated content to your website, with any number of areas, multiple images, descriptions, video and a...
How does soft opt in and Legitimate interest effect your agency for GDPR?...
Estate Apps have won The ESTAS Supplier of the Year Award for website design 2018!...
Why does digital marketing matter to estate agents?...
Many agents have yet to fully utilise Facebook, we explain how to use Facebook effectively for your estate agency...
GDPR officially comes into effect in May 2018, just how will this affect estate agents? We tell you everything you need to know!...
The Estate Apps team reveal their predictions for the year, ranging from all things digital marketing to tech,SEO and GDPR...
Alex Evans, director of Estate Apps shares his thoughts on what will happen with virtual and augmented reality in 2018...
Ola Bello ( Digital Marketing Specialist) reveals his SEO predictions for the year...
Kat Sonson, content writer for Estate Apps gives her social media predictions for the year...
The Estate Apps team reveal their predictions for the year, ranging from all things digital marketing to tech and GDPR...
Your website is essentially your shop window, here, we have a checklist of things of the elements your website should have in this modern era!...
Your brand is simply more than just a logo, its the face of your company. Here we speak about why content and consistency is crucial for your online...
2017 was a wonderful year for Estate Apps and we would like to take a moment to reflect and share our story with you!...
Video marketing has become increasingly popular, we underlines its importance for businesses and why you should be taking advantage!...
Every company should have a social media policy, guidelines who keep you on track, this blog post will provide you with insights about the importance of...
Insights into how estate agents can rank at the top of Google the SEO techniques that work for estate agents!...
We're thrilled to be rated as EXCEPTIONAL for Marketing & Pr by EA Masters, we want to say a massive thank you to all our clients who voted....
Social media is no longer an option but more of an imperative, here are reasons as to why every estate agent should be using social media...
We're pleased to announce we have been nominated for three different categories from Croydon Awards...
The potential of Facebook advertising is huge for estate agents and should be if not already an important part of your marketing strategy....
Fascinating, insightful and brilliant, the superlatives could go on forever. FUTURE: PropTech was a great event dedicated to technology innovation in the...
As technology continues to disrupt the property sector, we give reasons to why PropTech is here to help rather than hinder....
PropTech Den, a Dragons Den esque event that offered delegates the chance to listen to some of the hottest and latest ideas in PropTech!...
SEO is crucial for estate agents, if you're site isn't search engine optimised, you're missing out on a lot, here are 3 big reasons to why you need SEO....
The Letting Training Centre (LTC) was founded in 1996 with the clear vision of educating letting agents in their responsibilities of compliance and due...
As an estate agent, having a strong brand is crucial, not only does a strong brand differentiates you from competitors but it epitomises everything about...
Stuck for blog ideas for your estate agency? No more staring at blank canvas, here are some blog writing ideas for estate agents...
What are the latest Google trends you as an estate agent need to be aware of....
An insight into the upcoming social media trends for social estate agents in 2017...
A review on everything we have achieved this year, we look forward to 2017 with great optimism. Onwards and upwards!...
Could 2017 be the breakthrough year for Virtual Reality? Learn more about the potential future of property...
Read about the Estate Apps team's experience at Introbiz!...
Struggling to write quality blogs? You're not alone, here is my story on how I struggled and what I done to improve!...
The Lumley Estates website won the Dezrez website of the month with help from us at Estate Apps....
What is PropTech? Learn more about this innovative sector that's taking the property world by storm......
Everyday we work with the intentions of making an impact in the property industry so as you can imagine, it was a real honour for us to feature in the...
I took my teenage daughters to London for the weekend recently. They made complex arrangements to meet various friends, at several different locations,...
We'll be attending one of the biggest business conferences in Wales - Introbiz Expo - will you be there?...
Learn a little about Estate Apps' newest member and how he began his journey to social media marketing...
The cost of attracting landlords and homeowners to use your agency was too high, the difficulty of attracting homeowners and landlords to even ask you out...
We take a look at how online valuation tools can help your estate agency website generate more business....
“People don’t buy products, people buy from people.” I’m sure most of you business folk out there have heard something like this before. The idea...
We all maintain and post to our business pages on social media with varying degrees of success. Some of us only gain small amounts of traffic for our...
Do landlords trust us enough, as agents, enough to believe the promises we throw out in our marketing?...
As mentioned in a previous post, we were lucky enough to be invited along to an NAEA event to give a presentation on how agents can benefit from social...
The 6 golden rules of red-carpet customer service...
Well, that break for Christmas certainly went quick didn’t it?! We’re halfway through January already and back into the swing of things but let’s not...
We do a lot of content about why you should use social media and how best to use it, we really feel that it’s important for you to grow as a business....
We’ve covered social media previously in a few forms before, but in this blog we’re going to go further in depth and cover various points as to what...
The first ever Agency Essentials event took place in Manchester recently, the first of what we hope to be many more collaborative efforts between...
Every business has something that sets them apart from their competition; it’s the reason why people come to you over your competitors...
There’s a hell of a lot to take into consideration when you build a website for your business. Do you go down the template route? Should you get in a...
We recently wrote about bounce rates and why your business you keep an eye on them. We received a mixture of feedback ranging from people appreciating the...
If you’re a letting agency business owner, you have limited time to spend on many tasks. You have to ensure that the business is gaining new ground and...
Consumers are mostly visually driven, but you’ll be hard pressed to find a target market in need of high quality imagery as much as those in the...
This one’s for everyone who wasn’t able to make it along to #PropTech15 this month!...
Another month, another show. This month we were lucky enough to be part of Future Property Technology 2015 in Westminster....
Running a business isn’t easy. If it was we’d all be doing it! There’s so much to do both dealing with your clients and the day-to-day tasks that...
We’ve just got back from the VIDEA15 conference at the BFI Southbank and it’s safe to say, we had a blast! The event, hosted by Richard Rawlings and...
Normally when people discuss their websites stats, most people talk about how many hits their website has received over a period of time. Hits in this...
Hashtags. What are they? What do they do? And why do I keep seeing them pop up during TV shows?...
Every day I read the property news and every day it’s a different story. Sales are up, sales are down, London is in a bubble, no it’s not… for those...
A survey of 1000 UK adults found that consumers are more likely to share (39%), comment (36%) and ‘like’ (56%) an online video than they are a text...
Google continues to rule the web as the most visited website globally with its search ranking algorithm being the most watched by website owners all over...
Technology is playing an ever more critical role in helping property professionals stay competitive in their field. Companies that embrace technology are...
The internet is full of online review sites; some are dedicated to serve specific industries, and some are generic across multiple industries....
So, it’s time for a new website for your estate or lettings agency. You’re last one is starting to creak a little in its old age and you want to have...
Although I love my job, I can spend many hours seated, especially due to the distance I can travel on a weekly basis. There is nothing I like more than...
When I was at school there was a kid in my class, who for the sake of this article shall remain nameless. He was a pretty nice guy; I’d even go so far as...
I purchased a one bedroom ground floor flat in Gorgie, Edinburgh last November with a plan to refurbish and rent it out. The property was in total...
Batman and Robin, Sherlock and Watson... Estate Apps and JustPark? We’re not exactly two companies you’d expect to team up and, in a way, you’re...
We all love great design and in many ways it’s what draws us to a product, brand or company. I personally love branding but I’m sadly seeing a growing...
How to buy or sell a house without moving from your armchair...
There's often a debate about the best option when it comes to the subject of property reporting. In some parts of the UK many letting agents are...
The past weekend we attended the property tech event held right in pretty much in our own back garden!...
Sometimes, the simplest technologies are the most useful. Recently Twitter released an app called Periscope that is based on a fairly simple idea, but it...
We have covered this subject before easy ways that you can drive your app downloads for free or with little cost. We saw a number of you put those ideas...
How do your clients perceive your business. When you think branding what is it that comes to mind? Logos? Colours? Its something that in our experience...
In property it can be tough enough to get noticed on the high street but those trying to stand out from the crowd online without the obvious ability to...
If you use any form of social media management, or your listed on any sort of social media ranking list (Like Estate Agent networking top 1,000 agents) you...
"Template". It's not a sexy word is it? Say it again, "Template". What do you think of when you say template? Rigid? Standard? Uniform? It's certainly not...
Major Changes to Google mobile search. Get ready for change Its that time again... Google are going to make some major changes to the way their search...
Technology is advancing faster now than it is ever had before, we've got products and advancements today that only a few years ago were thought of as...
Social media is huge. That statement shouldn't shock anyone anymore. Most, if not all of you reading this will have a social media profile of some sort,...
It's a strange concept to think that providing clients with a vast array services and options could actually be doing your business harm. Why would...
In some capacity, I hear this every day, "I don't get many leads from my website". Many agencies seem to have websites just for the sake of having one....
If you're reading this blog, you're one of the literally tens of people that tune in on a regular basis to hear my innovative insights and tales of...
This is our first blog idea that we've received from our social media community! Thanks very much for the suggestion Rentals London and indeed this is a...
Our society is ever diversifying, people from a whole manner of backgrounds, experiences, lifestyles and abilities all live in one place. As a business it...
SEO, or "Search Engine Optimisation", is essentially everything you avoided doing in school. Carefully watching statistics, researching and tweaking your...
In a recent post we wrote about the window to screen transformation of estate agents. While presentation has always been a key factor in the property...
The debate continues... Why should I invest in apps when my responsive site is easier to access? Why should I have my website redesigned when I already...
Even for the smallest Estate Agent, apps are becoming an increasingly integral part of an agencies marketing. Your apps are already out there, displaying...
According to recently revised forecasts by Savills, UK house prices will exceed a 9.5% rise this year, with London prices expecting to see a 15% increase....
For any business to succeed, an effective online presence is an important feature of the companies sales and marketing strategy. For estate agents possibly...
One of the most enduring debates within mobile technology circles is the classic 'mobile apps versus mobile web' conundrum....
With our society becoming ever more diverse, it's never been more important to make your services easily available to everyone....
This week sees a massive rise in building construction in the UK housing prices are on the increase in London again but nationally mortgage approvals are...
So you have a fantastic looking website, complete with everything you need to tackle the online world. Your design is clean, efficient and easy to use on a...
So you've just signed up to a new app? Great! Apps can be one of your strongest marketing tools if used correctly. However, just like any tool, they don't...
With portal giants such as Rightmove and Zoopla it might seem like there's no need for your own app. Why should you fork out the cash for your own app when...
In order to win any new business you need to stay ahead and the property industry is no different. Flexibility and adaptation are key to survival but with...
The process of buying a selling a house has transformed immeasurably over the last ten years. From browsing the shop window of an estate agent on the high...
When the recession hit in 2007, the housing industry was one of the biggest casualties and it struggled to recover. Between 2007 and 2008, one in four...
When we consider that it took 38 years for the radio to reach 50 million people worldwide and only 50 days for the Draw Something app to reach the same...