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Denny Robert (Keller Williams Realty East Valley )

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Fred Griffin Florida Real Estate
Fred Griffin Real Estate - Tallahassee, FL
Licensed Florida Real Estate Broker

Anita Clark is an expert on Facebook.   Visit her Facebook Fridays Group on ActiveRain; you might see some answers there.

Nestor & Katerina Gasset  is also well-versed in FB.

Debbie Gartner   is another heavy-hitter.

Jun 24, 2016 02:24 AM
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Noah Seidenberg
Coldwell Banker - Evanston, IL
Chicagoland and Suburbs (800) 858-7917

No landing page I just used it to advertise listings, and market reports. I have had successful results with Face Book, you should check out Anita Clark she has a Friday blog called Face Book Fridays with many good tips and advice Denny Robert 

Jun 24, 2016 02:04 AM
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Katerina Gasset
The Gasset Group & Get It Done For Me Virtual Services - Provo, UT
Amplify Your Real Estate & Life Dreams!

Boosted posts that are very compelling and have a strong call to action and that lead to your facebook page- are effective and for a very low cost. 
FB ads are also fun and you can really drill down in your target market. 

Jun 25, 2016 11:22 AM
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Roy Kelley
Retired - Gaithersburg, MD

Follow the blogs of Anita Clark for some good advice.

Jun 24, 2016 08:55 PM
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
Pasadena And Southern California 818.516.4393

I have not used Facebook ads but I know there are members(Noah Seidenberg and others) who have seen success.   

 

Jun 24, 2016 01:09 AM
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Melissa Jackson REALTOR
Trinity Premier Properties - Azle, TX
Helping You Make The Right Move

I have used FB for some marketing for new listings & open houses.  I need to get more involved and use targeted advertising.

Jul 11, 2016 12:48 PM
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Inna Ivchenko
Barcode Properties - Encino, CA
Realtor® • GRI • HAFA • PSC Calabasas CA

Most agents use pro pages and ads. There are a lot of very detailed utube videos for realtors.  Start small to taste your area. 

Jun 25, 2016 08:44 AM
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Harry F. D'Elia III
WEDO Real Estate and Beyond, LLC - Phoenix, AZ
Investor , Mentor, GRI, Radio, CIPS, REOs, ABR

I am starting to look into this right now. Great question

Jun 25, 2016 12:07 AM
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Gita Bantwal
RE/MAX Centre Realtors - Warwick, PA
REALTOR,ABR,CRS,SRES,GRI - Bucks County & Philadel

no

Jun 25, 2016 12:02 AM
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Tony and Suzanne Marriott, Associate Brokers
Serving the Greater Phoenix and Scottsdale Metropolitan Area - Scottsdale, AZ
Haven Express @ Keller Williams Arizona Realty

parked and reading

Jun 24, 2016 11:10 PM
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Jennifer Mackay
Counts Real Estate Group, Inc. - Panama City, FL
Your Bay County Florida Realtor 850.774.6582

Nope, not interested

Jun 24, 2016 09:48 PM
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Praful Thakkar
LAER Realty Partners - Burlington, MA
Metro Boston Homes For Sale

Denny Robert - yes - targeted sellers with market reports and buyers for open house. Worked pretty good - should have had a better follow up system, though.

Jun 24, 2016 04:14 PM
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Bob Crane
Woodland Management Service / Woodland Real Estate, KW Diversified - Stevens Point, WI
Forestland Experts! 715-204-9671

I have not used them myself but have heard of others who really like them and others who find them a good way to waste a lot of money and time.

Jun 24, 2016 02:38 PM
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Debbie Reynolds, C21 Platinum Properties
Platinum Properties- (931)771-9070 - Clarksville, TN
The Dedicated Clarksville TN Realtor-(931)320-6730

I have used it a little for exposure at an open house. The open houses tend to get more traffic.

Jun 24, 2016 01:53 PM
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Larry Johnston
Broker, Friends & Neighbors Real Estate and Elkhart County Subdivisions, LLC - Elkhart, IN
Broker,Friends & Neighbors Real Estate, Elkhart,IN

I don't pay for any ads.  I create my own advertising.

Jun 24, 2016 12:38 PM
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William Feela
WHISPERING PINES REALTY - North Branch, MN
Realtor, Whispering Pines Realty 651-674-5999 No.

I have not so far.

Jun 24, 2016 11:54 AM
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Debbie Laity
Cedaredge Land Company - Cedaredge, CO
Your Real Estate Resource for Delta County, CO

I think it's a great marketing approach to test out, although I haven't tried it yet. 

Jun 24, 2016 11:09 AM
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Beth Atalay
Cam Realty and Property Management - Clermont, FL
Cam Realty of Clermont FL

I have and do run ads with a landing page. When targeting buyers, I go for those who live in NY, NJ and PA areas, certain income bracket, previous home owners and done very well with them. For sellers, target homeowners only who lived in their current home 4+ years. 

Jun 24, 2016 09:54 AM
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Will Hamm
Hamm Homes - Aurora, CO
"Where There's a Will, There's a Way!"

Park and reading.

Jun 24, 2016 08:11 AM
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Kelly Turbeville
Keller Williams - Lake Forest, CA
Turning Real Estate Dreams into Reality

I have done boost which generally brings me more likes to my page and increases my audience.  I also target with a landing page for home values and i have gotten pretty good results with this.  

I set  small budget each month for FB ads and then target the demographics pretty specifically.  

 

 

Jun 24, 2016 07:50 AM
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Ron and Alexandra Seigel
Napa Consultants - Carpinteria, CA
Luxury Real Estate Branding, Marketing & Strategy

Denny,

I have seen mixed reviews!  It depends on the marketplace and their interraction patterns with FB.  A

Jun 24, 2016 07:23 AM
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Dick Greenberg
New Paradigm Partners LLC - Fort Collins, CO
Northern Colorado Residential Real Estate

Hi Denny - We run a month-long $5/day budget "What's My Home Worth?" campaign every three months, targeting upper-mid & upper income college grads in Fort Collins who are homeowners. We do have a valuation landing page which we built. We've picked up several listings and a couple of sales over 2 years, a good return for not much spent.

Jun 24, 2016 06:33 AM
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Sybil Campbell
Fernandina Beach, FL
Referral Agent Amelia Island Florida

I haven't used Facebook ads.

Jun 24, 2016 04:40 AM
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Dorie Dillard Austin TX
Coldwell Banker Realty ~ 512.750.6899 - Austin, TX
NW Austin ~ Canyon Creek and Spicewood/Balcones

I've not used them but Anita Clark is the Queen of Facebook ads!!

Jun 24, 2016 04:26 AM
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FN LN
Toronto, ON

I have not used them.

Jun 24, 2016 03:59 AM
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Ryan Huggins - Thousand Oaks, CA
https://HugginsHomes.com - Thousand Oaks, CA
Residential Real Estate and Investment Properties

I have.  I've done boosted posts targeted within about a 45 minute drive of the center point of my area.  Targeted who FB thought was "likely to move" plus renters, fans of fixer-upper shows, etc.  Boosted posts were about open houses and were focused on impressions.  Had about 1,000 people see the posts (did this a few times) but precious few showed up.  At one point I had linked to the full listing on my website and had a huge jump in traffic to the site.  Traffic to the open house still came from zillow and realtor.com

 

Starting a new campaign today for Sunday's open house.  Same target audience and area, but promoting an event instead, with the intent of getting people to attend the event (that's one of the FB options for setting up the campaign).  Giving it a try to see what comes of it.

 

I only budget $20 per ad.  That seems to be the consensus of the "gurus" out there like "The Paperless Agent."

Jun 24, 2016 02:21 AM
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Sam Shueh
(408) 425-1601 - San Jose, CA
mba, cdpe, reopro, pe

Likewise. One agents told me she pays a two figure per months. Got two listings.  Very impressive. I am waiting for successful stories.

Jun 24, 2016 01:40 AM
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Melissa Marro
Keller Williams First Coast Realty - The Marro Team - Orange Park, FL
Jacksonville Real Estate and Home Staging

Great question about the optimized landing page! I'll wait to see the answer. I own another business and FB ads are a HUGE revenue boost for it. We've been strategizing on how to use them for our RE business now too. 

Jun 24, 2016 12:56 AM