George Alexander, from CBC Southwest Partners, might need to buy extra large monitors and turn down the screen resolution so that everything is nice and big but he is one savvy online marketer. Make no mistake, nothing is a subsitute for good old fashioned handshaking in building relationships and George has built an impressive operation over the years. Recently, however, George has been reaping the rewards of using the latest social marketing tools.
In addition to creating flyers and sending out email blasts, George has been promoting his LoopNet listings to his network (who in turn spread the word) via the LoopNet's latest social sharing links. Check out his 95 unit, ready to build, $3,147 per, 6% BBC listing which has been shared over 1,200 times. Or his 3.75 AC parcel for sale in San Antonio which has been shared 1,582 times!
George's latest listing is a 5-star 27 story luxury hotel in Dubai which is being liquidated for $119.5MM. Granted, the deal is noteworthy in and of itself but George didnt stop at just listing the property on LoopNet; George has done everything from creating a Facebook page to posting a YouTube video. His efforts made this listing one of the most viewed listings on LoopNet last week.
George has done a tremendous job networking to get a listing from the other side of the world. "I'm out in the middle of nowhere," says George. "I work out of a ranch. Clients come to us because of my online reach." CBC Southwest Partners has even amassed an email distribution list of over 200k subscribers.
"We track everything." George is able to quickly pull up a breakdown of the source of all his leads and new business over the last 30 days. According to George, social media has helped him get more new business than any other method. For example, 25% of leads for George's $1.2 billion dollars worth of listings have come directly from blogs.
"So far our marketing strategy has been paying off very well."
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What a great success story. I like George's marketing strategy. $1.2 billion worth of commercial real estate listings and working out of his ranch? That's great. George is a real example that social networking and blogs pay off for marketing commercial real estate.
So, George, is seller financing available? :=))
Brad, Thanks for the affirming feedback.
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Great stuff! I absolutely love CRE brokers that get outside the box. See below for an article I recently wrote regarding commercial brokerage and development trends. http://kwcommercialsa.com/blog/?p=2182
Well done George. No doubt that social media has changed things. It is a very big part of businesses now and this story is a perfect example of just how beneficial it can be.
Make no mistake, nothing is a subsitute for good old fashioned handshaking in building relationships
Wonderful work and a great brokerage!
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