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Top 10 Reasons to List with Eau Claire By Owner
....instead of other FSBO sites
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Experience
I started eauclairebyowner.com in 2005. Since starting the company, I have
helped over 50 clients sell their homes; most of whom sold after I
obtained my broker’s license in May 2006. Eau Claire by Owner is the Chippewa
Valley’s original, most well-known, and most successful flat-fee listing
service.
Results
To date, over 40 clients have sold their home using my flat-fee MLS system. I
have 7 printed pages of testimonials from happy clients. Be sure to ask how
many homes other FSBO companies have actually sold before listing with them!
Trust
Eau Claire By Owner is accredited by the Better Business Bureau with a
spotless record.
A More Powerful Website
Eauclairebyowner.com has over 26,000 backlinks. A backlink is like a vote to a
search engine. Having 26,000 or so votes helps to make this site an
authoritative website in the eyes of both the search engines and the general
public. By contrast, most of my competitors' sites have less than 50 backlinks.
Eauclairebyowner.com ranks on page one for the most popular search term in the
area (Google and Yahoo): eau claire real estate. No other FSBO site even comes
close to ranking this high; I’m right up there with Century21 and Coldwell
Banker. Since August 2005, ECBO has received over 86,000 page views. That’s an
average of 96 page views per day. Most of my competitors don’t have traffic
counters on their site, so I can’t track their numbers to compare. I do not
buy “traffic swarms” from India or China either; the vast majority of my
traffic comes from within Wisconsin.
I understand Search Engine Optimization (or SEO), and employ it to help people
find your home by contacting you directly rather than through a realtor.
Real Savings
To date, ECBO clients have saved over $363,000 in real estate commissions.
Half of all ECBO clients who sell successfully do so without having to pay a
buyer agent commission. This is the number I am perhaps most proud of.
Sell Your Home Faster
In 2007, the Realtors Association of Northwestern Wisconsin MLS board average
Days on Market (DOM) was about 120 days. ECBO clients’ homes that sold were on
the market an average of 103 days. This is probably due to the fact that ECBO
clients are able to price their homes more competitively because they know
they will pay less in commissions.
Better Yard Signs
ECBO yard signs are larger (24x24) than average (18x24) yard signs used by
most companies. I mount my signs on posts so they sit higher off the ground
and are more visible than the cheaper stake-type signs other FSBO companies
use. I also use bigger, higher-quality numbers to make it easier for people to
see your phone number and because it makes the signs look more professional.
I Hate Spam!
Eauclairebyowner.com employs spam protected e-mail contact forms to prevent
web robots from harvesting your email address from the website.
Additionally, I do not “spam” the city with signage and magnets promoting my
business on street corners, gas stations, and people’s vehicles like some of
my competitors have been known to do. Besides the fact that it is illegal, I
find such tactics to be annoying and disrespectful. So I don't do it.
I don’t engage in telemarketing of any kind for the same reasons.
This is a Truly Independent Business
ECBO is not affiliated with any other real estate company, title company,
lender, bank, or attorney. In addition, I no longer accept advertising on the
website. I used to, but I felt beholden to the advertisers, which annoyed me.
My clients deserve better than to be herded like cattle to whatever company
happens to pay for an advertisement on my site. I trust my clients to make
good decisions about who will help them with the real estate transaction. If
you ask my opinion, I’ll give it freely without fear of angering someone
advertising on my site.
Why Risk it?
Why take a chance on an unknown quantity when you can list with the original,
most experienced, and most successful discount Realtor in the Chippewa Valley?
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