{"id":9780,"date":"2024-05-20T10:18:53","date_gmt":"2024-05-20T10:18:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/property254.co.ke\/blogs\/?p=9780"},"modified":"2024-06-18T08:47:31","modified_gmt":"2024-06-18T08:47:31","slug":"how-to-use-google-maps-to-sell-more-as-a-real-estate-agent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/property254.co.ke\/blogs\/how-to-use-google-maps-to-sell-more-as-a-real-estate-agent\/","title":{"rendered":"How to use Google Maps to sell more as a real estate agent"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-google-maps-for-the-real-estate-industry-why-is-it-important\">Google Maps for the Real Estate Industry Why Is It Important?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The real estate housing market is rapidly changing. Slowly, millennials are taking over the real estate market. What does it mean for the real estate agents? It means that internet marketing is something that needs more focus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We all know the power of the Google search. It&#8217;s a tool that helps your business get found, noticed. We&nbsp;all&nbsp;generate leads through Google, and if you have a <a href=\"https:\/\/property254.co.ke\/blogs\/letters-of-authorization-to-sell-in-real-estate-importance-to-an-agent-and-example\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">real estate<\/a> website, it helps you connect with your clients.&nbsp;Let&#8217;s&nbsp;talk about Google Maps and how you can use it in your <a href=\"https:\/\/property254.co.ke\/blogs\/things-to-ask-real-estate-agent-when-selling-a-property\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">real estate<\/a> marketing, specifically in regard to the listings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-why-google-maps-for-the-real-estate-industry\">Why Google Maps for the Real Estate Industry?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Google Maps allows a user to see your business or <a href=\"https:\/\/property254.co.ke\/blogs\/things-to-do-when-interacting-with-property-sellers\/\" title=\"Things to Do When Interacting with Property Sellers in Kenya\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">properties on an interactive<\/a> map. This way, visitors can zoom in and check a specific area they are interested in. Aside from the experience being interactive and more visually appealing, Google maps also helps your listing to get found easier and rank higher.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Google Maps is a more adaptable and flexible way of checking properties.\u00a0With Google Maps, your clients will be able to preview the\u00a0location\u00a0of the land you have for sale, the house itself, and generally the area the\u00a0plot or house for sale\u00a0is located beforehand. As we all know, buying a house is a complex process that involves many factors such as neighbourhood evaluation, for example. This is covered with Google Maps. Your client can preview the location before\u00a0doing a site visit and this saves you and the customer both\u00a0time and energy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=UMxhTs9EGJI&#038;t=118s\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>For a while, we have not had this functionality in most listing websites in Kenya, until now. We have created this ability.&nbsp;&nbsp;To have your properties appear on a map, just&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/premieragent.co.ke\/login\">register or login<\/a>&nbsp;and list your properties for FREE in minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you aren&#8217;t selling and just need to find a plot or house for sale,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/property254.co.ke\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">just&nbsp; click<\/a>&nbsp;here&nbsp;and zoom on the map to find properties available for sale in your preferred area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s that easy. Happy selling!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google Maps for the Real Estate Industry Why Is It Important? The real estate housing market is rapidly changing. Slowly, millennials are taking over the real estate market. What does it mean for the real estate agents? It means that internet marketing is something that needs more focus. We all know the power of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9782,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-seller-guides"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/property254.co.ke\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9780","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/property254.co.ke\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/property254.co.ke\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/property254.co.ke\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/property254.co.ke\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9780"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/property254.co.ke\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9780\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13495,"href":"https:\/\/property254.co.ke\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9780\/revisions\/13495"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/property254.co.ke\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9782"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/property254.co.ke\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/property254.co.ke\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/property254.co.ke\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}