| More and more people are turning to the
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| | a keyword or phrase like, "Evanston
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| Internet to find local resources. At the
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| | Illinois Real Estate."2. As an advertiser
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| top of the list is the search for real
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| | you bid for ad positioning on that term
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| estate and agents.The experts predict the
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| | (1st, 2nd, 3rd position, etc). Obviously
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| next wave of the Internet will be local
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| | you bid on terms that are relevant to
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| marketing. Currently the real estate
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| | your business and would be used by
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| industry is leading the way with
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| | potential real estate buyers in your
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| estimated online marketing expenditures
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| | area. There is no limit to the number of
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| exceeding $1 billions for 2005. That
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| | keywords or phrases that you can bid
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| amount is expected to grow substantially
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| | on.3. When the search results appear your
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| over the next few years.There are those
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| | ad is displayed at the top or right hand
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| realtors who have figured out how to
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| | side of the page. These ads are often
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| successfully market online, and are
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| | referred to as "Sponsored" links. If a
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| reaping the rewards. What are those
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| | person clicks on your ad and goes to your
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| rewards? A source of new customers at a
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| | site, you pay a price per click that you
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| much lower cost per acquisition. As a
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| | designated. The appeal of PPC is that you
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| realtor here are some facts that you
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| | control your costs by specifying a cost
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| simply can't ignore:More then half (56
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| | per click and a daily expenditure. In
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| percent) of all consumers now use the
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| | addition, you are only paying for
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| Internet when buying real estate, which
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| | performance. You only pay when there is
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| is up from 28 percent in 2000. When asked
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| | a click to your site.What makes PPC so
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| where they first learned about the home
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| | appealing is the fact that it is so
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| they purchased, 24% of buyers identified
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| | targeted. If you select the right terms
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| the Internet. That is an increase from
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| | to bid on, you end up with prospects
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| 15% in 2004.Buyers who initially do their
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| | coming to your site that are actively
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| research online tend to be better
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| | pursuing your services. That is the
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| informed. Equipped with their knowledge
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| | primarily reason it is much more
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| gathered from the Internet, they spend
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| | cost-effective than offline advertising.I
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| significantly less time with their
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| | recently set up a PPC campaign for a
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| realtor, and preview fewer houses then
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| | realtor in my area. It took a couple of
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| traditional buyers. In other words, you
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| | hours. The Google ads went live
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| get an ideal buyer that requires less of
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| | immediately, and the Yahoo ads started
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| your time and resources in making a
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| | two days later. In about a week I got a
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| purchase.What is required to profit on
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| | call from the Realtor. She said, "I
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| the Internet?In addition to having a
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| | don't know what you did, but we are
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| functional and effective web site,
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| | suddenly swamped with leads." It is that
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| realtors need to aggressively market
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| | simple if done right.Fred Waters is
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| their business on the Internet. You must
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| | co-founder of the Local Online Marketing
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| have a presence where your customers are
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| | Association, where you can get the Free
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| searching.One of the most effective
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| | Ebook, " The Indispensable Guide to Local
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| methods for marketing online is Pay Per
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| | Online Marketing." Learn how your real
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| Click advertising. The two major
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| | estate business can profit on the
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| players of PPC are Google and Yahoo. It
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| | Internet.
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| works as follows:1. A person searches on
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