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stephenwhiteleySeed
asked in Real Estate Website Design & Conversion

UK Address and Lead forms

Hi all,Newbie here and cracking on with it.I’ve noticed when using any of the lead forms requiring an address I get an error when using a UK address.Is there an easy fix I can copy in, i';m assuming other UK based users have been through all this before.RegardsSteve

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S
Seed
13 hours ago
beaconri
Budding
beaconriBudding
asked in Real Estate SEO

Google Tracking Template and Final URL Suffix

Can anyone help me figure out what this is and what I need to do here?  I’m reading the Google help pages and it honestly feels like a circular firing squad.  They define it, dont give you any example, and don't show you what to put in your site.  Am I that dense?  Or is this just Google having fun with people like me.   I’ve spent the last hour reading, re-reading, pulling my hair out and jumpiing up and down yelling every possible swear word I can think of LOL,.  BTW - the only reason I think I need this is because I’m at 100% optimization, yet it’s still telling me that my ad had a problem.  I really don’t know what the problem is, other than between my ears. https://support.google.com/google-ads/search?q=what+is+my+tracking+template  

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beaconri
Budding
22 hours ago
beth
bethCommunity Manager
posted in Real Estate Website Design & Conversion

Adding Credibility to your site through Localization w/Taylor on the ProServe Team

 Timestamps:Site credibility and building trust: 0:41 What questions should you be answering for your lead on your site: 1:26 Where will these changes be made: 2:19 Why this is so important: 2:40 Localization shown on past Concierge Setups: 3:28 How to show that you are local and connect with your leads: 4:58 Photos of clients you have helped that show how you can help your leads: 7:25 Adding local terminology in an authentic way: 8:17 Q&A: 10:06 Copyright infringement and how to avoid it: 10:16 How fancy do your videos need to be + video goals + why being on video is so important: 12:54 Bring in local elements to build trust: 16:29 What the Concierge Setup is and how it helps you standout: 17:18 When we talk about site credibility…we are essentially focusing on building trust. Here are some questions we want to answer for sellers:Are there real people behind this business, or is this just another ibuyer?Have other people used their services?Can I trust them to do the job smoothly,

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medinasoldit
Budding
2 days ago
beth
bethCommunity Manager
posted in Real Estate Video Marketing

YouTube SEO & Ranking in Google Using Video w: Bryan Sekine

@bradywinder and @bryansekine do a great job at talking through how to get your youtube videos ranked + repurpose the transcription and video for your blog.  Topics coveredQuickly plan your topic, keywords, headings, and YouTube Chapters The critical steps to optimizing a YouTube video for SEO (plus what not to waste your time on) - Easily turn your video content into written content that Google loves Carrot's SEO Specialist Bryan Sekine & Carrot's Content Strategist Brady Winder cover the nitty-gritty of YouTube SEO for real estate so you not only learn how to use video to generate motivated seller leads, but you also understand what Google & Youtube's algorithms are looking forTimestamps00:00 Don't Stop Short of the SEO Finish Line! 00:57 Welcome to the CarrotCast 05:22 Do this First if you Want your Video to Rank #1 12:15 How Long do your Video and your Blog need to be to Rank? Long-form vs Short-form 19:30 Add Objective-focused, Actionable Context to your Titles 24:22 Youtu

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beth
5 days ago
beth
bethCommunity Manager
posted in Real Estate SEO

Integrating the New Google Analytics GA4 with Cameron Harris

Cam, Carrot’s Conversion Rate Optimization Specialist, walks us through integrating the new Google Analytics GA4 on your Carrot site.   Timestamps0:00 Cam’s intro 0:32 Integrating Google Analytics 4 with your Carrot site 0:58 Why the switch from UA to GA4? 2:21 What do you need to do to make this switch? 3:02 What to look for in your Google Analytics account including how to tell the difference between the old UA properties vs the new GA4 properties 4:13 How to use the GA4 Setup Assistant 5:04 Extra GA4 settings 6:21 Where to find your new GA4 property number 6:46 Where to add your new GA4 property number to your Carrot site 8:00 The new GA4 dashboard + what is being measured out of the box 10:00 The video progress measurements + how video affects conversion on your site ResourcesThis page will show you step-by-step how to connect the new GA4 to your Carrot site. This page will show you how to convert your existing Universal Analytics Property To GA4 (Or See If Google Has Done It For Y

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beth
6 days ago
beth
bethCommunity Manager
posted in Real Estate Website Design & Conversion

Why your company brand matters

 Your company branding is important and needs to be consistent. This includes your logo, colors, company name, messaging, and tone. Brady talks about all of these things with Bryan and Chad from Motivated Leads.Timestamps00:00 Intro00:25 Keeping your Branding Consistent Everywhere that you are.01:56 Branding is more then just Colors and Logos | Your Tone & Message Matter03:34 What Makes a Great Logo, and How Much does it Even Matter05:50 Analysis Paralysis & Prioritizing your Design Choices07:35 Get all of our Best Content on Website Design and Conversion for Free: https://go.carrot.com/convert/

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beth
16 days ago
bryansekine
bryansekineEmployee
posted in Real Estate SEO

SEO News Highlights - March 2023 Updates

Normally I research SEO industry trends each week and write my News Highlights at the end of the month, but things have been pretty torrential these past few months, so I'm likely going to make two posts in a month instead of one really long post. Here we go!  Vimeo Improved Video SEO for Their CustomersGoogle’s Search Central team brings you this case study into how Vimeo addressed one of their biggest challenges by applying Google’s best practices. Vimeo’s problem was that they relied on their customers to handle the work of basic SEO, applying structured data, and submitting sitemaps. Customers weren’t doing this on their own, so many top videos by the service weren’t showing up in search.By adopting Google’s best practices and baking them into the way the product worked, they were able to get around these problems. For example, they made the ‘indexifembedded’ and ‘VideoObject’ markup part of their rules, and now customers don’t have to do anything for videos to be indexable.This is

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beth
17 days ago
beth
bethCommunity Manager
posted in Real Estate Video Marketing

Video Marketing Month 2023

Hi Carrot Fam!It’s Video Marketing Month at Carrot and our team has produced a lot of content already + additional content through the end of March.  You can find a link to a free video marketing playbook here.You can find a mix of blog posts and videos about video marketing here that will be updated throughout March. In keeping with this theme, our March AMA (Ask Me Anything) will be with Content Strategist Brady Winder. @bradywinder is the same guy in the video above 😎More info about Brady’s AMA here.Ask your questions either on the live call or as a comment here.Here’s Brady’s Carrot Community Profile so you can get to know him better.Link up any questions you have below!

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beth
19 days ago
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hip108784Budding
asked in Real Estate Website Design & Conversion

Add person as a user

Hello, How do I add someone as a user so that they can update my site? Hip

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beth
19 days ago
beth
bethCommunity Manager
posted in Real Estate SEO

Still need to implement GA4 (Google Analytics 4) on your site?

The deadline for Google sunsetting Universal Analytics is fast approaching on July 1, 2023. You will need to have the new GA4 Google Analytics setup and connected to your site before then. Don’t worry, we’ve got you covered!@PeterHart just published an update in the Carrot Help Center with directions, links, and screenshots to help you get this set up.You can find the Help Center doc here.Link any questions you have below!

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beth
25 days ago
beaconri
Budding
beaconriBudding
posted in Real Estate SEO

First video blog

@beth   HI Beth - I’m getting ready to post this for my first video blog.  I’m talking about what we do to help people.  Let me know what you think.  I’ve asked my VA to clean it up a bit but the below link is the raw footage.  Thanks.https://www.loom.com/share/399261b363ee4c928326fbefc68c9be4

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beth
25 days ago
bryansekine
bryansekineEmployee
posted in Real Estate SEO

SEO News Highlight - February 2023 Updates

Major Quality Improvement for Bing AI ChatbotMikhail Parakhin posted this on Twitter this weekend, saying, "Next week is going to be big. Major improvements in the quality of New Bing understanding are scheduled, ETA Thursday 23rd. Sports results will remain flaky for a couple more weeks, though."This couldn’t come at a better time considering the recent dumpster fire that was on Twitter just last week (TL:DR - Bing's new ChatGPT bot argues with a user, gaslights them about the current year being 2022, says their phone might have a virus, and says "You have not been a good user"  New Google SEO Link Best PracticesFor the most part, things haven’t changed in how Google would like to see links & anchor text. If you would like to learn more about the specifics of which anchor text to use for links, then you can click on the reference link. See what I did there?One of the key takeaways from this document is that external pointing links will be less valuable as a ranking factor moving f

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bryansekine
26 days ago
beth
bethCommunity Manager
posted in Real Estate Website Design & Conversion

How to get great testimonials and why it matters

 Testimonials can make or break your ability to generate leads and convert those leads into profitable deals. Listen in as @bradywinder talks with Beau Hollis and @Keith about getting great testimonials that help show your site visitors you can help them in their situation and provide credibilityThey talk about the specific questions that'll get a house seller to give you a raving review that bust objections How @Keith  & Beau leverage these testimonials on your website, Google profile to generate more & higher-quality leads.They also talk about how to capture the perfect video testimonial vs. a written review, the most common mistakes investors make, and more!Whether you're brand new to real estate investing or you've done 100 deals, join in on this conversation with two six-figure wholesalers to hear how you can become a more credible real estate investor.Timestamps0:00 Intro2:32 Where do you need testimonials5:50 When & where to ask for testimonials10:56 Questions to Ask

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beth
1 month ago
Steve D - Florida
Budding
Steve D - FloridaBudding
asked in Real Estate Website Design & Conversion

Question about Leads that some in "via (Direct)"

Hello -Quick question…  We are starting to see leads come into our site.  I was curious about the leads that are via (Direct).  What are the different ways, if any, that a lead would be categorized by this?  It seems to me that people would type in the domain to be considered direct?  But for a young site / company with not much brand presence, it doesn’t seem like someone would do that to find us? Any insight is greatly appreciated!  

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beth
1 month ago
bradywinder
bradywinderEmployee
asked in Real Estate Video Marketing

YouTube Ads for Seller Leads (+PPC & Facebook)

Hey Carrot peeps, 2 questions for ya.Anyone crushing Youtube Ads? I’m looking for a podcast guest to speak on what’s working well for them. What questions or struggles do YOU have when it comes to YouTube Ads, Facebook Ads, and Google Ads (PPC)?Most of Carrot’s content in April will be aimed at paid ads, so I want to amek sure we’re putting out the most helpful content possible. Let me know!

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bradywinder
1 month ago
smokymtnhomebuyers1
Budding
smokymtnhomebuyers1Budding
asked in Real Estate Website Design & Conversion

Why aren't they converting?

Hi Carrot Community! I’m following the 3LPD training as we speak and just checked the last 7 days stats from my website.Sadly I have a 0% conversion rate for all of my pages, but most shockingly from my home page.Would you mind taking a look at my sites home page and letting me know if you see anything that may be preventing visitors from converting?www.smokymtnhomebuyers.comThank you in advance for any advice!    

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beth
1 month ago
sdjohnso
Budding
sdjohnsoBudding
posted in Real Estate Website Design & Conversion

Macintosh Hack: Change File Type & Scale Images In One Click

Hey, fellow Caroteers!When I take pictures with my iPhone, I keep the HEIC format the phone natively uses, but practically no web site recognizes this format. This created a problem for me when I needed to use those images to market my listings and contracts on my Carrot Property Page and the MLS. I found myself scaling and preparing images one-by-one, which is monotonous. I tried using websites that perform these functions, but it was still a pain because they could only do a handful of images at a time (for free… I’m cheap...) and it was one function or the other. I couldn’t find a site that does both functions simulataeously.Sooooooo… Being a MacAddict, I did some hunting around and found that Mac has a built in Automator which allows you to automate a slew of tasks! It’s apparently been around for a long time, and it’s super sad that I’m just now catching up, but I wanted to bring this simple hack to you guys and make your lives easier! Without further ado…. How To Change File Type

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beth
1 month ago
Steve D - Florida
Budding
Steve D - FloridaBudding
asked in Real Estate SEO

Will This Cannibalize my SEO Content?

Hello. I am looking to niche down some for city sites. At this point we have "We buy homes in ______" for 10+ cities in our local market. I want to niche down into condo's as well. Do you recommend, I do a city site for each condo territory? Or do you think it will cannibalize itself and work against us? Or just do one city site for condos and mention the other cities in one page?  Thank you in advance! 

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Steve D - Florida
Budding
1 month ago
newleafhousebuyers
Budding
newleafhousebuyersBudding
asked in Real Estate Website Design & Conversion

Form Button Size

I have heard that the size of the button on forms should be large and stand out with a bright color. I am new to carrot and don’t see where I can scale up the size of my call-to-action button. Can someone tell me how to do this?

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sdjohnso
Budding
1 month ago
newleafhousebuyers
Budding
newleafhousebuyersBudding
asked in Real Estate Website Design & Conversion

504 Gateway Timeout

I was working in Carrot just now when I lost the ability to update. Then, the page wouldn’t reload and I cannot get back into Carrot.com. I get a 504 Gateway Timeout. Is there a problem on my end or is something going on with Carrot?

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beth
1 month ago
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sninanSeed
asked in Real Estate Website Design & Conversion

I need help with adding videos and customization

Is there someone I can pay to help customize my carrot site?  I’m not a tech person nor am I wanting to dedicate several hours trying to learn how to customize and modify my carrot site.  I’m wanting to add videos to the home page. and make it look more personal.  Thanks! 

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beth
1 month ago
bryansekine
bryansekineEmployee
posted in Real Estate SEO

SEO News Highlight - January 2023 Updates

There has been a lot that has happened recently, but I wanted to make sure that everyone is aware of how impactful 2022 was for the SEO industry as a whole. There were TEN updates that happened last year, here’s a quick review:Algorithm updatesThe page experience update for desktop: In February. Two core updates: In May and September. Two helpful content updates: the original release in August and a system update in December. Three product reviews updates: In March, July and September. A spam update: In October. A link spam update: In December. Google Helpful Content Update & Link Spam Update Delayed Rollout Due to HolidaysJohn Mueller confirmed that both updates were delayed by December 20th. He claimed that holiday delays may have played a role but did not provide a specific timeline for completion. Google has promised to post an update “when it’s done.”Several SEO tools recorded that while the process was slowed down, it did not appear to have stopped. A significant amount of SE

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bryansekine
1 month ago
ecaballero
Budding
ecaballeroBudding
asked in Real Estate SEO

How many organic website visitors usually translate into a lead?

For example, if you have 100 organic monthly visitors, how many of those will opt-in/ turn into a lead?

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beth
1 month ago
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Budding
cailanknightBudding
asked in Real Estate Website Design & Conversion

Google Domain CNAME/Domain Forwarding

Hello, first time posting in here and hoping someone can answer this for me. I’ve been going crazy trying to figure this out. I’ve successfully set up previous carrot websites in the past when my domain was registered with GoDaddy. However, my newest domain was purchased on Google Domains and I’m running into issues setting up the DNS settings and domain forwarding.If I set up the “host name” field as www, “type” field as CNAME and the “data” field as carrot.com, I have no issues. However, as soon as I try to forward the domain (http://) and my domain.com (without a www. in front of it). It makes me delete the CNAME and vice versa. If I create the domain forwarding first, it works fine… but then as soon as I try to create the CNAME afterwards, it makes me delete the domain forwarding that I just completed. Seems as though, there’s no way to do both? I’ve followed Carrot’s google domain setup tutorial but it doesn’t work either due to the “synthetic records” tab not appearing in my Goog

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beth
1 month ago
cbreeden
Budding
cbreedenBudding
asked in Real Estate SEO

Adding citations on site?

Hello, I am new to this as of this January and my question is:As you gather backlinks/citations I read that it is beneficial to add links on our page back to your profile page on the website you have your business listed. Is this beneficial to do? Would you end up having 50 links listed on your page? It seems like that may not be beneficial? Thank you all for your responses

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beth
1 month ago

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