Dear Friends,

Our industry is evolving, and it’s changing all around us — rapidly.  One of the most important things you can do as an agent today is to differentiate yourself from the others through the power of online reviews.

Online reviews from clients is an incredibly powerful tool. It’s the modern day word-of-mouth that professionals used to rely on, almost exclusively.

With these three easy steps, you can be up to speed on how to best utilize online reviews on RankMyAgent, and harness their incredible powers! Then, you’ll be on the fast-track in 2019!

First, request reviews from all clients you have closed transactions within 2018. You can do this on RankMyAgent. Just login and hit the ‘request review’ button.

Second, spread the word about your service by using our marketing materials — use email signatures and widgets to showcase your new reviews on your website, your office website and REALTOR.ca.

That’s right, RMA reviews can be synced with active Listings on REALTOR.ca now.

When you sync RMA to REALTOR.ca, the star ratings and review summary is prominently displayed at the top of your active listings next to your photo and contact details!

Last year, REALTOR.ca agent profiles had 6.1 M views and 1.5 M searches took place for professionals — our guess is this number will only grow by leaps and bounds now that ratings are available on active listings.

Photo credit: Lino Arci

What’s the word?

Have you noticed that RankMyAgent has launched a new blog! Here, the RMA team explores all sorts of topics and answers questions pertaining to everything and anything real estate.

Do you have a suggestion for a blog post? Would you like to contribute your expert voice? Let’s chat.

You can check out the new blog here.

Submission guidelines for the blog are here.

New Features

Did you know you can now add photographs to your published reviews on RMA?

They say a picture is worth a thousand words!

And, now, you can say a whole lot more because you can add photos of SOLDS to your live reviews. The best part, they are very easy for your clients to find and give an organic feel to a potential client — helping you build trust!

Learn how here!

Photo credit: special thanks to Eileen McGinn!

Webinar: November 15th at 11 a.m. MT/1 p.m. ET

Are you just getting started on RankMyAgent? Haven’t had the chance to explore our tools yet?

Please, join us on November 15th at 11 a.m. MT/1 p.m. ET for a live online webinar. Here, we will familiarize you with how you can kick-start online reviews for real estate.

We will show you:

• Why Online Reviews are Important
• Benefits of Collecting Online Reviews
• How to Set-Up your Profile
• How to optimize your RMA profile to leverage our SEO
• How to Send and Track Review Requests
• How to Set-Up Twitter Syndication
• How to Show Reviews on your REALTOR.ca Profile and active listings
• How to Add Widgets to your Website
• Learn about RMA for individuals and teams
• Key Online Review Strategies for today, 2019 and beyond!

(Can’t make it? Sign up to receive a recording)