Essential WordPress Widgets for your Real Estate Website

In my previous blog I talked about some of the best WordPress Plugins that I recommend using if you are new to WP and looking to increase SEO and add value to your site. In this blog post I want to discuss the essential WordPress widgets that I recommend installing for your real estate website. Widgets are similar to plugins as they are also found in the “plugins store” on your WordPress site and they can also create ways for prospects who land on your site to stay close to you through social media and other avenues that I will discuss. Here are a few of the essential WordPress widgets I recommend checking out and downloading.

Easy Twitter Feed Widget

This widget requires you to have a Twitter account, so hopefully you have one set up. Twitter is the social media of choice for younger people and is growing fast. This widget allows your live Twitter feed to show up on your sidebar or anywhere else on your site that you choose. If you look to the right of this blog you can see how it looks installed on your site. The other benefit is that the person on your site doesn’t have to wonder if you are on Twitter…they can see that you are and “follow” you right from your site. Great way to add followers and allow more people to receive your messages, blogs, and videos in their feed. It keeps you “top of mind” and in front of them.

YouTube Subscribe Widget

The power of video in real estate is huge! What is even more powerful is getting prospects and clients to “Subscribe” to your YouTube Channel. You want to make this as easy as possible so people don’t think they have to go to YouTube to find your channel. This widget allows you to add a Subscribe button right on your website making it super easy for your prospects to quickly subscribe without having to search YouTube. Now, every time a person subscribes they will receive an email with your new video. More subscribers, more videos, more eyes to you and your value. This is also a FREE way to market on a continual basis to your prospects and past clients in a medium they prefer…Video! Your prospect to client conversion should go through the roof! This is one of the essential WordPress Widgets to install right away.

Takeaway

These are just a few of the essential WordPress widgets that I feel are pretty important to have on your site. There are many more good WP widgets so check them out and see what other ones add value to your real estate website. If you notice, the common theme on these widgets is to get the consumer to stay close to you through either following, subscribing, or staying on your website to read your other top rated content. The LONGER a buyers, seller, or prospect stays on your website or watches your videos, the client conversion rate goes up.

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Senior Vice President of Business Development at Pruitt Title

I'm the Senior Vice President of Business Development for Pruitt Title in the Washington DC/Northern Virginia area. I help my Realtor and Lender partners grow their businesses with offline and online marketing solutions. More eyes to them mean more business. I create the win/win!