Managers – You Can Now List Your Rental Properties

We’ve been making some big upgrades to Property Management Ads (and the rest of the Condo Rental Ads Network). We closely evaluated all the features of the leading rental lead generation networks and are convinced we’ve taken the steps to make our site stand out among the competition. There are many features we are almost done integrating, but before we get into that – we wanted to  thank the 50+ managers who have supported us in this start up phase and are presently listed in the CRA network, it wouldn’t be possible without you – Now it’s time to list your rentals, if you haven’t already!

The features we’re working hard to get integrated over the next 30 days:

1. MLS/IDX Automated Rental Listing Posting
   We understand manually listing hundred of rental properties can be a daunting task. This task has been “pushed aside” by many of the managers listed in our network already. So we’ve taken all the steps neccessary to automate your rental listings with an IDX RSS/XML mapper. If you have an IDX account (such as IDXBROKER.com) or your local MLS has an XML/RSS feed of your rental properties available, you can easily paste the URL to the XML and map the fields to our database. When a new property shows up on the feed (you add it to MLS) it will show up within 24 hours on the CRA network, when a property drops off the feed (removed from MLS), it will be removed from our network within 24 hours. This completely automates the rental listing process and makes Property Management Ads that much easier to use.
2. Rental Lead Generation Site Syndication
   We noticed the immediate need for supplemental lead generation, so we’ve formed API relationships with some of the most popular classifieds sites and real estate rental lead generation sites on the internet to automatically syndicate your rental listings across 25+ websites, helping generate more leads and helping you fill your vacancies faster than ever before.  This will only be available to featured members.
3. Sort options for rentals directory
   We’re adding sort options (price, size, area, etc) on the “Available Rentals” tab for every city and state directory page on Property Management Ads. This will make it a whole lot easier to navigate our site as a prospect tenant, and find your perfect rental home.
4. Marchex Call Analytics / Call Lead Delivery System
   We will be assigning phone numbers to all featured members in our directory for phone lead delivery and call tracking analytics. One more way for prospects to display their interest.
5. Apartment Complex Listings
   This was kind of a big deal. We have ApartmentRentalAds.com but we can’t finish that site until we add a new account type on PMA to support apartment complex manager accounts. These accounts will have different features in their client control panel, allowing them to quickly and easily list an apartment complex with multiple floorplans, video tours, etc. Each apartment complex manager account can list multiple apartment complexes and multiple floorplans within each complex. This will be completed by mid February.
6. Home Owner Listings
   We noticed there was a need for home owners who don’t utilize the services of a property management company to list their properties for rent on the internet, so we are adding “single listing accounts” with a flat rate price per listing, and it stays live until the property rents.  This will be completed by the end of February.
7. Ability To List Your Company In Multiple Cities
   Some companies have offices in multiple locations, so why should they have to manage multiple accounts to list all their rentals?! – They shouldn’t.  We’re taking extra measures to make it possible to better define your service areas in multiple markets (up to 10) to eliminate the need for multiple accounts.
8. Featured Account Upgrade
   Last but not least, as mentioned in some of the above line items, we are adding a featured upgrade which will give added features of automated listing syndication across a huge lead generation network with 20,000,000+ unique monthly impressions, premium placement in our property management and rental listing directories for your MSA(s), and a local phone number for phone lead functionality. The pricing is still to be determined but it is anticipated to cost roughly $79/month, and will mostly cover our expenses for the additional services provided.

That’s all for this update! Thanks for reading – we really appreciate your support.

January 23, 2012 at 5:52 pm | Press Releases | No comments

Lead Generation is now underway for all Property Managers!

As expected and announced, the incoming lead flow has been very slow (though measurably improving) over the last 60 days. We have a few things in the works to increase goal conversions over the next two months, by the 60 day point (mid November) we should be delivering quite a few weekly leads, completely organically.

In addition to our organic search engine approach, we are launching a full scale targeted social media marketing campaign with an emphasis on property management, property managers, condo rentals, single family rentals, apartment rentals, apartment complexes, and office rentals.  We are also actively working on establishing relationships with various networks (undisclosed until a solid plan is in place) to syndicate our listings and supplement the lead generation flow. You can be expecting a major improvement in the next 30-60 days.

Month one out of the gate in BETA, over 25 new property management companies have joined our directory. This is excellent progress for the site being in such an infant stage, so many thanks goes out to the property management companies who have got on board with our network in the beginning. Many of these new company listings are still somewhat incomplete and not poised to convert. If you haven’t already, you may want to add your logo, a healthy description outlining management fees, add your ZIP CODE service list, select the types of properties you manage and start adding your available rentals. You can do all this and more from your client control panel by clicking “LOGIN” at the top right of www.propertymanagementads.com.
If you aren’t receiving leads right now, be expecting them within the next 60 days (max). We have 25-30 organic keywords built around each property management listing and 10-15 through paid placements. We also have a vastly improving advertising partnership with Reals.com which should come to fruition soon as well as many other third parties which will be disclosed in the very near future.
Thanks for all the support, be it financial contributions, ideas and suggestions or constructive criticism – it’s all helpful in this unique period of growth. If you’re a property manager or real estate professional who manages a few rentals in the US – make sure you get your FREE listing at www.propertymanagementads.com.

September 23, 2011 at 5:27 pm | Press Releases | No comments

Way ahead of schedule for the next three sites

Development team has made great progress on the next three niche rental sites: CondoRentalAds.com, ApartmentRentalAds.com and OfficeRentalAds.com. These sites are currently on schedule to go live by mid September.  It will take about 3-4 months to start performing in the search engines and establish additional lead sources targeted to each category, but your available rental listings currently active on PropertyManagementAds.com will be automatically syndicated to the appropriate network site(s).  We look forward to adding additional sites in the future to accommodate the unique and special requirements of our valued clients. Thanks for your interest in Condo Rental Ads, Inc.

July 28, 2011 at 1:42 am | Press Releases | No comments

PMA Adds Iteration 4.5 Before Launching

A lot of change has happened recently with PropertyManagementAds.com. We noticed a few details that needed added or perfected before rolling out with various marketing campaigns. In this iteration we are working on the following:

• Marchex Integration
  Marchex enables us to accept, and track phone leads through property management profiles, apartment complex profiles and rental properties. Each rental is assigned an extension from the companies number and leads will be delivered via email and your “My Leads” lead inbox from your Client CP.
• Advancing our Review / Rating system to provide more insight on the property management companies. Will encourage more in-depth, descriptive reviews from investors and tenants.
• Adding all U.S. Counties To Our Database
  Our SEO research has shown a large amount of web search activity within rentals and property management for counties in addition to cities and states. To maximize opportunity we are adding a page for all counties to our directory.
• Enhancing Search Results, Adding More Sort Options For Rental Search
  Rental search will have all the options you need to filter the results into exactly what you’re searching for.
• Adding Three New Pages Under Each City, State And County To Accommodate:
  “Single Family Rentals”,  “Apartment Rentals”, and “Office Rentals.”
• Perfecting XML Mapper For Rental Listing Automation
  Have an IDX account with a third party vendor such as www.idxbroker.com? If not, it’s time you do! When you add a vacancy to your MLS, the listings will automatically populate into a usable format to be automatically syndicated through IDX to your website, and various integrated lead generation providers. We are pre-integrated with www.idxbroker.com – they give you an XML link you enter into our system and that’s all you have to do!, if you have your available rentals in a different XML format you can use our user-friendly mapper tool in your User CP.  Once we have your data all you’ll have to do is approve or reject pending/incoming leads. When a property is no longer on the feed, our system recognizes it as RENTED and it drops off the feed at midnight. When an unfamiliar property enters the feed it’s treated as a NEW PROPERTY and added to our network automatically. This ends up saving hundreds of hours monthly by not having to manually add every rental property to the site.
• Form Relationships With 4 Additional Lead Sources
  We have already established two great real estate lead generation partnerships and aim to add two more, to provide sufficient supplemental leads to our clients.
• Checking System Emails Against Various Spam Filters
  This will ensure that all system generated emails reach our clients inbox. Additionally you can add our domains @propertymanagementads.com and @condorentalds.com to your safe senders list in Outlook and to your server-side white list.

That’s pretty much all we have remaining before launch our post card, social networking and email campaigns to finally provide a real value added lead generation service to property management companies everywhere. These changes should be live by August 15th. We are offering $100 in FREE LEADS for any new company that decides to give us a try. This offer is unconditional, we don’t require any billing information up front – if you honestly decide it’s not for you after the $100 has expired, we pause your listing until you hopefully one day change your mind.  We realize it will take a little time for the leads to pickup but we are hard at work and we’re not about to stop. Thanks for reading!

July 24, 2011 at 9:52 pm | Press Releases | No comments

A Better Property Management Directory is Born

Property Management Ads is an online directory of property management companies listed by city and state. While searching for a property manager online, we noticed the only information we had to rely on was directly provided by each individual company. Instantly we knew there needed to be a non-biased resource for locating, reviewing and comparing the best property managers online.

If you’re a real estate investor, you’ve probably been mislead by an under performing PM a time or two in the past; why should you have to make the same mistakes again and again? For this cause, we decided to build a transparent and interactive directory with an open feedback system. This means that after you request information from a property management company, you will be given the opportunity to leave your feedback on your experience with the company. Your comments will then be shared with the public, encouraging the PM’s to improve performance and listen to their clients.

In the initial planning stages a primary goal of ours was to figure out how to generate superior quality leads for a fraction of cost of the competing lead generation companies. With careful review and implementation of precise, cost-effective marketing processes, we are able to generate leads for substantially less than our competitors and pass this savings onto the property managers. We have decided to constantly review our processes and find ways to further reduce costs for our clients. Any room for improvement will be acted upon immediately.

In addition to generating property management leads, we have decided to create an available rentals directory. Rental leads are not the primary focus of this directory, but we will be syndicating these listings out to a network of sites in the near future, creating a value-added service for all property managers benefit.  Chances are your CPL (Cost-Per-Lead) could be improved. Our goal is making you more profitable; there will be no hesitation when we discover any way to pass on a value added service.

As a way to thank you for joining our property management directory, we are offering the first $100 in leads ABSOLUTELY FREE! Every new account will get $100 in FREE leads. Thanks for considering Property Management Ads.

June 3, 2011 at 3:59 am | Press Releases | No comments