An introduction to real estate customer journeys

There are so many different types of real estate marketing available to agents. But how do they all fit together? Every real estate marketing avenue must align with your customer's unique property journey. 

Before breaking down customer journeys, let's define two fundamentals of real estate marketing - channels, and content.

Real Estate Marketing Channels

Channels are the vehicles that deliver your marketing messages to an audience. These include:

  • Website
  • Email marketing like ActivePipe
  • Social media platform such as Facebook and Instagram
  • Real estate portals such as realestate.com and Domain
  • Messaging apps like WhatsApp, Messenger or even just a plain old SMS. 

They are where you put/post/upload/share your content. That’s where your content comes in.

For more information on channels check out our real estate marketing ebook.

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Real Estate Content

Content is the message you're sharing. Agents create countless amounts of content. Here are some examples:

  • Images and descriptions of the properties you’re selling
  • Blogs and articles - either evergreen advice or market updates. 
  • Market reports 
  • Memes
  • Videos. These can be market performance, property walk throughs or even interviews with local personalities. 
  • Testimonials and reviews
  • Your agent profile
  • Events you’re hosting
  • Community activities and fundraisers that you support

Real Estate Customer Journeys

The big no no is sharing all your content on all your channels with everyone. Instead think about how your message will resonate with your audience. Messages that resonate with your chosen audience will achieve higher engagement rates.

think like a fish

Now, we're not trying to catch our prospects, but we are trying to catch their attention, and it certainly helps to try to think like your audience. Think about how a typical buyer or seller flows through a funnel to do business with you. They first start out never having heard of you, or only vaguely aware of your. Then with good marketing campaigns in place, they work their way down the funnel until they are raving fans

Here’s a visual example of a real estate customer journey to help you see where your marketing can fit in.

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You need to use content that will resonate with your audience the most at every level of the funnel. At the top end of the funnel, you want to be using channels and content that will cater to large audience with board appeal. At the bottom end of the funnel, you are heading to one-on-one communication that is hyper personalised.

Our model above is just a suggestion - you can mix and match your channels and content to something that feels right for you. 

Download our ebook to get free customer journey templates!

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Kylie Davis
Kylie Davis
Kylie Davis is a real estate digital marketing expert, researcher and public speaker about proptech and how digital disruption is changing real estate. In January 2019, during the NSW bushfires, she was repeatedly evacuated from both her parents’ home in Tathra, and her own holiday home near Moruya on the south coast of NSW.