New estate agent review site Meet My Agent has launched a consumer campaign aimed at generating consumer reviews and increasing public awareness of the site.
The site, which currently covers London, is advertising online and plans to place adverts in Metro and the Evening Standard.
It is incentivising the public to place reviews on its site of agents who have not subscribed. The reviews are then treated as referrals, and if the agent signs up, the consumer can earn a £10 voucher or be entered in a prize draw.
Ashley Alexander, director of the site, said: “The campaign has already demonstrated that there are great estate agents out there, and that customers are willing to provide good references for them. We received ten referrals in one day, which is a brilliant response.
“We are also introducing an element of fun for consumers leaving reviews by running prize draws and are supporting our listed agents with marketing materials that they can give clients.
“I will be hand-delivering these materials to branches personally, as I think it’s important agents work with a review site that is open and transparent and has people with faces behind it.”
Listing on the sites costs £25 plus VAT with discounts on six- and 12-month packages but estate agents are invited to sign up on a three-month free trial until the end of this month. From March, agents will be able to list on an introductory offer of three months for the price of two, ie £50 plus VAT.
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Just use google maps, it's free!
“I think it’s important agents work with a review site that is open and transparent"
I thought the whole purpose of a review site was for customers , not for the agent. What's "open and transparent " about this???
What a poor business plan! No agent in their right mind will pay £25pcm for this.
Ashley dont give up your day job just yet!
I think I'm going to start an agency rating site too. Rate My Agent. Then just disregard any positive feedback until they sign up to my "see thru" policy.
I Have a new site called
The Kray Twins Recommend.
Pay me £50 to join or you get a visit.
Oh my word!
Less than honest greek cheese tries to scam estate agents, limited success.
@Puzzled.
Ah... my mistake. You are talking about xmkt.com. *Phew* lol
@Puzzled
Could I ask you to please email info[at]meetmyagent.co.uk with details of your browser version and a print screen of the issue you described?
We do test across different browser versions and I myself use IE8 without a problem. It may possibly be the local settings you use (for instance, blocking javascript, cookies or having compatibility view turned on) but we would like to be able to investigate it further.
Thanks,
Liya
www.xmkt.co.uk couldn't design their way out of a paper bag. Their website is truly awful.
Anonymous Coward: 'www.xmkt.co.uk they're great
Really. Viewed in Internet Explorer 8.0 their web site is unuseable. The links in the circle at the top left don't work every time - quite often if you click on About Us - a circular graphic with links in rotates around the main circle and stops ready for you to click a link. When you move your mouse over the link, to click it, the circle - complete with links - moves around the big circle and disappears!
It is replaced by a portfolio 'circle' with little images inside to click. Again, move your mouse over and the circle disappears. If this is their idea of a cutting edge web site - well I'd rather have a bit of underlined blue text to click on.
EAT you have lost your way. You are supposed to be a news site for estate agents, not an advertising platform for companies that try to bad mouth us.
Please stop advertising these stupid start up sites with no history when you full well know they are not going to do anything. They get more exposure on this site then they would anywhere else.
You are chipping away at your own credibility with every "news" article" you print about them.
Ashley Alexander, director of the site, said: “The campaign has already demonstrated that there are great estate agents out there, and that customers are willing to provide good references for them. We received ten referrals in one day, which is a brilliant response.'
The mind boggles.
Spell check for god's sake, spell check
www.xmkt.co.uk they're great
THE VERY BEST REVIEW SITES ARE:
1. Google Maps - get your business listed on Google Places and ask you (happy) customers to leave you a review - SERIOUSLY - this is MASSIVE - if you want to get to the top of the list on a Google Search...........
2. Facebook - nuff said, but still not sure that my customers are Facebook users, mind you their kids are...
3. Twitter - ditto
4. Testimonials Page - search engines love it
Great Company called XMKT - the internet by designed is helping us with ours. www.xmkt.co.uk - their great
@tonto. I can't believe you beat me to it! Spooky.......
"a review site that is open and transparent" now where have I heard that before????
A new review site that charges you a monthly subscription to be on it when largest review site in the uk charges nothing??
In can Definately see this catching on (not!)
On h no not another one jumping on the Bandwagon!