Online Marketing Issues of Real Estate Companies: A Case of Latvia

• Authors: Maira Dumpe
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Today online marketing has become an integral part of marketing mix. Potential real estate customers prefer to make online research themselves. Therefore, real estate companies should be ready that search engines, corporate web pages, profiles on social media sites should strengthen the image of real estate companies and ensure better communication with customers. The aim of this paper is to explore results of qualitative research regarding real estate online marketing activities. It has been found that real estate companies’ web sites provide customers with qualitative information. Some companies offer online communication experience. Several companies have created their profiles on Facebook and Twitter but not all of them use social media in an appropriate way. Real estate companies should learn how to use online marketing tools more effectively.

Keywords

EN

Corporate web site; information quality; online marketing; real estate; social networks

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Baltic Journal of Real Estate Economics and Construction Management
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 3
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 130-139

Dates

published

2015-12-01

online

2016-03-05

Contributors

author

Maira Dumpe

• BA School of Business and Finance, Latvia

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Identifiers

DOI

10.1515/bjreecm-2015-0013