REAL “Gets Real” with first social media app for real estate
Real estate agents were being squeezed out of the market by “pay-to-play” apps that restricted agents from showcasing their listings unless they paid to promote them. They had lost control of the real estate process, while big proptech profited from agents’ hard-earned listings. Bravo’s “Million Dollar Listing” alum Fredrik Eklund and Hong Kong’s real estate success Thomas Ma created the first social media app built for real estate agents and the only one that democratizes the global landscape and connects agents directly to sellers and buyers.
Challenge
Strategy
Campaign Results
Coverage
Media outreach resulted in an audience reach of over 138 million people. We secured coverage in Forbes (Emma Reynolds), The Hollywood Reporter (Jilian Sanz), Fortune (Jessica Mathews), ComputerWorld (Rob Enderle), insideBIGDATA (Daniel Gutierrez), RealDeal, HouseDigest (Lauren Schott) and Las Vegas Review (Subrina Hudson). The team also secured TV broadcasts from coast-to-coast, including Fox Five in NY and NBC and Live in LA.
Our strategy delivered extraordinary results across the board, beginning with:
- Email marketing: To secure Inman attendees for the company’s presentation and launch party. Open rate of 42% was almost double the 24% typical Inman response.
- Digital advertising: Custom digital ads created across social media and the Inman site. Digital ads performed well over the .06 industry average, with a click-through rate of 0.18%.
Business Impact
Immediately after the Inman launch, the app shot to the top 10 in the App Stores – particularly impressive in the face of Google’s simultaneous rollout of their app “BeReal.”
Within two weeks, more than 200,000 global agents downloaded the app – from the U.S., Australia, UK, Sweden, Europe, and China.
“PR handled everything from go-to-market strategy to coordination with Fredrik and his team to detailed implementation. They were my proactive advisors on every step – as if they were our in-house team. And the buzz at Inman was fantastic!”
— Thomas Ma, CEO and founder, REAL