April‘10
An old-established estate agency which teamed up with a 21st Century approach to internet marketing has given the Midlands property market a prime push in the right direction.
Bromleys Estate Agents asked Opace Technology Solutions for a fast, convenient way to advertise and search for UK and overseas property online, to rent or buy.
Opace, who provide Birmingham web design services, provided Bromleys with one of the most powerful property websites on the web, including in-built ‘magnet’ features for search engines.
They now have the area’s shortest selling time for properties, as the feature has Google bristling with front-page links, helping them to pull the property market out of the mire.
Extra features including advanced Google mapping have resulted in chains of property sales moving again in the Hednesford area.
Linda Whitehouse, who recently purchased Bromleys, said: “I wanted to bring out-of-the-box thinking to the estate agents, and Opace were like a breath of fresh air.”
“We sold three properties which had been in a chain, and has got the property market moving, turning around more in two months than in the previous six months. Opace also trained our staff to use the website to its full potential – the delivery was unbelievable.”
“Our site was developed better than we expected, going ‘live’ in under one month. Now we have one of the most advanced and feature rich estate agent websites around, business is really lifting off.”
David Bryan, managing director of Longbridge-based Opace, said:
“Our ambition is to help small and medium sized businesses to grow using the Internet and cost effective technology solutions. The Bromley experience shows what can be done.”
“We are confident that the website, with a search engine optimisation campaign will generate a major stream of business for Bromleys.”
For details, see webdesign.opace.co.uk and www.bromleysproperties.co.uk
Contact:
Opace Technology Solutions
Innovation Centre, 1 Devon Way, Longbridge Technology Park, Birmingham, West Midlands B31 2TS UK
Phone: +44 (0)845 017 7661
http://webdesign.opace.co.uk
Email: [email protected]
