Revamping our county web pages on wormald.com is a longshot effort to improve our SEO
and GEO. Changes that still need to be implemented include:
Consider including mentions of Moving to Montgomery County, Why move to Montgomery
County, or Relocating to Montgomery County. The close proximity to DC will likely
attract buyers from other areas which these terms will help with boosting SEO value.
When inspecting the page and looking at the mobile view, it is very text heavy with a
lot of scrolling and little imagery. This may just be from the initial build on the
staging site, but a higher percentage of viewers will likely be on mobile devices, so
some type of image to break the sections would help with the amount of text while
still accomplishing the SEO goal of the page.
Make the "Homes" CTA on the brown banner more obvious that it is a click through to
show available homes on the bottom of the page. Especially on mobile, there is a lot
of scrolling to get to the homes section and this will help to increase engagement and
get users to the key content quicker. "View Available Homes" or "View Homes" would
help, along with adding an obvious button format. Although the goal on the page
content is to boost SEO, these recommendations will also help with lead generation
efforts and ultimately, higher engagement with the page will also help organic search
rank.
The table below shows the estimated final costs for HomeVisit.com and their
subcontractors to visit our models and provide photography, video, aerial imagery, and
3D visualization (for example, Matterport).
The Challenge
In addition to other responsibilities, Adam is responsible for producing media for all
sales models and inventory. Producing media includes taking photos at different times of
day, photo editing, capturing video footage, and producing finished videos. While our
camera gets the job done, it’s aging, and we don’t currently have a dedicated video
camera. These tasks require multiple trips to sales offices and communities, as well as
significant time for editing and production. Altogether, this results in long turnaround
times and creates a triage situation to determine which communities receive attention.
We are currently unable to produce 3D visualizations in-house, and the sales team has
been requesting this for years. We also cannot produce aerial imagery in-house.
The Solution
By leveraging HomeVisit.com, we can
consistently produce high-quality photos, aerial
imagery, videos, and 3D visualizations for the sales models with a fast turnaround. For inventory,
the sales team can continue supplying Adam with cell phone images for editing and virtual
staging, which we have been experimenting with successfully.
Adam’s Role
Continue to oversee inventory photography, editing, and virtual staging.
Oversee 3D visualizations and provide HomeVisit with necessary materials, such as
floor plans and integrate them with wormald.com.
Maintain quality control over HomeVisit photography and, if necessary, make additional
edits or handle reshoots.
Take raw footage supplied by HomeVisit and produce videos in-house, allowing us to
select our own music and voiceovers if applicable. Manage the company’s YouTube
channel and integrate videos on wormald.com.
Continue managing our in-house photo library and ensure media is posted to the
website, social media, and is accessible to the sales team.
Remain available for any special-request photos, including photo editing when
elevations change (e.g. The Grove).
The Results
Optimistically, this will allow time for Adam to focus on higher-level projects such as
the website or internal applications. At a minimum, we will produce media more
consistently and at higher quality, as demonstrated by having the sales team supply
images for inventory homes.