In this episode of Keeping It Real, Darren Woodard shares his journey in real estate and how he leveraged SEO to generate leads.

From door knocking and using a reverse directory book to find phone numbers to his first real estate website in 2006 which he quickly started optimizing for SEO with neighborhood-specific content and has been crushing it with SEO since.

Some of the topics we explore in this episode are:

• Creating neighborhood-specific content
• How his business took off during the 2008 recession
• What to do when you are hit with a Google penalty
• Why you need more than just a WordPress site
• Optimizing URL structure
• How technology has changed follow-up
• Recruiting opportunities

We also have a quick chat with Darren’s marketing director, Lisa Broussard, about going through a company rebrand.

Tune in to hear how Darren’s business has evolved and some of the lessons he’s learned along the way.