Quick & Associates Secures Spot as Zillow Premier Agent

PORTLAND, OR – OCTOBER 11, 2010 – Quick & Associates Real Estate has secured a coveted spot as a Zillow Premier Agent. This strategic investment reinforces Quick & Associates commitment to its clients and the market.

“I am thrilled to add this program to our marketing arsenal,” said Kathy Quick, Principal Broker of Quick & Associates. “This gives our listings unmatched visibility on one of the most visited real estate portals in the world."

"The program also provides our firm with access to the fastest growing audience of buyers via Zillow’s Mobile App — the #1 downloaded mobile real estate application. The Premier Agent program is a huge advantage for our clients,” Quick added.

Zillow Premier Agent program provides premium listing placement and mobile advertising capabilities for the express purpose of driving more buyers to the agent’s listings:

Featured Listings – The Premier Agent’s listings are tagged as Featured Properties and float to the top of home searches, increasing visibility by 500% (Note: Zillow consistently produces 5 times more click-throughs for Page 1 listings).  

Top 2 Placement – Zillow guarantees placement of the Premier Agent’s listings in one of the Top 2 search position, within the Premier Agent’s zip code.  

Showcase Box – The Showcase Box is a customizable ad that appears on every page in the Premier Agent’s zip code, which is used to speak directly to people that are shopping for a home.

Mobile Advertising – The Zillow Mobile App has been downloaded more than 2 million times, making Zillow the clear leader in mobile real estate. Running on the iPhone, iPad and Android operating system, the Premier Agent’s name and photograph will appear on every page when people are searching for real estate on their phone in your area.  

Power Agent Box – The Premier Agent’s name and photograph will appear on every non-Featured Listing in their zip code, creating contact opportunities for consumers looking to solicit information on a particular home. (Note: Featured Listings comprise of approximately 3% of all listings on Zillow.com)

Premier Agent Badge – For use on business cards, websites, Zillow profiles, etc., Premier Agents have exclusive access to the Zillow Premier Agent Badge and brand themselves with one of the most recognizable and trusted brands in real estate.  

Zillow Advice Email Alerts – When consumers ask questions pertaining to a home selling in your area, the Premier Agent is notified via email for a follow-up opportunity.  

Zillow Directory – The Premier Agent’s profile appears first in their market for sellers looking for active agents to help with their home sale.

Quick & Associates secured 100% of one of the four available positions within the 97239 zip code and will be evaluating other opportunities in the near term.

ABOUT QUICK & ASSOCIATES REAL ESTATE

A locally-owned real estate brokerage, Quick & Associates combines personalized attention, keen marketing acumen and cutting edge technologies to provide clients with exceptional service and listings with unparalleled visibility. Market focus is a strategic advantage for the firm — with specialists in Portland’s waterfront, close-in Southwest Portland, Lake Oswego and West Linn. Kathy Quick, Principal Broker can be reached at 503-730-0702.

ABOUT ZILLOW

Zillow, Inc. operates one of the largest portfolios of online and mobile real estate services to help buyers, sellers, real estate agents, renters, borrowers, and lenders find and share vital information about homes. Launched in early 2006 with Zestimate home values and data on millions of U.S. homes, Zillow® has since added homes for sale and homes for rent, a directory of real estate and lending professionals, Zillow Advice and Zillow Mortgage Marketplace. One of the most-visited U.S. real estate websites, with more than 12 million unique visitors per month, Zillow's goal is to help people become smarter about homes and real estate in every stage of their lives -- home buying, selling, renting, remodeling and financing.  The company is headquartered in Seattle and has raised $87 million in funding. Zillow.com, Zillow and Zestimate are registered trademarks of Zillow, Inc.

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