For the real estate professionals reading this looking to get a leg up on the competition and put together a complete website and social media strategy (& get it implemented), this blog post is for you. A broad range of companies and individuals servicing the real estate industry have put together a “Real Estate Web Marketing” package on ebay valued at over $11,000 in products and services. The starting bid is $500. And the best part — though it will cost you money to get the whole package, all the proceeds benefit Mothers Fighting for Others (the charity I just blogged about the other day) and help build an orphanage in Kenya; none of the individuals or service providers make a dime. The auction was coordinated by the team at Dakno Marketing and is being hosted by Jeff and Rocky, so a big kudos to everyone for pulling this whole thing together.

There are a lot of individuals and technology providers that serve this industry who have amazing products and services. Luckily, they don’t just offer great products and services, but they are great human beings willing to help out when opportunities like this present themselves — a huge thanks has to go to Mike Mueller, Diverse Solutions, Altos Research, Dakno Marketing, Active Rain, Real Estate Shows, WellcomeMat, Jay Thompson, and Nicole Nicolay for donating their time and/or services to the cause.

Here are more details of what’s included:

Starting Bid is $500

The Following Have Graciously Donated Their Products or Services For This Charity Auction
All proceeds benefit Mothers Fighting For Others and their mission to provide orphaned girls in Kenya with opportunities their parents would have provided, if they only could; a loving and nurturing environment and a quality education, so they can learn, thrive and achieve their highest potential. #MFFO #50kfor50k

ActiveRain – $715 Total Value
One Full Year Membership with the following:

* $348 – RainMaker
* $159 – RainCamp Ticket (closest Location to winner)
* $108 – Localism Sponsorship – 1 local community
* $100 – Outside Blog (includes support)
* Feature one post of choice – (complimentary)

Mike Mueller – $500 Total Value

* One Custom Facebook Business Page (Includes 2 custom built tabs)

Dakno Marketing – $2682 Total Value

* SwiftSite with 5 hours additional design customization ($925)
* SwiftBlog ($550)
* 1 Year of Hosting both the website and blog ($708)
* Posterous Blog Customization (to match the design of the site/blog) ($199)
* 6 month membership to Dakno’s AllAccess Live Training

RealEstateShows – $1562 Total Values

* A whole office account for up to 50 agents.

Nicole Nicolay – $2000 Total Value

* Donate 2 hours of one-on-one social media coaching via phone/Webinar. Coaching can be used for a specific goal or project, OR a review of current social media strategies and Web presence. Nicole will also provide you with a custom social media plan, including revised/or new goals with recommended implementation tasks. (Total value: $3500)

Altos Research – $960 Total Value

* One Altos report subscription one year (provided they are within their service area)

Diverse Solutions – Value Varies (estimate of $500)

* an IDX for a year (provided they are within their service area)

Drew Meyers – $150 Total Value

* 1 hour of consulting time – SEO, Social Media Marketing, wordpress, or whatever the person wants to talk about.

Jay Thompson – $300 Total Value

* 2 hours of 1-on-1 consulting

WellcomeMat – $2100 Total Value

* A 10-Pack of WellcomeMat Pro for One Year

All proceeds benefit Mothers Fighting For Others. MFFO is a non-profit 501c3 organization (EIN/tax ID number: 26-0320699)

Those who know me certainly know I’ll do anything I can, within reason of course, to help raise money for charity. So, when I heard about this opportunity, I of course volunteered a bit of my personal time to the overall package in the way of an hour of consulting time. What are you waiting for? I just looked and there are 8 bids already 3 hours after the auction was posted, so it’s obvious there is considerable value here. BID AWAY!!!

OR, you can buy 100,000 visitors and take your chances. It’s your call.