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Case study · Real Estate

Earning 180 editorial links for a real estate brokerage with housing data

Quarterly housing-affordability studies earned national and local coverage and moved the brokerage onto page one for competitive city-level terms.

Client
Independent real estate brokerage
Duration
12 months
Updated

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Results at a glance

  • Referring domains

    210455

    Before: 210. After: 455.

  • City keywords on page one

    841

    Before: 8. After: 41.

  • Organic seller-lead forms / month

    2674

    Before: 26. After: 74.

The challenge

Where they started

The brokerage competed with national portals that had thousands of referring domains. Paid links were off the table, and generic guest posts had produced no measurable movement.

The strategy

What we did

  1. Step 1

    Data that journalists want

    We combined public listing and income data into a quarterly affordability index by neighborhood, with clear methodology and downloadable charts.

  2. Step 2

    Localized angles

    Each release was cut into city-specific stories so regional outlets had a reason to cover it, not just national ones.

  3. Step 3

    Links where they matter

    Coverage was pointed at city hub pages, then reinforced with internal links so authority flowed to listing and agent pages.

The results

Cumulative editorial links earned

With The Vectors Projected without changesCumulative editorial links earned: M1 With The Vectors 0, Projected without changes 0; M2 With The Vectors 14, Projected without changes 2; M3 With The Vectors 22, Projected without changes 3; M4 With The Vectors 41, Projected without changes 5; M5 With The Vectors 55, Projected without changes 6; M6 With The Vectors 68, Projected without changes 8; M7 With The Vectors 92, Projected without changes 9; M8 With The Vectors 108, Projected without changes 10; M9 With The Vectors 121, Projected without changes 12; M10 With The Vectors 149, Projected without changes 13; M11 With The Vectors 163, Projected without changes 14; M12 With The Vectors 180, Projected without changes 15

Client testimonial

“We went from chasing links to journalists emailing us for the next report.”
Broker-Owner · Real estate brokerage (placeholder)

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