Prudential Georgia Realty’s John Jacobus Recognized for Internet Marketing Excellence

Atlanta, GA – April 1, 2010 – (RealEstateRama) — Nationally renowned real estate marketing and technology speaker and REALTOR.com® Vice President, Max Pigman, has presented to Realtor John Jacobus of Prudential Georgia Realty the “Real Estate Online Marketing Award of Excellence”.  The Award of Excellence recognizes top agents who consistently provide great marketing services on behalf of their buyers and sellers.

“There are always some real estate agents who distinguish themselves from other agents by doing a little more for their sellers. In particular; when the home they are selling is placed on a well trafficked site such as the 1st ranked REALTOR.com®, even simple efforts like having more photos displayed, crafting better descriptions or adding a full motion video, can make a home stand out from competing properties,” says Max Pigman, Vice President of REALTOR.com®.

The excellence award was presented to John Jacobus in March at a real estate marketing and technology seminar that demonstrated cutting edge techniques for leveraging the Internet and technology in real estate marketing.

“My seller clients appreciate how I can help bring more attention to the unique selling attributes of a their home and ultimately help attract more qualified buyers,” said John Jacobus, who is based out of Prudential’s Midtown office and specializes in residential real estate in Atlanta, Midtown and Buckhead. “Buyers are also appreciative of a well presented home that has a better description and more ways to learn about the property before arranging an appointment. While it’s certainly an honor to receive this award, I think ultimately it would be a disservice not to make REALTOR.com® and the Internet part of your standard home marketing plan. Some day soon most agents will see it as a must have requirement instead of something special. We’re already seeing that change.”

“The extra steps agents like John Jacobus are taking on behalf of their clients is the reason we thought it worthwhile to call out the effort we have seen these agents make online and to recognize them for providing these added value services,” says Mr. Pigman.

REALTOR.com® is just one of the many ways Jacobus is leveraging recent trends in home buyer online behavior to benefit his clients.

Professionally, John has been a Realtor 15 years and is a member of the Atlanta Board of Realtors, where he is a life member of the Board’s Million Dollar Club for high annual sales performance and is a Phoenix Award recipient for 10 years’ membership in the MDC, the Georgia Association of Realtors and the National Association of Realtors. John Jacobus has also regularly been named in Prudential Georgia Realty’s Top 25 Agents list (out of some 1,200 agents). To better serve his real estate clients, he has earned the Certified Residential Specialist (CRS) designation, his associate broker’s license and is a fine homes specialist. Jacobus also holds his MBA degree, has two decades corporate business experience and served as the Olympic Housing Program Director in 1996.

Home sellers interested in finding out how to have their home marketed on REALTOR.com® should contact John Jacobus at 404-879-7040 or by visiting his website at www.johnjacobushomes.com.

Prudential Georgia Realty is ranked by Real Estate Magazine as one of the top 100 real estate companies in the United States. It is an independently owned and operated member of Prudential Real Estate Affiliates and is the 12th largest Prudential real estate affiliate in North America. Prudential Georgia Realty recently became the first large brokerage company in the nation to win the Realtor.com Online Marketing Award of Excellence.

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TC McClenning, Public Relations Manager
Prudential Georgia Realty
678-352-3317 (direct line)