Hosting an open house soon?  Try one of these always successful tips to get the word out and drive the traffic in:

• Avoid hosting an open house on a holiday or big holiday weekend.
• Plan your open house to avoid conflicts with popular local area events.
• If you don’t have a parade of homes or similar event, organize one.
• Promote the home at all of the popular online real estate hotspots.
• Offer a drawing or prize and promote in your advertising.
• Increase the time frame the house will be open for showing.
• If possible, plan during a time known for good weather.
• Coincide with your area’s traditional time of the year for home buying fever.
• Have a pre open house for selling agents and brokers.
• Print better full color flyers with lots of detail and photos.
• Advertise in your newspaper’s weekly real estate section.
• If possible, work with fellow agents to send visitors to each others’ open houses.
• Put signs up at busy areas near the home for sale.
• Send flyers to local selling agents representing the area.
• Make your advertisement more memorable than the others.
• Be sure your open house is easy to find.
• Don’t schedule during major sporting events.
• Give a web link to a map with directions to the home in the newspaper ad.
• Put up easy noticeable and clear signs leading buyers to the open house.
• Send advertising via mail to targeted prospective buyers and neighbors.
• Start an open house email list for interested potential clients.
• Don’t forget to mention the open house on your blog or website.
• Collaborate with other sellers in the neighborhood for huge area wide open house day.
• Think of creative ways to make your open houses appeal to families with children.
• Network with services like home inspectors to help get the word out for each other.
• Host an open house to correspond with your area’s parade of homes.
• Send a YouTube preview video to your email list.
• Offer free lunch or light refreshments and advertise that.
• Skip over Sunday and try hosting a Thursday evening tour with hors d'oeuvres.