Real Estate and Property · City · Aberdeen metro

Real estate lead generation for Aberdeen agents, property managers and maintenance firms

Offers over, closing dates and the Home Report: Aberdeen sellers follow Scottish rules, and your marketing should speak them plainly.

A Ferryhill owner wondering what the Home Report will say, a landlord with two flats near Old Aberdeen and a property manager needing a repair firm are all searching Google, and none of them is browsing Rightmove. HeyLead runs Google Ads, local SEO, Facebook and Instagram ads and web pages that bring these enquiries to the right desk in your firm. We report cost per instruction and per managed let in pounds. Ask for the free audit.

  • check_circle Seller, landlord, commercial and maintenance enquiries each sent to their own page
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Lead generation

The four kinds of Aberdeen property enquiry we go after

Not listing browsers. Sellers, landlords, commercial occupiers and owners, and maintenance jobs from Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire streets your desks can serve.

01

Vendor and valuation requests

Owners in the West End, Cults, Bridge of Don or Westhill asking who should sell their home and prepare the Home Report. These come from local search and social ads, not from portal browsing.

02

Landlord and managed-let leads

Landlords with tenement flats or student lets choosing a letting agent. Lettings-only and full management enquiries go to separate pages and desks.

03

Commercial occupier and owner leads

Businesses looking for offices, workshops or yard space near Dyce and the city centre, and owners with a building to let or sell.

04

Property maintenance jobs

Managers and owners needing common repairs to roofs and closes, empty-flat turnarounds and routine upkeep. For a maintenance crew this is a booked job, not a listing click.

Who we work with

Typical clients in Aberdeen

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Solicitor estate agents and independent agents in the West End, Rosemount and Cults who want valuation requests and new instructions to reach them directly.

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Letting agents and property managers adding managed lets across Ferryhill, Old Aberdeen, Bridge of Don and Kingswells.

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Commercial agents and owners marketing offices, workshops and yards around Dyce, the airport and the city centre.

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Property maintenance firms handling common repairs in tenement closes, empty-flat turnarounds and upkeep for landlords and managers.

The local picture

Real estate and property marketing in Aberdeen: what to know

Your market

What is different about Aberdeen

Selling a home in Aberdeen follows Scottish practice, not English. The seller commissions a Home Report before marketing, many homes go up at offers over a stated figure, and a closing date is set when interest builds.

Solicitors then conclude missives, and many local agents are solicitor estate agents. The local solicitor property centre, ASPC, still sits alongside Rightmove, Zoopla and OnTheMarket. The stock is mostly granite.

Tenement flats fill Rosemount, Torry and the streets near Union Street, larger granite villas sit in the West End, Cults and Bieldside, and newer estates spread through Bridge of Don, Kingswells, Westhill and Portlethen.

The two universities, in Old Aberdeen and at Garthdee, keep student lets in steady demand. Letting agents must be on the Scottish Letting Agent Register and landlords register with the council. Tenement roofs, stairs and closes are shared, so common repairs bring steady maintenance work.

Agency fees carry VAT at 20 per cent.

Your customers

How customers find you

Portals catch the buyer already looking at listings. You can win the people who search earlier, before any listing exists.

That could be a landlord asking who manages flats in Rosemount, an owner in Cults asking about a valuation before the Home Report, a firm looking for office space near Dyce or a manager searching for a common repairs contractor.

Most of these people compare two or three firms before they pick up the phone. We build pages and ads for those searches and leave the portal phrases alone.

The monthly report counts instructions (a signed agreement to sell or let), managed lets and maintenance jobs by area, in pounds.

Our approach

How HeyLead runs it for you

Google Ads covers searches such as letting agent Aberdeen and tenement repairs Aberdeen, and runs only in the areas your team follows up.

SEO builds a page for each area and service, from West End sales to Bridge of Don lettings, and we tidy your Google Business Profile (your listing on Google Maps).

Facebook and Instagram ads reach landlords and owners with a valuation or management offer, then show it again to visitors who left without enquiring. Each offer has its own page and form, so a repair request never reaches the sales desk.

Every lead carries the ad and area that produced it. If you use a customer database (a CRM), each lead can go straight to the right person, which matters because a valuation request goes cold fast.

Building stock

granite tenements, granite villas, and Aberdeenshire commuter estates

Listing sites in this market

Rightmove, Zoopla, OnTheMarket

Licences you show on your page

Scottish estate agent regulation and the Scottish Letting Agent Register

Common mistakes

Common real estate and property marketing mistakes in Aberdeen

01

Treating Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire as one patch

A city sales desk and a Westhill lettings team seldom cover the same streets. A campaign that lumps them together sends Ellon sellers to a Rosemount office. Build each campaign around the people who will follow it up.

02

Bidding on the searches the portals already own

Rightmove, Zoopla and OnTheMarket will keep the buyers scrolling listings. Paying for those phrases buys attention you cannot use. Aim at landlords, sellers and managers, with pages that name tenements, villas and estate houses.

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Sales, lettings and common repairs on one form

A valuation request and a message about a leaking tenement roof are different jobs. Mixed on one form, neither gets a fast answer and you cannot see which became work. Give each offer its own page and route.

How it works

How Aberdeen property lead generation runs, step by step

  1. 01

    Pick the enquiry types and areas

    Seller, landlord, commercial and maintenance enquiries are separate jobs. We choose the areas each desk can follow up, often the West End or Rosemount first, and leave the rest out.

  2. 02

    Launch search, pages and social ads

    Google Ads buys searches from people ready to act, SEO builds the area pages and Facebook and Instagram bring visitors back. Each offer has a page with a form that fits the job.

  3. 03

    Route each enquiry to the right person

    Tracking, and a CRM if you use one, sends seller, lettings, commercial and maintenance enquiries to different people, so the first reply comes quickly.

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    Judge leads by the work they become

    We report cost per instruction, per managed let and per maintenance job, by area, in pounds. A cheap lead of the wrong type is worth little.

Searches

What people search for

These are the searches your pages and ads are built around, and what each person is trying to do.

They search What they want
Aberdeen property management Landlord or owner looking for a local managing agent
Aberdeen real estate agent Seller or landlord, not someone browsing a portal
Aberdeen commercial real estate marketing Owner or occupier with a building rather than a single listing
Aberdeen property maintenance Manager or owner needing common repairs or empty-flat work

Google Maps

Aberdeen metro on the map

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Testimonials from HeyLead clients

What clients say about working with HeyLead

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HeyLead was able to quickly bring structure and order to our Search Engine Marketing campaigns. Their methodical approach turned around our SEM performance and allowed us to demonstrate the ROI from the programs. They brought innovations to the table that increased the visibility of the online journeys our prospects and customers were taking.

Paul Liddiatt

Chief Marketing Officer, NewBook

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I've worked with HeyLead for over a decade. There is no one else I'd trust with lead generation and IT. I've tried others, to my detriment. If you want someone who is dedicated and trustworthy, you couldn't pick someone better.

Andrew Woodruff

CEO, Woodruff Property Management

Marketing from $500 USD a month

Month to month, no commitment. One fee covers the pages, the search and ad work and the tracking. Ad spend is separate and stays in your own accounts.

Starting at

$500 USD per month

Free to cancel with 1 month's notice. Tell us what you sell and where. We come back with what the first month would fix.

Get a Free Audit

What $500 a month covers

  • Pages

    Included

    Pages built around the searches your buyers actually type.

  • Search and ads

    Included

    Search and ads aimed at people ready to enquire.

  • Tracking

    Included

    Calls, forms and bookings tagged to the search, ad or page behind them.

Our team

The same people on the audit and on the work

Martin writes every audit and takes the first call. The same team stays on the account. 160+ businesses since 2010.

Martin, Founder, strategy and audits

Martin

Founder, strategy and audits

Writes every audit and takes every first call. On your account from day one, running growth for SMEs since 2010.

Yoana, Social and app development

Yoana

Social and app development

Shapes social strategy and builds practical app experiences that turn attention into action.

Mike, SEO

Mike

SEO

Owns technical, local and content SEO so the right buyers find you when demand is highest.

Robert, Paid media

Robert

Paid media

Plans and manages paid search and social campaigns around qualified leads.

Elmer, Analytics

Elmer

Analytics

Connects tracking, attribution and reporting so decisions are based on revenue-quality data.

Dino, Design

Dino

Design

Creates clear brand and conversion-focused design across landing pages, campaigns and product experiences.

Certified and experienced

Certified where it matters. Accountable for the outcome.

Verified platform knowledge, 25+ years of hands-on experience, and an operating track record since 2010.

Google AdsCertified
Google AnalyticsCertified
Google Tag ManagerCertified
Operating since 2010Proven experience

FAQs

Questions about real estate and property in Aberdeen

Plain answers on lead types, methods, coverage and how Aberdeen property enquiries are counted.

What leads do you generate for Aberdeen real estate? expand_more

Seller, landlord, commercial and property maintenance enquiries your team can handle around the West End, Rosemount, Bridge of Don and Westhill. We do not sell listing browsers as leads. Each type gets its own route and its own line in the report.

Which lead generation methods do you use in Aberdeen? expand_more

Google Ads for people searching now, SEO for area and service pages, Facebook and Instagram ads for reach and repeat visits, and a web page for each offer. Reports show cost per qualified lead, and CRM routing is optional.

Do you write for the Scottish sales process? expand_more

Yes. Pages talk about the Home Report, offers over pricing, closing dates and the solicitor's role in missives, because that is how Aberdeen sellers buy and sell. HeyLead is the marketing team, so legal advice stays with your firm.

How is this different from Rightmove, Zoopla, OnTheMarket and ASPC? expand_more

Those sites bring people browsing listings. We bring landlords, sellers and managers who contact your firm directly. We work alongside them and do not try to replace them.

How do you measure lead quality? expand_more

By cost per instruction, per managed let and per maintenance job, split by area. A single cost per lead hides whether the enquiry was a sale, a let or a repair, so we count each type on its own.

What do you need from me to start? expand_more

Access to your website, Google Business Profile and any ads accounts, the areas you cover and your Scottish Letting Agent Register details if you let property. It helps to know how many new instructions or managed lets you can take each month.

Other industries in Aberdeen

Other pages for this city.

Other cities we cover

The same service, written for each place.

Want more listings and management leads in Aberdeen?

Tell us the areas you can cover and the kinds of leads you can handle. We will show you which searches, pages and ads to start with.