Time Management Learn why time management is essential to a real estate agent and different techniques for effectively managing your time. When you leave you will have a blueprint for a one-year time management calendar.
Business Development Learn traditional business development techniques as well as how new media marketing techniques (email,e-newsletters, blogging, websites and social media) can help you build your business.
Agent Jump Start Learn five simple things that you can do to get your business rolling again, right away!
Registration Instructions Online registration is open until Wednesday, 02/24/2010 07:30 am for CCAR Members, after which please contact the association during normal business hours to register.
For additional course registration information, or to register for this course as a non-member, please contact CCAR at 925-295-9231 or by email at courses@ccartoday.com.
The class is limited to the FIRST 20 who enroll.
Investment:
$25 for Education Rewards Members
$35 for CCAR Members
$60 for Non-CCAR members
Lest you think that I am Google’s payroll (I am not, but that’s not a bad idea!) I want to tell you about a page that Google has just for you, the Real Estate Professional.
Here’s why it pays to use Google to connect to home buyers and sellers:
Google can help generate real estate referrals and leads.
Google has more real estate searches than other search engines combined, and more unique visitors than all real estate specific web sites.
Google is the most-used search engine for researching and purchasing real estate information and services.
The Google Network reaches over 80% of U.S. Internet users.
Because I think that it is so important that you do so, I am going to keep this very short. Take the time that you normally spend reading RealtyTechBytes and go read Google Tools for Real Estate Professionals instead. You can thank me later!
About the Author: Jerry is a 23 year veteran of the real estate industry and has done it all from listing and selling, to managing single and multiple offices. He has been the IT Director for a major SF Bay Area company, and has also been the Training Director for another major SF Bay Area company. In addition to writing this blog, Jerry is the Principal of Jerry Kidd Training and Consulting, specializing in showing real estate professionals how to utilize today’s exciting social tools to create and nurture relationships with home buyers and sellers. Visit http://www.JerryKidd.com to learn more about the training and consulting services offered.
I’ll bet that you know that 90% of home buyers use the Internet at some point during their home buying process. (Source: NAR’s 2009 Survey of Home Buyers and Sellers).
But, did you know that Google can put your business on the “map” for free?
Here’s how to take advantage of this Free service from Google:
Create a Google Account if you don’t already have one
If you have an account, Log In
You will be taken to a page where you can fill in the necessary information about your business (Hint: As a real estate agent you ARE a business)
You can upload pictures and videos. (The videos have to be on YouTube first).
When you are finished, Google will want to verify that you are the owner of the business by calling you and giving you a PIN number (Or Snail mailing the PIN number). Once you enter the pin, you are good to go!
Watch this short video for a quick overview.
The video uses a restaurant as the example, but think about the ways that a real estate agent could use this. Why not put your vitual tours on YouTube and then bring them back into your Local Business Center listing?
