Jerry Kidd, GRI, CRS, CRB SRES, ePRO a 37 year veteran of the real estate industry, has listed and sold houses, managed real estate offices, been the IT Director for a major Northern California real estate company as well as being the Training Director for yet another major Northern California real estate company . Jerry earned his GRI early in his real estate career and then went on to earn his CRS and CRB setting the tone for a career-long focus on the importance of continuing education. Along the way, Jerry has earned three Microsoft certifications, MCP, MCP+I and MCSE, as well as one from Cisco, CCNA. Rounding out his list of technology certifications are two from COMPTIA, an A+ and a Network+, as well as the ePRO from NAR. Jerry is currently a California State Certified Instructor for the SRES and GRI programs, presenting courses on working with seniors, listing techniques, technology and advanced technology applications. Jerry is also a NAR Certified ePRO Trainer, zipForms Certified Trainer and a DocuSign Certified Trainer.

3 ways to slay the social media dragon for real estate agents

At a recent office meeting I shared several no cost to low cost ways to build prospect pipelines with my agents. One of the ways was to post articles on their social media outlets, Pinterest, Instagram, LinkedIn and of course Facebook. That immediately got a lot of blank stares as they KNEW that they wouldn’t…