Long time readers know that I am a huge fan of advertising for buyers and sellers on Facebook. There simply is no better way to get your message in front of potential clients as effectively or cost effectively. There has been one problem though and that has been getting people to give you contact info. …
I’ve talked about this before and I am going to talk about it again today. You have to have a way to capture those text messages between you and your clients so that you can store them with your transactions. Since so much communication gets done with text, email and voicemail, ignoring saving those messages…
Every once in a while we have one of those days where there is absolutely nothing going on. When that happens we have some choices to make…we can declare it a holiday and go have fun somewhere or we can turn it into an unexpected day to catch up on things. Here are some ideas…
When was the last time you took a good look at the apps on your smart phone? If your phone is anything like mine, it’s loaded with apps that don’t get used. There is nothing harmful about having unused apps on the phone aside from the fact that they take up memory storage space. …
Every once in a while a book comes along that speaks to me in such a way that it causes some profound changes in how I conduct my life. I recently was told about “The Miracle Morning for Real Estate Agents” by Hal Elrod, Michael J. Maher, Michael Reese and Jay Kinder with Honorée Corder. …
I don’t know about you, but I have been receiving a ton of robo-calls lately. They come form my area code as well as random area codes all over the country. It seems like I am getting 4 or 5 of them a day…so much so, that if I don’t have your number in my…
Last week I talked about buying leads, https://realtytechbytes.com/is-it-luck-hard-work-or-skills. This week I want to take a different approach. If you take a look at the graphic you’ll see that 51% of Buyers found the home that they purchased on the Internet. Only 30% found them via the agent they previously used! If you look at the…
Ever notice how some agents have all the luck? I mean some agents get a new listing every week. Heck, some even get them daily! How do they do it? Who knows how they do it, but I’ll bet that hard work, a systematic approach to prospecting, great conversion and presentation skills and maybe a…
While waiting for a flight home from the Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices annual convention this week, I had the opportunity to speak with a young man who is just beginning his real estate sales career. It turned out that he is affiliated with one of our offices in a neighboring state, so he was curious about…
Unless you are oblivious to the news you have heard about data breaches.Some of the more notorious ones have been Equifax, Yahoo, Dropbox, Target and Anthem Health Care. These are just a few of the many breaches that have occurred. So what exactly is a data breach? According to Wikipedia, A data breach is the…
