Have you ever wondered how to find someone’s email address? I know that I have been asked that question many times, so I went on a hunt to find ways to do just that! Here are three ways to find those addresses. One is free, but the others have some cost associated with them. If…
What’s in your mailbox these days? In my neighborhood, I get two or three oversized postcards from local real estate agents every week. Since they turn up so often and from more than one agent I figured that they had to be producing results…or else why would they continue to send them? But, I wanted…
OK, the parties are over and we are all back to work with a fresh shiny set of new resolutions and goals! But, for many of us those goals and resolutions are going to fall by the wayside as victims of crammed schedules, demanding clients, family situations and more. Wouldn’t it be great if there…
As we near the end of 2018, I like to look back and see if I accomplished everything that I set out to do this year. I like to look at personal accomplishments, relationship accomplishments and business accomplishments. Given that there are only 365 days in a year, it’s way too easy to see the…
It’s that time of year when many of us are doing our holiday shopping online. The sheer number of packages being delivered is astonishing! It’s amazing to me that anything actually gets where it is supposed to go! Packages arrive at my house form a variety of different shippers and are delivered by any number…
It was mentioned last week that you need to participate in the Facebook groups you belong to in order to make valuable connections. This is obvious, of course, but you’d be amazed at how many people join groups and then do nothing. They rarely post or comment. Or worse yet – they lurk in the…
Okay – you’ve found some great groups to join and are ready to begin participating. You might be tempted to simply post a blurb about yourself with a link to your business several times a week. This isn’t a good idea, though. For one thing, many groups discourage blatant selling. The goal of joining Facebook…
If you’ve been in business for a while, you’ll remember how difficult networking used to be. In the past, the best way for REALTORS® to network was face to face. You’d go to events, exchange business cards, give a five-second elevator speech and hope that you were building good connections. Fast forward to the age…
The world is certainly a smaller place than it was when I began selling real estate in 1986! What I mean by that is these days you are just as likely to meet someone who does not speak English as you are to meet a native English speaker. This is especially common in my area…
Have you ever done a google search for a business and saw a box on the right side of the search results with a map and information about a business? If someone searches your name, do you have one of those boxes show up for you too? If you’d like to have that for your…
