Jerry Kidd

Getting Smart With Online Advertising

Just the other day I was having a conversation with one of my new agents about how to find new buyer or seller prospects.  Since I knew that he was very conversant with using Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat and LinkedIn, I suggested that he do some Facebook advertising to generate leads. His reply was that he’d…

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Information age or too darn much information age?

We used to live in the information age, but now we live in the too darn much information age! That’s a pretty bold statement, but here is what I mean. The Internet, more specifically the World Wide Web, has flooded us with information. So much so that we are constantly bombarded from the time we…

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Getting Started with Facebook Live

So you’ve heard the buzz and have seen the excitement and you want to get involved with Facebook Live. This is a great decision and one that can give you a great edge over the competition while helping you to connect with your audience in new ways. All that’s left to do is to get…

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The best way to find time to read…isn’t reading after all!

Are you getting enough time to read these days?  Are you even getting to read one book a year?  How about one a month, or even one a week?  If you are like most of us, leading busy lives balancing family, friends and work, the answer is probably not. And that’s a shame.  Because reading…

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Think you can’t afford high quality property photos? Think again!

Today, many agents who are taking high end listings use professional photography to showcase their listings with the best possible images. These photographers use special lighting, special cameras with special lenses, tripods, filters  and other photographic hardware to take the best possible pictures.  And they go back to their studious to use Photoshop and other…

Looking for ways to make 2017 your best year yet?

If you are reading this then it’s safe to say that the first two weeks of 2017 are in the books already! Only 50 more weeks to make something happen this year! For this week’s post I thought that I’d give you an easy way to mine the nuggets that this blog contains.  I am…

Real estate agents – Do these 5 things to be successful in 2017!

Ok, here we are at the first day of the year,  There are 364 more chances to kill it in real estate this year.  The question is how are you going to do it? I’ve been doing this business for over 30 years now and although technology has changed a lot of things, several things…

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The definitive answer to “How do I get more buyer and seller clients?”

As 2016 draws to a close I hope that you are thinking about ways to find more business in 2017. I often hear agents talking about how to get more business and I keep waiting for them to ask me! So, I wrote this last year (and have updated it for this year) and I’d…

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The secret to listing and selling more houses in 2017

As I write this post, October 2016 is nearly behind us.  Just two more months and 2017 will be here! It’s amazing to me how fast time seems to fly by these days and I often wonder how I can make the most of each day that I spend in my business.  Over the years…

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Google’s new free tool to help people find you! Part 5

This is the final article on using Goggle My Business.  I hope that you found it to be helpful. Google can be a bit picky at times. If you want to use Google My Business successfully, then you’ll need to employ several best practices to get the most out of the platform. Each of these…