Jerry Kidd

Your email inbox can have a huge effect on your business…if you open and read your email

My email inbox is a constant source of information!  I subscribe to a lot of newsletters that bring me information on new technologies, new uses for old technologies and quite a lot of information that I can’t find any immediate use for, yet is interesting none the less. I also wade through a truly astonishing…

Jerry Kidd

It’s time to bite the bullet and upgrade to Windows 10!

If you are running a Mac, you can skip this post.  If you are already running Windows 10, then you can skip this post too. However, If you are running Windows 7, Windows 8 or Windows 8.1, then this post is especially for you! Last July 29th, Microsoft released Windows 10 and made it a…

Jerry Kidd

6 ways Zillow can help you to get more listings! (And you can’t beat the price)

I’ve said this before, and I’ll say it again, we LOVE to HATE Zillow.  But, as I have also said before, that is a very short sighted attitude to take. Yes, I know, Zillow takes OUR listings that we worked so hard to get, and then spends millions advertising them so that they can get…

Jerry Kidd

Learn to love Zillow!

Many agents that I talk to just LOVE to HATE Zillow.  When I question them about this I usually hear about inaccurate Zestimates® that their clients use to value their homes. Others rail on about Zillow selling leads back to them that Zillow gets because they advertise the agent’s listings.  And I have heard some…

Jerry Kidd

Don’t overlook this must do way to save on taxes

The holidays are over and we are well into January, so it’s time to start thinking about getting ready for tax time. One of the joys of being an independent contractor is that we get to write off a number of business expenses against our income, effectively lowering the amount of federal and sate income…

Jerry Kidd

What does your email branding say about you?

Who is your email branding? I want to spend a few minutes with you today about email branding.  Specifically, who are you branding with each email that you send? If you have an email address at AOL, Yahoo, Gmail, Comcast, Verizon, iCloud etc then with every email you send you are branding those companies and…

Jerry Kidd

Here is a safe way to send and receive text messages while driving

Way back when I started in real estate, nearly 30 years ago, no one in my market area had a car phone, let alone a portable cell phone.  Consequently, when we got in our cars we actually were able to concentrate on driving. These days we make phone calls while driving and some of us…

Manage your email before it manages you!

Today I am high up on my soapbox.  I want to rave and rant about about a pet peeve that I have and it’s one that you may have as well. You may have guessed from the title that I am talking about email.  Specifically, I am talking about how email gets handled and why…

Jerry Kidd

Extremely cool way to send mass emails using Gmail (And it’s FREE too!)

I can’t tell you how many times I have had to “coach” real estate agents about the dangers of sending mass emails from their personal email accounts.  I understand why you would want to send your latest listing or fabulous newsletter to all 350 people in your farm via one email. After all, it is…