How to REALLY learn to use your technology tools

If I had to come up with something good to say about the recent pandemic, there are some things that stand out as being “good”. In my mind, the best thing that came about was the nearly universal adoption of using Docuisgn and its analogs for our transactions.  It’s so widespread that newer agents coming…

Jerry Kidd

The Best Social Media Management Tool

By now you must have come to the conclusion that social media has to be part of your client acquisition and client nurturing process.   For those of us who started in the days of MLS books and face to face meetings, keeping up with the demands of new age, electronic marketing can be a…

Jerry Kidd

How to capture more leads on your website

While doing some research on the web the other day I ran across a statistic that was a bit astonishing. In essence, it was claimed that the data collection forms used on real estate websites were only 1~1.5% effective in producing a lead. What this means is that for every 100 people who visit your…

Jerry Kidd

What is your customer acquisition cost?

Lately I have been thinking about “what is the cost to an agent to acquire a new client?” That lead me to wonder about the different ways we use to attract new clients.  From there I started thinking about ways to measure the effectiveness of the various ways we use to find new clients. Our…

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How to generate your own Internet leads

Are you paying for leads?  If so, why not generate your own? I’ll hazard a guess…it’s too hard to generate  the volume of leads that Zillow can give me.  Or, I don’t have a clue how to go about building a lead generator.  Or Even If I did build it, how would I get people…

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Here is a way to send mass text messages!

Have you ever wanted to send mass text messages?  It is possible to do it by adding phone numbers, one at a time in to the “To” field of the text app on your phone, but that can get to be tedious, and especially so if you want to send another message to that same…

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Get a better email signature

I’ll bet that you have an email “signature” that is automatically applied to each email that you send. Most likely someone in your company did it for you and it probably looks pretty good! But, what if you wanted to change it up?  Can you easily do that or do you have to go through…

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Retargeting 101 for Real Estate Agents – What It Is and Why You Should Be Doing It

It goes without saying that your prospecting system, which is the process that guides a prospect, taking them from stranger to client, is one of the most important, and effective assets in your marketing arsenal. If you want to take your marketing conversions to a new and exciting level, your systems will need to include some…

How to tune up your Smart Phone for ease of use!

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. There…

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We are in the home stretch of 2021! Have you been hitting your goals?

Three Quarters of 2021 is already gone!  Some of you will think that is a good thing because by all accounts this year has been challenging! Others of you have been busy listing and selling houses, while still others have been hunkering down and not getting much done. If you are part of the latter…