Ever since the advent of email, there has been a need to gather the email addresses of our clients or potential clients. Over the years we have come up with various methods from flat out asking for them to all sorts of methods using third party (i.e. you have to pay!) tools. So, when I…
As this goes to “press” there are only 48 more days left in 2022! 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.…
The National Association of REALTORS® recently published the 2022 Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers and made it available online for purchase. REALTOR® members can purchase it for $19.95 (Plus Tax) while everyone who is not a REALTOR® pays $199.95. So why would you want to buy this? Here is why: This report provides real…
This week’s post appears originally on this blog as a two part post in April and May of 2010. I have updated them and consolidated them in to one post. If you want to read the original posts, you can find them here: Get new clients using social tools ~ Part One Get new clients…
I have found the secret to succes in 2023 and it is contained in the article below! Here we are in the final quarter of 2022! I hope that you have been having a good year in your business in spite of all that has gone on and is going on! The latest “thing” that…
I attend two local marketing meetings in our area. Agents from many of the local brokerages attend as well as title & escrow, inspectors, property managers, lenders and other people from various other support industries also attend. The purpose is to network and promote listings as well as buyer and seller wants and needs. As…
I was meeting with an agent the other day when I noticed that she has over 4,000 unread emails in her gmail account! (The total number of read and unread emails was staggering!) When I asked her about it she replied that her email has become almost unusable. Further questioning revealed that her clients know…
With all the changes going on in our market these days you may be among the agents who are wondering how to make the new realities work for them. If you are, I’ve got some questions for you. I have found that when things change, it’s often helpful to revisit my “why”. The following questions…
Have you got a listing that has been on the market for 30 days or more with no offers? Are your sellers getting nervous? Have you gotten offers that the seller won’t take because the offers are lower than what they expected/ If so, you are certainly not alone. The current market is still a…
This week I have a broad mix of articles by others that I think you should take the time to read. Any one of these could make the difference between finishing the year strong or finishing it far back in the pack. In any market right now we have a large group of agents chasing…
