Jerry Kidd

How to quickly put together handouts for your clients

This was first published on RealtyTechBytes back in April of 2019.  I think it’s a valuable resource and so wanted to bring it to your attention again! Did you ever wish that you had your own Guide Booklets that you could hand to your buyer and seller clients (and prospects)? I know that you can…

Jerry Kidd

Hand written notes can grow your business

What was in your mailbox today?  Bills? Magazines?  Postcards from other real estate agents? Other junk mail? If so, you are like everyone else! But, if by chance you got a hand written note from someone, how did it make you feel? I’ll bet it lifted your spirits!  And once again you would be like…

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…

Secrets of a successful real estate agent

By the time you read this, January 2022 will be in the books  One twelfth of the year is gone! So here is a question for you: have you achieved one twelfth of your 2022 financial goals? If you haven’t, then maybe you need to take a look at how you are getting business.  You’ll…

What I would do if I was just starting out today!

Just the other day I was asked by a woman who just got her license what I would do if I was just starting out today.  This was my answer. She wanted my take on what I would do to be successful in today’s real estate market.  That’s a really good question, but at the…

Jerry Kidd

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…

Jerry Kidd

The BEST way to find new real estate buyers and sellers

With the start of the new year, you may be exploring new ways to generate business.  Maybe you are good with your tried and true methods of lead generation, but maybe you want to raise your game when it comes to creating CMA’s, neighborhood reports and more. Before you spend any money on that latest…

Jerry Kidd

New Years Resolutions for real estate agents!

As I write this, it is New Years Day, 2022. The past few years have been difficult to say the least. But many of us have actually thrived in the Covid environment and have learned new ways to keep on truckin! I think the Grateful Dead may have said it best from their 1977 song…