Make 2014 Your Best Year Ever by Changing One Thing That You Do (or don’t do!)

The end of the year and the beginning of the new year are only days away as I write this post. I was thinking about what to write about this week and felt that I should concentrate on something that can a make a big impact in the bottom line of real estate agents. Towards…

Jerry Kidd

5 Simple Steps to a rock star LinkedIn profile!

If you had a way to create an advertisement that worked for you 24/7/365 would you do it?  What if I said that it was free and that you could get it done in a few hours?  Would you do it then?  What if I told you that it reached nearly 100 million Americans, most…

Jerry Kidd

Linkedin May Be Just What You Need

When most people talk about “Social Media,” they only concentrate on Facebook and Twitter. While these are the biggest social media sites, they are certainly not the only ones doing well. LinkedIn has managed to gather approximately 259 million users (84 million in the US) and is now one of the most influential social media…

10 Things That You Got Wrong About Video Marketing (and what to do about them)

When it comes to generating more leads and sales, have you ever considered online videos as a potential marketing tool? Unfortunately, many agents still are not using online videos in their marketing funnels. Consumer video viewing has grown tremendously over the past few years, and it’s expected to continue. In fact, approximately 100 million internet…

SMM 101 for real estate agents – Part Five

This is the fifth in a series of five posts on social media marketing for agents. Using Social Media to Promote Your Business Since the Internet was first introduced, the world has become consumed with all of the digital and technological advances it has to offer. The most significant revolution in the internet phenomenon is…

SMM 101 for real estate agents – Part Four

This is the fourth in a series of five posts on social media marketing for agents. Social Media: The Affordable Marketing Solution It is quite difficult to understand why an agent would want to spend a fortune on conventional advertising when there are new and advanced methods that are less expensive and that actually generate…

SMM 101 for real estate agents – Part Three

This is the third in a series of five posts on social media marketing for agents. Social Media Considerations for Agents If you are still wondering whether or not you should join the Social Media explosion, you are probably losing potential business to your direct competitors who are using it. The question you should be…

SMM 101 for real estate agents – Part Two

This is the second in a series of five posts on social media marketing for agents. Social Media is Worth the Time Social media is a very important marketing tool for businesses today. Everywhere you go, people are on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google+, Pinterest and any other social network that connects people with others. Since…

SMM 101 for real estate agents – Part One

Recently I taught the newly rewritten GRI (Graduate of the REALTOR® Institute) “Technology Applications in Real Estate” course at a local Association of REALTORS®.  Before the class began, several of the students in the class were loudly opining to each other how worthless they thought that Facebook was and what a colossal waste of time…

9 things that you got wrong about reputation management!

In this age of social media and technology, it is sometimes easy to forget this fact:  Just as the internet can have a positive effect on your business, it can also have some extremely damaging effects.  As you probably know, before choosing a real estate agent to do business with, many consumers go online to…