By now you have probably used a blast email service to contact your sphere of influence. The convenience of email is truly great. You simply select a blast email provider, upload your list of emails, write your email and hit send. Just like that you have sent 100s of targeted messages to people who will…
I’ve talked about this before and I am going to talk about it again today. You have to have a way to capture those text messages between you and your clients so that you can store them with your transactions. Since so much communication gets done with text, email and voicemail, ignoring saving those messages…
As i write this we are in the last few weeks of the year. That means that we’ll soon begin the task of preparing for the annual meeting with our tax preparers! Many of us have great systems in place for keeping track of business spending, so this process is no big deal. But for…
Last week I gave you some quick tips on getting started on Google My Business. This week I’ll go a little deeper on explaining what it actually is. Google My Business is an invaluable tool for any REALTOR®. Understanding the fundamentals of this platform will increase your chances of being found in local and mobile…
Have you ever taken a step back and really looked at the life cycle of a client? If you haven’t, it’s worth your time to do so, as each step of the way can be improved with technology tools that are either free or low cost. Obviously anything that you can do to improve your…
As a followup to last week’s post, here are a few things to keep in mind to ensure you are more efficient with your participation in social networks and continue to work toward your goals. (Here is the link to last week’s post: https://realtytechbytes.com/the-social-weba-boon-for-real-estate-agents) Have a plan for your social media. Are you going to use…
It’s time to revisit one of the biggest problems faced by all of us. I’ve written about it before and even reviewed a couple of products that purport to solve the problem. But, either my words fall on deaf ears (or aren’t even heard in the first place) because it keeps rearing it’s ugly head.…
Sometime ago Microsoft announced that Windows XP would no longer be supported on April 8, 2014. Here are the details: http://windows.microsoft.com/eos In the same announcement, they also said that Microsoft Office 2003 has reached the end of its life and would also be unsupported as of that date. What does this really mean to you…
I spent a very enjoyable day on Thursday at MacWorld/iWorld as two friends and I wandered the aisles of the Expo and took in a couple of classes on the second floor. Last year’s MacWorld was renamed “iPad Case World” by another friend because it seemed that nearly every vendor was selling some sort of…
I met the future of real estate agents today, and I have to say that I am impressed. I’ll tell you about it shortly, but first, a little background on how I came to make this statement. For the last few months I have been under contract with a local real estate association to visit…
