For as long as I can remember I have been intrigued by the process of finding new clients. As a real estate agent back in the mid-80s I had to find a steady stream of new people who needed my services. Then, as now, the competition was strong…there seemed to be too many real estate…
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With Ninety-two percent of buyers using the internet in some way in their home search process and 50 percent of buyers using a mobile website or application in their home search, getting found via a Google search is critically important. (Source: NAR 2014 PROFILE OF HOME BUYERS AND SELLERS, page 6) Reread the above sentence. Did…
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Every once in a while I run across a picture that has a bunch of text in it that I would like to edit or copy. I don’t necessarily want the actual picture, I just want the text so that I can use the content in something else. Other times I just want to grab…
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I like to read. My tastes include historical fiction, science fiction, military fiction and suspense thrillers. That’s just on the fiction side of things. I also like to read non fiction which includes biographies, popular physics, computer how to books and books on marketing topics. But, some of the most useful books that I read…
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While noodling around the Apple App store recently, I ran across a cool little iPhone app (sorry Android users) that aims to make life a little easier for real estate agents. It’s called Real Estate Agent Assistant and it is offered by AppEzzy, an app developer who has quite a stable of apps for sale.…
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Every November the National Association of REALTORS® gets together to celebrate all things REALTOR®, debate issues, come up with new ideas and party like mad. All of which is only of mild interest to me. But, one thing does happen during this annual convention that I find absolutely essential to EVERY REALTOR®. And that is…
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Recently I received a Facebook message from a former co-worker telling me about her new venture. Since I was vacationing at the time, I didn’t spend any time checking it out. But today I did. Here is the message: Remember that company that we talked about over a year ago? It just went live! This…
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I’m about 75% of the way through a kitchen remodel. I’m also about 90% of the way through a floor replacement project as well. To say that my life at home these days is chaotic would be an understatement at the least! The reason that I tell you this is because the disruption has got…
DetailsOne of my favorite social sites is LinkedIn. I say this is because usage is especially high among people with college degrees, higher income earners and people between 50 – 64 years of age. (According to Pew Research Center) If you think about it, some of the people most likely to be selling their homes…
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I often am asked how an agent can use social media and social networking to get more web site visitors. I’ve compiled my ten best answers for you. Here then are 10 tips for using social media to drive traffic to your sites… 1. Complete your profile. When you first open your Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn…
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