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How to Add 4 New Listings Every Month

by Tristen Peterson


A Step-by-Step Guide on how to fill your calendar every month with listing appointments   Half of the battle is over.  You've made a conscience decision that you are no longer going to focus on chasing buyers all over town to close more deals.  (If you need to be convinced why you should want to be paid $2500+ per hour vs. $238 per hour, READ THIS) Now, some of you are going to need a real action plan because if you just say "I'm never working with a buyer again,"...

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Why Old-School Marketing Strategies Cost You Money

by Brenda Armitage


Why Old-School Marketing Strategies Cost You Money

 Here’s a closer look at some old school marketing strategies and why they cost more money to generate business for you.   Eight-track tapes, rotary phones, video cassettes, cassette tapes, CD’s, phone booths, etc; they all played a significant part in our history as a maturing nation. But today, it’s almost impossible to find any of them anywhere other than a museum or a flea market. Why...because they’ve ‘old school” solutions that have...

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How to Maximize the Results You Get From Your Database

by Ann West


How to Maximize the Results You Get From Your Database

    Having a solid database full of prospects, past clients and members of your sphere is exciting as it represents a ton of great relationships and potential business. That said, not having a strategy in place to maximize the results you get from your database can render all of that opportunity virtually unattainable.When properly managed, your database can help you to effectively contact and nurture the folks you’ve chosen with whom to stay in touch with. Doing this will...

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A Complete Strategy to Nail Your Listing Appointments - Part 3

by Liana Gonzalez


A Complete Strategy to Nail Your Listing Appointments - Part 3

    Here in the final installment of this three-part blog series, we’re going to take you from the listing presentation into the home stretch to discuss pricing and then get your paperwork signed.   Once you’ve gotten into you listing presentation, you need to be looking for two specific things: 1) signs that your seller prospects are tracking with you and 2) buying signals letting you know it’s time to stop your listing presentation and move on to pricing...

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A Complete Strategy to Nail Your Listing Appointments - Part 2

by Luis santiago


A Complete Strategy to Nail Your Listing Appointments - Part 2

    In part 1 of this series, we talked about how to prepare yourself - and your sellers - for the time you’re going to spend at their home.   By the time you get to the front door of the seller’s home, they should be moderately familiar with who you are, what you do and how you’re going to be able to help them achieve their goals.   As well, you should be very familiar with the seller’s timing, motivation and the goals they’re looking...

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How to Add 4 New Listings Every Month

by Alefe Oliveira


A Step-by-Step Guide on how to fill your calendar every month with listing appointments   Half of the battle is over.  You've made a conscience decision that you are no longer going to focus on chasing buyers all over town to close more deals.  (If you need to be convinced why you should want to be paid $2500+ per hour vs. $238 per hour, READ THIS) Now, some of you are going to need a real action plan because if you just say "I'm never working with a buyer again,"...

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Why Old-School Marketing Strategies Cost You Money

by Sarah Moore


Why Old-School Marketing Strategies Cost You Money

 Here’s a closer look at some old school marketing strategies and why they cost more money to generate business for you.   Eight-track tapes, rotary phones, video cassettes, cassette tapes, CD’s, phone booths, etc; they all played a significant part in our history as a maturing nation. But today, it’s almost impossible to find any of them anywhere other than a museum or a flea market. Why...because they’ve ‘old school” solutions that have...

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How to Use Content Marketing to Grow Your Brand

by Carrie Juliao


How to Use Content Marketing to Grow Your Brand

    Content marketing is a buzzword across most industries these days.   According to the Content Marketing Institute, over 89 percent of brands use content marketing to grow their business. Though many don’t realize it, content marketing is especially important for small businesses.   Many small businesses don’t have massive budgets to invest in advertising or other expensive marketing strategies and tactics to grow their brand. Content marketing...

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What has to be sent before every listing appointment

by Lori Ross


What has to be sent before every listing appointment

    So you set yourself a listing appointment. Before you give yourself a richly-deserved pat on the back, you need to make sure you’re in position to win the listing long before you get there. Showing up “cold” without selling yourself a bit before the listing appointment can put you at a huge disadvantage when it comes time to getting the listing agreement signed. With a little pre-listing strategy and a small amount of effort, you can make the sale...

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What Never to do When Expanding Your Business or Growing a Real Estate Team

by Cecille Joan Fianza


What Never to do When Expanding Your Business or Growing a Real Estate Team

    It’s exciting when the time comes to grow your business - either as a team or to expand to another location. What accompanies this excitement, however, are a number of decisions to be made and actions to be taken so that things turn out the best possible for you and everyone involved. And, while you can’t control everything that happens as you expand your enterprise, you can control what you decide to do and how you’re going to handle things. The most...

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