This is Why There is No Such Thing as a Bad Lead
by Kathy Shearer
“These leads are junk!” You’ve either heard it or said it about one lead source or another in your real estate career. I’m here to tell you that there’s no such thing as a bad lead. Find out how to get a steady stream of solid listing leads in your market. Notice I didn’t say that every name that pops into your CRM is a good name, that every phone number you get is a good phone number and that every email address is the right address. We’ve...
Read MoreA Complete Strategy to Nail Your Listing Appointments - Part 3
by James Denson
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...
Read MoreFacebook Leads vs Google Real Estate Leads
by Michael Givens
Which are better for you? In many instances, Facebook and Google are competitors in the same space vying both for online viewers and advertising dollars. From a practical standpoint, Facebook and Google are platforms that any sharp business owner could use at the same time to increase visibility and lead generation in the quest to build their customer base. Click here to get find out how to get access to the highest quality listing leads in your area. The strategies for each are different...
Read MoreWhy Agents WASTE 97% of their leads
by Jason Kunzman
With budgets ranging from $100 to $60,000 per month, it is imperative that you understand exactly how to not waste a single lead you pay for! The single biggest mistake made by agents who are trying to grow their business is focusing solely on lead generation. You could have the lowest cost per lead and the most leads out of your entire market, but IF YOU CANNOT CLOSE THEM...IT MEANS NOTHING! Agents waste up to 97% of their leads due to lack of understanding how to maximize...
Read MoreHow to Maximize the Results You Get From Your Database
by John Parrinello
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...
Read MoreHow to Add 4 New Listings Every Month
by Taylor Delph
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,"...
Read MoreWhy Old-School Marketing Strategies Cost You Money
by Saihou Drammeh
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...
Read MoreA Complete Strategy to Nail Your Listing Appointments - Part 3
by Tammy McCurdy
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...
Read MoreA Complete Strategy to Nail Your Listing Appointments - Part 2
by Patricia Lanzilotta
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...
Read MoreBREAKING: Expansion May Be the Best Way to Destroy Your Net Worth
by Lynnette Boudet
To expand or not to expand, that is the question. Many agents have dreams of building a big, powerful business that not only takes care of their employees and agents but also of themselves and their families. In the last several years, some of the “big box” companies out there have been facilitating expansion strategies to help agents do just that. While expansion has helped some who’ve taken advantage of the strategy grow their influence...
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