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The Truth About Discounting Your Commission
by Carmen Murray
Buffett’s quote is particularly applicable in the case of real estate sales. Unfortunately, many home sellers don’t appreciate what this means until after they’ve sold their home with an agent who’s cut their commission. Despite the fact that even in a smoking hot market like 2017, only 33% of sellers were able to sell their home for full price (or net full price), sellers are still willing to work with agents who discount their commission. Even...
Read MoreHow to Add 4 New Listings Every Month
by Carmen Murray
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 MoreFacebook Leads vs Google Real Estate Leads
by Carmen Murray
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 MoreDon't Spend another dime on lead gen until you read this!
by Carmen Murray
Buyers vs Sellers...what's your focus? One can pay you $2500 per hour and the other can pay $238 We did a study with a group of agents to find out how much time was being spent with buyers vs sellers. We knew that buyers took more time but the results were UNBELIEVABLE! The average amount of the agent’s time it took to close a buyer deal : 21 HOURS!!! The average amount of the agent’s time it took to close a seller deal : 2 HOURS!!!...
Read MoreHow to Use Content Marketing to Grow Your Brand
by Carmen Murray
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...
Read MoreHow to Stop the Bleeding in Your Lead Conversion Strategy
by Carmen Murray
The single largest source of financial “bleeding” in your real estate business is leads that are either poorly followed up with or not followed up with at all. Hands down. CTA What’s worse is that in almost every case, it’s pretty much preventable as you and/or your team members have control over all the reasons that it happens. This is not to say that you’re...
Read MoreHow to Contact More of Your Leads
by Carmen Murray
Which are better for you? “Sales is a contact sport. It takes contact to make sales.” Jim Thomas, FM Consulting Every sales journey starts with some sort of contact. An email, a text, a phone call, a handwritten note...no matter what the medium, a contact is needed to start the process. Find out how we can help you contact more of your leads, faster than ever. Click here for details. Your ultimate goal is to get in front of your prospects so you can earn their business...
Read MoreHow to Step Out of Your Business At the Right Time
by Carmen Murray
I’ve spoken with thousands of agents in the last several years and the goal for almost all of them is to become true CEO of their business. As the true CEO, they have the luxury of working if they want to and not working if they don’t. And if they want to step out of the business and let it run without them, that’s an option too. In my experience, however, what I’ve found is that most agents step out production and get...
Read MoreHow to Overcome Inconsistency and Grow A Successful Team
by Carmen Murray
Every agent goes through changes in their business and each of those changes moves them through different stages towards building a bigger, better more successful real estate business. There’s no time frame for how long it takes to get to each stage, nor is there a time limit as to how long you’ll stay. CTA One of the biggest challenges most agents face is inconsistency - inconsistency in...
Read MoreHow to hire an Inside Sales Agent ( ISA ) and get results...fast.
by Carmen Murray
When you bring your Inside Sales Agent ( ISA ) onboard, you’ll want this person to be a beast on the phone as soon as humanly possible. Certainly, there are a lot of moving parts involved in the process and being derailed by the details about what to do and when could easily hamper your results. The good news is that if you do what we recommend here, your ISA can hit the ground running in no time and start producing qualified listing appointments virtually...
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