This week’s Web 2.0 Wrap-up comes off the Oodle blog. You’re probably familiar with CraigsList, an online classified service where you can post your listings. Oodle is very similar. But they’ve added a very cool feature, that allows you to share your new listings (whether they’re homes, or just household items you need to get [...]
Today’s web 2.0 wrap-up comes from a really cool post by Jeremy Blanton on Active Rain – 3 SmartPhone Applications to make you a social media genius. I love social media. I’m on Twitter and Facebook all the time, and love connecting with Real Estate Agents, friends and new people. Who knows, I may end [...]
In the real estate business, our contacts, network and database are the lifeblood of our business. If you use a Blackberry or an iPhone and depend on it to store your contacts, what happens if you lose your phone (or drop it in the pool, or accidentally sit on it, you get the picture) and [...]
Since you did your quarterly, Back to School review last week, now is a great time to look for missed opportunities and areas that are ripe with business building potential.
I came across a post at the Sales Lead Association blog that had some statistics that might be really eye-opening for some people.
It is shocking that [...]
Staying in frequent contact with your database is a great way to stay front-of-mind, and be the Realtor® they think of when they’re ready to buy or sell, or they meet someone that needs a referal to a great agent. But constantly sending promotional and salesy materials is a good way to get people wanting [...]
Relocation is a particularly stressful time for clients, as they are dealing with not only the purchase (and possibly) sale of a home, but also adjusting to an unfamiliar area, a new job and the unknown.
Anything you can do to make life a little easier – and their transition a little smoother – will be [...]
If you have kids, you probably know what a crazy time of year Back to School can be. I don’t, but have enough friends and clients with kids to see it! It seems like every school starts on a different day, at a different time. I can’t imagine juggling trying to get kids of different [...]
Whatever your thoughts on the current economic climate are, it never hurts to check in on your client retention, and see if it’s working as effectively as you like.
I encourage all my coaching clients to work on developing a business that relies strongly on repeat and referral clients. One great way to get started on [...]
We know it’s important to let friends and family know what we do. At the same time, we have a marketing budget to ensure we’re on top of people’s minds for their real estate needs.
There’s another key element to marketing, and it goes well beyond traditional advertising. Wonder what it is? It’s networking and becoming [...]
So you have an account at Twitter. Maybe you’ve developed some relationships, gotten some new followers, and aren’t sure what to do next. Try a TweetUp!
Today’s Web 2.0 Wrap-Up is a great post from Diane Guercio on ActiveRain – Get Better Known at a TweetUp. TweetUp’s are local gatherings of people on Twitter, and it’s [...]
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
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