I came across a really interesting post today on Social Media Examiner – 4 Ways to Use Twitter to Capture Customers. Great read on how local businesses can (and are) using Twitter to connect with local people and turn them into customers.
There are great examples for other types of local businesses, but what really caught [...]
Today’s Web 2.0 post is one from the Duct Tape Marketing blog by John Jantsch: Yelp, Changing the local game some more. I’ve talked about taking advantage of Google Local to get better local visibility for your business, and I use Yelp myself. But I hadn’t really considered the importance of being on more than [...]
Do you have a mobile presence? What that means is, there are 123 million people in the US alone using their cell phones to text message and access the internet. Are you reaching them? Wouldn’t you like to?
Now, I’m no mobile marketing professional, so if you are looking for more info on reaching potential and [...]
It’s the New Year – everyone is making resolutions and big plans for 2010. This is a great time for you to show your clients that you care as much about them having a great 2010 as they do. A great way to do this is get in touch with them and provide really valuable [...]
Today’s Web 2.0 Wrap-up is a very exciting (I think) post from Geek Estate Blog about a new Wordpress plugin from Diverse Solutions for their IDX. If you’re not familiar with IDX, it is a way of connecting your website to your MLS in order to display your listings. I’m not sure of all the [...]
In my coaching, I am dedicated to helping the Realtors® I work with build a business based on referrals and repeat clients. I know how much of a difference it made in my own life when I was selling real estate – I went from having the undependable ebb and flow of a real estate [...]
Today’s Web 2.0 wrap-up is a great recycled post from The Real Estate Tomato, Exactly How The Long Tail In Real Estate Blogging Will Bring The Ready-To-Act Home Buyer. Jim talks about the importance of using long-tail keywords when blogging, because it actually lets you control the type of buyer clients you attract (just looking [...]
One of my all time favorite writers is Seth Godin. He is a marketing genius. In fact, I strongly recommend All Marketers Are Liars ~ The Power of Telling Authentic Stories in a Low-Trust World. Godin explores worldview and the importance of understanding the story going on in the mind of both consumer and marketer. The stories vary drastically, so it’s important to explore this thoroughly.
Reading this book made me shift my sales mentality and really focus on my clients.
Whatever the size of your current client base, it only makes sense to nurture and carefully care for them. One of the biggest mistakes marketer’s make is NOT keeping touch on a regular basis.When you nurture the people you work for with a little extra care and attention, they begin to see you as an asset opposed to just someone who wants them to spend their money. This one fact alone will catapult you ahead of your competition.
The Federal Reserve made a surprise 0.750% rate cut this morning.
Mortgage rates are falling in response, but not because of what the Fed did as much as what the Fed implied by doing it.
The chart above dated from last week and illustrates what traders thought the Fed would do to the Fed [...]
Thursday, February 25, 2010
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