Archive for the 'Real Estate Agent' Category

Call Capture is Turning Good Real Estate Agencies Into Great Businesses

Monday, July 26th, 2010

Call capture is one of the trade secrets that many successful real estate agencies use, and can provide the distinction between struggling businesses and booming operations. Simply put, call capture can be defined as any telephone-based technology that is used to obtain personal information from potential clients. The type of information generally gathered is the [...]

5 Reasons You Need a Listing in Real Estate Directories

Thursday, July 22nd, 2010

Did you ever consider that perhaps you should list your contact information in real estate directories? That thought has occurred to a lot of people. A number of them actually acted on that thought. Most just look at it for a while, then dismiss the thought. It is sometimes because they don’t know where to [...]

Real Estate Marketing – How to Write Follow-Up Letters

Monday, July 19th, 2010

Hopefully, your real estate website has a capture page for buyers to tell you what they’re looking for, and another capture page where sellers can get an idea of their home’s worth in the current market.
If you’ve taken it a step further, you also offer a special report to buyers or sellers or one for [...]

Top 10 Tips For Generating New Leads

Thursday, July 15th, 2010

Without good solid leads any real estate business will be in trouble. So how can you generate leads without resorting to cold calling? Here are our Top 10 Tips for Generating New Leads;
1. Have a compelling marketing message. Be prepared to convince people why they should do business with you. Know what sets you apart, [...]

You’ve Closed the Deal…Don’t Lose the Relationship

Monday, July 12th, 2010

It happens too often that after an agent closes the deal that he gets out of the way and moves on to the next customer. Happy to have closed the deal that took months to complete, commission check in hand, looking for other opportunities that will pay off immediately.
After a deal closes, there are [...]

Importance of Networking For Real Estate Agents

Thursday, July 8th, 2010

Networking is one of the key powers that decide whether or not a businessman will become successful in the longer run. Power of social networking has been harnessed ever since the businesses started functioning. Different businesses require different levels of networking. Some of the businesses are built around communities while others don’t really indulge with [...]

Business Lead Generation For Real Estate Agents and Brokers

Tuesday, July 6th, 2010

13 ways to strike customer gold with LEAD GENERATION
It’s a new business out there today. Time for new goals. If you’re new, you will need to learn how to prospect for clients by lead generation. For you seasoned agents, how about increasing your customer base through some good old-fashioned prospecting? You will look for who [...]

Should Real Estate Agents Blog?

Monday, June 28th, 2010

You’re a real estate agent. You have a professional web site provided by your Broker. Heck, you even paid big bucks for your own web site with a fancy design. Why in the world would you want to blog? And who really has the time to blog?
My turn to ask you a question. What distinguishes [...]

5 Great Features of Text Message Flyers For Real Estate

Monday, June 21st, 2010

As you may have heard, the use of text messages to advertise business and engage customers is at the base of a very steep incline. The use of mobile marketing is set to grow over 2,700% over the next four years.
Just as the Internet changed the way a real estate agent markets a property and [...]

Top 10 Tips For Property Photos

Thursday, June 17th, 2010

Something home hunters are always hungry for as they sift through online listings is a good set of photos, after all, a picture tells a thousand words.
Photos often provide the client’s first impression of a property, and can intrigue a prospective buyer as easily as they can turn a buyer off completely.
Simple as it might [...]