Great Habits For Improving Your Buisiness

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There are no quick fixes or shortcuts to becoming successful; no such thing as ‘get rich quick’ or overnight successes. Achieving success and establishing a flourishing business comes through a series of goals and steps by which to achieve them.  The path to a strong career and business is filled with personal and professional choices,…

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Mythbusters: CRM Systems

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Boy, the things we hear. You wouldn’t believe it – or maybe you would. Customer Relation Management (CRM) systems may be THE most misunderstood tool in any real estate agent’s toolkit. From the mundane – they’re too expensive! – to the weird – conspiracy theory: you’re being spied on! – myths about these super-useful systems…

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Using Technology to Optimize Your Website

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These days, having a website for your real estate practice is a no-brainer, as are a few components of it: great photography, fresh content, social media links. And, those are fun items to work on. Who doesn’t enjoy lovely pictures of homes? But for your site to work most effectively, you’ve got to get into…

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A Guide to the Do-Not-Call Registry

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Unwanted sales calls and texts are a common source of frustration for consumers. In fact, they are consistently among the top complaints consumers register with the FCC every year. The National Do-Not-Call Registry aims to protect consumers from these unwanted phone solicitations. While it has been around for over a decade, many still don’t entirely…

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Overcome Your Fear of Selling

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For too many people, the term ‘salesman’ conjures up clichés of the used car salesman or the 1992 movie about cutthroat salesmen, Glengarry Glen Ross. The principal character, played by Alec Baldwin, advertised a contest among the members of the sales team with the following pitch: “As you all know, first prize is a Cadillac…

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Real Estate Lead Generation Strategies

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Ask any top-producing agent how they stay busy, and you’ll hear the same thing: they never stop generating leads. Referrals are great (and who doesn’t love a warm lead?), but if your calendar depends solely on past clients or friends of friends, you’ll hit a ceiling — or worse, a dry spell. Today’s real estate…

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Make a Difference with Improved Interior Images

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We all know curb appeal is essential to marketing properties, and in today’s high-tech age, that doesn’t even mean an in-person look-see. Now, most buyers are reviewing potential homes online and judging whether they want to see a property based on photos, or “pix appeal”. No matter what your property looks like in person, without…

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Nurturing Referrals

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Many of us in the real estate business have heard it’s easier to keep current customers happy than to find new customers. In fact, referrals are the mother’s milk of almost any business but certainly so in real estate. Despite that, few professionals receive enough training and guidance on nurturing and retaining our clients and…

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Is Your Real Estate Website Converting?

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No matter how pretty your website may be, it’s not really working for you if it’s not converting visitors into prospects or leads. Let’s take a look at the key elements you can’t do without on your site. IDX Integration. To keep buyers coming to your site, you need to ensure they can see every…

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Blogging As A Lead Generation Strategy

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Does your real estate agent website include a blog? If you’re like most agents, chances are the answer is yes. Many website platforms today include a blog tab. Of course, if you use WordPress for one of your sites, a blog is instrumental to the design. So, the obvious next question: if you have a…

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Power of Video Marketing in Real Estate Prospecting

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Real estate video marketing has become one of the fastest ways for agents to connect with buyers and sellers. A short clip shows the details of a home, highlights the lifestyle of a neighborhood, and lets prospects meet you before they pick up the phone. More people spend time watching videos than reading long posts…

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The Marketing Journey: Part 6-Putting It Altogether

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Now it’s time for the fun stuff! The first five posts in this series were devoted to the stuff to which people pay little or no attention: business goals translated into marketing strategy, translated to communication strategy, translated to your brand idea, or the story you will tell prospects. An important aspect of this journey…

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The Marketing Journey: Part 5-Telling Your Story

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In today’s post, we build upon the message from Post 4 of this series which focused on Communication Strategies. Now we are into the mean of the marketing journey and that is: defining your brand idea or, more accurately, your brand story. It might help, however, to revisit the notion of branding, especially as relates…

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The Marketing Journey: Part 4-Communication Strategies

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In our previous post, we discussed the relationship of communication objectives to your overall business goals. We outlined examples of common communication objectives, such as: Create advocates by speaking to someone’s passion Inciting interest in your business Encouraging curiosity about what you have to say We took this a step further by suggesting the types…

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The Marketing Journey: Part 3-Communication Objectives

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In the first two posts of this 6-part series, we discussed: The importance of setting S.M.A.R.T. business objectives (specific, measurable, actionable, realistic, time-bound) as a prelude to developing a personal brand marketing program. Defining what role marketing will play in the process of achieving your business objectives. With today’s post, we move into communication: what…

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The Marketing Journey-Part 1: Business Objectives

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Brand marketing is often a mystery to many small business owners. This is particularly true for real estate agents who seem to believe that “selling harder” is always the answer to success. To be sure, nobody discounts the value of selling harder, using advanced technology such as Vulcan 7 or Espresso Agent to maximize lead generation…

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Should You Become A Broker?

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So you’ve had your real estate license for a few years. You’ve been successful listing properties and closing transactions and the next logical step seems to become a broker. Or is it? While getting a broker’s license comes with obvious rewards – chiefly, a higher paycheck – it’s not for everyone. Let’s take a look…

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Is Your Business Culture Millennial Friendly?

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Regardless of the size of your brokerage or real estate team, recruiting must always be a top priority. Even if you don’t have openings today, you may next week and it is critical to be proactive about recruiting in order to have a strong bench to support your business. In today’s post, we are going…

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