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September 2007

What is old is new again!

Sep. 27, 2007
Categorized in: Marketing Tips

It's baacck! That's right, walking your neighborhood "farm" area is back and just as successful as it was in the past! You may have thought that fancy brochures or e-mail campaigns or refusing to practice the art of farming (that is; choosing a neighborhood and working to develop a rapport with those that live within that area by walking through the area and knocking on the doors of those who live there and introducing yourself and letting them know that you are the expert in that area so if they know of anyone who wants to buy or sell in that are you are the one to call...whew, more on the "how tos" in the next post) was dead, or a thing of the past. We were all wrong!

As "high tech" as we are in this business, it is the "high touch" aspect that keeps us successful in the practice of real estate. More and more REALTORS are finding out in order to be competitive in today's marketplace -- no matter what your market may be -- they must adopt new (or old) techniques to connect with people who want to buy or sell real estate; high touch techniques.

Next time we'll talk about how to set up and cultivate "farms" to insure that they will be successful.

Taking care of you!

Sep. 26, 2007
Categorized in: Welcome to my Blog!
Tagged with: personal coaching

Are you happy with what you are doing? Do you want to make more money? Do you want less stress? Do you want to improve your day-to-day organization in real estate?

It is possible. It will take a little time; maybe a lot. It will take some money; maybe more than a little. It will mean a commitment of time and energy on your part - and most probably lots of it. More importantly it will mean you will have to make changes in the way you do business.

With that last statement I may have lost you. Not a single person likes that word; change (or it is the rare person who says they like it, but I don't know if I trust that they really like change).Why? Because change never means just one minor small change. Change usually means lots of changes; small, medium, and large and a lot of effort to break old habits.

If by some miracle you are still with me, I want you to sit down and write what you sincerely enjoy about what you do on the left hand side of a piece of paper. Be honest. Take your time.

On the right hand side I want you to write what you don't like, what you have trouble with, what you need help with, what you want to improve on.

Next you need to find someone who can help you. In real estate that can mean many things from sitting down with your broker and asking them for their help and advise, asking a more experienced and successful agent for their help, to hiring a "personal coach." But moving forward and working on getting that "right hand side" of the list changed so that they move to the "left hand side" of the list, is a must if you want to start enjoying real estate and making the money your efforts deserve.

If you are still with me; congratulations! Go ahead. Try changing. You just may like the results.