Thoughts on Marketing…

Today more and more people are using social networking sites and personal blogs to get their message out to potential clients and customers. Unfortunately, many of them are “shooting themselves in the foot” with the way their messages are presented. If you’re using these methods to reach and expand your audience, stop and think about [...]

Did you even know there was such a day? I didn’t, until I got an email with the video in this Active Rain post. It’s good that there’s a day to call attention to how much we affect the world and people around us, but it would be even better if we’d remember every day. [...]

A few years ago a writer had to convince an editor that their words were valid before they went into print. Even then, some of what we read was not good advice. Now that anyone can have a website and/or a blog, there’s not even an editor to convince. Anyone can write anything they please. [...]

When you write marketing copy, you hope to persuade. But as it turns out, some of the more popular words that marketers choose have the opposite effect – they ANNOY. A recent Active Rain post posed the question: “Which words make you disregard a marketing message?” Here are some of the replies: Paradigm shift hard-worker [...]

Marketing your services as a real estate agent is one of those things most instructors forgot to teach when you were getting that license. And yet, if you don’t do it well, you won’t have a chance to use any of the other things you learned. And it isn’t easy. You can spend thousands of [...]

E-mail is a wonderful way to reach a large number of people for little cost. But it won’t do you any good if it goes straight into the delete file. The first step is to pass the “glance test” and to create a friendly feeling in the minds of your readers. First pay attention to [...]

Prospecting is one of those activities that real estate agents know they must do, but one that gets shoved to the bottom of the list during busy times. They’ll probably remember to hand out a business card when they meet someone new, but getting a marketing piece written and sent to their sphere of influence [...]

I often get emails and calls from agents who really are embarrassed to admit that they need a copywriter. I find that embarrassment strange. Some of those same agents have no trouble hiring a professional photographer to help them show their listings in the best light. They have no problem with hiring a stager, either. [...]

The Law of Attraction says that whatever you think about with emotion will become a part of your life… So if you’re working in a niche that causes you to emotionally react in a negative way, you’re bringing misery upon yourself. If you’re dealing with short sales, divorce, or death, give this some thought. Are [...]

Use the rule of threes to keep your marketing message moving forward.