Thoughts on Real Estate Marketing…

This week I’ve been thinking about “Coming late to the party.” Our county and state election primary is next Tuesday and this week our mailbox has been filled with “Vote for me” ads – but a whole lot of people have already voted absentee, so those ads are simply wasted paper, ink, and postage. It’s [...]

Everyone who uses Active Rain has a few reasons why they love it. For one thing, it’s fun. We get to read both serious information and pure nonsense, and we get to know people and look forward to hearing what they have to contribute. For me, it’s educational. Since I write about real estate for [...]

If you have a real estate specialty, or niche, then yes, your real estate agent bio should mention it. Sometimes real estate agents tell me that they don’t want to advertise their niche – or even have a niche – because they’re afraid that they’ll lose business. But think about that. When you go looking [...]

In this week’s real estate ezine I urged my readers to get out there and make themselves more visible online. It might be by: finally creating their own website joining Active Rain and blogging or commenting commenting on blogs that allow them to leave their URL answering real estate questions on real estate portals setting [...]

Plenty of business people do. I see it online. I see in in print ads. And it’s not just real estate people telling it – it’s everyone from our local accountant to garage mechanics to insurance salesmen to building contractors. It annoys me first because it’s a lie. It annoys me second because it’s a [...]

If you ask why one agent prospers when another fails, most will point to a few things: Luck Location – and market conditions in that location Skill Persistence Hard work And of course all those things do play a part. But what lies at the root of those things? Your belief system, and how you [...]

Or are you afraid that prospecting to FSBO sellers might make you seem too “pushy?” Because they’re trying to sell without the aid of a real estate agent, you might think they don’t want to hear from you. And you’d be right about some of them. But not all. Some of them may be trying [...]

If you’ve been in real estate for long, you’ve had cranky clients. You’ve had transactions with glitches that were difficult. You may have even made some mistakes. You’ve also had some clients who couldn’t be pleased no matter what you did, but this isn’t about them. This is about the ones who had a genuine [...]

Do you use open houses to gather real estate leads? Sometimes they work, and sometimes all you get for your trouble is a few hours alone. That’s pretty frustrating if you’ve gone to the trouble to send invitations and provide refreshments. So try this instead: When you close on a home sale, let your client [...]

Business cards are some of the least expensive but most effective marketing pieces you can buy. Unfortunately, too many people keep them stowed away in a desk drawer instead of handy in their pockets. Your business card should do two things: Reveal both your name and your face – so that people who don’t remember [...]