Preparing For Your Best 2021 Starts Now

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By Jef Conn It’s hard to believe that this year has simultaneously flown by in what feels like three days while it’s also felt 312 years long. I don’t know about you, but I’ve learned a lot in 2020 that I hope to implement in my 2021 business. I hear from brokers and agents all across the country who are …

9 Tech Tools to Improve Your Customer Service, Recession-Proof Your Business

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By Lee Davenport “I just didn’t feel like she was putting in the effort needed to sell my home.” Whoa. Mic and jaw drop. This is not a hypothetical statement. I recently spoke to a homeowner who is beyond the point of frustration with his previous agent—whom he fired—due to the terrible service he received. Double yikes. These are not …

Use Social Media to Update an Old School Marketing Tool

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By Lee Davenport The year 2020 has been a lot of things to a lot of people. But for real estate pros, this can and should be the year that your business explodes with the help of social media. Don’t sleep on fact that social media has the power to connect you to people during this moment in time when …

How Starbucks Fast-Tracked My Real Estate Career—And I’m Not Talking About the Caffeine

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By Rebecca Donatelli Anyone who knows me knows that I love coffee. I usually drink four or five cups per day—no exaggeration. In fact, it’s rare to run into me without a coffee in hand. My friends know it, my clients know it, even my favorite home inspector knows it (the first time I showed up at one of his …

Under the Sells-Scope: ‘Answer the Public’ to Grow Your Business

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By Lee Davenport Do you wish you could attract more of the public to your business? Maybe AnswerThePublic.com can help. AnswerThePublic.com is a search insight tool. Enter a keyword, phrase, or topic (such as real estate) and the results will show questions people are asking on Google and Bing on the subject. It could be helpful in researching what types …

We’re Halfway Through 2019: Time to Take Stock

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By Matt Clements I love the start of summer. It’s baseball season! We’re in the top of the 4th, and by this time of the game (year), you likely have scored at least several times. Perhaps, you’ve already made more than 60% of your income for the year. Is that true? It’s very likely. June a great time to take …

4 Real Estate Marketing Dos and Don’ts

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By Drew Heasley I want to share some smart and efficient ways to spend your precious marketing dollars, as well as some tips for avoiding high-cost, low-producing marketing. The key is to find the marketing plan that works for you and stick with it. 1. Don’t sign a contract for a marketing program. You should never have to sign a …

What the Super Bowl in Atlanta Revealed About Social Media Magic

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By Lee Davenport You may not have been in Atlanta to experience Super Bowl LIII but a quick scroll of the related hashtags will have you reliving some of the greatest moments of the week as if you were there. Capturing and memorializing such cherished experiences that sparks engagement, camaraderie, and a warm-fuzzy brand sentiment is the definition of social …

Turn Objections into Sales Opportunities

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By Lee Davenport No. I’m not interested. Some other time. You don’t have to call me, I’ll call you. If you’re “single and ready to mingle” this Valentine’s Day, you may know these are words of rejection. No means no in dating, PERIOD. But in the world of residential real estate—where everyone needs a place to live—these words can be used …

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Attract and Retain More Millennial Clients

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By Dale Swanton Millennials are all grown up! The generation that came of age around the turn of the century are now in their 20s and 30s. While generational groups can be difficult to define with any specificity, the Pew Research Center, one of the country’s leading research institutions, considers millennials to be those born between 1981 and 1996, making …