Overcome Your Fear of Selling
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…
Read MoreReal Estate Lead Generation Strategies
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…
Read MoreMake a Difference with Improved Interior Images
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…
Read MoreNurturing Referrals
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…
Read MoreIs Your Real Estate Website Converting?
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…
Read MoreBlogging As A Lead Generation Strategy
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…
Read MoreThe Marketing Journey: Part 6-Putting It Altogether
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…
Read MoreThe Marketing Journey: Part 5-Telling Your Story
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…
Read MoreThe Marketing Journey: Part 4-Communication Strategies
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…
Read MoreThe Marketing Journey: Part 3-Communication Objectives
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…
Read MoreThe Marketing Journey-Part 1: Business Objectives
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…
Read MoreShould You Become A Broker?
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…
Read MoreIs Your Business Culture Millennial Friendly?
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…
Read MoreReal Estate Prospecting: 5 Tips For A More Effective Website Experience
For top agents, real estate prospecting often begins in the morning, probably working the phones (of course, using leads secured through Vulcan 7!). But one thing that is often dismissed when it comes to a holistic approach to real estate prospecting is the value of your website. In fact, it’s not unusual to hear agents bemoaning…
Read MoreReal Estate Prospecting and Your Value Proposition
Real estate prospecting pits you against the world, every other hungry real estate agent looking to nail down the next prospect and close the next deal. Everybody’s aggressive and promising the moon. Everybody is selling their passion and attention to detail. So, why should the prospect listen to you? What sets you apart from the…
Read MoreLead Generation Success Starts With a Strong Team
Lead generation is the lifeblood of every successful agent. But you may get to the point where more leads are wearing you out if you’re on your own. Maybe you’re experiencing burn-out? If this is the case, maybe it’s time to begin building a team around you. What’s it take to build a strong team?…
Read MoreLead Generation Important? Get Focused.
As a successful real estate agent, you have more on your plate than the average person, especially if you lead a successful team. Every day you deal with myriad closing details, new listing presentations, managing fragile egos and constant interruptions from texts, emails, and calls. We can’t forget lead generation, the lifeblood of top agents.…
Read MoreLead Generation And The Power of Mindset
Lead generation excellence separates the good from the great real estate agents. In fact, it’s probably not a stretch to assume that the top 1% of the 1 million plus agents got there because of powerful lead generation habits. Vulcan 7 has identified a number of intangibles that drive super agents: Great sellers exhibit high…
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