Archive for 'referrals'

Are You Skipping Over the Commercial?

Anand Patel

Anand Patel

By Anand Patel

The invention of the DVR was a beautiful thing. According to ACNielson, the marketing research firm, by 2011 more than 40 percent of U.S. households had DVRs giving families the ability to breeze right over TV commercials and get right back into their favorite shows. Who wants to watch annoying commercials for products and services you have no interest in, ...

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What is Your Referability?

Jason O'Neil

By Jason O’Neil

Referrals, referrals, referrals. We all get them and we all want more. We want referrals from our lenders, our title reps, our barbers, our past clients, and we especially want them from other agents. We love referrals because they are easy leads. They are not faceless Internet leads or the sometimes abrupt sign calls; they are real people who are friends ...

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Take Advantage of Your Relationships

Cory Brewer

By Cory Brewer

I was recently a guest on a local radio show to discuss my brokerage and our services.  The platform for the show revolves around business, finance, and real estate…and the other two guests on the program were an investment fund manager and a representative from a non-profit group advocating cancer research.  It was a well-rounded group and we had some good conversation ...

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Minding the Gap

Jason O'Neil

By Jason O’Neil

One of the places where I have focused my business is on referrals and past clients. This isn’t unique. But the way I look at it is unique, and it has to do with what I call “The Gap.”

Here’s what I mean: According to NAR, in 2011, 69 percent of all sellers said that they definitely would use their ...

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Cracking Necks, Setting Expectations

Toby Boyce

By Toby Boyce

The sun rose over the eastern sky as my alarm went off on what was quite the unusual March morning. Well beyond the fact that it was nearly 50 degrees, I decided to take my wife’s advice and go to the neurologist and chiropractor after six days of constant migraines.

As I sat in the chiropractor’s office, I was reliving every Charlie Sheen ...

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Start Building Your Referral Network

Scott Newman

By Scott Newman

I often encounter other REALTORS® who see little to no value in developing relationships with their fellow agents, and it just baffles me every time!  We are in one of the most challenging real estate markets in U.S. history, not to mention we’re in an environment where rules and regulations change daily, which is only adding barriers to establishing a successful business. ...

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Changes to YPN Online Communities

Rob Reuter

By Rob Reuter, YPN Manager

Beginning January 1, 2012, YPN will be shutting down its online community feature narypn.memberfuse.com due to a lack of activity, competition with a successful YPN group on Facebook, and the  cost to maintain the site.

As a result, we have been looking at a product known as the REALTORS® Association Management Cooperative (RAMCO).  The primary purpose of ...

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