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From Leads to Listings: A Comprehensive Guide for Real Estate Agents
Regardless of how long you’ve been in the real estate business, you may have heard this adage shared by many of the top producers: “Buyers take time, listings take skill.” It’s no secret that the top-earning real estate agents tend to focus on pursuing and securing seller listings. These agents know that the time and…
Read MoreReal Estate Lead Follow-Up Strategies That Work
An often-overlooked aspect of real estate success is lead generation follow-up. An estimated 70-75% of all listing appointments are set in a lead follow-up call. Without a solid lead follow-up plan, you’re potentially leaving a lot of revenue on the table. In today’s post, we’ll discuss lead generation follow-up strategies used by many of the…
Read MoreEgo and Real Estate Lead Generation
There’s nothing inherently wrong with ego: We all have one, and, in many cases, it serves as self-protection and even a mechanism for success. Success in real estate relies on having a healthy, mature, stable grasp of ego. But ego in real estate run amok is ugly and works to create just the opposite of…
Read MoreHow to Lead Generate in Real Estate
The cornerstone to a successful career in our industry is learning how to lead generate in real estate. New agents, in particular, are always looking for the best ways to generate leads in real estate. In this blog post, we’re going to take a deep dive into how to generate real estate leads, covering the…
Read MoreReal Estate Client Management
One of the most popular topics in the industry is how to get clients in real estate. However, an often neglected follow-up topic is how to handle clients after you’ve secured them. This is why realtors need to explore real estate client management. As with balancing any other type of personal relationship, real estate agents…
Read MoreProspecting Tips Using NLP
When it comes to real estate prospecting, one of the biggest challenges for any agent is to keep the conversation moving in a positive direction. It’s not always easy to get the person on the other end of the phone, for example, to say yes to your request for a meeting. Or, to get a…
Read More3 Things Every Real Estate Agent Should Know About Digital Advertising
Over time, the real estate market has truly transformed. The old traditional practices have become a thing of the past. Fast forward to today, we are now living in an age of robust tools and data backed digital practices. As time has evolved, every other business on the block is making use of digital marketing.…
Read MoreGreat Questions are the Key to Successful Follow-Up
Perhaps you’ve heard this stat regarding real estate prospecting: more than 70% of real estate listings happen after the first contact. In that post, we discussed the importance of dedicated, persistent follow-up until you secure that listing presentation. And for many, the key to successful follow-up is knowing how to ask the right questions, WHY…
Read More4 Tips to Diffuse a Negative Client
Anger. Annoyance. Frustration. Cynicism. If you’re in sales long enough, you will likely experience any number of negative responses from clients. It comes with the territory. If you’re like many people, facing negative clients can be challenging and draining. And for a real estate agent, the ability to handle negative clients can be the difference…
Read MoreBe Fanatical about Follow-Up
Here’s a fact worth remembering: MORE BUSINESS IS LOST from a lack of lead follow-up, than from a lack of prospecting? Yes, top-performing real estate agents get between 70-80% of their listing appointments as a result of their persistent follow-up efforts. Here’s what’s really amazing: about half of all agents don’t even follow up with…
Read MoreMastering the Preview: Part I
GET IN THE DOOR! As a real estate agent who primarily prospects expired and FSBO listings, you have one, singular, primary goal: to convince the homeowner on the other end of the call to invite you into their home to preview the property. No matter how good you are at connecting over the phone, true…
Read MoreSend a Summer Video Email With These Scripts
We’ve come a long way in a year. Last summer we were struggling with masking, social distancing, quarantines and pretty much an end to summer activities as we knew them. But this year, there is a collective sigh as we go about the business of “summer” again. This might be the perfect time to re-introduce…
Read MoreYour Mid-Year Review Check List
Top real estate performers are goal and results-driven. Most begin the year with a written business plan that might include: Revenue goals Transaction goals Call metrics: # of calls=listing presentations=transactions Did you start the year with a business plan? If so, this is the perfect time to assess where you stand relative to your annual…
Read More5 Common Mistakes Made at Listing Presentations
There’s nothing more disconcerting to a real estate agent than to be sitting across from a disengaged homeowner during a listing presentation. Right? You did all the right things to secure the meeting as part of your prospecting efforts. You’ve created an excellent presentation. You feel good about what you have to tell the prospect.…
Read MoreYour Expired Prospecting Playbook
When it comes to expired listings, always remember: You can assume they are motivated because they’ve already made the decision to sell their home. They are likely not adverse to working with a real estate agent. They have a property to sell without having an assigned agent. Here are a few noteworthy statistics to keep…
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