listing: Lead Followup is Crucial: Which Automatic Followup System Is Right For YOU? - 04/07/07 02:31 PM

Here's an unbiased look at the "Big Three" automatic folloup systems for real estate: My Home Management Club, RealProSystems and Rainmaker e-central.  My comments are occasioned by a comment to one of my blog posts.  My friend George Tallabas (www.tallabas.com), an active AR contributor, wrote the following after I mentioned RealProSystems, … (13 comments)

listing: The "Web Site Loop": Your Blog + Your Web Site - 04/07/07 02:38 AM

Want to earn more while working less?  If so, remember the following:
Your Web site and your consumer blog are your biggest, most cost effective money makers, the most effective marketing tools we in real estate have ever had.  They are for my CyberStars(r), and they can be for you, too. … (21 comments)

listing: Skype: No-Cost, High Quality Calling To Those Far Away! - 04/01/07 06:47 PM

I am attending a train-the-trainer workshop for CRS instructors here in Chicago.  Just before we were ready to start our session today, my "computer telephone" rang.  Really....it sounds like a regular telephone ringing.  I answered it, and it was my son Chris, who lives in Japan.  I saw him on the … (4 comments)

listing: Are 35+ Million Eyeballs Enough For Your Message....For Free? - 03/24/07 11:31 AM

Imagine placing your marketing video in front of 35+ million viewers on the Web at no cost to you. That's real estate marketing today, a radical departure from "the old days."  It is a valid, powerful marketing tool that is within reach of all of us.
You've heard about YouTube and MySpace, … (3 comments)

listing: It Makes My Blood Boil! - 03/19/07 09:05 PM

Dad Gum It!  My blood boils when I see the views some agents have when it comes to taking time off from this business! 
Lynda Eisenmann wrote a nice post, "Are You Taking Four Months Off A Year?"  Lynda is right on target, and everyone should read her post.
Why am … (80 comments)

listing: Your Auto Responder's Message: “I Don’t Really Care About You” - 03/19/07 10:26 AM
 
You have auto responders on your Web sites, right? These bits of stored text go out automatically when you get an email inquiry from your sites.  I have seen hundred of auto response messages during the course of my Web site evaluations, and most say something like this:
“Thanks for your … (16 comments)

listing: CRS Courses: Another Big Advantage! - 03/11/07 05:22 PM

Just got through teaching the CRS 206 technology course for two days in Reno with my co-instructor, Mike Selvaggio.  As usual, it was a great experience, and the attendees left with a severe case of "brain overload" due to all the techniques, tools and sysems they were exposed to during … (8 comments)

listing: Neat Listing Product, Reduced Price - 03/06/07 08:27 PM

Just received word on a price reduction for a product that's a real money maker: AgencyLogic Power Sites.  Most of my CyberStars(r) use it and have been very happy with the results.You can see an example of a listing at http://6724sobrante.com.  Basically, you just upload photos & text, they do the … (2 comments)

listing: CRS Courses: The Best! - 02/06/07 11:11 AM

I am in Franklin, TN, teaching the CRS 206 course, "Technologies To Advance Your Business."  It is a good time to remind you that the CRS courses are, in my opinion, the best educational offerings in real estate today.
Like the 206, the "core" courses that lead you to your CRS designation … (4 comments)

listing: As The Snow Falls....A Gratitude List - 01/21/07 04:28 PM

My apologies to my friends in Denver, but it's snowing here on the lake in Reston (VA), and the falling snow is beautiful.  The muffled silence and the view lead to a feeling of serenity.
I look out on the snow covered trees and the water, and I experience an … (10 comments)

listing: Using CD Presentations - 01/16/07 03:41 AM
Whether you get your own CD duplicator or you farm out CD’s for copying, there are a number of uses for personalized CD’s.  Among them are:
 
A CD featuring your accomplishments, information about your market area and referral details for distribution to successful agents you meet at conventions or seminars
A … (5 comments)

listing: Uncolicited Emails - 07/28/06 06:22 AM
I have noted a disturbing trend lately: unsolicited emails about new properties on the market.  It seems as if a number of companies have sprung up that offer this service, and a number of agents are taking advantage of this.
 Wrong!
Any unsolicited email is spam, and you and I know that we … (7 comments)

 
Real Estate Trainer: Allen F.  Hainge, CRS (AFH Seminars)
Allen F. Hainge, CRS
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