marketing: Bad Press...A One Way Street! - 04/20/08 01:14 PM
Today there was an article on the front page of our local Newspaper entitled, "Three Real Estate Firms Subpoenaed in Kickback Probe". I chose not to cut and post the link to the article because I happen to know that at least one of the brokers named seems to be a … (3 comments)
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marketing: EXPENSIVE VS. LOW COST...MORE BANG FOR YOUR AD BUCK - 11/07/07 02:28 PM
Colorado Springs is NOT one of the 10 best real estate markets right now, but I thank God for our steady and faithful client base in these lean times. However, times are tough and we have to cut the budget and tighten the belt. One of the places we have to … (4 comments)
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marketing: I JUST DID MY 100th POST!!! - 11/05/07 12:20 PM
Wow...I just realized that the last post I wrote was my 100th! Now, that's reason to celebrate. What have I gained over this past year of blogging on the Active Rain network?
-Referrals! Actually closed deals with cash in pocket...going on number 4 now...what more could you ask for, but yet there … (10 comments)
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marketing: CHEAP HOUSES AVAILABLE IN ALL AREAS...THE PHONE RINGER - 10/24/07 02:26 PM
This is the text of one of my most successful print ads. I started running it in a local paper in about 1999. I got a phenomenal response that drew many investors to work with me and helped me to find my niche. The ad did it's job. IT MADE THE … (11 comments)
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marketing: Creativity In This Market Is Essential For Survival and Thriving! - 10/23/07 02:29 PM
We all know that the market is not what it was last year and not exactly as it has been at any time I can remember. It's got a mixture of some of our past market elements and some new components to the confusion, such as the effects of the sub … (6 comments)
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marketing: Unusual closing Gift, What Do YOU Think? - 10/08/07 06:29 PM
This is a light hearted post for sure. Nothing deep here, but my husband had this idea a while back that when we close a property transaction, we should give the principle a year's trash service. We could put stickers on the receptacles that have our logo on them and are … (7 comments)
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marketing: What Are YOU Going To Be Doing Monday? - 10/07/07 07:49 PM
Monday is my busiest day of the week. Some people say theirs is Friday because of all the closings and end of the week stuff, but not me. The phone starts ringing sometimes before 7 am on Mondays and that seems to be the day I have to deal with all of the … (2 comments)
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marketing: Busy In ColoradOCTOBER!!! - 10/07/07 03:03 PM
I don't know why, but October is always my best month for sales! Most people say sometime in the summer and some say it's the Spring, but I seem to have my board full in October. Who knows why?
Usually, I work with investors that fix and flip or purchase and sell … (2 comments)
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marketing: Eeyore Syndrome Affects Real Estate Sales - 06/26/07 09:40 PM
Today I had a short chat with one of my Jr. Agents. He's a great guy with a bright future ahead of him and a real talent for obtaining listings. That's how I see him anyway.
How he sees himself, however, is rather like the fictional stuffed donkey from Winnie The Pooh, … (2 comments)
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marketing: TWO deals from AR in two months! - 06/14/07 12:39 PM
I just wanted to say thanks, Activerain! I got a great contact that I sold a property to yesterday. He saw my post and sent me and em. Next day we were looking at properties and yesterday we wrote one.
The other one happened last month. My husband is into this high … (5 comments)
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marketing: Prospecting Challenge... - 06/04/07 11:45 PM
OK...I was just thinking of the unlimited opportunity we have each day make contacts through phone, e-mail, and personal touches. How many do we take advantage of?
Tomorrow: Let's try to make at least 20 contacts that we wouldn't normally make. E-mail someone you haven't in a long time and let them … (2 comments)
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marketing: Cheap and Funny Print Ads Make the Phone Ring! - 05/23/07 06:39 PM
Here are some of the ads I've come up with that make the phones ring! I think buyers have a sense of humor and I usually run these type ads in the local American Classifieds, (formerly Thrifty Nickel). The cheap house ad is retired by me now, but one of my … (3 comments)
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marketing: Helpful Listing Clause - 05/21/07 07:02 PM
Check with your brokers and local state law first!!!
This is a clause I developed and have all of my agents put into their listing contracts. I just responded to a dear woman who was cheated by a dishonest seller who wanted out of her listing for a "better deal". Remember, a … (7 comments)
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marketing: Flip House Seen On DOG The Bounty Hunter Show - 05/15/07 10:20 PM
Hi Everyone!
Guess what? I was halfway watching DOG The Bounty Hunter on A&E. (I find that show so wierd that I love it!), and halfway reading in bed. Anyway, he was in Colorado Springs chasing some guy and my husband says, "Honey, look! There's __________'s flip house on the DOG!"
It was … (5 comments)
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marketing: Recruiting...What Do Most Agents Seek In A Brokerage? - 05/11/07 08:55 PM
Hi Everyone! I relize that I'm a little "different" and that's the way God made me! :-) I have been selling in this market for about 12 years and have moved a few times until I opened my own Brokerage. The first place I worked, I chose by the name, because … (12 comments)
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