Jim has started a new group here in the Rain for those interested in the 2009 NAR Convention. Rather than write what he's already written, I thought I'd just reblog his post!
The site of the 2009 National Convention for the National Association of Realtors will be right here in downtown San Diego at the Convention Center.
My marketing guru (Russel Ray) and I are hoping for good great atttendance from the ActiveRain community. So I have created a new ActiveRain Group for those coming to, or thinking they might be coming to, the Convention.
Feel free to post questions about San Diego, or to ask us for pictures or opinions of hotels you are considering, places to go, things to do, wildlife to see, etc.
As the Convention gets closer, and during the Convention, this can be a place to make contact with each other, arrange to meet, etc.
Russel and I are hoping to host at least one trip to the San Diego Zoo on one of the four days of the Convention. If you come to San Diego earlier, or stay later, let us know and we might be able to go out for a meal or play docent for a day.
Click here to join the new NAR 2009 Convention in San Diego Group.
Teaching Them To Praise The Lord - At An Early Age
I read a post recently written by Loreena Yeo called If You Teach Them, They Will Learn. She talked about teaching her young son to love the Lord. When I read that post, it made me think of my own children and my goals for them.
We regulate their music so they only listen to songs that are appropriate for their ages. Remember this song?
Oh be careful little ears what you hear For there's a God up above Looking down on you with love. Oh be careful little ears what you hear!
The other verses are:
Oh be careful little eyes what you see Oh be careful little mouth what you say
This picture is of our youngest when we were on our way home from church one day. They are 17 month old identical twin boys, praising the Lord. We were listening to 95.5 The Fish, a Christian radio station.
My hope and prayer is that we raise all 6 of our children to love the Lord and to be contributing members of their society! I know that teaching them to praise the Lord now will have many benefits later!
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Ok, Should I Jump For Joy Or Start Crying? School Is In Session in Garfield Heights, Ohio!
I have a dilema. School is back in session in Garfield Heights, Ohio! We now have a high school student <gasp!> who started yesterday, a middle school student who started today, and 2 pre-school students who start on Monday. For the most part, all of them are excited about returning to school (good for us!). Our eldest son has no feelings about school one way or another other than that he has "a lot of goals to accomplish this year so I have a lot of stuff to think about" (probably not so good for us).
One thing I noticed while driving my son to and from high school today was the number of drivers who were speeding. I just wonder sometimes... Do people remember what a school speed limit is? I mean, those slower speeds are set for a reason. Mostly, to ensure that my sons and my daughter - and everyone else's son and daughter - get back home safely. It really isn't set to give you a hard time (I promise).
Anyway, I'm happy about school because my children are in a great school system and they are learning and growing a lot! So I'm looking forward to how they will develop this school year. Also, with all 6 children home, it has been a very long summer. Lots of fights and arguments, aggravated children, and major meltdowns which overflowed to the other children. So the first day of school is usually a day of jumping up and down for joy in my house!
I wonder this year if I should actually start crying though. You see, we have 3 children at 3 different schools (and possibly a 4th who is on a waiting list for pre-school). 3 different schedules. 3 different start and end times. 3 different learning levels (not to mention styles). Projects and studying and homework and bears...oh my!
And thus another year begins, wondering if I should jump for joy or start crying... School is in session.
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Welcome to the fourth
installment in my Real Estate Marketing
Series,
"5
Ways to Market to Your Leads to Grow Your Real Estate Business."
In the first
installment, we discussed 5
Things To Do To Jumpstart Your Real Estate
Business. That was
basic information, things that all real
estate
professionals should do on a regular basis but if you're just starting
out or need a business boost, that's the post you should start with.
Next, we covered 5
Unique Ways to Market Your Real Estate Business.
Then, we talked about 5
Unique Ways to Market Your Real Estate Listings.
This time, we're going to discuss some unique ways to
make your listings stand out from the crowd! So let's discuss
5 Ways
to
Market to Your Leads to Grow Your Real Estate Business!
5.
Are you really focusing on buyers when you market your
listings?
When
you market
your listings, ask yourself
this question: Am I presenting this listing in a way that
will catch the eye of buyers?
Posting your listing on Craig's List with just text isn't
focusing on the buyer.
Buyers
want pretty. Buyers
want unique and unusual. It takes only a few minutes to set
up a listing on a service such as Postlets or vFlyer so that when you
post it on Craig's List with the html code, it will be presented in the
most favorable light possible. When you pick up a new
listing, are you sending information about it to the contacts and leads
already in your database? Buyer
leads that you receive
through LeadStreet and Market Leader and Arch Telecom (or whichever 800
system you use) should all receive information on your new listing.
These same buyers
should also receive personal invitations to your Open House events.
When you receive a new listing in your farm area, you should
send information about that listing to everyone in that farm.
Why? Because there may be buyers
in your farm who want to live in that same area but no longer want to
rent.
4.
Farming is Key
I've
said it already in previous posts but I'll take this opportunity to say
it again. If you don't already have a farm area, find one and
start
marketing to that farm area!
Get to know the people living in that area. Learn
all there is to know about that area. Become the go-to person
for that area and believe me - they'll come to you when they are ready
to make a real estate move! Your marketing plan for your farm
should include, but not be limited to:
an
initial introduction
(if you haven't already done so), preferrably in person;
periodic
personal
visits;
events
hosted in your farm area and for those people living in your farm;
regularly
sent postcards
to keep them informed of important real estate-related information.
3. Keeping past
clients in the loop pays off!
Where
are your past
clients? What's
going on in their lives? Past
clients should be kept on a
marketing campaign that continues to keep your name in front of them.
The purpose is so that your past
clients don't go out in
search of a new real estate agent when they are ready to move up (or
down), invest, or get a vacation property. The last thing you
want to have happen is that you finally get around to contacting your past
client only to find out that
they've sold the 2 bedroom starter home you sold them and bought a new
4 bedroom. Not only should you send regular letters and
postcards but you should also actually pick up the phone and call your past
clients at least once per
quarter. Your
voice makes a connection that
a letter or postcard just can't compare with.
2. Don't forget
about partnerships
Have
you picked a moving buddy? No? What about a general
contracting partner? A mortgage lending partner? In
the immortal words of Woody from Toy Story, "If you don't have a buddy
yet - GET
ONE!" Partnerships
give you an opportunity to do
things that you may not be able to afford doing by yourself,
such as first-time home buyer seminars or first-time home seller
seminars. You can share
the expenses of such an event
with your partner and both of you can benefit from the leads you
receive as a result of hosting the event. Also, your partner
can share in the expense of a postcard marketing campaign to your farm.
Aside from sharing expenses, your choice of a partner can
also help
with cross-promotion.
A mortgage lender can promote your services to their leads
and you can promote the services of your preferred mortgage lender to your
leads. Moving companies are great for this as well - renters
move with moving companies just as buyers do. You want to get
the lead while they are yet renters because they may not want to rent
forever and that's where you come in. Similarly, any moving
company would be downright tickled to cross-promote
with a real estate professional because those are sure leads - if you
are buying or selling, at some point you are going to have to move
either into or out of a house!
1. Social Media
Marketing Works - So Use It!
Do
you have a profile set up on Facebook?
LinkedIn?
MySpace?
Twitter?
If not, you best get hoppin'! Social networking is
all the rage these days. And let's be honest - your target
audience are buyers, sellers or both. Whatever profession they may be
in, be it trash collectors, lawyers, or the folks who clean up animal
poop at the zoo - if they are going to
buy or sell one day, they are your target
audience.
I say this because many times, my clients have wanted me to not
friend or connect with someone because they didn't know the person.
My response to this is: Do you always knowthe
walk-in who comes during your
floor time? Do you always knowthe
person who called from one of
your signs? Do you always knowthe
person who filled out a contact form
on your website? The answer typically is a resounding NO.
So don't limit yourself on the social networking sites.
Make use of the fact that you love gardening - people
connect with that.
Talk about how much you love bike riding - people
connect with that!
Don't forget to discuss the charities you support regularly -
people
connect with that! Making
connections is what it's all about, folks. Getting people who don't
know you to feel as though they know
you,
which leads to trust, which leads to new clients. The point is, social
networking doesn't seem to be going anywhere any time soon.
In addition to telephones with internet capabilities, social
networking sites such as Facebook are increasing in popularity
exponentially. Don't get left behind!
Want
to market
to your real estate leads by
implementing these and other real
estate
marketing ideas but you just
don't have the time? The best
thing you can do for your business is to contract with a Virtual
Assistant. Ask
me all about it!
Need help with consistently
marketing to your leads and
your listings? Don't put it
off! Contact
us today
for assistance and get started on the road to turning
your
leads into clients and your listings into SOLD properties!
Welcome to the third installment in my Real Estate Marketing Series, "5 Unique Ways to Market Your Real Estate Listings." In the first installment, we discussed 5 Things To Do To Jumpstart Your Real Estate Business. That was basic information, things that all real estate professionals should do on a regular basis but if you're just starting out or need a business boost, that's the post you should start with. Next, we covered 5 Unique Ways to Market Your Real Estate Business. This time, we're going to discuss some unique ways to make your listings stand out from the crowd! So let's discuss 5 Unique Ways to Market Your Real Estate Listings!
5. Use a Property Website with a Creative Domain Name
Setting up a property website has unique advantages over just having the property listed on your "Featured Listings" page on your website. First of all, you will be able to take advantage of keyword usage in order to get that site high up in the search engines for "2 bedroom condo" or "4 bedroom home for sale in Pittsburgh, PA." Also, you will be able to place that website address on your marketing material to give it even more exposure. Creative domain names can also be redirected to another website once the property sells so that you can use it over and over again.
4. Center Your Open House Around an Event or Theme
Let's face it. Most Open Houses are boring events at which you may not always get attendees. So change it up! This will work best if the property is vacant but many sellers want their property to sell so they will most likely be willing to go along with you on this idea. If you center your open house around a theme (such as "Spring Fling" or "Summer Splash" or "Winter Wonderland"), then send out invitations to your Open House Party, you'll get a much better turnout! Your newspaper and internet announcements can focus on your event as opposed to the same old Open House announcement.
3. Throw a Party for Your Farm at the Listing Address or at Several Addresses
Your farm is an excellent source of new buyer and/or seller clients, depending upon what type of farm you are working. So, if you host a party for your buyers which either showcases the listing as the focal point or the does a round-robin for several listings, that would make an excellent way to not only connect with your farm but to make you more "real" to them. You will go from being the real estate agent who just leaves junk on their doorstep to someone who they can connect with!
2. Socialize It!
Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter are real and here to stay. So make the best of them to promote your listings! On Facebook, upload photos of the listing into a separate photo album. Be sure you have your seller in your contact list and then tag them in the photo album. Make comments on the album about the different rooms to entice your friends to look at the photo album as well. Also, set up groups on Facebook and LinkedIn that are specific. You don't want groups named "Real Estate in Tampa." You want groups that people will be able to connect with. Try "I Want A Condo On Long Island" or "My Dream Home is a Luxury Home on the River in Michigan." Your groups should be something that the person joining can really identify with. Then, when you have a new listing, you can post about it to the appropriate group and know that everyone who sees that information are your real target audience. If you use Twitter, be sure to tweet about your listings but not in the "I just listed a 4 bedroom home" way. Be creative! Be unique! Tweet something like "I just love the double ovens in my new listing on Park East Drive! Wanna see it?" or "I just listed a home with 2 built-in fireplaces. You've just got to see the finished basement, too!"
1. Virtual Open House
A virtual open house is a great way to not only show off your property but also to show potential clients just how tech saavy you are! As you walk through the property, film from the outside in, slowly highlighting aspects of each room. As you talk about the features in each room, ocassionally intersperse your own commentary to make it feel real to the viewer. Not only will it show that you know the home inside and out, but it will also show that you care enough to ensure that viewers see every single thing about the house and miss nothing, as though they were actually alking through the property themselves. Post this tour on your website and make mini-cds of the tour so that you can hand them out and mail them to leads who request them either directly or through your website.
Want to uniquely market your real estate listings by implementing these and other real estate marketing ideas but you just don't have the time? The best thing you can do for your business is to contract with a Virtual Assistant. Ask me all about it!
Need help with consistently marketing to your leads and your listings? Don't put it off! Contact us today for assistance and get started on the road to turning your leads into clients and your listings into SOLD properties!
Welcome to the second installment in my Real Estate Marketing Series, "5 Unique Ways to Market Your Real Estate Business." In the first installment, we discussed 5 Things To Do To Jumpstart Your Real Estate Business. That was basic information, things that all real estate professionals should do on a regular basis but if you're just starting out or need a business boost, that's the post you should start with. This time, we're going to get even more involved with ways to make you stand out from the crowd! So let's discuss 5 Unique Ways to Market Your Real Estate Business!
5. Door knock (and leave something seasonal)
Let's face it... Most agents are NOT door knocking. (I've mentioned this before!) It is time consuming and doesn't often yield the results you would like. However, I'll say it again. Most agents are NOT door knocking. That means, if you DO, you'll be ahead of the pack. The whole point is to do something that other agents are NOT doing... to make them remember you. And, uh, that would be door knocking. When you door knock, though, be sure to leave something seasonal. If you door knock during the fall, that's the perfect time to leave items such as weather stripping or plastic for windows. If you door knock during the spring, that's the perfect time to leave things like flower starter sets (just one or two). Coupons are great, as are gift cards (if you want to spend that much). Remember, the point is not to leave so much that they can plant an entire bed of flowers or weather-proof all the windows in the entire house. It is just a little to get them started! (And don't forget - many home improvement stores are willing to work with you to give you the products with their coupons or give you big discounts for buying from them!)
4. Send sweet treats
Choose your top 50 or 100 contacts and send them an envelope filled with Hershey's kisses or Starburst candies. Let them know that they are the sweetest contacts you know and you really appreciate the referrals they send your way. The point? To make them remember you! When is the last time you received an envelope in the mail that contained candy and a hand written note? Probably not since you went off to college and your Mom sent you a care package. So be the first to send sweet treats to someone else. They will likely remember you and think sweetly of you thereafter!
3. Host a coloring contest
Pick a farm area and send out flyers and postcards that you are hosting a coloring contest for children ages 15 and under. Be sure to have your age categories set (for example 12-15, 9-11, 6-8, and 5 and under). Additionally, put up a page on your website to promote the coloring contest. You should also be able to advertise the coloring contest in your local newspaper either free of charge or at a discount if you make the newspaper a sponsor of the contest. Prizes can be secured from companies at no additional cost to you through a mutual agreement with the company. For example, gift cards to Build-A-Bear, a local toy store, and/or a department store (Wal-Mart, Target, etc.). The key here is to also get gifts for the parents of the winning children! Home improvement stores, department stores, grocery stores, etc. will all work! As "sponsors" of the coloring contest, with free advertising on your website, most companies will be happy to donate prizes! Then, host a luncheon or brunch or just an award ceremony program for the entire farm area to announce the winners! (If you don't have many entries, let everyone win, depending upon how many prizes you secure.) The point? To make them remember you!
2. Host a brunch for Working Parents Day (Sept 16)
Working Parents Day is always September 16th. This is a perfect opportunity for you to show the working parents in your farm area, community or your database just how much you appreciate how hard it is to be a working parent. (Even if you aren't a parent yourself, you had some at some point in your life so you know how hard it is!) Host a brunch, luncheon or just cookies and punch for the working parents. You want people to see your name and see you active in your farm area or with your sphere, leads, and other contacts. If you go in on a Working Parents Day event with a mortgage lender, the cost of the refreshments won't cost that much at all. And what's the point? Let's say it together: To make them remember you!
1. Create a Community Website
Where is the first place people will go when they are interested in a particular community? The internet, of course! And you want them to find you. One of the best ways to do that is to become the "go-to" person for that community. By creating a community website, you can become the IT website owner for that area. Your community website can include upcoming events in the community, important dates to remember (such as the first day of school, no school, city council meetings, etc.), highlights of the community, condo association information, virtual tours of available properties in the area, listings of available properties only in that area, and information about your preferred home staging company and mortgage lending partner. Have a community newsletter with information about both old and new businesses in the area and also with relevant news on your community website. Also, you can highlight the neighbors on your community website. Take pictures of the homes in your community once they've started decorating for holidays or planting flower beds for the season. Anything and everything to make your name prominent in their minds because, after all, what's the point? To make them remember you!
Want to uniquely market your real estate business by implementing these and other real estate marketing ideas but you just don't have the time? The best thing you can do for your business is to contract with a Virtual Assistant. Ask me all about it!
Need help with consistently marketing to your leads and your listings? Don't put it off! Contact us today for assistance and get started on the road to turning your leads into clients and your listings into SOLD properties!
Welcome to the first installment in my Real Estate Marketing Series, "5 Things To Do THIS WEEKEND To Jumpstart Your Real Estate Business." Now, this weekend is starting soon but these 5 tips can be done to jumpstart your real estate business by anyone, any time - so have fun!
5. Send out 10 greeting cards
Choose 10 leads and/or top contacts and send them a greeting card. The goal here is to refresh your name in their heads. You want referrals and leads. Alternatively, you can include a gift card to Starbucks or for gasoline or something similar. If you choose to do a gift card, check into Starbuck's customizable gift cards onto which you can have your company name and logo placed. (Although you won't be able to get these for this weekend!)
4. Call 5 past clients for referrals
Checking in with your past clients periodically is definitely a MUST on your past client action plan (you do have a past client action plan, don't you?) but you can use this weekend to give 5 of them a call. Ask about the house, ask about their neighborhod, their family, their friends. It may be just the ticket they need to make a move.
3. Knock on doors for 1 hour
If you already have a farm area, knock on doors for 1 hour. Just ONE HOUR and you'll be amazed at the results! Not only will you be extremely visible in the neighborhood but you will make actual (real) connections with the residents. Take dessert-size plates of home baked cookies, covered in plastic wrap (or store bought that you took home, dumped out of the box and re-wrapped on the plates - that still counts). That gives you a talking point to start the conversation!
2. Choose an area to farm
If you haven't already done so, choose an area to farm and then develop a plan for marketing to that farm. Farming an area is extremely beneficial. The residents of that area get to know you more than other agents. You also will learn so much about that area that you will then be able to blog about it as the area specialist. Now, I'll admit that this task will not yield you immediate results this weekend but it WILL yield long-term benefits.
1. Decide on a niche market!
Once again, this task will not yield immediate results this weekend but deciding upon a niche market has the potential to explode your business. Doctors specialize. Electricians specialize. Lawyers specialize. Most professionals who are really good at what they do, focus on a specific niche within their area of expertise. This not only drills down what area you focus on (waterfront condos, first-time, entry-level home buyers, vacation properties in the mountains, golf amenity properties) but also the type of leads you are looking for! Imagine the endless possibilities of focusing on waterfront condos on Lake Michigan. Not only can you learn everything there is to know about said properties but you'll know that 98% of the leads you get are high-quality -- they are searching specifically for waterfront condos on Lake Michigan! (Of course, you'll then need to develop a marketing plan for your new niche but first things first!)
Want to jumpstart your real estate business by implementing these and other real estate marketing ideas but you just don't have the time? The best thing you can do for your business is to contract with a Virtual Assistant. Ask me all about it!
Need help with consistently marketing to your leads and your listings? Don't put it off! Contact us today for assistance and get started on the road to turning your leads into clients and your listings into SOLD properties!
I absolutely love the idea of promoting one another when we can! As a result, I have a project called "Twitter Friend of the Week." Each week, I'll showcase one or two of my Twitter Friends so that you can "meet" them.
What is your primary business? I’m an Author/Writer of various genres, namely Fiction, Poetry. My new and current release is, “When Will The Sky Fall?” It is about my experience with Hurricane Katrina. As a Survivor, I write about the shock, fear, loss, anger, isolation, and restoration. I’m also a Ghost Writer for Select Clients, Motivational Speaker, and Life Coach.
What is unique about you or your business? I travel extensively and place myself in positions of research in order to bring life to my writings.
What is one fun thing about yourself that most of us don't know? I love to watch birds and act like a kid at Disney World every week when I visit.
Do you work from home or an outside office? My office is usually in coffee shops, bookstores, Whole Foods Markets, Beaches, and at a Disney World Resort.
What is your favorite computer application? GreaseMonkey
What is your favorite food? Sushi, Mama’s Pancakes from Cracker Barrel, and Fresh Pan-fried, broiled, or stuffed Grouper
If you could be a super hero, what would you be called and what would your super powers be? The Element. My powers would be to possess the element of fire, water, wind that can be used where needed for balance.
What one piece of advice would you give someone who wants to get into your line of business? Write what you know and have passion about, not just the flavor of the day. Be prepared for rejection, but giving up is not an option. Align yourself with others who love the art of writing.
What is the follow link for one of yourTwitter Friends who you think everyone would benefit from following and why should we follow them? @EdWorksAcademy
As you can see, Brad is extremely intriguing. As a Hurricane Katrina survivor, you really do want to check him out! Follow Brad on Twitter at @bradbechler.
Want to be an upcoming featured Twitter Friend of the Week? Follow me and then send me a message that you're interested! TFOTW - Gotta LUV Twitter! Gotta LUV Twitter Friends!
Need help with consistently marketing to your leads and your listings? Don't put it off! Contact us today for assistance and get started on the road to turning your leads into clients and your listings into SOLD properties!
I stumbled across this little nugget while trying to catch up on some of my favorites on AR. When you contract with a Virtual Assistant, you aren't getting someone who can just answer the phones and file. You are getting a highly-skilled, highly trained real estate assistant. Read on to understand the "whys" of the pay rate!
So you've heard about using a Real Estate Virtual Assistant, you've heard how its a great way to amp up your productivity and allow you to do more business.
You've heard that you can use a VA only when you need one..sort of pay-as-you-go and that sounds like it actually might suit your budget. All you need now are some hot prospects and to shop some pricing and rates..easy enough. You are are sure you can find your VA for $10-$12 an hour real quick.
But...you get a rude awakening. Your ideal VA is going to cost you between $30-$55 an hour, depending on the service.
Why? I bring this up only because of a common MISCONCEPTION. The word "assistant" is giving you the wrong impression.
Running a real estate business takes business savvy. Tech savvy, Marketing savvy, Financial savvy, Internet savvy, Social savvy and think outside the box savvy. It takes alot of talent to keep the momentum going..contacting leads, managing your database well, planning and EXECUTING marketing campaigns, learning all the new technology and staying on top of your online precense. All of this is an investment in your time..time that could be overwhelming you, to the point that you are having a hard time keeping up the momentum. I won't even mention balancing your people skills, phone skills, sales skills..that is your department.
So in the corporate world, busy executives like you know that having team members that can handle some of the time consuming tasks is what it takes to be the best CEO of their companies. They don't do it all.They have people. Talented and effecient people. Let's take a look at some of the salaries of these talented individuals who keep the CEO on top of his or her game.
Executive Assistant: Salary: $40,000-$60,000 annually plus benefits
Internet Marketing Specialist: $50,000-$70,000 annually plus benefits
Social Media Marketing Manager: $60,000-$120,000 annually plus benefits
Transaction Coordinator: $30,000 annually
Webmaster: $45,000-$55,000 annually
Photoshop Professional: $40,000-$55,000 annually
Website copywriter: $50,000-$60,000 annually
Add in for free: real estate knowledge, training and experience
The above positions are the basic specialties that you will find in my particular business and many VA's like me. We are trained, we are experienced and we run our own companies as our own CEO's. We pay our own taxes, our own insurance etc. just like you. We pay for our office equipment and supplies. We pay for our training. All of it..just like you! We are worth our pay-scale just like you!
40 hours per month with a VA is an average of $1400. $1400 equals $16,800 a year. No employee taxes, no office equipment, no benefits. So when and if you start looking for your "assistant" ....get that word out of your head, and look at what you are really getting. You are getting a full fledged professional who takes their business very seriously..as much as you do.
Get to know your partner, they will get to know you, and after a while you will be amazed at the fabulous and effecient business you are running. Partnering with a real estate virtual assistant is an investment, an investment in you!
As a parent, have you ever noticed that some days you just have to sigh. And I don't mean a light, airy little sigh. I mean that great big SIGGGGGGHHHHHH!
Why? Lots of reasons. The kids were fighting all day. The washer decided to spill water all over the basement floor. The oven decided it will no longer preheat. The dishwasher leaks water all over the kitchen floor. One of the kids got into the bathroom, turned on the faucet in the tub and left it running (spilling water all over the bathroom floor as the tub overflowed). Lots of reasons.
Then, the end of the day comes and you sigh. Not that frustrated, aggravated, I-have-to-deal-with-yet-another-crisis sigh. The sigh of relief. The sigh of contentedness.
Why? Mainly because one (or more) of your kids comes in and says the magic words: "I love you, Mama." Everything else is forgotten. Everything else melts away.
Need help with consistently marketing to your leads and your listings? Don't put it off! Contact us today for assistance and get started on the road to turning your leads into clients and your listings into SOLD properties!
How about a little marketing to get your day off to the right start? As a Virtual Assistant, my goal is to help you achieve your goals. Want to grow your business? Come along for the ride as I provide practical tips and suggestions to help you do just that!
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The site of the 2009 National Convention for the National Association of Realtors will be right here in downtown San Diego at the Convention Center.
Feel free to post questions about San Diego, or to ask us for pictures or opinions of hotels you are considering, places to go, things to do, wildlife to see, etc.
Ok, Should I Jump For Joy Or Start Crying? School Is In Session in Garfield Heights, Ohio!
now have a high school student <gasp!> who started yesterday, a middle school student who started today, and 2 pre-school students who start on Monday. For the most part, all of them are excited about returning to school (good for us!). Our eldest son has no feelings about school one way or another other than that he has "a lot of goals to accomplish this year so I have a lot of stuff to think about" (probably not so good for us).
One thing I noticed while driving my son to and from high school today was the number of drivers who were speeding. I just 
wonder sometimes... Do people remember what a school speed limit is? I mean, those slower speeds are set for a reason. Mostly, to ensure that my sons and my daughter - and everyone else's son and daughter - get back home safely. It really isn't set to give you a hard time (I promise).
Anyway, I'm happy about school because my children are in a great school system and they are learning and growing a lot! So I'm looking forward to how they will develop this school year. Also, with all 6 children home, it has been a very long summer. Lots of fights and arguments, aggravated children, and major meltdowns which overflowed to the other children. So the first day of school is usually a day of jumping up and down for joy in my house!
Choose your top 50 or 100 contacts and send them an envelope filled with 
up a page on your website to promote the 
5. Send out 10 greeting cards
So you've heard about using a 
Why? Lots of reasons. The kids were fighting all day. The washer decided to spill water all over the basement floor. The oven decided it will no longer preheat. The dishwasher leaks water all over the kitchen floor. One of the kids got into the bathroom, turned on the faucet in the tub and left it running (spilling water all over the bathroom floor as the tub overflowed). Lots of reasons.
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