makeover2takeover: SearchMe...Stack IT....Send IT
- 08/13/08 04:04 AM
This post was inspired by a post Teri Ellis wrote yesterday on a couple of new search sites. One of those she mentioned was SearchMe. SearchME is a visual search site, still in beta. I signed up to help beta test it, basically just offering suggestions. Before I go any further, go to SearchMe and type in your name. Go ahead I will wait...........
I wanted you to see a visual so you can understand the rest of the post and how you can use it in your pre-listing presentations and in communicating with your Sphere of Influence to get … (89 comments)
makeover2takeover: How do you Declare YOUR Value to YOUR Clients?
- 07/20/08 01:03 AM
The makeover2 takeover contest is officially over and now the three teams left, sweat it out until Inman News Conference. The last assignment was for both the apprentice and mentors. The assignment was to convince the judges, what it was about us that establishes value to your clients. What differentiates us from the masses of other agents in our market, what qualifies us to earn the trust, respect and support of our clients? To say I’ve been spent last week, musing on this is an understatement. Heck I’m still thinking about it. What distinguishes you from the rest … (39 comments)
makeover2takeover: Declaring the Value of What you are Worth?
- 07/18/08 12:45 PM
All Realtors are not the same. We all know that, we all do things differently. For instance, I have found it is better to under promise and over produce. If I say, I will return all calls in an hour, then I try to return them right away. When I meet with my sellers for the first time face to face, they have already been sent my marketing materials and a package of information electronically for their review. They in return have sent back to me, the Pre-Listing Questionairre, so that I know where they are in the mortgage obligations, their … (71 comments)
makeover2takeover: I failed to take my own advice and lost a listing
- 06/29/08 05:16 AM
I failed to take my own advice and lost a listing. In January this past year, I wrote a post on Preparing for your listing appointments. Primarily I wrote on the Pre-Listing Questionnaire. The Pre-listing Questionnaire is basically to gage how motivated they are to sell and if they can afford to sell. In the document I ask, how much they owe, if they are willing to spend money on the house getting it ready, how much they will spend, do they have a 2nd mortgage, are they current on all their payments, do they have a friend, relative or church member … (86 comments)
makeover2takeover: Ann Arbor, Local Yokel
- 06/28/08 03:47 AM
So you want to move to Ann Arbor? Did you know Ann Arbor is "25 miles surrounded by reality?" Didn't think so, you have to live here a little while to know that little tid-bit. You will find out soon enough when you live here. Ann Arbor the only place in the United States with the name Ann Arbor. If you Google Ann Arbor, it knows what you are looking for. Pretty cool, huh?
Speaking of Google.... Google opened their ad words division in Ann Arbor last year. This is also where they are digitalizing the library of all … (26 comments)
makeover2takeover: Are you running your business like a business?
- 06/22/08 03:52 AM
This weeks challenge to the MakeOver2Over Contest is critical to having a successful business. The rules were to come up with two systems, one for your Buyer Clients and one for your Seller Clients.
Years ago the book that changed my life was the E-Myth Revisited by Michael Gerber. Occassionally in our life time we find THAT book that is life changing. The E-Myth Revisited was that book for me. It was a huge WOW factor for me. Seriously I have read and re-read this book a dozen times, I have bought it and given it out multiple times. Once … (60 comments)
makeover2takeover: Active Rain Trip, New Camera.....
- 06/11/08 02:14 PM
I had to get a new digital camera today. My Kodak V570 won't open the lense and tomorrow I am leaving to meet some of the Active Rain girls for a trip to Ashville, N.C. Nope we have ALL never met. So this is going to be fun, yet we feel we know each other. Now you can't go on an Active Rain get together without a camera. So I skyped Sarah Cooper as I couldn't remember which camera Jeff Turner had recommended besides the V570. She told me she uses the Canon Power Shot SX10015 and loved it. Jeff was … (29 comments)
makeover2takeover: MakeOver2TakeOver ( Going for Broke or Be Broke ) week 3 challenge
- 06/07/08 07:03 AM
For Those of us participating in the MakeOver2TakeOver Contest, our assignments are due today. The week was a challenge for Caulk Wood TEAM, Bonding for Success. I have been out of town at a funeral since Wed. Kim Woods five year old daughter had a birthday on Friday and Kim went to a blogging conference in the middle of the week. When Rich announced the title, I read that and thought... OK, been there, done that. Rich answered back and bought the T-Shirt. When I started in real estate, my youngest started kindergarten, my husband was pastoring and I was excited. … (23 comments)
Excellent entry and I will be adopting some of it for The Missy Caulk TEAM systems.
Second, let me say to Kim, that you did an excellent job in putting all this together in one week’s time! I have been doing electronic pre-listings (first contact) information for several years. I send out information right after I have had a phone contact with them, whether it is a referral, past client or someone who calls from the internet. In January of this year, … (21 comments)
makeover2takeover: Makeover 2 Takeover Contest, Assignment 1 The Introduction.
- 05/27/08 01:48 AM
Outlook: The Database Program Let's start at the very beginning ... A very good place to start ... This is the song by Mary Poppins that has been going through my mind since the beginning of the contest, Makeover2Takeover. Having a good, working database is your key to success in sales and in this case Real Estate. Not to mention the vast amount of time that is saved when all of your information is organized into one database. I held my breath when I spoke to Kim Wood and asked her which program she was using. I am an advocate for … (33 comments)
makeover2takeover: Makeover 2 Takeover
- 05/18/08 02:21 AM
I’m looking forward to the Make Over to Take Over contest and to mentoring Kim Wood. Kim and I met briefly on Active Rain, through her postings. We really got to know each other through Twitter. One night Twitter was down for an upgrade so some of us, (Chris, Sarah C, Sarah S, Dez) went over to Skype and started to chat. The conversations on Skype are fast and furious. One of my clients is on a sabbatical in Africa. We are closing on her home on June 4th. All of our conversations and negotiating have been done via Skype. I … (33 comments)
This post was inspired by a post Teri Ellis wrote yesterday on a couple of new search sites. One of those she mentioned was SearchMe. SearchME is a visual search site, still in beta. I signed up to help beta test it, basically just offering suggestions.
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