real estate franchise for sale: One Click Marketing - 11/03/09 05:21 PM
One Click Marketing
My job as Strategic Social Networking Specialist for Area Pro Realty requires me to keep up on the latest technologies and advances in social media. The fun part is sharing it with you.
Here is a great tool that WordPress.com has added to an already great site:
Now you can repost your blog on Twitter with one click right through WordPress! If you are a Realty Franchise owner and follow my blog, you know that you can use blogging sites like WordPress or Blogger.com to post listings and share them with a very large audience. Now, … (2 comments)
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real estate franchise for sale: How To Attract Homebuyers on Social Networking Websites - 10/05/09 06:43 PM
How To Attract Homebuyers on Social Networking Websites
Helping to build a brand for the individual Realty Franchise owner at Area Pro is one of my favorite aspects of my job (Strategic Social Networking Specialist for Area Pro Realty). As a part of helping brokers, I teach them how to attract homebuyers via Facebook, Twitter and other social networking websites. Here are some strategies and a couple of tools that I use to help our franchise owners attract more business online:
Add a survey to your website or blog.
This tool keeps potential homebuyers thinking, engaged, and actively doing something on … (2 comments)
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real estate franchise for sale: Get Your Brokerage More Attention on Facebook - 09/25/09 06:31 PM
Get Your Brokerage More Attention on Facebook
Have you ever thought that you would like a consolidated, professional looking, and easy to manage platform to get information out to your agents and clients other than a weekly e-newsletter? All of us have.
As the Strategic Social Networking Specialist for Area Pro Realty, I'm always on the hunt to make our Realty Franchise owner's lives easier. Having an online forum for news, updates, and other brokerage information is important for your agents and clients. Facebook Fan Pages are perfectly suited for this need, and you can create a cutting edge newsroom for … (1 comments)
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real estate franchise for sale: How to Make Your Listings Go Viral - 09/23/09 02:07 PM
How to Make Your Listings Go Viral
If you have been following my blogs, you probably know by now that I am a huge fan of Twitter. Taking a great listing and blasting it out to your entire network of clients, colleagues, and contacts in a matter of seconds at no cost is a dream come true for most real estate franchise owners and agents. Twitter has been a great asset to our marketing efforts, and the "ReTweet" feature has played a pivotal role.
The concept is simple: if you receive a tweet from someone you are following that you … (2 comments)
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real estate franchise for sale: How To Use Facebook For Real Estate - 09/14/09 04:57 PM
How to Use Facebook for Real Estate
How to Use Facebook for Real Estate
If you operate a real estate brokerage franchise or are an agent working for a real estate broker, you will appreciate the below advice.
A few days ago, I posted a blog called How to Use Social Networking for Real Estate. I received some great comments, and started corresponding with a nice couple from across the country. My post had raised their curiosity, but their use of Social Networking for real estate was limited. They had some doubts about joining Facebook for business purposes.
They were having … (2 comments)
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real estate franchise for sale: The Key to Buying a Franchise - 06/25/09 08:41 PM
Not all franchises are created equal. In fact, the word franchise leaves a bad taste in some brokers mouth for various reasons. Some brokers feel they can build a company by themselves and be just as successful and some brokers might have had a bad experience with one in the past. As the owner of the most innovative real estate franchise in the country, I am asking for all brokers who fit the above category to open your mind to a new real estate franchise for sale.
If and when you ever start searching for the best real estate franchise for … (0 comments)
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real estate franchise for sale: Franchise Myth: In a Tough Economy, it's Best to Start Your Own Brokerage - 06/22/09 09:43 PM
One of the myths surrounding franchising is it's better to stay an independent broker when the real estate market is poor. I disagree strongly. Some real estate franchises available offer support, technology and recruiting programs that are vital to the lifeblood of a broker during a bad economy. With an innovative real estate franchise like Area Pro Realty, a broker who has done "ok" or "just good enough" can flourish with the tools offered by a company backed with a large network and great technology.
Determing the best real estate franchise for you is easy with the book How to Evaluate a … (0 comments)
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real estate franchise for sale: Do You Have the Right Personality to Be a Franchise Owner? - 06/19/09 02:27 PM
Do You Have the Right Personality to Be a Franchise Owner?
As the owner of the most innovative real estate franchise of the 21st century, Area Pro Realty, I see many people who want to start franchises but don't have the right personality for it.
There are many real estate franchises available, and each one requires about the same personality for you to run one properly.
Before determining what the best real estate franchise is for you take a look at the below personality traits to make sure they fit your style.
First, you have to be "coachable." One of the main … (0 comments)
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real estate franchise for sale: More Military Veterans Considering a Franchise in Todays Economy - 06/16/09 09:53 AM
As a military veteran and the owner of a new innovative real estate franchise, Area Pro Realty, I was proud to read this article at USFranchise News.com about more military veterans becoming franchise owners. Of all the real estate franchises available, I'm not sure of any company that is more military friendly than Area Pro Realty. Not only are the executives all veterans, we even provide a discount off the franchise fee for all veterans on honerable or general discharge.
I have known dozens of military veterans who are and were Realtors and I always had a pleasant experience. They are disciplined, … (0 comments)
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real estate franchise for sale: How Can a Franchise Help an Independent Broker? - 06/14/09 08:12 PM
How Can a Franchise Help an Independent Broker?
Many people ask me this question. An innovative real estate franchise can not only give notarity to an independent broker, but provide thousands (if not millions) of dollars in support and technology. Of the many real estate franchise available, only a few provide what I call the big trio: Support, Technology, and Innovation. Unfortunately he third word, innovation, is absent from many real estate franchises available. That's why I started Area Pro Realty, the first national virtual real estate franchise with extremely low operating costs. I truly believe it is the best real … (0 comments)
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real estate franchise for sale: Franchising Tip: Research Well and Know Your Options. - 06/04/09 09:05 AM
As the owner of an innnovative real estate franchise, I have a great tip for those seeking to reasearch and find the best real estate franchise for sale. The best real estate franchises available use a combination of technology, support and innovation. There are too many franchisors out there who's sole purpose is to collect fees from their franchisees. Your goal as a franchisor, is to help support and grow your franchisees operations. At Area Pro Realty, we have several innovative and unique programs in place to allow our franchisees to flourish. Our franchisees get very large territories and the opportunity … (0 comments)
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real estate franchise for sale: New Innovative Real Estate Franchise Releasing Premier Google Program - 06/01/09 11:12 AM
New innovative real estate franchise, Area Pro Realty is announcing a Premier Google Program which allows Area Pro Realtors to get their website in the top 10 of google for various keywords. According to Technology Supervisor Gene Ward "this isnt your typical Search Engine Optimization promise where third party vendors will take hundreds of dollars and hope to get you in the top 10. We don't collect any money until the website reaches the top 10 of google".
Company President Michael Volkin states "out of all the real estate franchise available, I dont know of one that is providing this service to their … (0 comments)
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real estate franchise for sale: Most Common Question About Franchising. - 05/29/09 11:53 AM
As the president of the most innovative real estate franchise in the U.S, I get a lot of questions about franchising. The most common of those questions is "What is the cost". Brokers want to know what the cost is first, without hearing any of the benefits. My response is usually the same, "Why ask for the check if we havent even had dinner yet?". By that I mean that its difficult for broker to see the value in a company that is truly different when I just state a price. Even if the price was $100, it would seem too expensive … (0 comments)
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real estate franchise for sale: Out With the Old and In With the New - 05/26/09 01:28 PM
As the owner of the most innovative real estate franchise in the country I am glad to see that agents now have plenty of choices when deciding what company to join. In the "old days" there were only a few companies per city, they were all basically the same and all had basically the same benefits and commission structure.
Nowadays, there are many real estate franchises available and many have different business plans and models, some are exact replicas of one another just with a different name and logo.
The best real estate franchise can only be determined by you. Dont … (0 comments)
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real estate franchise for sale: What Brokers Can Learn About Franchising - 05/23/09 08:58 AM
Do you ever feel like your brokerage will implode if you aren't there to watch over it? When you take a day off, perhaps a rare vacation. Are you constantly interrupted with phone calls from agents? Have you considered expanding your businesses but were wary to proceed because you lacked knowledge of franchising and were unsure of the benefits?
Now may be the time you will want to consider one of the many real estate franchises available. I guarantee you, there is an innovative real estate franchise that suits you perfectly. Some of the best real estate franchises in the world are headquartered right … (0 comments)
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real estate franchise for sale: The Many Real Estate Franchises Available - 05/20/09 09:38 AM
There are so many Real Estate franchises available it could make your head spin. Nowadays, many brokers who have more than 50 agents think their business is franchisable. Unfortunately, after they spend hundreds of thousands of dollars, they find that their company isnt that different or innovative. So, how do you, a broker who is looking to join a franchised team, find the most innovative real estate franchise? Your heading down the wrong path if your looking for the best real estate franchise for everyone, because their isnt one. There is a franchise for you, that is better than all others, but … (0 comments)
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real estate franchise for sale: Intersted in Franchising? Understand the FDD. - 05/17/09 10:21 PM
As owner of the most innovative real estate franchise in the US, I get a lot of questions every week from independent brokers. Many of the brokers I talk to thoroughly research the real estate franchises available because they understand what a big decision choosing the right company is. In search of the best real estate franchise, many of these brokers ask me What is an FDD? An FDD, or Franchise Disclosure Document, is a list of disclosures that a real estate franchisor is required to disclose to potential franchisees regarding the franchise offering. This includes start up costs and a summary of … (0 comments)
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real estate franchise for sale: Is It Time to Rethink a Real Estate Franchise? - 05/14/09 09:20 AM
Due to the economy, more and more independent brokers are looking for an innovative real estate franchise. Is that the right move? Yes, in this economy, choosing to team with a real estate franchise backed with all the technology and support you need seems like a great move.
But then I get asked: Why purchase a real estate franchises for sale when you could start your own business? Most franchisors in the real estate industry are independently owned and operated. That is why you should always choose a franchise over a "Biz ops" opportunity. The brokerage you are building under your … (0 comments)
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real estate franchise for sale: Come out of Your Comfort Zone for Real Success - 05/07/09 06:30 PM
Many independent brokers who look into franchising are afraid to pull the trigger and say "ok, I'm in". Thats becuase they have managed an independent brokerage before with a few agents and are somewhat content. However, finding the best real estate franchise for you could compound your efforts 10 fold an instead of managing 5 agents, you could be manging 50+. There are many real estate franchise available, but there is one out there that is exceptional for you. I would suggest looking into Area Pro Realty (franchise page). Area Pro has a very unique business model and all the tools … (0 comments)
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real estate franchise for sale: In Search of the Perfect Franchise - 05/04/09 10:21 AM
Are you in search of the perfect franchise? I have a news flash, there isnt one. That is a hard statement for me to say as I am the president of Area Pro Realty (franchise page is here) . Do I think Area Pro Realty has the best value proposition for brokers? Yes of course, however there isnt one franchise that is better than all the others. There are a lot of real estate franchises available, many are different, lmany are the exact same with the exception of the logo. But with all the choices, there is one innovative real estate franchise … (0 comments)
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