prospecting: What’s on the BACK of your business card?
- 09/25/08 06:19 AM
PLEASE don't tell me nothing; or that it's blank! Business cards are one of the least expensive and cost effective marketing and advertising tools available. Exchanging business cards is an excellent way to pass along your contact information and to gather contacts for your database. Agents on both ends of the spectrum have shared their thoughts on business cards. I've had agents say they use a box of 500 every month. They hand them out like candy; they leave them on tables at the restaurant; they leave a stack at the coffee shop or dry cleaners. Then other agents have said … (41 comments)
prospecting: Social Networking and a Class War??
- 09/18/08 02:55 PM
Tonight, as so often happens, I was researching one topic and came across another. I ran across an article on MSN.com entitled Class War: MySpace vs. Facebook. The article was actually about how high school kids are leaving MySpace in droves and heading over to Facebook. Personally, I'm on both sites. MySpace is kept private because I mostly visit with family (primarily my nieces age 13-20) back in Alabama, and because we get pretty silly sometimes. And as I mentioned in a couple of previous blog posts, I tend to keep my silly side hidden; maybe a little too much, but … (1 comments)
prospecting: Does Your Dry Cleaner REALLY Know What You Do...???
- 11/05/06 05:23 PM
Recently I was chatting with one of my agents and she mentioned she was dropping off items (business cards, candy, etc) at local businesses to promote herself and her business. She mentioned dropping some promotional items at her dry cleaners specifically. Knowing her, I know she puts every name and email address she can get her hands on into her database. So I asked her if her dry cleaner was in her database as well. I was pretty surprised when she told me no because he knows me and knows what I do. My response was, are you sure? Unfortunately, I’ve … (7 comments)
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