I love real estate. I love teaching and I love social media, but often when I’m asked how to use it, it is because someone is about to leave the business and they are really too late to the game and just scratching and clawing for a way to stay.
Why not ask before that point? Many people are volunteering to help.Check out the Activerain Ambassadors, these are people that want to give back to the community, but only can help those who want to be helped.
Last week I was helping with a class put on by René Fabre and Ticor Title in Salem and Silverton, Oregon. I met many great people and was glad to help. But, something I noticed is there was very little turn out. (Maybe it was because it was 104 degrees that day.) But, still I’ve been to many of these events and I see the same turnout no matter what the weather.
Now the people that attend these classes are great people and really want to learn. They are usually are getting out of their comfort zone a little and thatis what is really needed to boost your business. Blogging is just one of those things that takes time to learn and can really take you out of your comfort zone, but it can also really build your business.
But, what of those who call me because their buddy went to the class. I got two calls today from people that said they didn’t want to go to the class because they didn’t want others to know what was going on in their business.
What do I say to that? WHO CARES WHAT OTHERS THINK!
These two people didn’t want to learn how to build their business because their business isn’t going well right now and they didn’t want others to find out? What? That doesn’t make sense. If in two months you are no longer in the business, if they found out would it really have mattered anyway?
Companies like Ticor Title, First American Title and others have great marketing reps that only have one job, and that is to advertise to agents, and they do that by giving classes to help agents build their business.They aren’t giving anything away except education, because they know if you have more sales, they have more business.
So, if you want more business, contact someone who is either doing business or contact your title company representative and ask. I’ll make bets that they will gladly sit down with you and help you build your business. I know I have certainly helped a lot of people without expecting anything in return. I just want to pay it forward as some people did for me.
So, don’t wait to make that call or you maybe out of the business and at that point it is too late.
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