Client Parties of Appreciation

I am getting ready to host a House Warming Bar-B-Q the weekend after Labor Day for a young couple that bought a home from me about 6 weeks ago.  They thought it was a great idea and I now have access to all of their friends names, addresses, email accounts and phone numbers.  Now there is a valuable list.

Thanks for sharing.

Now Have a Blessed Day,

John Occhi, Hemet CA REALTOR®
Mission Grove Realty

Fran -

Great idea.  We do at least 2 events a year.  One for 4th of July and one for the December Holidays.  This year we were a little busy in Dec. and my nephew had his 1st birthday party out of town on July 5, so we didn't do either.  Instead we are having a pig roast & Lousiana shrimp boil at our house in a few weeks. 

We also used to do a football tailgate and clients looked forward to that.  Trying to figure out what to do this year.  Long story.  For the non-football folks, we have hockey tickets.

We have found that just holding the event and sending invitations gets a lot of mileage even from people who do not attend.

Hey Frances,

Nice post, and I loved Rich's idea of the pig roast.

In Dec. we did our nicest event yet, for 80 of our top clients. I rented a facility on the water in Newport Beach for the annual holiday boat parade. It was a little pricey, almost like a small wedding, but it was also our 30th business anniversary, so I sort of broke the budget.

So far the most cost effective was a museum tour to the Getty Museum in L.A. for 43 people. I've done a few other things primarily with smaller groups. This year we're having a 2-day tamale making event at my house. Last year it was a family event, this year it will included a few clients too. I "apprenticed" two years in a row in the art of tamale making at the home of a close friend. It was great.  

Like anything else, we send out a "save the date" card first. We also follow up with what to expect. If it's an event off somewhere, we usually furnish a small goodie bag too.

I'm really interested in what others are doing, thanks for the post. Like you, I'm never to busy for anyone you know who could use my real estate services. (I'm a BRO person myself).

One of the easiest and most cost effective events we have hosted is private movie showing.  We recently hosted a showing the latest Harry Potter movie at a local theater.  Over 100 past clients showed up.  It cost 5.75 per person.

We were able to speak to the whole group before the showing as well as greeting them upon arrival and exit.  Also, we had signs posted in the parking lot and theater lobby giving directions.  The signs of course had our name on them (additional publicity)