Your 2 Cents is Worth Its Weight In Gold

Thank You David,

Your 2 cents is very valuable...

Mary

Dagny,

The comments are really great are they not?  I too am grateful for Brad's comments.  I am fairly new to blogging this year just since the end of February and really like it. What a blessing that you receive exposure from the articles in your local papers, are they bumping into your blogs via Google or from different places you put them in. It would be interesting to know.  Thank you for commenting, it is appreciated.

Hi Myrl,

Personally, I like snail mail for certain things.  a couple of times a year to keep in touch with past clients from other ventures I personally handwrite a note updating and to find out how they are doing.  I usually get some kind of mail back.  I have not thought of emailing my better blogs to clients.  What a good idea.  Thank you.

Mary

Hi DeeDee,

What a nice opportunity for your office to do that kind of advertising and for keeping your name out front.  I think from what I am beginning to see throughout all the comments is keeping your name out front is paramount.  Not always easy to do.  I was a member of the Chamber when I was in another business and had my info with photo in the directory. That was the biggest source of customers I had found.  At that time I was a massage therapist and in another city.  A little different because of the vocation, and I have not yet done that but am thinking about it.  Thank you so much for your good comments and sharing what you do.

Mary

Gerard,

I have an outside blog only with Active Rain.  Are you meaning a different type of blog? I have not done that yet and I understand a lot of folks do.  This is new to me this year so I am still figuring things out, but it is a good idea.  Just not sure what that looks like.  Thank you for your comments, you have my thoughts racing.

Mary

Gene, good advice.  The only blogging I do now is with Active Rain.  I know that some of the real estate sites have a blogging part to them and I have not tried that.  Thank you for your comments, they are appreciated.

Mary

Hi Joel,

I have only used Craig's list for opens with postlets and am not opposed to trying whatever works.  I do like the sound of the idea from Brad Jenkins about Craig's List in other areas that might have potential buyers that are looking to move to this area, tailoring the ad.  thank you for your input it is invaluable.

Mary

Hi Bill,

I agree that most buyers are looking via the internet and then contacting their agents if they have one.  I have clients who do the same thing and then send me the mls numbers to check out.  Thank you for commenting, it is appreciated.

Mary

Hi Juli,

You have great comments, I had not thought of marketing at least 10 times within a 2 week period and have not done a drip campaign.  I have heard it is a good and effective thing to do.  I do advertise on all the sites, keeping them fresh, as you suggested plus more and have blogged.  The other thing you mentioned and I believe someone else did as well was to offer to people in my office to put their listings on different websites.  How do you do this, as in a blog, advertise along with your listings, I am not sure.  The website I have for real estate is really not an effective one in my mind.  It is from my office and only one page on the agents, it is free and this is why I did it.  I had one I really liked yet was not as effective as it could have been and I felt it expensive with my advertising dollars which were scarce so I let it go for the time being.  Not the best idea and I will replace it as my office is not reinventing their website as they said they were going to.  That was the only reason I let mine go. 

I have received so many great comments, ideas and what works for different people and am learning from all of you.  Thank you so much and it is good to know you as well.

Mary

Deb, thank you for seeing what I have been up to lately.  Not as much as I would like I have to admit.  I am so amazed at all of the wonderful tips and comments, ways that others do things.  They have been filled with such good advice and experience, and for everyone to be so willing to share is of such value I cannot say.  I am also not sold on drip or mail campaigns on a regular basis just for the reasons you stated.  I don't usually do what I don't like to have done to me.  I do once or twice a year, depending, write personal handwritten notes to all past clientele or people I have come in contact with in lieu of the campaigns.  I have found that they are appreciated especially when they are handwritten because they realize I have taken the time and thought that goes into it. I am going to work on thinking a lot further outside the box to pull people into reading the ads and posts on listings, be more creative.  I have always thought I was but I think I can do it in a different and better way.

Thank you so much for checking in.

Mary