I couldn't believe it. Banks were willing to PAY an agent for his opinion? Made perfect sense too. WE KNOW STUFF! I thought that a great way to supplement my income in a crashing market. So, what do you have to do? Contact a bank and get on their radar. Easier said and done. If & when you did sign up, you would always be looking for notifications
THE HARE WINS THIS RACE
Here's the rub. Every-time I got an email from the diffrent banks saying a BPO opportunity is available please respond, I was always too late. Someone got there before me. Okay, I thought, fair enough, you got to move with a purpose is what I was learning...I can do that. I waited for the next contact
THE TURTLE WINS TOO
It came in and I moved within 20 seconds clicking on all things and responding and made a mistake and lost the whole quick to respond edge. TOO LATE again. Alright, I am learning to do it but the right way calmly first time around...Okay, got it..slow but sure. Don't waste a step while taking one
WARP SPEED
Next one comes in, I move with lighting no nonsense response break all records for efficiency and effectiveness SPEED and...SOMEONE BEAT ME TO IT! How the heck can this be? I cannot work any faster than I did..No human can work any faster is what I was thinking. I was right too
MMMM..THIS MAY DO IT
Some guy came out with software that not only monitors INCOMING email but also responds for you in record computer response time. When I tread that, unless I had an in at the bank or some privileged contact, this software would win out every time...The catch here was this guys wanted $40-$70 dollars for this program
TIME-OUT TO REFLECT
I slept on it and it was a wise thing to do. WHY? It dawned on me that if everyone had this so-called edge of a software, who would then determine who gets it? I mean all responses by this program would travel at light-speed. It would be a battle of the computers. WHAT THEN?
COULDN'T GET IT TOGETHER
I decided to pass on BPO-ing. I knew of many agents who got into it and were doing very well. Some had custom forms made up, a check-off system and were churning BPO'S out in a production way. These well trained and top of their game agents were making more money doing this than transacting. They knew exactly what the banks wanted to hear and see. RESULT? $$$
LISTING DUCKS WERE QUACKING
One of the big side draws of BPO-ing was that if a bank used your BPO, there was a good chance they would also consider hiring you. I ran into many agents who managed to make that connection. For a good 2-3 years, agents who positioned themselves well...DID WELL. Many others just took time out and pondered their next move.
Did you catch the BPO-FLOW?
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