OK, OK, as quick as I had my appointment scheduled for yesterday I lost it just as quickly. It's OK though. I wanted to curse and yell...well, I'll be honest, I did when I got the message that she was cancelling. What was the reason for cancelling? AHHH, her realtor sent over a stager on Tuesday. It was part of her marketing package and she didn't realize it. NOTE TO SELF: Get a relationship secured with a realtor! I'm over it. It's over and done with---not losing sleep. She was the ONLY one to call from those cards I sent but it's still OK. I sent another 20 cards out on Wednesday to some select FSBO listings that needed work! We'll see how that goes cuz I'm not giving up!
An absolutely positive note, I did get a call tonight from a homeseller that was checking out my website. She found me, I didn't find her, and I've got an appointment on Monday! A paid consultation! WOO HOO! (I'm keeping my fingers crossed her realtor doesn't pull another stager out of her bag too! LOL)
In the meantime, between my readings on Georgia small business tax laws, I've taken advantage of some of the great ideas posted here on AR the last few weeks. If you haven't checked this out already, you need to do it today! Jeff Turner's Real Estate Shows is just amazing. I created my account and played around with some before and after pics to make a show and see how they'd look. Well, I was impressed and these are by far not the best examples of before and after staging pics. Just wait until I get some really good ones! :) Thanks Jeff! I love it!
Maureen Henry always has such cool, out of the box, marketing ideas. I am trying out the branded email stationary to see what kind of feedback I get on that. It looks great! I'm very happy with it and it looks SO MUCH better than my Outlook signature! :) Thanks, Maureen, for introducing it! Oh, and I am also trying out her suggestion with the Vflyer. I know it's been around and quite a few use it, but for those of you new to this and haven't tried it, go for it. It looked so good! I have a friend in NJ who is a director of marketing and when she checked it out for me, she went crazy! She'll be looking into it as well! My goal is to get those Vflyers to work for me with the realtors!
My mentor, Kathy Nielsen...You rock, girl! Thanks for all of your help, advice and giving me some Hands-On experience doing vacant staging. I appreciate your friendship more than you will ever know!
I want to spread some more love to everyone else in the community...it's great to be a part of it and you all are wonderful! I've learned more about business, staging, and LIFE in the last couple of months than I could have ever imagined and I KNOW that it is the only the tip of the iceburg!
So, since I've taken so much from the group I'm wondering what it is that I can share in return. Well, I'm reading a few books at the moment. I'm weird---I don't read one at a time, I don't know why---maybe it's a commitment thing, I don't know. Anyway, one of the books is How to Become a Rainmaker, by Jeffrey J. Fox. Yes, I'm not going to lie, the Rain reference is what got me to pull it off the library shelf. I'm going to make it my suggested reading for any one starting out their business, or just needing a boost in the selling area. I'm only half way through but it's a great read. It's fairly easy to read and understand...some of it is obvious but some of it was eye opening for me. I've learned many ways how to SELL products over the years but there is such a difference between selling and MAKING IT RAIN! I'm not saying anymore---read it yourself! I've enjoyed it and I'm sure some of you will too.
Thanks everyone!
Abby
Comments(7)