real estate virtual assistant: Take Better Photos on Your Phone
- 07/10/12 02:25 AM
As real estate agents, you know that carrying a camera around is always a good idea. You never know when you will need to snap a quick photo of a new listing or of your real estate team at a special event. But what kind of camera do you carry? Do you have your handy Nikon or Coolpix that can easily fit in your pocket, or are you carrying something even lighter and more compact than that? While those cameras are great and produce quality images, we don’t always have them on hand, which is why knowing how to effectively use … (3 comments)
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real estate virtual assistant: Monitor Your Brand’s Effectiveness
- 07/03/12 05:55 AM
Building a brand is about attracting an audience that will be of value throughout your business’s entire lifespan. If you based your brands success solely on numbers and figures, that wouldn’t do much good because you would have no way of knowing which of your strategies are a success and which need some re-working. In today’s world of Internet marketing and social media, brands are fighting for success amidst thousands of other brands striving for recognition on the same platforms. So what do you do to set yourself a part? For starters, stop monitoring the numbers and focus on what you … (2 comments)
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real estate virtual assistant: Don't Let Your Facebook Posts Slip Away- Improve Your EdgeRank Score!
- 06/28/12 05:06 AM
Did you know that the less interaction your Facebook page receives, the less your posts will actually be seen by your fans? It’s sad, but true! Now, this may seem frustrating to you as you are finding you only have time to post to your Facebook page a few times a week. With this news, you begin to wonder, “is it even worth posting to my page?” Overall, it just doesn’t seem fair. So, how does Facebook determine what’s seen by your fans?Here’s how it works. Your brand page's EdgeRank score (Facebook's algorithm for determining how content is featured in … (24 comments)
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real estate virtual assistant: Facebook Changes Default Email Addresses
- 06/27/12 07:17 AM
ATTENTION: FACEBOOK HAS MADE SOME CHANGES…again. If you haven’t heard the news, Facebook has changed your default email address. Don’t panic. Your email address is still the same, but the way it appears under your contact info on Facebook has changed. Instead of your standard @gmail.com or @comcast.net or @yahoo.com, your email now has the ending of @facebook.com.
Wait? I have a Facebook email address? My thoughts exactly. Most people don’t even know they have a Facebook email address, but you do. On your personal page, your Facebook email address is yourusername@facebook.com. For example, if your Facebook URL is http://www.facebook.com/johnsmith, … (2 comments)
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real estate virtual assistant: How to Get More Facebook Likes/Interaction
- 06/26/12 07:49 AM
When it comes to Facebook, you’ve tried it all. You’ve been posting everyday (maybe even multiple times a day), your posts are informative and you are posting what you think both your peers and clients will be interested in reading. But even with all of your productive efforts, you are still not receiving interaction or as much as you would like. While there’s no magic trick that will instantly give you the results you desire, there are small steps you can take in order to find the best strategy that works for you. From you real estate virtual assistant, here is … (8 comments)
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real estate virtual assistant: How To Keep Calm And Carry On as a Real Estate Agent!
- 06/21/12 03:47 AM
Staying calm as a real estate agent has to be one of the toughest challenges. With a myriad of things that can go wrong in the home buying and selling process, varying personalities you’re dealing with on a daily basis, as well as a non-stop schedule; getting through a day calmly seems like a small victory! I was recently talking with a friend who just purchased a home, and she kept saying how impressed she was with her real estate agent. She noted that even with a difficult seller, delayed closing date and other hiccups that came along, her real … (4 comments)
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real estate virtual assistant: Your RealBuzz Update: Online Mistakes that Could Hurt!
- 06/20/12 04:31 AM
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real estate virtual assistant: Real Estate Essentials: iPhone and iPad Apps
- 06/19/12 08:07 AM
By now we all have smart phones, and many of us tablets, too. But how we use them is the pertinent issue. Are you utilizing everything these computer-like objects have to offer – or are you still just using them for phone calls, emails and Angry Birds? Ok, so maybe that was a little harsh. But there really are so many ways to make our jobs (and lives) easier by downloading a few apps here and there – especially in the world of real estate. As real estate virtual assistants, it is a part of our job description to stay up-to-date … (0 comments)
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real estate virtual assistant: A Mid Year Social Media Check Up!
- 06/14/12 07:17 AM
It’s hard to believe we’re nearly half way through 2012 as we approach the official start of summer. Now is a great time to do a bit of reflection on how business is going and to get a boost of energy to finish out the rest of the year on track!Remember those New Years’ resolutions and business goals you made at the beginning of the year? How are they going? Do you find you bit off more than you can chew or have you been focused on keeping a steady pace with your goals?For those of you who wanted to … (6 comments)
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real estate virtual assistant: Online Mistakes that Could Hurt!
- 06/12/12 12:51 AM
The online world has so many rules to follow and they are constantly changing. Post to Facebook at this time. Say this to get more followers on Twitter. Use these strategies to post to Google+. Sound familiar? With so many guidelines and so many different resources telling us what to do, it’s only natural that we will make mistakes along the way. As your real estate virtual assistants, we not only want to keep you up-to-date on all the changes in the online community, but to also make sure you are aware of common mistakes that could leave you in the … (6 comments)
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real estate virtual assistant: How to Handle Failure (Productively)
- 06/05/12 06:32 AM
We’ve all had those days where we feel like absolutely nothing is going right. It starts off with hitting every red light on your way to work and slowly trickles into a downright miserable day. Sometimes the cause of a bad day is straight up failure. Maybe you lost a client, or maybe your clients were outbid on a property they really loved or maybe you simply forgot it was your friend’s birthday. Whether the feat be big or small, how you choose to handle it can be the key to moving on.
Take it from me first hand – … (0 comments)
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real estate virtual assistant: Zillow Launches Customizable Real Estate Websites!
- 05/31/12 03:28 AM
While we enjoy creating customized real estate websites for our clients, we know that not everyone can afford the luxury of complete customization. That’s why when we saw that our friends at Zillow just launched their Premiere Agent websites; we wanted to help spread the word!
Zillow has done a lot for bringing real estate to millions with a single click, and we have enjoyed teaming up with them on a number of levels. We always offer our clients the opportunity for us to enhance their listings on Zillow, write a customized blog post they can share on their … (2 comments)
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real estate virtual assistant: 3 Tips for Staying Proactive at Work!
- 05/29/12 06:53 AM
Between all things mobile, the World Wide Web and the assortment of tasks to be completed each day, staying focused can be a chore in itself. So how do we implement a system where staying proactive is just as easy as being distracted? As real estate virtual assistants, we know how easy it is to lose focus. One minute you’re searching for valuable information about the real estate market and the next thing you know you’re shopping for shoes as a result of a distracting web advertisement. Recently, we sat down and discussed how we can make work time 100% proactive. … (2 comments)
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real estate virtual assistant: Your RealBuzz Update: How to Not Fail Successfully!
- 05/17/12 06:58 AM
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real estate virtual assistant: Discover Your Motivation for Success
- 05/17/12 06:21 AM
Have you ever found yourself on the way to a showing appointment and caught yourself wondering, “Why am I doing this?” Of course, the answer lies much deeper that the surface reason of showing a home to a buyer. It’s the question of why you’re in the line of work that you find yourself doing day in and day out. There are those times we all find ourselves asking why we chose a specific field.
So, why did you choose to go into real estate? Was it the thought of getting the high end listings and selling million … (4 comments)
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real estate virtual assistant: Courtesy of RealSupport, a FREE Trial With IXACT Contact
- 05/14/12 01:15 AM
As real estate virtual assistants, we are always keeping our eye out for new software and services that our clients can use to make their lives easier. This is especially true for client and lead management. It’s difficult enough to have to worry about closing transactions and running your business without adding the additional hassle of staying in touch with all of your contacts. As we all know, however, interpersonal relationships are a huge part of the real estate business, so it’s one aspect that you definitely can not neglect.
We’ve recently come across a new real estate customer relationship management … (0 comments)
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real estate virtual assistant: 4 Social Media Tips You Don't Want to Miss!
- 05/10/12 03:53 AM
As Real Estate Virtual Assistants, we often give tips on engaging with social media as we feel it’s an important part of any growing business! We’re all aware that Facebook and Twitter are no longer a passing phase as we may have once thought; but are here for the long haul.
In wanting to put everything you’ve got into growing your real estate business, you’ve no doubt plugged in to both of these mediums. Which is great! Engaging past, current and potential clients through social media is essential to staying in the game.
But it can become … (5 comments)
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real estate virtual assistant: 5 Tips for Being a Positive Reflection of Your Business!
- 05/03/12 07:39 AM
When it comes to business, most of us are aware of the part that our personal appearance and presence will play in people’s opinions of us. Whether we like it or not, how we portray ourself gives off a strong first impression and can end up making or breaking whether a potential client decides to work with us.
Imagine this: you’re looking to sell and set up a time to meet with an agent who wants to list your home. You’re waiting at a local coffee shop and arrived early to make sure you didn’t keep them waiting. Five minutes … (3 comments)
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real estate virtual assistant: Get The Most Out of LinkedIn!
- 05/01/12 08:10 AM
Today, LinkedIn has over 150 million users. As experienced real estate agents, it’s no surprise that you are one of them. But how well do you know how to utilize this professional social network? If you don’t use this platform very often or have yet to explore the facets of its use, you’ve come to the right place. As your real estate virtual assistants, we want to make sure you are getting the most out of your social networking efforts, and we know LinkedIn can often times get over looked. LinkedIn is more than just obtaining a ton of connections and … (5 comments)
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real estate virtual assistant: How to Fail Successfully!
- 04/26/12 05:41 AM
It happens to all of us. At one point or another we will all fail. The question is, will you fail successfully?
It seems counterintuitive to succeed at failing, but since we all have been and will be there in the future; there has to be a way to not only face failure, but to make the most of it.
Let’s think of some examples from your real estate business...
You don’t meet your sales goals for you or your sellers.
You lose a potential client to the “other agent.”
You lose a current client to … (2 comments)
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As real estate agents, you know that carrying a camera around is always a good idea. You never know when you will need to snap a quick photo of a new listing or of your real estate team at a special event. But what kind of camera do you carry? Do you have your handy Nikon or Coolpix that can easily fit in your pocket, or are you carrying something even lighter and more compact than that? While those cameras are great and produce quality images, we don’t always have them on hand, which is why knowing how to effectively use … (3 comments)
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