marketing: The First 31 Days Are Gone ~ What Have You Done So Far? - 01/31/09 07:51 AM
I thought it might be beneficial to all of us to share what we've done for our businesses with the first month of the new year behind us now.  If you did something new that seems to be working or did something that you normally put off, please share.  Maybe you put yourself "out there" more and are seeing a difference or maybe you just did something for yourself that will, ultimately, add to your business.

While I had some interest early in the month from people who contacted me (rather than me contacting them) for a newspaper article and a webinar … (31 comments)

marketing: Desperate Times Call For Desperate Measures - 01/11/09 10:11 AM
"Desperate times call for desperate measures."  Origin unknown.   From Wikipedia:  It means that when you're in a serious situation, you have to consider doing things that you might otherwise think are unacceptable.
"Unacceptable" (for the purposes of this post) means stepping outside your comfort zone, doing something you might not have given serious consideration to doing to maintain your business.  Maybe you've thought "I should do that".  Well, this is the time.  There is no more putting it off. 
Write up that press release and send it out to all your local papers; and if they don't pick it up, get … (103 comments)

marketing: Realtors - It's Time To Think Outside The Box *UPDATED - 09/11/07 07:35 AM
The following is the most recent news relating to home sales.  As in any business, when slow downs occur you have to start thinking outside the box.  For those realtors who have not worked home staging into their listings - it is time to think outside the box.  Why would you disregard something that can only help your listings; not hurt them?  Why would you want your sellers to drop the sale price by 5% when home staging might only cost them 1% of their sale price (and that's depending on what they need done)?  This is the time to be … (16 comments)

 

Kathy Passarette

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Mount Sinai, NY

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