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You know, LinkedIn isn't talked about very much in terms of where real estate agents should be marketing themselves. It's a great place to connect with industry influencers. Meaning it's easy to build relationships if there is a particular industry you want to sell your services to. (great for te...

Hey Active Rain! Today's entry is not necessarily going to be real estate focused - it is to highlight 3 habits that you can adopt to your lifestyle, that can also drastically improve your life.Here are 3 Habits Real Estate Agents Should Adapat:1. Eat HealthierWith a profession that requires logg...

I've been working in the real estate technology industry for the past 7 years, at a company that has been doing it for over 20 years - and I've heard it all before...Here are 5 Excuses Agents Should Stop Using1. It’s Somebody Else's Fault I want to get this excuse out of the way, because I’ve run...

A few months ago we went over a few strengths that can be your weaknesses too. But, what about your actual weaknesses? What do you do about those? To us, weaknesses are just opportunties for improvement. We should always strive to be better. So...Here are 5 ways to overcome your weaknesses1. Use ...

Happy December Active Rain!  We have some very social media savvy members on our team here, and often times we will stumble across an article by another marketer and roll our eyes at some of their advice. For instagram, they tell you things like “use hashtags” or “post at 5pm on a Wednesday” —- b...

With Thanksgiving next week, it might be good to exercise gratitude and express how thank you are for your clients. There are certainly a few ways to do this. We have compiled a list of 4 easy ways this can be accomplished. Here are 4 Ways Real Estate Agents Can Express Gratitude1. Handwritten No...

Thanksgiving is coming up. It's almost the end of the year and we can understand if your motivation well has run dry. To maintain that consistency we are sharing 4 fun ideas you can use to generate leads for thanksgiving. 1. Send Letters with a RecipeWhile people will be quick to ignore a phone c...

Perhaps you are a new agent, or maybe you need a little refresher on the fundmantals to strengthen the skills that may have gotten rusty over time. So we have compiled a list of the most common ways real estate agents gained the first listing. 1. Expired ListingsNot everybody likes cold calling b...

Being the neighborhood expert is akin to being a local celebrity. You want to be neighborhood-famous. When people think real estate, you want them to think about you FIRST. Here are 5 Ways to Become the Neighborhood Expert:1. Share Neighborhood Information on FacebookSimple. Events coming up? New...

With the holiday season coming up, maybe some of us are on a budget so we can pay for presents for our friends and family. That doesn't mean you should stop your lead generation though. The leads you generate today are the deals you close tomorrow. So here are 5 cheap ways to generate real estate...