Like many new agents, when I first started out in Real Estate I thought I could "take on the world" because I didn't want to miss out on any opportunities to find business and make a sale. What I didn't realize back then is that casting your net wide makes for large holes in the net, and less business actually ends up in your net. I have seen agents that set out to cover areas as large as an hour drive in all directions. How effective do you think you can be in your business when you are trying to handle things that are 2 hours apart from each other? It's important to really narrow down what "niche" you want to work in, or have the passion for. Maybe you're an agent that loves to work with first-time home buyers. Or maybe you're a special kind of agent that loves handling with foreclosures - dealing with kicking people out of their homes, getting properties cleaned out, handling repairs and maintainence, etc. You can specialize in a certain aspect of Real Estate, or narrow it down to a specific geographical area (or neighborhood). Whatever it is that you have a passion for in this business is really where you need to stack all of your chips. You may have heard this comparison before, but it really is true - Specialists make more money than Generalists. Would you rather be a "jack of all trades, but a master of none" or would you like to be the "specialist" that everyone turns to in your niche? Think in terms of doctors - a General Practitioner doesn't make as much money as an Edocrynologist, Podiatrist, Heart Specialist, or Brain Surgeon. After I got going in Real Estate, and realized this truth, I started focusing on my passion - New Construction. It was when I started really focusing on contractors, land, and developments, that my business really started to take off. I took training on new construction, talked to builders, asked questions and got myself very familiar with the whole process and what to look for. When you market your business online, it's extremely important to narrow down your niche. The more specific your sites are about the business you handle, the better chance you have of showing up in the search engines, and the more targeted your prospects will be. The amount of traffic that you get will be lower, but the prospects that DO come to your site are going to be looking for what you have to offer, which means that you have a better chance of converting those prospects into clients. There will also be less competition online because most agents don't know how to make their sites niche-specific. Sit down and take a long look at your business, and think about what you enjoy, what you have the most experience with. Then start to focus all that you do on that particular niche. I think you will begin to see great changes in your business! __________________________________________________________________________________
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