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Webinar: Six Things You Need in a Kick-Ass CRM

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Services for Real Estate Pros with ActiveRain

Karate Kick(Yep, I said Kick-Ass and I'll make no apologies for it, ha!)

When: Wednesday September 19th, 10:00am Pacific Time
Where: Your couch, office, kitchen table, bed.....anywhere with an internet connection.
What: Me sharing what you should have in your CRM and talking with my hands even though you can't see them. Don't worry, words will still come out of my mouth you can hear
Why: Because a great CRM can add $$$ to your bottom line
Who: Me, Bob Stewart and hopefully you, real estate agent, looking to improve your business
How: By registering here


register for the webinar(are you convinced already? Then just click that little orange button)

We'll be looking at:

  • How do you prioritize contacts?
  • How important is it that your CRM communicate with your website?
  • Can a CRM take some of your work off your plate so you have more time to generate more leads?
  • How does having more info about your prospect allow you to serve them better?

And a few other things (we have to get to 6 kick-ass things, right?) that are important to consider when picking and ulitmately using a CRM. Because we all know that a CRM is only as valuable as the person working it.....and maybe, just maybe, your CRM can actually make you a more valuable person? If nothing else, it should make you more valuable to your prospects.

 

The most important part of our real estate business (before we launched ActiveRain) was not our ability to generate 200 leads per day. That really helped, but being able to generate leads on the internet is worthless if you don't have a system in place to convert those leads. In fact, generating leads cost money (or time, but time is money, right?), which means your inability to convert the leads you have is actually costing you money. Ten years ago we had to build our own CRM to handle our leads. Today you have a variety of options, some much better than others, but quite a few that do the things we couldn't find when we were forced to build our own.

(by the way, CRM stands for customer relationship management and it's the system you use to keep all your prospects straight)

So as you go out in the real estate world and decide what CRM you are going to use, what things should you be thinking about? What are the important components of a CRM that will actually improve your ability to convert someone from lookey-lou to bonafide buyer?

We're going to take a look at CRM's and talk about 6 key component of a CRM that you need to have in order to convert leads. We're talking about a fundamental aspect of the real estate business. That's why there are a lot of options out there for CRM's.....because everyone should be using one. And with so many options, how do you decide?

Already have a CRM that works well for you? Maybe you'll learn that you are missing a really important piece that allows you to convert prospects to clients at a higher rate. Not using a CRM in your business right now? This is definitely a class for you. Is your email your CRM? Heaven help you..........because you probably think it works great for you. But the reality is, a good CRM will make you better at converting prospects to clients because it's really hard to keep up with a lead prospect over their buying cycle of a lead. If you only generate a few leads a month in your business, your inbox may work. But get many more than 5 leads a month in your pipeline and you need something to keep it all straight.......or as we already said, you are costing yourself money.

This webinar is going to be sponsored by Big Brother, Market Leader (They own ActiveRain, for those of you wondering why I called them Big Brother). I'm going to use Market Leader screen shots and a live version of their CRM to demonstrate some of the important points of a CRM. If you decide that using the Market Leader CRM is not for you, I promise you'll still walk away with a better understanding of the power of a great CRM. I don't care what brand of CRM you use (and I'll probably be in trouble for saying that......but I don't care), I only care that you have one that is capable of helping you convert prospects to business and that your CRM is making your business better.

So join me or not, I don't care..........(OK, that was a lie, I'm a little bit feisty today. I care a great deal. If no one shows up and I end up talking to myself for an hour I will be sad. Even though I talk to myself quite a bit these days. But it's much more fun to share some of the things I've learned in the last ten years with people that will use that knowledge to improve their business. Don't join me because I'd be sad, join because you want to learn something that could help your business.)


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David Shamansky
US Mortgages - David Shamansky - Highlands Ranch, CO
Creative, Aggressive & 560 FICO - OK, Colorado Mtg

looks awesome just registered... thanks brotha looking forward to getting the info

Sep 13, 2012 02:38 PM
Cheryl Ritchie
RE/MAX Leading Edge www.GoldenResults.com - Huntingtown, MD
Southern Maryland 301-980-7566

I looked through to see if you explained the acronym and yes you did. I forget that CRM  initial translation sometimes.

Sep 13, 2012 04:25 PM
Cheryl Ritchie
RE/MAX Leading Edge www.GoldenResults.com - Huntingtown, MD
Southern Maryland 301-980-7566

P.S. I have an idea I have been kicking around called Dueling iPads. Maybe do Google Hangouts with other AR Members and demo apps by installing REFLECTION  on PC. Then share best apps around country. Thoughts?

Sep 13, 2012 04:29 PM
Inna Ivchenko
Barcode Properties - Encino, CA
Realtor® • GRI • HAFA • PSC Calabasas CA

I'm gonna register and will attend. Sounds as a good thing for my  brain.

btw, love the picture:) love it!

 

Sep 13, 2012 07:01 PM
Richard Iarossi
Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage - Crofton, MD
Crofton MD Real Estate, Annapolis MD Real Estate

Bob,

There is always a lot of talk about CRM. Most agents will agree on one thing...none of them have everything we think we need.

Rich

Sep 13, 2012 08:43 PM
Gita Bantwal
RE/MAX Centre Realtors - Warwick, PA
REALTOR,ABR,CRS,SRES,GRI - Bucks County & Philadel

I hope I can listen to the recirded version if available at some point. I have my religious holiday on Wednesday.

Sep 13, 2012 08:45 PM
Debbie Gartner
The Flooring Girl - White Plains, NY
The Flooring Girl & Blog Stylist -Dynamo Marketers

This sounds really useful Bob - for all of us.  My company can really improve in this area, so thanks.

Sep 13, 2012 09:17 PM
Michael Setunsky
Woodbridge, VA
Your Commercial Real Estate Link to Northern VA

Bob, sounds like another great webinar. A worthy topic for discussion.

Sep 13, 2012 09:45 PM
Amanda Christiansen
Christiansen Group Realty (260)704-0843 - Fort Wayne, IN
Christiansen Group Realty

You said ass.  :)  

I'll do my best to be there.  We just signed up for Top Producer.  Hope that is a good thing.                                               

Sep 13, 2012 10:50 PM
Suzanne Strickler
Realty Mark Associates - Havertown, PA
School is never out for the Successful.

Bob ~ I've joined the Thursday Webinars on SEO positioning which are very helpful and didn't know there was a Wednesday series. AR is such a fantastic group to be part of because of people like you. Thx

Sep 13, 2012 11:07 PM
Michael J. Perry
KW Elite - Lancaster, PA
Lancaster, PA Relo Specialist

I think KW's got us covered with their deal with Market Leader ???

Sep 13, 2012 11:09 PM
Kristin Johnston - REALTOR®
RE/MAX Platinum - Waukesha, WI
Giving Back With Each Home Sold!

You always do the BEST webinars, so I may have to register for this one too..only issus is the time and date right now!

Sep 13, 2012 11:58 PM
Bryan Robertson
Los Altos, CA

I'l try to make this but it overlaps two other things I'm doing that day.  I just did a review of CRM software so it would be interesting to see what you've got.

Sep 14, 2012 02:09 AM
Steven Pahl
Keller Williams Tampa Properties - Tampa, FL
Real Estate Consultant Tampa, FL 813-319-6423

Registering now and will be there, since our eEdge and Market Leader are joined at the hips, learning better ways to integrate them will be beneficial.

Sep 14, 2012 03:04 AM
Connie Harvey
Pilkerton Realtors - Brentwood, TN
Realtor - Nashville TN Real Estate

Totally signed up for this. Need some ass kicking!

Sep 14, 2012 05:12 AM
Linda Calhoun
Calhoun Real Estate - Red River, NM
Selling Red River since 1962!

I'll be looking at this.  Sounds very interesting.

Sep 14, 2012 01:45 PM
Harry F. D'Elia III
WEDO Real Estate and Beyond, LLC - Phoenix, AZ
Investor , Mentor, GRI, Radio, CIPS, REOs, ABR

We all need a great CRM to keep up with your clients and obtain more business through consisten follow ups.

Sep 15, 2012 11:41 PM
Celeste "SALLY" Cheeseman
Liberty Homes - Mililani, HI
(RA) AHWD CRS ePRO OAHU HAWAII REAL ESTATE

Bob...I read this and I got so sad thinking you'll be all alone talking to yourself   LOL  I'll be there and so should many others who want to build their business!!!

Sep 16, 2012 01:57 PM
John & Irma Nelson
San Antonio Real Estate Broker/Agent with Get It Sold Realty - San Antonio, TX
San Antonio Real Estate Agents - San Antonio Homes

I didn't realize Market Leader owned Active Rain - I guess that is good to know since I am at KW using the e-Edge Platform and am a ML Champion!   Who knew??  Why did it take me so long to find Active Rain?    I think it must have been the person who shared blogging with me years ago...they didn't have the passion for it and I picked up on it...now I have the passion so it's time to share it with others!!!

Sep 17, 2012 11:16 PM
Arica Mitchell
Song Real Estate at Hybrid Real Estate - Eugene, OR
Realtor

Bob, Great class yesterday!  I have a Market Leader website and it is pretty cool to get some more ideas about how to use the site better.  I liked the fact that you pointed out the need to send the listings- a lot of leads are coming online but I went back and made sure they were all getting some "good stuff" from me.  Thank you

Sep 20, 2012 07:26 AM