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Ask An Ambassador: Are You Untouchable?

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Real Estate Agent with Transaction Alliance 513.520.5305 www.LizTour.com SAL.2002007747

No, I'm not talking about Eliot Ness and his squad of agents

Too often I find real estate agents are Untouchable, and not in a good way.  If I (or even worse, a consumer) wanted to reach out to you to...oh I don't know...give you a referral?...there's no obvious way to reach you.  Multiple clicks MAY get me to what I need, but face it, if you're in a market that hosts 1000's of agents, how hard is anyone going to work to find your contact info?  The short answer?  They're not.  Neeeeeexxxxxxt!

So when you're working in the Rain, or on your website, keeping in mind you need to be compliant with your local license law, you need to have at least two main objectives:

1. Reinforce your service area.  WHERE DO YOU WORK??

2.  Making it VERY easy to contact you.

Take advantage of your opportunities to amp up your profile and your comments to make it blatantly obvious to even the most casual of observers how to do both.

Frankly if I haven't gotten people in this community to recognize we serve the Warren County/Cincinnati/Dayton Ohio area, I don't know what more to do!  Seriously, I've embedded a MAP right in our blog signature!!  Even if you're geographically impaired, you can click and zoom and figure it out :)

If you check your (or our) profile, you can see there are ample opportunities to embed WHERE you work and Contact methods (phone, email, websites, etc.).  All the arrows point to places to either directly know where we work, how to reach us, or to go to another site (such as our home search site) that also provides opportunity to reach us.

All of those fields are editable.  Click Edit Profile and you'll see the following.  Use the Pencil icons to edit those fields.

Click the Contact block to get more access:

Make sure when you've finished your edits, you click DONE EDITING at the top left of your profile.

The nice thing about filling in these fields (and perhaps some others accessable via edit Blog Settings), is that you then populate your blog header AND it feeds over to comments you leave.  There will be no shortage of subliminal advertising possibilities :)

 

 

Just spend a few minutes making sure your contact information is present AND up to date.

It just might be the difference between more business and a missed connection.

 

Until next Tuesday, just Ask An Ambassador if you need help,

Bill & Liz aka BLiz

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Serving Warren County Ohio & Adjacent Areas

The Liz Spear Team of Transaction Alliance
Elizabeth Spear, ABR, Ohio License SAL.2002007747

William (Bill) Spear, Ohio License SAL.2004011109  Kentucky 77938
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Comments (15)

Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
Pasadena And Southern California 818.516.4393

Hello Bill(and Liz too) - it's a head-scratcher when agents appear incognito.  

May 19, 2020 06:27 PM
Liz and Bill Spear

We're not in a business where stealth mode makes a lot of sense.

May 19, 2020 07:25 PM
Kat Palmiotti
eXp Commercial, Referral Divison - Kalispell, MT
Helping your Montana dreams take root

You! I know where to find you, the bees, the pets, the Patio Homes!

Me! Kalispell MT! Call me 406-270-3667. Email me kat@thehousekat.com. I can't make it easier!!!

May 19, 2020 06:48 PM
Liz and Bill Spear

And regular homes too :)

And no doubt, you're my go to for your turf!

May 19, 2020 07:25 PM
Kat Palmiotti

Thank you Liz and Bill Spear - I appreciate that!

May 20, 2020 06:08 AM
Laura Cerrano
Feng Shui Manhattan Long Island - Locust Valley, NY
Certified Feng Shui Expert, Speaker & Researcher

I like to stay humble and become more undeniable but staying humble the whole time.

May 19, 2020 08:06 PM
Liz and Bill Spear

You've got a unique niche here in the Rain!

May 19, 2020 08:41 PM
Marte Cliff
Marte Cliff Copywriting - Priest River, ID
Your real estate writer

I am always amazed at the number of agents who don't reveal their location either in the email signatures OR on Active Rain blogs and their personal websites.

Home pages on real estate websites with no obvious location just boggle my mind. Why would anyone stick around?

May 19, 2020 08:49 PM
Liz and Bill Spear

When I look through new profiles in the Rain, it's so common to just see descriptions like "buyers agent".  Where????  It's such a missed opportunity to easily let people know where you work and start associating you with your service area.

May 20, 2020 06:22 AM
Tammy Lankford,
Lane Realty Eatonton, GA Lake Sinclair, Milledgeville, 706-485-9668 - Eatonton, GA
Broker GA Lake Sinclair/Eatonton/Milledgeville

I even have my number on facebook.  I really just don't understand agents who don't have their number available.

May 19, 2020 10:10 PM
Liz and Bill Spear

I want to be as easily contacted as possible.

May 20, 2020 06:22 AM
Debra Leisek
Bay Realty,Inc Homer Alaska - Homer, AK

I need to work on my profile.. among other thing!! Your posts are always so clear and easy to understand the hows and whys!  Your information is priceless!

thank you

May 20, 2020 12:32 AM
Liz and Bill Spear

Nothing beats a good screen capture :)

May 20, 2020 06:22 AM
Realty Pack
Realty Pack - Bel Air, CA
Real Estate Blog

Hello, Liz and Bill Spear. Thank you for the great article. Having complete contact information is a very good point that is often overlooked as a minor detail. 

May 20, 2020 02:37 AM
Liz and Bill Spear

We've got to make it easy for the consumer (and other agents) to contact us.

May 20, 2020 06:23 AM
Erik Hiss
Keller Williams Capital Partners Realty - Worthington, OH
You can trust me for all your real estate needs!

I am not untouchable! In fact quite the opposite! In addition, I WANT to help people! I got a new client yesterday after they spoke with 4 other agents...not a single one of them asked the buyer what they were looking for after he wanted to see a home that just went into contract. Unbelieveable! 

May 20, 2020 09:39 AM
Liz and Bill Spear

Sometimes all it takes is to execute the fundamentals.  Be easy to reach, listen, follow through.  Congrats on your new buyer!

May 20, 2020 11:23 AM
Margaret Goss
@Properties - Winnetka, IL
Chicago's North Shore & Winnetka Real Estate

Eons ago I saw the map on your signature . . . and I copied you. I thought it was ingenious to make it crystal clear where I work. Thank you for that.

May 20, 2020 02:30 PM
Liz and Bill Spear

Glad to help!

May 20, 2020 02:45 PM
Patricia Feager, MBA, CRS, GRI,MRP
DFW FINE PROPERTIES - Flower Mound, TX
Selling Homes Changing Lives

Liz and Bill Spear - WOW! You put a lot of work pointing out good tips for us. Thank you! I am forever grateful to have GREAT AMBASSADORS like the two of you here on ActiveRain!

May 20, 2020 04:30 PM
Liz and Bill Spear

We're always happy to help!  And with the right tools (I like Jing) it's easy enough for me to screen cap and do some basic markups.

May 20, 2020 05:22 PM
Patricia Feager, MBA, CRS, GRI,MRP

Liz and Bill Spear - I never heard of Jing - I'll check it out. Thank you!!! 

May 20, 2020 05:31 PM
Janice Zaltman
United Realty Group - Boca Raton, FL
Energy Efficient And Eco-Friendly Homes in Florida

Thank you Bill. Going to re-check everything and make sure everthing is up to date. 

May 20, 2020 07:16 PM
Liz and Bill Spear

Never hurts to double check!

May 20, 2020 08:25 PM
Sham Reddy CRS
Howard Hanna RE Services, Dayton, OH - Dayton, OH
CRS

Great advice! Thanks for sharing!

Check your (or our) profile, you can see there are ample opportunities to embed WHERE you work and Contact methods (phone, email, websites, etc.).  All the arrows point to places to either directly know where we work, how to reach us, or to go to another site (such as our home search site) that also provides opportunity to reach us

May 21, 2020 03:59 AM
Liz and Bill Spear

There are plenty of opportunities here to point out where we work, e.g. your comment header has always let me know we're neighbors in real estate.

May 21, 2020 05:46 AM
Shirley Coomer
Keller Williams Realty Sonoran Living - Phoenix, AZ
Realtor, Keller Williams Realty, Phoenix Az

A great reminder!  I love the map at the bottom!

May 21, 2020 06:43 AM
Liz and Bill Spear

The map has proven useful!

May 21, 2020 07:15 AM
Michelle Enciso
Pikes Peak Dream Homes Realty - Colorado Springs, CO
Exceptional Service for Exceptional People

Wow, I haven't thought of this and how important being easily accessible can be. Guess it's time to revamp all my sites and groups to make sure I can be contacted easily. Thank you! 

May 21, 2020 09:02 AM
Liz and Bill Spear

You're welcome!

May 21, 2020 10:41 AM
Sham Reddy CRS
Howard Hanna RE Services, Dayton, OH - Dayton, OH
CRS

Great points Liz! Thanks for sharing!

If you check your (or our) profile, you can see there are ample opportunities to embed WHERE you work and Contact methods (phone, email, websites, etc.). 

May 22, 2020 04:02 AM