Ten Tips for Celebrating St. Patty's Day in Your Real Estate Business....
1. Spend an hour making Irish soda bread and pop by and visit the homes of your ten top clients to wish them a Happy St. Patty's Day!
2. Make a list of all the pubs, restaurants, and locations offering St. Patty's Day festivities in your area and email the Irish Celebrations list to your entire database from you "The Local Real Estate Expert".
3. Hold a St. Patty's broker open house today and serve traditional corn beef and cabbage... even if you can't cook there are tons of restaurants that are offering this tasty delight in bulk today!
4. Have St. Patrick's Day coloring contest for children in the community. Use a picture of a shamrock, leprechaun, or pot of gold. Email the page out to your database and let clients know to distribute them to their children and the best one will be selected to win a book store gift certificate.
5. Wear green!!! Have some spirit... wear green... lots of it... and get out and show lots of green homes (ok... show any color home)
6. Update your blog with a blog post that has some holiday spirit. Try some of these topics: DON'T BE GREEN - PRICE RIGHT TO SELL QUICKLY or LEPRECHAUNS ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF TODAY'S BUYERS MARKET, ARE YOU or REAL ESTATE TAX CREDIT - YOUR POT OF GOLD
7. Call all your buyers and tell them about your St. Patty's Day GREEN HOMES SPECIAL where you're highlighting the best best 5 green houses to show them today. Of course, let them know you'd be happy to show them any color house but the 5 GREEN HOMES special gives you a reason to call all the buyers in your database!
8. Get belly to belly with lots of people today - the more people you meet the more likely you'll find someone who wants to buy or sell a home. Google a great Irish recipe and print it on some green paper. Put all your contact information. Print 50 copies. Then walk your entire neighborhood dropping off copies of your traditional Irish recipe and spreading news about our great real estate market!
9. Go to your local florist and purchase 3 dozen green carnations. Print out a page of FACTS ABOUT THE NEW HOME BUYER TAX CREDIT. Attach your business card to each one. Go to your local breakfast joint and hand out carnations, the tax credit info sheet and your card. Be memorable while spreading holiday cheer and good news about real estate!
10. Go to a local department store and try on a traditional Irish scally cap. Take a photo of yourself, update your social networking pages with your Irish photo and wish everyone in your newtwork a Happy St. Patty's Day!
Have fun spreading cheer and finding new business this St. Patrick's Day!
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