In the past, we have been saddled with the burden of finding the most effective way to allow our potential sellers to view our presentation. For many moons, we used the presentation book or mini-flip chart type venue. Laptops made it easier to present in a mobile manner, but was not without its issues. We had one computer, placed in front of usually three people and it made for some… Read More »Two Minute Tip Week 13: 21st Century Presenting
Today, let’s take a couple of minutes and discuss a great way to attract buyers to your listing while developing a strong listing tool at the same time. Home Video Tours. For a buyer, the tremendous advantage of using the internet to search for property is being able to see a home at any time, no matter their location. While pictures are great, video makes the experience more like actually… Read More »Tip 12: Great 4 Step Home Videos!
Are you communicating well? For years people in all walks of life have discussed UCLA psychology professor Albert Mehrabian’s discovery that face to face communication can be broken into three components. 7% of what is believed when we speak comes from our words, what we say. 38% is accounted for in the way we say what we say, some call it tonality. And what others see (body language) accounts for… Read More »7 + 38 + 55 = 100 Communication: The Two Minute Tip Week 10
Maybe this is another one of those times when a sales business has been lured towards the shiny objects and away from its real focus. While much of the real estate business is about contracts, negotiations, technology and the like, it is still, first and foremost, a people business. We tend to forget that when we business plan. I suppose it would be rare to ask ourselves, “What can I… Read More »What Buyers Want: The Two Minute Tip Week 8
The Two Minute Tip on Better Blogging Imagine you’re in the checkout line at the supermarket. Someone you know or don’t know strikes up a conversation with you. They discover you’re in real estate. They ask THE ONLY QUESTION THEY ASK: How’s the market? SO….. You tell them. Somewhere in that chat, you mention that your particular market is sort of a seller’s market and multiple offers abound. They say, “isn’t it… Read More »Tips For Great Blogging and Why You Don’t
Mobile Presentations Today’s mobile agent must conduct their business in every way, anytime, anywhere and at a moment’s notice. And that includes presenting. So let’s talk some presentation basics that go DOUBLE, when mobile.
Haiku Deck for your Mobile Presentations Evidence shows the visual to be a far superior method when it comes to delivering a message and having it received at the other end. PowerPoint and Keynote have long been the venue for most presentations and have both been maligned as the evil behind boring, terrible presentations. This criticism, by the way, is not valid. The user, not the program, is at fault.… Read More »TIPPLICATION Week 4: Haiku Deck
As many markets turn from being more buyer oriented to being seller oriented (or even full blown seller’s markets), multiple offers often pop on the scene. As many markets turn from being more buyer oriented to being seller oriented (or even full blown seller’s markets), multiple offers often pop on the scene. For a buyer, the multiple offer market is considerably different than it is for a seller. While… Read More »The Two Minute Tip Week 3: Multiple Offers and Buyers
For a buyer, the multiple offer market is considerably different than it is for a seller. While sellers have control, buyers in the multiple offer setting are forced to play the game at a disadvantage. In the TIPPLICATION, which can be found at http://youtu.be/IhWpi812YAg, you will find this week’s application of our Two Minute Tip. Supportive documents may be downloaded at www.tinyurl.com/tipplication3.
I traveled quite a bit in the last six weeks and will close the year with a flurry of travel. If I had a dollar for every time I’ve been asked “How can I help you?” I could have paid considerably less for the trips. From the airline check-in desk to the taxi driver to the hotel and on down the line, it seems fashionable to ask me, the consumer,… Read More »Listen Up! It Might Help Us Both…