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Real Estate Videos – Which Style Do You Prefer?
I’m requesting your feedback and thoughts. As more and more agents begin to create videos of their listings, I’m wondering which style is preferred. Do you like the more formal, but potentially sterile, stitched professional image videos or the casual first person tours that may display the home’s blemishes?
The following videos are the [...]
Tuesday’s Time Saving Tips: 6 Recommendations for More Effective Meetings
The work day is crazy. We book a meeting and all of a sudden the date and time is looming, and we’re not prepared. So much time is wasted in meetings!
Whether your meeting location is across the conference table, over the phone or on the web, here are some quick tips to make [...]
Tuesday’s Time Saving Tips: Think Delegation BEFORE You’re Buried
As an entrepreneur and business owner, you started out loving what you do. The job is exciting, you’re passionate about your work. Why else would you work so hard for such long periods of time?
Long term, you can’t maintain that initial start up pace or you’ll eventually face burnout. You’ll become tired and find [...]
Tuesday’s Time Saving Tips: Plan Each Day for Success
“Plans are nothing; planning is everything.”
~ Dwight D. Eisenhower
Let’s face it, if you’re the person who can create lofty goals without breaking them down into smaller tasks to accomplish, you are in the minority.
Each day is a bite-sized piece of my larger plan.
Recently, you may have made some New Year’s resolutions. Or like [...]
Tuesday’s Time Saving Tips: How a VA Can Free Up Your Time
This is the first installment in a Tuesday’s Time Saving Tips Series. The time saving tips will focus on ways you can become more productive, whether it’s through technology, business knowledge or office and home organization. They’ll be short and to the point – because that will save you time reading!
The first [...]
Collaboration Not Competition
I recently joined a networking group. I’ve attended a couple of meetings but my schedule won’t allow me to be more active until the end of January. I was very excited about this group because the limited members I know are fantastic people.
The past few days there have been rules flying around [...]
6 Questions Your Online Profile Should Answer
You know you should become involved with social media but before you do, consider your online profile first, because once you make a connection they’ll want to learn more about you before requesting your services.
Consider the following when creating your online biography:
Who are YOU?
Business cards are no longer enough. The tech savvy consumer wants [...]
Characteristics of Personal Assistants in the Real Estate Industry
The following statistics were taken from the 2008 National Association of REALTORS® Member Profile.
14% of REALTORS® use at LEAST one personal assistant
51% of personal assistants are unlicensed
50% of personal assistants are employed part-time
53% of personal assistants work exclusively for one REALTOR®
If you are a Real Estate Agent looking for an assistant, determine what your basic [...]
3Dec2009 | Pat | 0 comments | Continued
Social Media Revolution in Real Estate
A couple of months ago I was invited by a fellow Realtor to attend North Oakland County Board of Realtors Technology (NOCBOR) Board meeting. (I am a licensed agent in Michigan)
I assumed I was observing, everyone else assumed I was joining. So I now find myself part of the Tech committee. That role quickly [...]
MIVA Conference 2009
I attended my second Michigan Virtual Assistants conference this month in Ann Arbor. I love this gathering because it’s small and intimate, we really have the opportunity to get to know the others in attendance.
I spent the evening before and after in a suite with four women I got to know last June during [...]
Steve, you have my full agreement on the no such thing as "too much info". When someone loves a ...
I appreciate all the feedback and am motivated to have both video options available for potential buyers to utilize. Frankly, ...
Lu - Sure, the videos aren’t Stephen Spielberg, but yikes! And what's wrong with too much info? With ...
I hated these videos. Both of them. First one: the music, the empty house, the distorted rooms by fish-eye lenses, ...