Whether you call it your “about me” page, your profile, or your agent bio, it’s the one page on your website that is all about you. And yet… effective agent bios, really aren’t all about the agent. What ARE effective agent bios? You may have a different definition, but in my book, an effective agent […]
Grow your real estate career with gratitude
Gratitude can help you grow your real estate career in two ways – one that’s personal and the other that’s professional. So first, the personal side… Feeling good mentally and physically will help grow your real estate career. Expressing gratitude has both mental and physical benefits. According to the Mayo Clinic Health System“, feeling thankful […]
When you have to deal with a deficient real estate agent…
If you’ve been in real estate sales for long, at some point you’ve had to deal with a deficient real estate agent. They might be incompetent, or unethical, or dishonest, or just plain lazy. Some of them are just – I don’t know – unintelligent and lacking ambition might cover it. These are the ones […]
Free Real Estate Letters
Have you ever visited my Freebies for Real Estate Agents page? If not, is it because you just didn’t notice that free real estate letters are available here? Or maybe you knew they were there, but you weren’t interested because you write all of your own material. If you never noticed that tab at the […]
Small errors can cause big fails
It’s amazing how such small errors can cause such big fails Call them stop signs, speed bumps, or potholes, these seemingly small errors can interrupt the flow of your messages, rendering them useless. Readers who had been nodding their heads in agreement or thinking “I didn’t know that,” will suddenly stop reading. They might re-read […]
When and why people need human copywriters
Chat GPT has everyone excited these days – and some of them are thinking there’s no more need for human copywriters. You now have artificial intelligence at your fingertips – do you really need human copywriters? If artificial intelligence can write anything and everything, including HTML code, why bother with human copywriters? Because while artificial […]
The Pareto Principle in Real Estate
What does the Pareto Principle have to do with real estate? As it turns out, quite a lot. You know about the Pareto Principle, right? It’s otherwise known as the “80-20 rule.” This rule states that for many outcomes, approximately 80% of consequences come from 20% of the causes. And conversely, only 20% of the […]
The role of emotion in real estate
We know that when it comes to buying almost anything, we make our choices based on emotion, then justify them with logic. It’s true for a pair of shoes, and it’s true for a home. Don’t try to ignore the role of emotion in real estate, because it’s there, influencing how people behave. How many […]
Community pages and blogging = more clients
Adding community pages and blogging about the communities you serve will identify you as an expert. And what buyer or seller wouldn’t prefer to work with an expert in his or her chosen community? Community pages serve two important purposes. First, they help would-be buyers decide where they want to live! When I write a […]
Do you need a real estate resume’ or a bio?
Every now and then someone writes to ask if I can write their real estate resume’. The answer is yes, of course. But then I seek to find out whether they really need a resume’ or a bio. There is a decided difference. One is factual and dry. The other is factual, but conversational and […]