OK, I need some help. I am working on a farm letter and need some help. I don't know if I am on the right track. I want to send out farm letters and follow-up with a personal visit to introduce myself. Here is the letter I have written and want to know what you guys think. Mr. & Mrs. John Doe,"Ju
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08/15/2007
I am in my first year as an agent. I have already taken some continuing education classes on topics that I want to learn more about and improve my knowledge and skills. I have been researching designations and it sounds like the education should help me improve in specific areas, my question real
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08/11/2007
As market conditions continue to go into a normal market, agents have to work for and earn listings. I have spent quite a bit of time developing a power point presentation for listing appointments. I am quite proud of it, however I have not used it yet. I find myself taking my laptop to listing a
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08/11/2007
I did a blog yesterday about bait websites (http://activerain.com/blogsview/169935/Bait-Sites-Good-orhat) I use to test content and keywords while linking back to my main website. I use http://www.godaddy.com/ for my domain names which come with a free five page website. It really is the cheapest
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08/10/2007
Well, I have read a bunch of different opinions on bait sites. SEO is a big deal when you realize how many buyer's are looking on the Internet before calling an agent. I have been working ever angle I can find to improve my website ranking. I have now added five bait sites. I figure the link back
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08/09/2007
As I was reading through the Realtor.org benefits page, it got me thinking how the power in numbers concept works. It would be cool if the collective ranks of ActiveRain could work together to create and line-up special discounts on services and things that we all use that would be for ActiveRain
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08/07/2007
REALTOR magazine online had an article this morning on reasons why rookie agents fail. Not having a business planFailing to field a good closing teamMissing the right toolsLacking the moneySkimping on marketingSpending marketing money in the wrong placesChoosing the wrong brokerI think I can agre
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08/07/2007
Yes! This post puts me over 30,000 points! I know that is not a big deal compared to some of you with over 200,000 points, but for me..... I am proud of this day. It all began for me on May 21, 2007. I was brand new to blogging and as much as I have learned, I have a long way to go before I am a
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08/06/2007
There are a lot of Realtors here, so I thought this would be an appropriate place to ask: What is the average length of time a home in your market? Here is southern Arizona, we are averaging about six months. The good news, there seems to be a slow down in the number of new listings, however we a
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08/06/2007
I am in my first year as a real estate agent and I have made some observations about attitude when some agents are faced with objections. I have noticed how an objection raised in the sales process can make some agents get that deer in the headlight look: they get that blank look of disbelief. So
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08/06/2007
