AR, FB, LI

Direct mail with a call to action

Sphere of Influence

And for a new agent host open houses for other agents in your office

I would work on your website, social media & your blog. 

Well if I were you I'd be interested in people coming to you. I'd do FB ads personally. You have no choice but to do OH's but that's ok. 

You have to decide at least 5 or so places where you face will pop up when it's asked for on the internet. 1st is your website with buyer search obviously.

You can also advertise other agents listings in the office (permission reqd).

When I first started out I would post as many "Any Broker Advertise" rental listings as possible on Craigslist.org. The first year I earned $40k from this free platform. This was over 6 years ago, and quite a few of those same rental clients have converted to buyers and then sellers. I'm also a huge fan of postcard mailers. They may not produce calls immediately, but if they are well designed (and mine are) people will hold on to them and call when they are ready to list. Word of mouth / referrals are another favorite!

I would focus on the ones that you are most comfortable with and also the ones where you already have the largest number of (online friends) 

Invite them all to your page(s). Everyone is going to have something different to say.

Obviously AR is one platform that is a favorite among the members here.

Besides AR you can consider Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, G+ particularly for SEO to your website or other posts.

Best of Luck Kim Crayton  

You have many great answers here.  AR, FB, LI

Your website, your database and your blog platforms are key elements.

Staying in touch with my past client base and working by referral.

my site, activerain and facebook

I continue to get great Google Juice on ActiveRain....if you're not a rainmaker, you should be.... and you should write blog posts everyday....Learn the basics of SEO.... 

I work my website and my blog site.

You will get some excellent advice here. I am slowing down not starting up!

Make sure you're in constant contact with people you know via newsletter or drip system. Add your past clients to your drip system once you have past clients. Never let this get off track. It will be the most important thing you do.

Kim Crayton - working by referrals!

1. Past clients/networking/SOI/volunteering - I am a people person and the more people I'm around, the bigger my business grows!

2.  Farming/direct mail

3.  Website & blogging

Print ads, AR and face to face.

Kim Crayton Last month's contest hosted by Jeff Dowler has so many wonderful entries...and it is about best marketing ideas. Take a look at

February Marketing Entries. Members have placed their links in the comment section. All the best for your real estate success.

Working by referral and staying in touch with my sphere, and past clients. And impressing the current clients can lead to referrals, too.

Mail out post cards.

My website is number one and Activerain and Facebook are next.

Personal WordPress websites with IDX integrated.

ActiveRain

Facebook Business Pages

Sphere, past clients, performance.

Hi, Kim

   Thanks for following me on ActiveRain.  I appreciate it.

    To your question:   please read this post I wrote for "New Agents".  

    Best wishes and much success to you!

Great answsers are here.

Agree with all answers

I blog on my web sites and AR, Google+, LinkedIn and do videos which makes my phone ring.

Parked and reading...

it really depends on your niche marketing. One size does not fit all.

Sphere( personal touches),

open houses,

online networking. 

Kim Crayton 1. Face-to-face networking.

2. Work with a mentor.

3. Become an Expired Listing expert.

Ok, you are a newer agent and you need more business. Where you choose to invest your treasure must be supported with validation opportunities.

For some, their effervescent personalities win the client. If you are the Flame genius type, then getting in front of people is your ticket. Beg, borrow or steal QUALIFIED houses for sale so you can do a purposed open house. Without a purpose the default is 'spending time."

I like direct mail. However, the agent must realize, the third thing the homeonwer will do is start typing to find out more about you. You should anticipate this and have no less the five validation points their big G search will find.  These validation points are essential for ANY marketing you do.

Please understand, todays consumer buys the 'why you do it' before they buy 'what you are doing.'  So, validate.

And for the new agent, I would suggest hiring a company to implement a Facebook ads campaign. These companies have a more complete acccess to the back office of FB and the accompaning analisis tools than us mortals can not access.

Lastly I would challenge you.

This is more than likely the hardest thing in real estate you will ever do. Answer the question, "What do you bring to the table that is worth a sizable piece of the home owners equity?"

You need to strip your response of all agent gobbly-gook, nonsense about license, fees and tain'n and respond only in a manner assuaging those questions the homeowner has.

Test your response with your friends. Did they understand your real value? Did they repeat them to you? Do you believe?

This is hard.  A good place to start is to ask those friends you have helped. HElped in ANY way, what do they see as your most valued trait. We often fail to see what others admire most in us. Use this feedback to create an authentic, 'What I Bring to the table' value statement.

Why is this most difficult task important?

When you KNOW what you are WORTH everyone will see it also.

PS: And have some fun. I do like your 'according to mom' quip.