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Kathleen Daniels, Probate & Trust Specialist
KD Realty - 408.972.1822 - San Jose, CA
Probate Real Estate Services

It depends on what I have to do for other clients.  Adding content to my site is always a good use of time if I have no other pressing duties. 

Oct 29, 2019 01:42 PM
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Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - Wanda Can!
Red Rock Real Estate (435) 632-9374 - St. George, UT
St. George Utah Area Residential Sales Agent

Get out in your community and volunteer or go to real estate related events. Call past clients to see if there are needs to be filled. Rinse and repeat often!

Oct 29, 2019 01:34 PM
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Barbara Todaro
RE/MAX Executive Realty - Happily Retired - Franklin, MA
Previously Affiliated with The Todaro Team

blogging is as good as any other method.... I like Facebook, too.... especially to market listings.... or open house events.... 

if you need and/or want buyers, do open house events on Saturday and Sunday.... just for a couple of hours each day.... blast the marketing....especially to the neighbors...invite everyone.... the more people you meet, the greater the chance of finding new business....

Oct 29, 2019 01:36 PM
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
Pasadena And Southern California 818.516.4393

It seems that list is endless and depends on many different factors.  What has worked out well for you in the past?  New ideas?  

Oct 29, 2019 04:40 PM
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Roy Kelley
Retired - Gaithersburg, MD

Get out and build your network, face to face.

Oct 29, 2019 03:08 PM
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Carol Williams
Although I'm retired, I love sharing my knowledge and learning from other real estate industry professionals. - Wenatchee, WA
Retired Agent / Broker / Prop. Mgr, Wenatchee, WA

Blogging is a great use of time. It has a long term return. Blogging is like making deposits into a savings account. 

However, I used to do my blogging in the evenings after my other business tasks for the day were done.

Oct 29, 2019 01:41 PM
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Ward County Notary Services - Minot, ND
Owner of Ward Co Notary Services retired RE Broker

I go shopping Denise Copeland . REALLY! I love to walk from shop to shop downtown and meet and visit with people. It seems I always run into someone who needs to buy or sell and they forgot that I was a Realtor.

Oct 29, 2019 06:13 PM
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Bob Crane
Woodland Management Service / Woodland Real Estate, KW Diversified - Stevens Point, WI
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Most things are better than showing properties, I concentrate on listing them and let others give tours to the buyers.

Oct 29, 2019 05:41 PM
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Coldwell Banker Realty - Charlotte, NC
Your Greater Charlotte Realtor

I don't consider blogging a lead generator... still waiting for my first lead. How about touching base with your past clients instead? Or how about adding pages to your website for better SEO?

Oct 29, 2019 02:10 PM
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Savvy + Company (704) 491-3310 - Charlotte, NC
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Visiting past clients, volunteering, doing an open house...get out there, front & center! I like to blog late at night - when spending time with my sphere isn't really an option! LOL

Oct 29, 2019 10:02 PM
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Anthony Acosta - ALLATLANTAcondos.com
Harry Norman, REALTORS® - Atlanta, GA
Associate Broker

Marketing

Social Media

Research

etc....

Oct 29, 2019 07:08 PM
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Peter Testa
Nationwide Homes - Danbury, CT
PETER TESTA

Depends on what your focus is on. I wear "a lot of hats". Today was spent getting ready for a closing tomorrow (Final HUD approval with bank, attorneys, scheduling, Invoice and talking to client, buyers agent and bank), meeting an Appraiser on a short sale I am doing, answering buyer calls, opening a door for an exterminator at condo where I have the buyers, preparing for a 2nd closing coming up soon (Invoice, deposit slip, email) and downloading photos for a new listing and setting up a new listing as Incoming on MLS. What's missing?


Prospectng. Too busy to do it today.

Oct 29, 2019 06:25 PM
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John Juarez
The Medford Real Estate Team - Fremont, CA
ePRO, SRES, GRI, PMN

If you are referring to using your time to generate business...call, text or email those people who you know and who know you. You SOI can be your best source of business in the long run.

Oct 29, 2019 05:05 PM
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Rose Mary Justice
Synergy Realty Pros - Dandridge, TN
Synergy Realty Pros

Prospecting every day.

Oct 29, 2019 04:51 PM
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Ron and Alexandra Seigel
Napa Consultants - Carpinteria, CA
Luxury Real Estate Branding, Marketing & Strategy

Sometimes, in our case the best thing to do is go for a walk...A

Oct 29, 2019 01:52 PM
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Carla Freund
Keller Williams Preferred Realty - Raleigh, NC
NC Real Estate Transition & Relocation 919-602-848

Call your database. Send something to your farm. Blog in a public place such as a coffee shop while wearing your name tag. I also have a "skin" for my laptop that has my company on it.

Oct 30, 2019 04:22 AM
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Diana Dahlberg
1 Month Realty - Pleasant Prairie, WI
Real Estate in Kenosha, WI since 1994 262-308-3563

If I am not showing properties I am prospecting, following up on calls, emails and texts and taking care of things that I put aside for a rainy day ... oh and of course, social media!

Oct 29, 2019 07:00 PM
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Valeria Mola
SIB Realty - Miami, Sunny Isles Beach - Sunny Isles Beach, FL
305-607-0709 SIB Realty Condos for Sale and Rent

I go to hot yoga class in the morning and meet new people there. 

Oct 29, 2019 05:44 PM
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Abby Stiller
TOP SELLING REALTY - Cape Coral, FL
SW Florida (239) 284-8637

At this time of the year planning for the Holidays.

Oct 29, 2019 05:44 PM
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Richie Alan Naggar
people first...then business Ran Right Realty - Riverside, CA
agent & author

Being a kid requires little or no effort...I find it works well for adults too

Oct 29, 2019 05:07 PM
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Ryan Huggins - Thousand Oaks, CA
https://HugginsHomes.com - Thousand Oaks, CA
Residential Real Estate and Investment Properties

Paperwork, escrows, etc.

Oct 29, 2019 03:54 PM
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Don Baker
Lane Realty - Eatonton, GA
Lake Sinclair Specialist

spending time with my grandson

Oct 29, 2019 03:30 PM
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Doug Dawes
Keller Williams Evolution - 447 Boston Street, Suite #5, Topsfield, MA - Topsfield, MA
Your Personal Realtor®

Do you block your time?

Oct 30, 2019 05:28 AM
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Thomas J. Nelson, REALTOR ® e-Pro CRS RCS-D Vets
Big Block Realty 858.232.8722 - La Jolla, CA
CEO of Vision Drive Realty - Coastal San Diego

Calls to your database

Personal notes to clients and netwrking partners you've recently mety with.

Pop-bys to sold clients.

Networking coffees and lunches.

soooo much you can do prior to blogging.

Oct 29, 2019 09:19 PM
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Evelina Tsigelnitskaya
SIB Realty - Sunny Isles Beach, FL

My phone with me all the time, that means I am at work. :)

Oct 29, 2019 07:01 PM
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Wayne Martin
Wayne M Martin - Chicago, IL
Real Estate Broker - Retired

Prospecting using whatever method works best for you!

Oct 29, 2019 02:35 PM
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Brenda Mayette
Miranda Real Estate Group, Inc. - Glenville, NY
Getting results w/ knowledge & know-how!

Go buy 20 cases of full-size candy bars and pop by your A+ clients...  :)

 

Oct 30, 2019 04:50 AM
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Richard Weeks
Dallas, TX
REALTOR®, Broker

Prospecting to keep the pipeline full.

Oct 30, 2019 04:50 AM
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Tom Bailey
Margaret Rudd & Associates Inc. - Oak Island, NC

Whatever you do to prospect 

Oct 30, 2019 04:27 AM
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Joe Pryor
The Virtual Real Estate Team - Oklahoma City, OK
REALTOR® - Oklahoma Investment Properties

Many things.

Oct 29, 2019 03:06 PM
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Annette Lawrence , Palm Harbor, FL 727-420-4041
ReMax Realtec Group - Palm Harbor, FL
Making FLORIDA Real Estate EZ

Most effective use of my time...hmmm, I choose to change that to most BENEFICIAL use of my time.

Lately, what I have found beneficial in stimulating the creative juices is taking place in the kitchen. I have a sound track of 28 minute duration. I start the music and enter the kitchen and using whatever is available to create a meal I have not attempted before and have it on the table by the final tune.

It is surprising what one can create from pedestrian ingredients. My faborite side is zesty skillet cornbread.

Business challenges now start with, 'What do I have to work with?"

Oct 30, 2019 04:39 AM
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Steffy Hristova
HomeSmart Elite Group Tempe AZ Tel: 602.710.8161 - Tempe, AZ
Tempe AZ Realtor - Your Home Close to Your Work!

Great ideas - pick a few that you feel comfortable and do them. I have added pages to my web-site in the past, and received results in about 5-6 months. Face-to-Face events will probably be quite effective.

Oct 30, 2019 08:34 AM
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Tony Lewis
Summit Real Estate Group - Valencia, CA
Summit Real Estate Group Valencia & Aliso Viejo

Computer activities such as emails, mls, social media posting, calling and texting.

Oct 30, 2019 11:03 PM
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Joan Cox
House to Home, Inc. - Denver Real Estate - 720-231-6373 - Denver, CO
Denver Real Estate - Selling One Home at a Time

I work on my next mailings, stay in touch with past clients, emailing prospects on my web site, or having some down time.

Nov 02, 2019 06:22 PM
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Will Hamm
Hamm Homes - Aurora, CO
"Where There's a Will, There's a Way!"

I would put marketing at the top of my list and calling past clients!\

 

Nov 01, 2019 09:37 AM
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