2010 Game Plan

As we finish up 2009 and head into 2010 I know many agents are doing their planning and goal setting for the coming year.

So, I thought I’d pass along some information and tools that have helped shape my business and may help yours going into 2010.

First off, the hottest topics in RE these days are: Online Lead Generation, Listing Syndication, Blogging, Social Networking etc…My team in Ann Arbor is doing all these –  but we NEVER take our eye off the “sphere of influence” target either.

For example,

1. Any entity or person that I pay money to, I solicit business from. I call upon: my lawyer, financial planner, estate planner, insurance providers, lenders, contractors, auto dealerships, etc… I basically reaffirm my desire to help them grow their businesses and ask them to commit to helping me grow my business.

2.  I send an email to all my clients thanking them for putting their trust in me. And I ask them to keep me in mind when they hear of anyone anywhere needing to buy or sell. I also tell them that during the holidays they’ll hear friends, colleagues, relatives and neighbors talk about their plans…I ask them to tell these folks about their experience with me and to pass my name and number along.

(A good portion of my business comes as a direct result of referrals and I can attribute ASKING, SEEKING and KNOCKING to all that business-the Lord is good!)

Many of you have asked how I syndicate my listings and although I won’t share the entire system with you HERE - I will tell you that you need to get your listings on Wellcomemat, Craigslist and Vflyer ASAP and commit to learning a bit about blogging and Twitter, too.

1.  Wellcomemat–http://www.wellcomemat.com/team366

2.  Craigslist–Craigslist is one of the most visited sites on the internet and getting your listings on there has two benefits: Listing exposure & lead generation.

3.  vFlyer–Go to http://vflyer.com/ and see how it works…

4. If you have a blog, get great new material by setting up a Google account here: http://Google.com. Then go into settings and set up an ALERT for the type of information you are interested in blogging about.You’ll get a steady flow of great topics and will never lack for something to blog about!

5. Facebook – Post listings and rentals on your facebook account. In our town, Ann Arbor, MI, students who are using Facebook as there social networking platform run into our RENTALS posted there and we have been fairly successful getting student rentals rented.

6. Commit to learning a bit about Twitter as well in 2010…There are many ways to spend time and I haven’t embraced this yet but I’m willing to learn and maybe this tme next year, I’ll be singing the Twitter praise as well…

These ideas have helped me weather the storm and even prosper.

So commit to implementing at least one of these stategies  in 2010. I’m certain that if you do you’ll increase the number of listings you sell and buyers you serve.

Have an outstanding Holiday Season and a Happy, Healthy and Prosperous 2010..