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Expectations are Evil, Flexibility Divine

Posted on 10/22/10 No Comments

“Expectations are evil and flexibility is divine” I once heard someone say… Knowing the importance of  “setting the stage” and thereby managing client expectations is vital to Rock Star performance… Please Login or Register to read the rest of this content.

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How shall we communicate?

Posted on 10/22/10 No Comments

These days there are more way to communicate than you can shake a stick at…In fact, in some cultures “stick shaking’ amounts to communication too:-) In this webinar, Eric talks about communication. Not only is it important to communicate in your client’s preferred method, it is vital TO LEARN to communicate with other agents too! [...]

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Recruit a Marketing Partner to help with expenses

Posted on 10/22/10 No Comments

So, You have decided that your benefactors (those who make money when you do, i.e. Lenders, Title Companies, Home Owner Insurance Companies, etc…) need to help you with your marketing budget and you are wondering how to approach them and still remain  above board use this simple template to get you started… Please Login or [...]

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How we do the things we do, to market homes

Posted on 02/12/10 No Comments

Seldom a week goes by when I’m not asked how I do the things I do to market homes. I always struggle to answer concisely. I’ve learned that it’s just as important to know where the agent asking the question is coming from as it is to answering the question itself.  In fact, it is vital to the conversation and [...]

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2010 Game Plan

Posted on 12/09/09 3 Comments

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.. Please Login or Register to read the rest [...]

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Web Applications To Make Life Easier

Posted on 11/06/09 1 Comment

Web 2.0 has been about collaboration, more than anything else.  One of the benefits of this collaborative nature, has been web applications (apps) that are free to use.  In spite of the free nature of these web apps, many are very well developed and highly useful!  While the version you can use for free isn’t [...]

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Trulia and Zillow: Online Area Experts

Posted on 11/06/09 No Comments

You’ve no doubt heard about Trulia and Zillow.  Did you know that both services want agent input to help answer consumer questions? Please Login or Register to read the rest of this content.

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Lead Response Times – It’s Not Just Us!

Posted on 11/05/09 9 Comments

Ok, so at theRockStarAgent.com we are flat out rabid about responding to your leads quickly!  In fact, on our team in Ann Arbor, all the agents are using Blackberry smartphones and have a habit of responding to leads within 15 seconds of the lead coming in.  Often times, we catch folks still searching our site [...]

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Listing Syndication Systems

Posted on 08/07/09 No Comments

One of the challenges that we all face as REALTORS® is learning how to manage seller expectations. Having the hard conversations and doing what is right is merely the beginning. We all need to strive to learn what REALLY works, when it comes to marketing our sellers’ properties. How do you satisfy your sellers’ expectations [...]

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Customer Service is Not a Four-Letter Word

Posted on 07/20/09 No Comments

[Some thoughts from this past winter on customer service. Seems Customer Service is nearly a four-letter word...] So on Wednesday, we got a fair bit of snow dumped on us in the Ann Arbor area. It fouled up the roads, was generally a pain to travel through and seriously messed up one of my windshield [...]

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