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Week of July 27- July 31, 2009

 

 

 

 

Leadership Top Story

Recruit the best of the best

Join Keller Williams Realty CEO, Mark Willis for his third and final Webinar on Recruit-Select, Action-Training, Leadership and Motivation (RSTLM).

 

During Leadership and Motivation you will learn how to successfully recruit and retain the most talented agents in your market and increase overall profitability, productivity and profit share.

 

Leadership and Motivation

10 a.m. (CDT)

Tuesday, July 28, 2009

 

If you missed the first two classes, you can still participate in this session. Registration is open from now until 3 p.m. (CDT) Monday, July 27, 2009. 

*NOTE: This Webinar series is NOT a replacement for Keller Williams University’s RSTLM curriculum. To learn more about these courses, click here.

Agent Top Story

Got tickets?

Make the most of your Mega Camp experience! After the education, the training and the inspiration, be sure to fit in the entertainment with the KW Cares Summer Bash!

 

Reconnect, relax and rock out with Blood, Sweat and Tears featuring Chuck Negron formerly of Three Dog Night!

 

 

Get your tickets for The KW Cares Summer Bash before they run out! Be sure to donate at checkout.

In This ISSUE

Showing Community Properties on Your Website

Want to know how to get that cool golf course or waterfront property on you Website? Watch this week's tech tip to learn how!

 

How to reap endless referrals

Are you building a powerful referral business, connecting with potential clients and teaching others to refer business to you?

Learn how during this week's Business by the Book with best-selling author, Bob Burg.

 

FREE streaming audio and
downloads available at www.millionairesystems.com

 

Now on KW Connect

This Month in Real Estate:

July 2009

For more information on KWConnect, and to subscribe, click here.

 

Now on Leadership Mountain

MCA Alliance Call: July 2009

 

For more information on Leadership Mountain, and to subscribe, click here.

August 2009

10 - 14

Franchise Systems Orientation

Austin, Texas

10 - 11

MCA Mastery

Austin, Texas

12 - 13

Market Center Financials

Austin, Texas

10 - 11

OP Clinic

Austin, Texas

17

Time Management with the
411

Austin, Texas

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Home sales tick up

Last week, The National Association of REALTORS® reported that existing home sales – which include single-family, townhomes, condominiums and co-ops – increased 3.6 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.89 million units in June.

 

This is third consecutive month that NAR has reported an increase in existing home sales. Lawrence Yun, NAR’s chief economist, added that “We expect a gradual uptrend in sales to continue due to tax-credit incentives and historically high affordability conditions.”

 

If first-time homebuyers want to take advantage of the tax-credit, they need to act now. Start the discussion with a copy of Your First Home: The Proven Path to Ownership. Download the Your First Home discussion guide and hold a first-time homebuyer seminar in your market.

 

Become a fan of the Your First Home Facebook page and join the conversation!

 

*Source: http://www.realtor.org/RMODaily.nsf/pages/News2009072301?OpenDocument

New numbers on the real estate front

 

Although experts predict it will take time for the economy to fully recover, there has been a lot of encouraging news recently.

 

Here are a few points to share with your clients:

  • The percentage of first-time buyers dipped to 29 percent as a result of more repeat buyers entering the market, suggesting signs of a return to a more balanced market.

  • Americans have shifted into savings and are now putting away a larger portion of their income – so much that the U.S. savings rate has now surpassed that of Canada!

  • Home prices edged up almost 4 percent between May and June of 2009, due to repeat buyers purchasing at higher price points, and distressed properties accounting for a smaller percentage of sales (33 percent of sales, compared to 45 percent the month before).

Get all this information and more in the free This Month in Real Estate PowerPoint Reports. You can make the report more relevant to your clients by customizing it with your market’s information.

 

The editable version is available for download on KW Connect  (KW login required). The non-editable version is available for download on KW.com (Does not require KW login)

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Demystify social media

Looking for an easy way to manage your social media?

FriendFeed is the answer. This Web service allows you to add all your updates from social media Websites, social networks, blogs and social bookmarking and micro-blogging services into one place. Here are several ways to make FriendFeed work for you:

 

  • Customize your feed with the content that matters to you. Your feed will be updated with photos, interesting links, videos and messages.
  • Subscribe to updates from individuals and groups, such as your family, clients or a team of people you work with.
  • Get updates from 59 different feed sources including; YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, Digg, Google Reader, StumbleUpon, and Photobucket and get up-to-the-minute information on a range of categories such as: blogging, photos, music, news, video, comments, status, bookmarking and books.

If you know a lot of people across various social networks, then FriendFeed is the perfect way for you to keep up-to-date with everything that’s happening with them.

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Sharpen your expertise within the pre-foreclosure arena
New network aims to standardize short-sale process

Committed to working toward "linking back to a healthy real estate market," Son Nguyen, former team leader of the Riverside Central (Calif.) market center spearheaded the creation this Spring of the PartnerFirst network. 

Along with co-founders Mark Comer and Michael Leet, Nguyen has worked to develop a Pre-foreclosure Specialist Certification (PSC) program, scheduled to launch this week in Ontario, Calif., followed by eight other locations throughout California in early August, and a rapid roll-out in other states that have been hit hard by the foreclosure crisis:  Arizona, Nevada, Texas, Florida, and Michigan. 

The primary objective of the PSC program, according to Nguyen: education, marketing, managing expectations, a streamlined process for short sales, and access to a robust network of asset management companies, banks, vendors and real estate professionals. Learn more here.  

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Mega Camp: your dose of education and inspiration

Passion can never be imposed, only released. Unleash yours at Mega Camp 2009 and...

LIGHT THE FIRE WITHIN!

LIZ MURRAY

sShares her story of going from Homeless to Harvard and how each decision you make will alter the course of your life.

NICK VUJICIC

empowers you to harness your passion, ignore your obstacles and live your life without limits.

SUSAN SCOTT

arms Mega Leadership attendees with implementation techniques from her newest book, Fierce Leadership.

 

Don’t miss this chance to reignite your fire and finish 2009 strong!

August 26 – 29 Austin, Texas. Register NOW!

 

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Are you leaving money on the table?

Find out what KW Commercial can mean to your career.

 

Visit KW Commercial’s Website to get more information on member benefits.

 

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Why you want to be retweeted!

Keeping your tweet between 85-100 characters (versus using the allowed 140 characters) makes re-tweeting your content easier. The more you are retweeted, the more followers you will gain, and the greater your market visibility! Try it on Twitter today!

 

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LEADERSHIP CORNER

Get your financials in order!

Do you review your financial statements on a regular basis? Are you taking advantage of every opportunity to maximize your market center’s profitability? It all starts with the fundamentals of financials.

 

Join Keller Williams University instructor, John Prescott, in Austin, Texas on August 12–13, 2009, for Market Center Financials. During this KWU course, you’ll learn the methods for recognizing and analyzing the key numbers that indicate the financial health of your market center.

Learn more here!

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Austin Events

 

 

Franchise Systems Orientation   Aug. 10-14: These classes are specifically designed for the owners, team leaders and market center administrators within the Keller Williams System and include:

                -Operations Boot Camp
                -Market Center Launch
                -MCA Success in the Office
                -KW Power Days Tour of KWRI and the Southwest Market Center.

Learn the models, systems and skills required for market center productivity and set the stage for achieving profitability as soon as possible.  

MCA Mastery Aug. 10-11 This course will help MCAs develop leadership skills and learn how to directly contribute to the profitability and agent count in a market center. 

Market Center Financials Aug. 12-13 Learn critical methods for recognizing and analyzing the key numbers that indicate the financial health of a market center.

OP Clinic Aug. 10-11 The OP Clinic explores in detail, market center profitability, providing the market center with a great team leader, and holding that team leader accountable. In addition, the OP Clinic provides an in-depth look at expense management including budget, cash flow, desk files, forecast models and E&O. 

Time Management with the 411 Aug. 14 This course teaches the the 411 Action Goal System for improved productivity.

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Weekly Approved Vendor Specials

Leveraging Your 'On-Hold' Billboard

 

According to a survey conducted by Telemarketing Magazine, one out of five people have made a purchase or decision based on information they heard while on hold.  Businesses who do not utilize their telephone on-hold time to advertise their company and services with customized on-hold messages, miss out on referral opportunities, steady brand reinforcement, and subtle, consistent enhancement to customer loyalty.

aceOnHold.com has helped thousands of businesses nationwide paint their on-hold billboards with instantly personalized on-hold messages.  Messages are compatible with any phone system, including PBX, VOIP, and off-the-shelf multi-line business phones.  Let aceOnHold.com help you hold strong in a tough economy by equipping you with professional audio advertising without contracts or monthly fees!  Details about Keller Williams’ Personalized On-Hold Message Program are available online at www.aceOnHold.com/KW .

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