Weekly eNews for Keller Williams Realty Associates
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The Week of June 22 - 26, 2009

 

 

 

 

Leadership Top Story

"I joined Keller Williams after Mega Camp"

Want to hear those words from your recruit? Dial into the next Mega Camp recruiting call to learn how Keller Williams leaders are leveraging this mega-impact event to attract talent to their market centers. Led by Tony DiCello, MAPS Coaching manager, the fourth call of the series will also feature travel and hotel tips, event planning and ways to convey Mega Camp’s value proposition to your recruits by both phone and email.

Mark your calendars for Thursday!

June 25 at 2 to 3 p.m. (CDT)

Call: 212-461-5860

Enter: PIN number 3422#

 

Be sure to save the following call dates:

Thursday, July 9, 2 to 3 p.m. (CDT)

Thursday, July 23, 2 to 3 p.m. (CDT)

Agent Top Story

Build your optimal wellness program

From the very onset of Keller William Realty, agents have had a say in critical initiatives that affect members. It's associates who have built and shaped company. Now it’s time to use your powerful influence once more: tell us what your ideal wellness program would look like, and give us feedback on our current Health Providers Program.

 

 

Click here to have your say!

 

In This ISSUE

Email OutFront to recruits

OutFront – the bi-monthly magazine published by Keller Williams Realty, International – is a very effective recruiting piece. Now you can send recruits an online version!

Using this link, your recruits can browse the current edition of OutFront online, and they can also see back issues when they become available.

The seventh level with 

Jana Caudill

Take your business to the 7th level by learning from someone who’s at the top of her game – Jana Caudill. With more than $56 million in sales volume, $1.2 million in GCI, and 311 transactions in 2007, – Jana has truly followed the path of the MREA models.

 

Dave and Jana discuss how she launched her business, how she put her team together, how she replaced herself, and, above all, how the MREA book has affected her life.

 

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

 

This Month in Real Estate

June 2009

Each month, This Month in Real Estate provides expert opinion and analysis on real estate trends across North America.  The aim of the consumer-oriented segments is to help Keller Williams associates to establish their expertise with real information on real estate.

Watch it now!

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

 

MCA Alliance Call - June 2009

The MCA Alliance call is a monthly communication tool that presents valuable information to MCAs.

 

Check it out now!

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

 
July 2009

July 13 - 17

Franchise Systems Orientation Austin, Texas

July 13 - 15

Team Leader Bootcamp

July 13 - 14

Recruit Select

July 13 - 14

Train the Trainer

July 13 - 17

Leadership Skills Training

July 15

Action Training

July 16

Leadership and Motivation

July 15 - 16

Fierce Conversations

July 17

Time Management w/ the 411

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Get your Website working for you!

New agent Website training available

You asked for it, so you got it! Join the Keller Williams Support Team for either the Basic or Advanced Agent Website Training Program every Thursday, beginning June 25, 2009.

 

Whether you’re setting up your agent Website, or are a whiz when it comes to building your own you’ll learn how to enhance your Internet presence and maximize the Keller Williams agent Website, that’s available to you!

 

Basic Website Training will provide:

  • Basic functions of the Agent Website Admin tool
  • Create a custom .yourkwagent URL for an immediate online presence, and more!

Advanced Website Training will provide:

  • Information on what it takes to nab the top spot on Google (Search Engine Optimization)
  • Training on purchasing and redirecting your custom agent URL
  • Training on creating and utilizing custom search strings
  • How-to's on creating custom pages and widgets

Begins June 25, 2009 at 2 p.m. (CDT)!

Register here.

Begins July 2, 2009 at 2 p.m. (CDT)!  

Register here.

Got a scheduling conflict? Be sure to check for all available calls by clicking on the "Register here" links above.

Staging is all the rage

Get your clients on board

Even during this market, selling a home is less about hoping and moping and more about using specific strategies to lure buyers into the home. Considering your sellers have taken your sound advice to de-clutter their home, it may take considerable work convincing them to make more substantial staging changes that could cost more. The following article from MarketWatch tackles issues on staging and advises sellers on strategies they can use to sell their home to first-time homebuyers – a group that is predicted to make up 53.5 percent of homebuyers in 2009. It might just be the push they need to start sprucing their space up fast.

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Customize your Facebook page with "vanity URLs"

As a real estate agent, you spend considerable time branding yourself among peers and in your local market. Now you can brand your Facebook page using a customizable vanity URL. What’s a vanity URL? A typical URL for a Facebook profile has a random string of numbers following the “.com/.” Now you are able to create a URL based on your name, your team name, group name or even your market center – it can be almost anything! For instance, the Facebook page for Your First Home: The Proven Path to Homeownership is www.facebook.com/YourFirstHome.

 

Simplifying the URL will increase your searchability on popular search engines, such as Google, make it more memorable to your clients, and simplify the look when you add it to your Website, business cards or marketing pieces.

 

Steps to getting your vanity URL*:

  • Click on the box at the top of your homepage that says “Set your username now.”
  • Choose either a recommended username or create your own custom version (keep in mind usernames can only contain alphanumeric characters (A-Z, 0-9) or a period (“.”).
  • Once your username is created, your new URL will read facebook.com/yourusername.
  • Remember, you cannot change it, so type carefully (Tip: type it in Microsoft Word for spell check capabilities, then copy and paste it into the custom creation tool).

 

*If you have not created a Facebook account, new users are not eligible to claim their username until June 28.

 

Be sure to visit the Keller Williams Realty Facebook Pages: www.facebook.com/kellerwilliamsrealty; www.facebook.com/yourfirsthome; and www.facebook.com/realestateshift.

 

Want more tips like this? Look to the sidebar each week for more social media strategies!

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Canadians welcome Gary Keller during second SHIFT Tour!

The impact of the second SHIFT Tour is still being felt across North America. On June 10, 2009, nearly 900 real estate professionals gathered in Toronto for one incredible day of learning with Gary Keller. Associates came all the way from Ottawa (equivalent to driving from Colorado to Virginia) for the event, which also featured special guests Billy Mclaughlin and The Guess Who!

 

Here’s what one new Luxury Homes by Keller Williams member had to say:

“It was so timely to be able to be at Gary Keller's first ever seminar here in Canada just after joining Keller Williams. I know I made the right decision to align my business with the forward-thinking, learning-based individuals I have met to date in Keller Williams Realty.”

 

So far 10,726 have attended 30 SHIFT Tours this year. Six stops still remain. Click here to find out when SHIFT 2: Overdrive is coming your way!

More SHIFT News:

 

SHIFT beats out competition as best business book!

 

Last week, SHIFT: How Top Real Estate Agents Tackle Tough Times soared to the top as Barnes and Noble’s No. 1 business book!

 

Want even more SHIFT-tastic information? Join the SHIFT: How Top Real Estate Agents Tackle Tough Times Facebook Page!

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Maximize the effectiveness of your lead generation

 

Leads are the lifeblood of any successful real estate career yet many agents create their lead-generation strategy based on what worked for someone else! So, how can you identify the source of leads that result in big opportunities for you and create a personalized strategy based on generating highly rewarding leads? 

 

Check out Closed-Loop Lead Generation in the newest edition of The Keller Center Research Report for more. John F. Tayloy, associate dean for research at Baylor University, shares suggestions to help you identify trends and create a personalized lead generation strategy. Learn how to make informed decisions about where to invest your time, effort and money.  

 

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Your peers and competitors will be at Mega Camp

Can you afford not to be?

 

Join Gary Keller and top producing agents from across the country as they share the strategies and tactics that are working right now to gain a disproportionate share of the market!

Mega Camp attendees will also hear from three very special guests:

Nick Vujicic, president of international non-profit organization Life Without Limbs, was born without arms or legs but by the age of 19, Vujicic started to fulfill his dream of bringing hope to others through telling his story to audiences across the world.

Liz Murray, the daughter of two loving but drug-addicted parents in the Bronx in New York City, was raised in neglect and squalor. Homeless at age 15, she graduated from high school while living on the streets and overcame incredible odds to win a full scholarship to Harvard University.

Tommy Emmanuel began playing by ear at the age of four without any formal instruction. Now a household name in his native Australia, he has garnered hundreds of thousands of loyal fans worldwide. Emmanuel's unique "finger style" is similar to the way a pianist plays piano, using all 10 fingers.

For a limited time: Save almost $200 when you register for a Mega Camp Package! Click here to see packages available, as well as pricing for individual session registration.

Click here to register today!

 

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Visited the KW Commercial Website lately?

Click on the red play button and then on "Join KW Commercial" to view our newest video highlighting one of the benefits of KW Commercial. Come back each month to watch a new video!

 

KW Commercial members and leaders: Attend KW Commercial’s next training event.

Monday June 29, 11 a.m. (CDT)

Topic: Introductory Course: Commercial Real Estate Basics
Presenter: Cliff Bogart

Click here to register!

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LEADERSHIP CORNER

Austin Events

Franchise Systems Orientation   July 13 - 17: 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.  

Leadership Skills Training July 13 - 17: This week-long event, which is designed for market center leadership, delivers focused programs that will teach the skills necessary to drive important market center initiatives including: growth, profitability and accountability!

Recruit Select July 13 - 14: This course will enable market center leaders to implement hiring systems that will ensure that the best and the brightest join Keller Williams Realty.

Train the Trainer I   July 13 - 14: Train the Trainer I is designed to provide the knowledge and skills to successfully conduct Keller Williams University courses. The course focuses on presentation skills and course delivery.

Action Training July 15: This course delivers a five-step process for developing an Action Training Plan that is tailored to the needs of your new team member and your Market Center. Learn to use specific tools to teach new team members the skills and knowledge they need for success and hold them accountable for their learning going forward.

Leadership and Motivation July 16: Leave this course with a toolbox full of power tools and techniques you can use to lead your team to the highest levels of success.

Fierce Conversations July 15 - 16: Fierce Conversations is an exclusive program for Keller Williams Associates! This two-day course teaches attendees how to ignite productive dialogue that interrogates reality, provokes learning, resolves tough challenges and enriches relationships.

 

Team Leader Boot Camp July 13 - 15: The Team Leader Boot Camp focuses on the three Ps of the team leader role: People, Production and Profit. Attendees learn the importance of building relationships and mastering job one – recruiting – through the best practices and scripts from top recruiters in the company.

Time Management with the 411 July 17: This course teaches the the 411 Action Goal System for improved productivity.

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Weekly Approved Vendor Specials

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Trying the AccelerAgent™ Website has never been easier. Visit www.PropertyMinder.com or call 800-743-5820 to take our fully loaded AccelerAgent™ Website for an unlimited test drive.  No fees.

Since 1999, PropertyMinder technology has been leading in reliability and data safety. We have helped more than 30,000 Real Estate agents and brokers adjust to the post Internet revolution in Real Estate. 

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