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Top Stories:
The Week of May 4, 2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

Leadership Top Story

Get 10-20 recruits to Mega Camp!

The top team leaders and operating principals in Keller Williams Realty know what it takes to recruit the best. Make sure that potential recruits know the educational advantage that is available to associates of Keller Williams Realty.

Use the following resources to leverage Mega Camp as a valuable recruiting opportunity.

 

Mega Camp Recruiting 8x8

Recruiting Coaching Calls with Tony Dicello

Mark your calendar for the upcoming call dates. Further details will be emailed to you as dates approach.

Friday, May 15

 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. (CDT)

Thursday, May 28

2 p.m. to 3 p.m. (CDT)

Free registration for one recruit

Click here to learn more about Mega Camp!

Agent Top Story

Leads, listings and the KW.com advantage

An international Website and a company that believes your listings are your leads, fuels lead generation for every Keller Williams associate. In fact, you could receive more leads through KW.com than any other Website.

 

Below are a few more ways that KW.com gives you an edge in your market:

KW.com gives consumers access to more listings than other national Websites – more than 7.2 million listings. Realtor.com advertises 4,084,488 listings.
— Through a new partnership with RealtyTrac, KW.com allows consumers to perform localized, price-range based searches for foreclosed properties.
— KW.com was the first nationwide real estate broker to offer the Zillow and Cyberhomes home valuation tools to consumers. By adding an instant home valuation to the property and foreclosure search on KW.com, the Website offers a one-stop shop for consumers.

Visit KW.com today!

In This ISSUE

 

Building a Better Business with Seth Godin

In Seth’s encore interview, Dave Jenks focuses on how to make your business unique and the best in “our world.” Dave goes through Seth’s books and pulls out questions that will challenge you to take your business to the next level.

Find out how to deliver your message and live your passion.

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


From Contact to Close with Top Producer 8i with

Kevin Kaley

3 p.m. - 4 p.m. (CDT)

Wednesday, May 6, 2009.


 

2009 First Time Home Buyer Tax Credit Special Edition

Each month, This Month in Real Estate provides expert opinion and analysis on real estate trends across the nation.  The aim of the consumer-oriented segments is to help you serve as your local market expert by providing real information on real estate.

 

Watch it now on YouTube!

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


 

Mega Camp 2009

Promotional Kit

Mega Camp has proven to be an excellent tool to attract top agents to your market center. Implement this Recruit 8x8 and start lining up potential recruits for Mega Camp 2009 today!

 

Check it out now!

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


 
June 2009

8 - 12

Franchise Systems Orientation Austin, Texas

www.kellerwilliamsuniversity.com


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Impromptu pep rally pumps up participants

 

RED Day spirit was out and in full force during Masterminds in Austin, Texas last week when attendees were treated to a spontaneous pep rally led by KWRI staff members.

 

Click on the video below to watch the excitement unfold!

Be sure to visit the KW Intranet for RED Day press materials and then get your RED Day T-shirts here, which are still available until 2 p.m. (CDT) , Tuesday, May 5, 2009.

 

Power Hour celebrates one year anniversary!

Last year, MAPS Coaching launched a productivity boosting challenge to all market centers – and associates everywhere have taken to the phones to meet their lead generating goals!

 

What could the Power Hour do for your business? Get inspired, get prepared and get motivated by watching this video on KWConnect. Then set the course for another year of powerful prospecting every morning with Dianna Kokoszka, president of MAPS Coaching.

 

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Luxury Homes by Keller Williams welcomes new director

Luxury Homes by Keller Williams is happy to announce that its new director is Kathy Neu. Also the executive director of KW Cares, Neu will be working closely with Dee Shultz, president of Luxury Homes by Keller Williams, Linda Vietti, program coordinator, and the entire executive board of the division.

 

Neu’s experience as both an agent and an owner brings tremendous value to Luxury Homes by Keller Williams. “Kathy has been a close friend and colleague of mine for years,” says Shultz, “Her phenomenal energy and passion are a huge asset to this position and to our division.”

 

 To learn more about Luxury Homes by Keller Williams visit kwluxuryhomes.com.

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Alert! Email scams on the rise

Don't disclose your KW password!

Your username and password could be at risk. Recently, a dramatic increase has been reported in the number of emails sent to KW.com recipients by spammers and criminals, most of which are intended to trick the recipient into providing personal information. Some are familiar claims of deposed generals overseas with funds trapped in bank accounts. Others have impersonated KW Customer Support, and request the recipient’s password, threatening to disable webmail accounts unless action is taken.

 

Take caution if any email asks you to confirm a password, bank account number, or social security number. As a general rule, if you wouldn’t give it to a random stranger on the street, then it shouldn’t go in an email.

 

NO representative from Keller Williams Realty International will ever ask for your password, especially through email. If you receive any such requests, no matter how authentic it appears, please forward it to KWRI Customer Support at support@kw.com so that appropriate action may be taken.

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Great press about a great place to work

Ottawa's market center ranks among Canada’s finest

All of Canada now knows what associates at the Ottawa market center have known for years.  Keller Williams Realty is a great place to work.

According to the Great Places to Work Institute, Canada, the Keller Williams Realty Ottawa market center ranks as No. 8 on the best places to work in Canada, and No. 2 on the list of best workplaces for women. Click here to read the full article in the Globe and Mail about the recent study.      

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Lessons learned in handwritten notes

Staying on the minds of your database is crucial to keeping a fresh set of leads in your pipeline. While emails, direct mail and other marketing ventures are good at indirectly touching your contacts, nothing beats the impact of a handwritten note. That’s exactly what Darbee Fisher, associate at the Maui market center, found out after writing one of her clients, an avid blogger and owner of a communication company, a thank you note. What followed was his response, and an entire blog entry on the power of personal touch.

 

Click here to read the blog entry about Fisher’s personal note.

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LEADERSHIP CORNER

Growth, profit and the KW Commercial Roadshow

The success of your commercial division relies on the talent you bring to the market center. So how do you ensure you recruit the best commercial agents and position your division for maximum profitability? Learn how to do all this and more by hosting the KW Commercial Roadshow in your region!

 

During the seminar, you will:

  • Learn the techniques to recruit full-time cappers to your market center;
  • Discover the Keller Williams value proposition and all the benefits KW Commercial offers commercial recruits; and
  • Understand how to create new residential cappers through commercial referrals.

Having Buddy Norman come to speak to our leadership in the Northwest Region accomplished two things.  First, he helped provide focus to our team leaders and OPs on building a profitable commercial business, and secondly he gave us the "know how" to do it.  Buddy is a massive resource to the company. KW Commercial has the opportunity to put more profit into our owners' pockets and more profit share into the system. - Bruce Hardie, Alaska Area Director, Operating Principal, Spokane, Wash. Market Center

Contact your region to find out when the Roadshow will be in you area! Click here to learn more about KW Commercial.

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Recruiting top talent is top priority!

Join Mark Willis, CEO, Keller Williams Realty for a special, three-part Webinar, when he'll teach Recruit-Select, Action Training, and Leadership and Motivation (RSTLM). If growth, profitability, and the promise of profit share are all priorities in your market center, you don’t want to miss these calls!

 

 

During the Webinars you will learn how to:

  • Implement hiring systems that ensure the best and the brightest join Keller Williams Realty,
  • Develop an Action Training Plan with an easy, five-step process,
  • Use specific tools to teach your new team members the skills and knowledge they need for success and hold them accountable to moving forward.

11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. (CDT), Tuesday, May 12, 2009

11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. (CDT), Wednesday, May 27, 2009

10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. (CDT), Tuesday, July 28, 2009

REGISTER HERE!

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

 

Austin Events
   

Franchise Systems Orientation   June 8 - 12: 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.  

REGISTER TODAY!

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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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