TOP STORY: Buyers in charge
Price reduction strategies for today’s market
Buyers now have an overwhelming advantage, given the wide selection of homes available in many markets, notes the National Association of REALTORS’®.
Looking to gain an edge in a market that has lower prices, fewer buyers and longer sales cycles? It all starts with convincing your sellers that their homes won’t sell unless they are priced for today’s market. Learn more.
Don’t forget to visit www.kellerwilliamsuniversity.com and check out resources to keep you competitive in today’s market.
Featuring: Lead Generation 36:12:3, CAMP 4:4:3 and our Seller Mastery series.
Family Reunion fees increase Nov. 15
Don’t miss out on the advantages of registering early:
Guaranteed space availability, generally lower air fare costs, more options, discounted room rates and lower registration fees.
Effective Nov. 15 registration fees increase to $599.
Register for Family Reunion today — our premier, once-a-year opportunity to re-energize your business.
You can also book your hotel room(s) at the Keller Williams discounted rate — room blocks are limited. Discounted room rates end Dec. 15! Contact the Keller Williams Housing Bureau to book your hotel room today.
Housing experts are available to make your reservations online or by phone. You can call the Keller Williams Housing Bureau at 1-888-846-0173, Monday - Friday 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST).
This week's cost saving tip: Negotiate everything! Try to get the best price for the products and services you use.. By simply asking, you can get huge discounts. To sweeten the deal, you can propose to pay early in exchange for an even bigger discount.
The blogging bandwagon: one agent who “gets it”
The landscape of real estate marketing is shifting. With a new age of real estate consumers, and a tightening market, leveraging online marketing tools is becoming more and more important.
Inman News has compiled a list of the 25 Most Influential Real Estate Bloggers of 2007, reflecting bloggers who “get it” and have upped the ante of lead generation and conversion in today’s market by jumping on the blogging bandwagon.
Topping that list — Teresa Boardman, associate at the Keller Williams Integrity Realty office in St. Paul, Minn. and founder of St. Paul Real Estate Blog.
Boardman was among those recognized for being well-known, well-read and skilled at instigating debate on important industry and local topics.
She claims the majority of her real estate business comes from people who meet her on her blog.
Be a better blogger: tips from a whiz
As Director of Interactive Marketing at Move, the company behind such real estate Websites as REALTOR.com and Move.com, Dustin Luther builds and drives implementation of tools that enable communities to be built up around real estate topics. Click here for his input on how to build better blogs.
Not yet a blogger?
You can add a blog to your eAgentC Website at no additional cost.
Last call to order your KW Cares shoes!
Friday Oct. 26 is your last chance to get your red shoes and sport your support of KW Cares.
Remember! A percentage of the proceeds from the sale of the shoes will benefit your fellow KW associates in times of extreme hardship due to unexpected emergencies.
Some sizes are sold out and availability is limited — get yours today!
Market Center Leadership Corner
Attn: Team Leaders! Maximize your recruit
ing results with the ProManage Market Center Edition of Top Producer 7i®.
When and where
Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
(CST)
or
Wednesday, Oct. 31, 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. (CST)
This course is conveniently offered online.
In this two-hour, online training class, you will learn to:
- Effectively track your recruiting activities in Top Producer 7i®
- Determine which recruiting efforts are your 20 percent
- Learn to leverage technology to multiply your recruit results
Led by Dean Poole, KWU Master faculty Instructor and MAPS Technology coach, this session will include a live, online demonstration of the Promanage Market Center Edition and will include ample opportunity for questions, answers and comments.
Click here to register for either session now.
Mortgage Monthly answers your core questions on mortgage alliances
This month on Mortgage Monthly: Learn valuable tips on how to optimize your mortgage core services relationship in today’s market.
Lynette Hale-Lee, Metrocities Senior Vice President and Kirk Miles, Regional Director of the Northwest Region, offer insights on sustaining a successful mortgage alliance amidst market upheaval.
Tune in this Thursday, October 18
Call number 512-623-5177, access code 922799#
Calls are scheduled for 11:30 a.m. Central Standard Time (CST), every third Thursday of the month. Look to THIS WEEK @ kw for updates and information.
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