Category Archives: Real Estate Marketing

Memorial Day Party Ideas for Clients! Download Your FREE Customizable BBQ Entertaining Guide

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Fire up the Grill and Fire up Your Business!  Memorial Day weekend is upon us and your clients and prospects are getting out the grill for the first big outdoor bash of the season.

Homes.com is here to help with planning a Memorial Day bash, or any other summer party, a breeze with our Red, White and BBQ Entertaining Guide! Chock full of barbecue tips, recipes, outdoor decoration ideas, plus more.   This guide is a great resource and can be downloaded for free! Our CUSTOMIZABLE VERSION is a perfect way to brand yourself!

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[VIDEO] Optimize Your Email Marketing

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As the real estate market heats up, are you looking for a sure-fire way to quickly and easily connect with your clients and potential leads? Homes.com recently conducted a survey of homebuyers search habits, which reported that over 50% prefer to communicate by email. An effective email marketing strategy isn’t just important, it’s vital. Russell Shaw, a broker with the Realty ONE Group in Phoenix, Arizona is a big advocate for drip email marketing and said, “it might be the one thing agents end up missing the most.  The emails are scripted to read like a personal letter, so the message sticks with them. And eventually, we get the call that they want to see a house”. Read on and watch our email marketing training video to take advantage of this valuable, yet underutilized tool inside the Homes Connect dashboard.

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Homes.com Invading D.C. for Midyear NAR Conference!

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We’re almost halfway through 2013 and that means it’s time for one of the real estate industry’s largest events, NAR Midyear 2013!  Homes.com is very excited to head back to Washington, D.C. to attend the Midyear Conference that kicks off May 14 and runs through May 16.

So far 2013 has been shaping up to be a great year in the real estate industry, as consumer confidence rises now more than ever it is crucial for real estate professionals to connect with local consumers searching for homes in their local areas.

Visit Homes.com at booth #502 and be one of the first to learn how you can connect with buyers and sellers in your area with mobile local ads!

While you’re at the Homes.com booth, make sure you enter for a chance to WIN a VISA gift card! Also, stay up to speed on the action at MidYear by following our LIVE updates on Twitter via @HomesPro using #NARmidyear. See you there!!

 

3 Innovative Ways to Increase Agent Productivity

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Here at Homes.com, we know there are many challenges facing brokerages in the current marketplace, and one particularly difficult challenge is increasing agent productivity. As a broker you must properly equip agents with the needed skills and tools, as well as inspire them to be productive members of the team. This is not only essential to your business as a whole, but to your bottom line also. As real estate heads into the busy summer season, applying some of these business strategies will help motivate and empower your agents and increase their productivity.

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Homes.com House Hunting Checklist

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It’s “open season” for real estate again and with that comes an influx of homebuyers boldly (or blindly) searching for properties that accommodate their needs.  To a homebuyer, searching for homes can be stressful, overwhelming and exhausting – especially for first-timers.  As we know that your time is valuable, Homes.com has conveniently created a House Hunting Checklist that you can personalize and share with clients and prospects to make the home buying process easier for both you and your clients!
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