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Get a Handle on Your Online Reputation with Social Impact

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The Homes.com booth was the place to be at the National Association of Realtor’s Conference Expo in Orlando this past November.  Not only were we front and center with our big bright orange logo, but we also generated a lot of buzz with the newly-released Social Impact. Real estate professionals and industry insiders alike wanted in on one of the hottest topics in real estate  – Online Reputation.

Jimmy Mackin, CEO of Frugyl.com and Chris Smith, Chief Evangelist at Inman News in the Homes.com booth at NAR, discussing Homes.com’s newest release Social Impact,  and  the importance of Online Reputation for real estate professionals.

Social Impact from Homes.com allows you to protect, preserve, and maximize on your online reputation.  Consumers searching for real estate online are your best conversion-ready prospects.  Make sure these local consumers can find information about you or your business online, as well as good reviews on your services.

Warren Buffet once said, “It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you’ll do things differently.” Real Estate professionals juggle many tasks on a day to day basis, with servicing their clients being at the top of the list. Monitoring, maintaining, and growing your online presence can be a daunting task. Homes.com is here to help. Click here to learn how we can optimize your online presence and capitalize on your web-based leads with Social Impact.

Big thanks to our friends at Dotloop for putting together this great video!  Check out their new blog http://dotloopmovement.com/ geared at providing you with the latest innovations, apps, hardware and software driving the movement forward.

Free Cocktails – Homes.com Booth #2265 at NAR 2012.

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Booth #2265 is the place to be! That’s our Homes.com booth at NAR 2012 in Orlando, and we are excited to kick off the event with an open bar with FREE cocktails! All you have to do is come by our booth if you’re attending the conference!


In honor of our Homes.com orange, naturally our favorite color around the office, the cocktail to try is our Signature Orange Crush Martini. Once you have that in hand, stick around to see all the great things we have to offer, including the many ways you can enter to win cash.

Be sure to get in front of the camera at our photo booth and have some fun! Tag yourself in the photo on Facebook and you will be entered for a chance to win an iPad Mini.

For those of you that can’t make it, don’t worry — you can enter for a chance to win too.  Simply, ‘Like’ or ‘Comment’ on the photos in the NAR 2012 photo album and you will be entered to win!

Each day of the event we will also be drawing a winner for $1,000 after our last presentation, so while you’re enjoying our open bar, be sure to take a look at all of presentations we have scheduled. We also will have some exciting new products to unveil and we want you to be the first to know.

Let’s cheers to NAR 2012 and kick this year off right! See you at booth #2265, the bright orange Homes.com arena of real estate marketing – Discover the Dream with us today!

Welcome Back to our Real Estativities – Enter Here For a Chance To Win Cash This Halloween!

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Real Estate Professionals beware! Today is the day we kickoff our Halloween Real Estativity weeks on Facebook and Pinterest and your chance to win cash for the rest of the month! Be sure to visit our Facebook Page and Pinterest Board every Wednesday and engage (i.e. comment, share, like and/or re-pin) with our Real Estativity question for a chance at $50 each Wednesday in October and a $100 GRAND PRIZE drawing on Halloween!

Hurry and engage with us by 11:59 pm EDT tonight! We will contact the randomly selected winner on Thursday, October 18th (see all rules here). Remember, the more you engage with the Real Estativity post, the more entries you have in the weekly and grand prize drawings!

Dare to enter this week’s Real Estativity question below by interacting with it on our Facebook Page or Pinterest Board!

How to Enter:

Find this image on Pinterest and Facebook then enter once or multiple times by engaging in one of the following ways listed below.

Facebook

  1. ‘Like’ our Facebook Page – Homes Connect – dedicated to real estate professionals!
  2. ‘Comment’ on the post with your response to the question
  3. ‘Share’ the Real Estativity Post
  4. ‘Like’ the Real Estativity Post

Pinterest

  1. Follow our Real Estate Professionals board on Pinterest
  2. Repin our Real Estativity photo from the Real Estate Professionals board in our Homes.com account.
  • Click here to go directly to the board, then find photo, hover over right corner and click repin. If you are new to Pinterest read our first-timers guide here, and request an invite to contest@homes.com that says “Amber invite me to Pinterest!”

Don’t be spooked!  Enter at your own risk!  See you online today!

10 Points of Customer Service

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It’s Customer Service Week! Each day we’ll be posting a Customer Service tip on the blog to help YOU “be the one” to make a difference for your clients!

 

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Happy Customer Service Week! At our office, we’ve broken customer service down into TEN POINTS for us to focus on this week as we strive to “be the one” that changes the lives of our customers.

1. Make a Difference — Work toward bringing your customers to a different, better state than they were before they reached out to you.

2. Share a Smile — This simple gesture can brighten anyone’s day!

3. Show You Care — It’s not enough to simply tell your clients how much you care about them. Let your actions speak for themselves!

4. Spread the Joy — Happiness is most effective when shared with others.

5. Listen Deeply — No one knows your clients’ needs like your clients. Being an effective listener is one of the best ways to care for them.

6. Customers Turn To — Be the one that people want to go to by taking your responsibilities and knowledge seriously.

7. Practice Patience — The real estate industry can be stressful at times. Look at each stressful situation as an opportunity to practice the art of patience.

8. Lead the Way — Be confident in your knowledge and experience and be a leader for your clients to follow.

9. See Things Through — Being able to close a deal is the ultimate move in customer service!

10. Offer Help — Even if a client doesn’t ask for help, offer to be of service so they can know you’re here for them no matter what they need.

The New Median is 69 for Days on Market: NAR

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Inman released an article today sharing that NAR announced a new metric for median days on the market. Interesting, for you real estate pros! The figures showed that the days were down almost 30 percent from 2011, which was 98 on-the-market days and now has decreased to 69 days on the market.

Many listing services collect data like days on the market , and sometimes it can be difficult to measure as Inman mentioned too, “…the task is complicated because sellers sometimes take their homes off the market and re-list them.”  NAR is now reaching into a new data collection method, including monthly member surveys that will be included in their future releases on existing homes-sales. Be on the look out for that!

NAR even said that for that past 20+ years up to 2011, the time on the market was typically 6.9 weeks.  See the change below between last year and now, as you can see we hit somewhat of a plateau during the holidays and then steadily decline in days on the market.

Read more here.

 

Courtesy of Inman

What is your personal median for days on the market and/or have you noticed a decline in your listings?