Marketing is the Key to Your Success.
I recently spent a lot of time and money developing a five-piece postcard campaign, a door hanger campaign, a newspaper ad campaign, and a new website that are all similar in design, work as unit or separately, and all have my branding, company image, and logo all prominently displayed.
Why do I bring this up? Because, many times in business, we assume clients will find their way to us. Not true. My mentor Dave Lindahl says that "we are not in the real estate business, we are in the marketing business." What he means by that is this simple fact: If you are not doing something to make your phones ring, you are out of business. It is up to us to do something to drive customers to us via phone, fax, email, or website. This applies to any business, not just real estate.
So if you are self-employed, show up at your office everyday, read some emails, make some calls, and spend some time on the internet, Remember: People must call you! In order to make that happen, you need to go after targeted groups of individuals that you want to become potential clients and market to them! Spend the money!
Spending money on marketing is the most important thing you can do to grow your business. Many inexperienced business people overlook this fact. Savvy business people know what the big companies do: Marketing pays BIGTIME! So do something at your level. I didn't spend that much money, but in my business one good deal I get from it will pay for the marketing money I did spend about 50 times over!
Remember, market your business regularly.
Peace.
Sunsurfer
P.S. Your business cards are your best, cheapest advertising. Don't hang on to them! Get rid of them. You should make a goal to get rid of 200 cards a week. Buy them in a bulk lot of 10,000 to get a better price. I leave mine everywhere like a trail of breadcrumbs! Try it! It Works!
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Permalink Reply by Shannon Davis on
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Thanks for the info!
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If you every have a part-time hiring need send me an email sdavis@beyondmotherhood.com
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Permalink Reply by Amalia Zents on -
That is a wonderful idea. Where did you buy your business cards and did you design them? Can you post your business card so we can see it?
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Permalink Reply by Jennifer on -
Great advice! What kind of RE investing do you do? I specialize in short sale and REO's here in Chicago.
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Permalink Reply by Phong Luu on -
That is great advice...I find myself knocking my head against a wall, trying to build my business. I have a heap of business cards but rarely use the. I will try and get myself and my girls to had out business cards.
What's the best way of distributing them?
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Permalink Reply by Tabitha on -
I agree. I got my business cards from vistaprint.com for FREE! Well, I had to pay a few bucks for postage, but that was cool. I keep them in my pocket whenever I leave the house. Every time I meet someone new and shake their hand, I have a card ready to shove into their hand right away. They get one whether they want it or not! Quite a few ppl that I met at a later date have remembered me that I don't think would have if they'd not walked away with my card the first time we met. :-)
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