Posts Tagged ‘Instructions’
Tips and tricks for selling your home
Maybe you want to start a new chapter of your life next year? Maybe you’re considering retiring to the countryside? Whatever the reason, you’ll want to ensure you get the maximum price for your home when you do put it on the market. This isn’t the easiest of tasks, but if you want to get…
Read MoreTouting – Nuisance or Necessary?
What’s your take on touting? Do you do it? Does it work? Is touting a sleazy underhand way to get business, or a vital and lucrative element of your marketing mix? Most agents consider touting to be an essential part of their marketing strategy. Some see a competitor’s board as an implicit invitation to try to poach that…
Read MoreShould Purplebricks be using these types of TV adverts?
Don’t get me wrong, I love the Purplebricks TV adverts and quite obviously they work… in fact, I think of all the hybrid/online models in the UK- they will be the ones that will succeed because of their model – but spending £1m a month on TV adverts is beyond most agents budgets, yet I…
Read MoreHow Estate Agents can boost their leads!
It’s no secret that Estate Agents far and wide are competing for instructions. With PPC on Key words costing a pretty penny & new agents popping up left, right and centre, it’s easy to get lost in the world of Estate Agents! Land Registry have reported 78,778 sales on average a month in the UK…
Read MoreHow much profit do you make?
When I ask this of agents, I usually get one of these answers: “No idea” “I’d have to check” “My accountant would know that” Rarely do I get an answer like the one I got from an agent in Carlisle last week: “£58,756.” Most people just don’t know their profitability, and that’s the first step…
Read MoreHow one agent plans to grow from £864,000 to £3.5 million inside a year (with my help)
Marketing isn’t easy. If you’ve read my post When did estate agents become marketers, you’ll know that I advocate learning how to do it, or else outsourcing it. Yesterday I spoke to a sales agent with four offices in Northumberland; let’s call her Joanne. She has 8 listers in total, with targets of 20 MAs…
Read More3 Steps to get you through more doors
I spoke to an agent today who told me, “I just need to get through more doors”. It’s something I hear every day. Because once you’re through the door, the rest is easy, right? So how do you actually get through more doors? In just the last few days, I’ve spoken to agents who are:…
Read MoreHow to get your phone ringing off the hook with new MAs
How are your phones right now? Ringing off the hook? Or silent and covered with cobwebs? The difference between the agents whose phones ring consistently with new MA opportunities, and those who are sitting twiddling their thumbs and checking Facebook, is simple. It’s a lead generation plan. A lead generation plan is a systemised plan…
Read MoreWhich supermarket are you?
How to define your brand positioning and get your messaging clear to attract the right kind of clients to your company. Chatting to one of my clients in sunny Doncaster recently, I asked him this question, and he looked at me with the same expression you’re probably wearing now. But bear with me… Trying to…
Read MoreWhat makes a GREAT estate agent?
What makes a great estate agent? Learn from some of the best entrepreneurs in the world and discover the attributes that separate the GOOD from the GREAT. Are you a great estate agent? I’m currently reading Lewis Howes’ book, The School of Greatness, in which he breaks greatness into eight simple steps. For his book, he…
Read MoreWhat makes you stand out from the crowd?
What is a USP? It stands for ‘unique selling proposition’ but this is a bit misleading. You see, your USP is nothing really to do with selling, and everything to do with differentiation – being ‘unique’. It’s also not about being the best; this isn’t a comparative measure; it’s what makes your company stand out,…
Read MoreThe 5 elements you need to take your business to the next level
Two or three times a year, I run my signature programme – a six week online course, my Add £100k Programme. I absolutely love working with independent sales and letting agents, like you, to help them really boost their business by taking their marketing to a whole new level. Having just graduated another great group…
Read MoreIs your website working?
Five simple changes you can make to your site that will get your inbox pinging with new leads. What do you want your website to do? If you’re hoping a visitor will pick up the phone to you after being wowed by your amazing site, then you may be disappointed. It’s just too big an…
Read MoreDo you need a coach?
Imagine for a moment, you have caught one too many sideways reflections in the bedroom mirror, and you decide you need to lose a bit of middle-aged padding. You buy the gear, download an app or two, and resolve to finally use that expensive gym membership, at least three times a week. For a couple…
Read MoreCanvassing that Converts – Your 3 Steps to Success
Is your canvassing working, or are you just chucking your money away? The average agent (is there any such person??) sends out around 1,000 leaflets a month, and gets back just 3 calls, if they’re lucky. That’s a response rate of 0.3%. In terms of return on investment, this might not seem so bad. Say…
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