November Agent Update
November 2009        



To Tweet, or Not To Tweet?

      In the real estate business, where networking and marketing are key to survival, it’s easy to jump on the bandwagon of every new technology that promises to quickly spread the word about you and your services.
       But before you spend your precious time trying to master every new online tool, you’ve got to evaluate whether it’s really worth it. And in the case of Twitter, many believe the vote is still out.  
      If you haven’t heard about Twitter yet, here’s a quick rundown: Twitter is a free, Web-based "micro-blogging" service that allows you to send short (140-character maximum) text messages to everyone on your subscriber list (who are known in the Twitter world as your "followers"). more>






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Acquiring The Most Important Skill of All

      The single most important skill for a real estate agent is sales ability. No matter where you are in your real estate career, decide right now to master the skills of selling in order to fuel your success.
      It’s hard to believe, but it’s true, that more than 95% of agents lack top-level real estate sales skills. Most top producing agents believe their sales skills can use improvement. The difference between them and other agents is that they realize that sales skills are vital to success and they continuously seek excellence in this area.
      To follow their example, make it your priority to develop and constantly improve your sales skills, especially in these areas:
  • Develop sales skills to secure appointments. more>




  • Do You Have A Prospecting Database?

          Your past clients can be an absolute gold mine of future business if worked properly. You don’t need to reward them with elaborate gifts for their support of you and what you do. A few simple well thought-out systems will enable you to hit the mother load of referrals.
          The first step to developing a bulletproof past client follow-up system is to computerize. There are still many top Agents who do not effectively use a contact management software program. There is a tremendous selection available to Agents. You can get real estate specific programs like Top Producer, Prep, Online Agent or general contact management software like more>






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    Brian Mahrer
    email: brian.mahrer@ncmc.com
    website: www.ncmc.com/brianmahrer
    phone: 717-380-8893
    PNC Mortgage
    2148 Embassy Drive
    Lancaster, PA 17603
    phone: 717-431-3126


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