5 Benefits You’ll Receive When You Work With Me

April Sullivan the Real Estate Virtual Assistant ChickI started going through some of the coaching material that I purchased in 2010, and began reworking some of the assignments in my home study system today.  Boy am I glad that I did!  Things that I thought that I had already done in my business had drastically changed in this past year.  My ideal client, my “benefits”, my USP.  Just about everything.  My business has taken quite a few twists and turns since I opened my doors in 2007!

My assignment was to create a series of statements that explain the benefits my clients receive when working with me.  Here are my top 5:

  1. A lot of our clients feel that they are able to take on more listings after trying out our Listing Coordination services.  We are able to automate a large part of the process and reach a very wide online audience with our Internet Marketing and Social Media expertise.
  2. 2.   On that same note, our clients are also able to work with more buyers.  Not having to worry about listings or paperwork frees up a lot of time for other more important things – like working with people who want to buy houses!
  3. 3.  Agents that aren’t rushing around and are confident in themselves and their support system are much more “Client Attractive” than other “busier” agents.  Don’t be busy, be profitable!
  4. In 2011, my role within my company is changing.  I’ll be taking on more of a Strategist/Consultant position, helping put actual systems in place for my clients that will be carried out by my team.  I’m very excited!
  5. As always, I really want to be the first and the last place an agent will go for real estate: from idea to implement.

The 4 main ways I help people are right in line with the top 4 reasons people are motivated to buy:

  • To make more money
  • To save money
  • To save time
  • To avoid effort

What benefits do your clients receive when they work with you?  Why should they choose you over the next Realtor?

Setting Goals as a Real Estate Agent – Day 1

Did I miss the memo?

January rolled around, and every agent in town is looking to work with a Real Estate Virtual Assistant.  It’s as if we haven’t been pounding it into your head everyday for the past couple of years, but someone, somewhere flipped a big switch.  Whatever it is, it’s great.

Which lead me to Google “Real Estate Goals 2011″ to see what has been written on the topic, and what I can take to offer my clients.   I found this post on Active Rain titled 2011 Goal Setting Questions for Real Estate Agents written by Joshua Harley.

Here are his questions and my answers for you:

Why Do I Waste All My Precious Time1.  Are you wasting your time in front of the computer?

In my experience, most of you are wasting way too much time in front of the computer (you are the over analyzers) OR you have barely spent any time in front of the computer (you’re kind of old school).

For those that spend too much time, that is what I’ll take off your plate first – all those fun little activities that you love so much that keep you from meeting with clients.  That’s why I’m not a Realtor – I like it behind the scenes too much.

For those that spend hardly any time at all with their computer (you still use a Rolodex) I’ll become your best friend.  All of those tasks that you know you should be doing: newsletters, fan pages, mobile marketing, conversion forms on your site, etc. will be set up and maintained for you.

Your assignment:  Analyze your day to day activities.  Carry around a notepad and pen and just jot down an entire typical day and then call me.  We can work together on a strategy that makes you more productive and in line with your core values (more to come on those later).

2011 can be a great year – if you let it!

Tomorrow’s post will be from Joshua’s second topic: Be a specialist, Pick a Niche for your marketing.

Creating a QR Code in 7 Simple Steps

If you’re in the Real Estate industry, chances are you’ve been hearing about QR codes constantly.  They really are The Next Big Thing, but you may not know how to create one, read one or even know what to do with one.

These are the simplest instructions that I can give you to start creating and using your own QR code:

  1. Go to Goo.gl (I’m assuming you already have a google/gmail account.  If not, sign up already!)
  2. At the top you’ll see that it’s Google’s URL shortener, but it’s so much more than that!
  3. In the box, type in your website, a single property site, a YouTube video of a walkthrough, a welcome video – ANY web page that you’d like people to see.
  4. Click SHORTEN.  You’ll see that it generated a shortened URL for you.  
  5. Now go down a little further to where it says “Details” to the right of the URL you just added and click.
  6. This page will include all of traffic for the link, but it also has the QR Code that is now unique to that URL.  
  7. Now, simply right-click the QR code and choose Save As.  I have a folder titled QR Codes, and I simply save each code with the name of the web address that it points to.

And that’s it!  It really is that simple.

Now, to scan them.  Just go to your Smart Phone’s marketplace, search for QR Code and download a SCANNER.  Some are mobile creators, so make sure it scans.

That’s it!  There are tons of other QR Code creating sites such as Vyoo.it and Real Bird, but this process is designed to get you up and running quickly!

What are your favorite mobile sites?