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A Brilliant Strategy: Combine Direct Mail And An 800 Number To Triple Your Sales

By Craig Forte, Founder - October 25, 2007April 7, 2017

Last Updated on April 7, 2017 Submitted by Mike Lefebvre, REALTOR® (Thanks Mike!) “I’m marketing a listing in a very desirable subdivision in a town which Family Circle Magazine just named one of the ‘Top 10 Places To Raise a Family’ in the entire country. How? I’m using my 800 line to let the neighbors tell potential buyers how great the neighborhood is! “I sent …

Horror Story: Agent “Cops” A Closing

By Craig Forte, Founder - October 25, 2007April 24, 2017

Last Updated on April 24, 2017 Submitted by Jackie Black, REALTOR® (Thanks Jackie!) “Recently, while participating in a difficult set of transactions that I thought were almost complete, I was called by the title company to advise me that the buyer had not shown up for closing. It was late in the day and I was pretty reticent about calling the sellers and letting them …

Triple Your Sphere of Influence In 5 Months Using Automatic Updates

By Craig Forte, Founder - October 4, 2007April 24, 2017

Last Updated on April 24, 2017 Submitted by Sherry Hullinger, REALTOR® (Thanks Sherry!) I sign up each and every one in my SOI (sphere of influence) for automatic updates for properties in their neighborhood. I taught this trick to a new agent in my company. She went from an SOI of 38 people to over 100 in just 5 months just from sending updates. She …

An 800-Number Success Story

By Craig Forte, Founder - October 4, 2007April 7, 2017

Last Updated on April 7, 2017 I was reading the most recent issue of Agent Inner Circle while my phone kept receiving pages from prospective buyers and sellers responding to my advertisements. How did I achieve this ‘reverse prospecting’ phenomenon? By using a Toll Free number in all my advertising. Whether in a Homes Magazine, Yard Signs, Community Flyers or Community newspaper advertorials, Toll Free …

Build Referrals By Being A “Memorable” Agent

By Craig Forte, Founder - October 4, 2007April 7, 2017

Last Updated on April 7, 2017 Submitted by Shannon Adams, REALTOR® (Thanks Shannon!) “Doing things that are memorable for the client is critical. One seller of mine wanted to make an event out of listing her home. She had lived there 25 years and was moving to a new state. She invited all of her family and friends to come and watch her put the …

Horror Story: “Seller Exposed”

By Craig Forte, Founder - October 4, 2007April 7, 2017

Last Updated on April 7, 2017 Submitted by Vickie Witt, REALTOR® (Thanks Vickie!) “I was searching to find a gentleman the perfect home. He loved the desolate, country scene on the side of a mountain with no neighbors. We were traveling to look at the cabin about 30 minutes away. I was told that the cabin would be left opened for us to walk in, …

My Best Closing and Mailing Tips

By Craig Forte, Founder - August 1, 2007April 7, 2017

Last Updated on April 7, 2017 In a previous real estate marketing article of Agent Inner Circle™ I described some of the techniques to building a successful business. Here are five more million dollar-marketing strategies that will help you generate more clients and build a long-term viable business. See Life from Your Client’s Perspective. Most agents try to sell what they think the client wants. …

Horror Story: Legal Snag Gets Buyer “30 days”

By Craig Forte, Founder - August 1, 2007April 7, 2017

Last Updated on April 7, 2017 Submitted by Drew Henderson, REALTOR® (Thanks Drew!) “I was the buyer’s agent, and the buyer had loaded up their household into a moving van and were 200 miles from their new home. “Just then I was told that there was a problem! This was an estate sale and the lawyer who handled the case had not advertised the property …

5 MORE Ways to Build A Profitable Business

By Craig Forte, Founder - July 19, 2007April 7, 2017

Last Updated on April 7, 2017 In a previous article of Agent Inner Circle™ I described some of the techniques for building a successful business. To review, you must create: A unique and beneficial product, A sales generation system(s) to market and sell that product and retain your clients for as long as humanly possible to generate a) more sales and b) referrals, word of …