Planning For Success Blog

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It’s Real Estate Business Planning Season!

This time of year, I can hear the rustle of new business planners, the click of pens getting ready to jot down long to-do lists, and the mouse clicks of online shoppers looking for new organization systems.

Consistent Action Creates Results

3 Examples that Drive Business Forward

Are You Buying Real Estate Leads?

I hate to see agents abandoning their lead generation strategies because they aren’t getting the results they want. They are blaming the lead generation method when the real culprit is the current real estate market.

Lost Control of Your Summer?

Many agents start their summer with the best of intentions, but are derailed by chaotic transactions, life events, vacations, visiting family, and all manner of other things. Suddenly it is mid-August and that to do list is the same size it was in June. Need a bite-sized task that makes a difference and will give you a feeling of accomplishment? Regaining control might just start with your car!

Teaming Up

Deciding whether to join a team is not a decision one should take lightly. Anyone who has been on a team and has decided it is not for them can attest to that. Denise has advice for anyone considering a team.

Letting Go and Learning to Delegate

Today's message is one of the things I know today that I wish I had embraced earlier in my career. Learning how to delegate is more than a key to saving time, it is a crucial key to growing your success.

Don't Chase Rates, Create Opportunities

Are you a real estate agent that is frustrated by today's interest rates? Time to stop waiting for government to solve your problems and create your own business opportunities.

Three Real Estate Formulas You Need to Know

Practical formulas for appreciation, future appreciation, and a handy formula for converting circumference to diameter that you can use out in the field.

Need Inspiration and Results?

Whether it is flooring and materials or it is a new listing coming onto the market, there's no substitute for getting out from behind your computer screen and into the real world to experience it in person.

Take an Election Year Media Diet

Misleading news headlines and content can lead your real estate business astray and waste your mental energy with fear and waste your time with misdirection.

Buyer Brokerage Agreements

With all the changes coming to buyer agency, you need to be able to explain why you are a valuable part of the home buying experience and how buyer agency agreements are in their best interest. Are you and your website ready for that conversation?

The Tools You Need to Fight for Buyer Brokerage Compensation

The Tools Your Real Estate Business Needs in Light of the NAR Proposed Settlement.

The 2024 Spring Market has Sprung

People are finding ways to get out of the homes that they haven’t wanted to stay in. While 2023 was a Year-in-Limbo, 2024 is already shaping up to be great. How can you capitalize on that?

What QVC Can Teach You About Marketing

By anyone's standards, the QVC shopping network has been a huge success and offers a prospecting and sales model that real estate agents should pay attention to. By employing a system of authentic and honest storytelling, combined with facts, a sense of urgency, and strong visual and personable components, QVC's consistent process contains lessons that you should pay attention to.

Find Your People

Healthy relationships and working alongside people that share your outlook and compliment your weaknesses can propel your business and mental health to new heights. Just the same, negative cultures, toxic relationships, and personality friction can sap the life out of you and hurt your potential. Denise shares advice for dealing with unhealthy relationships.

Don't Let This Challenge Derail Your 2024

While you are evaluating how you would like to see this year be different from the last, I want you to be aware of one key thing you can do for your business in a year that will be filled with change and opportunities.

If You Do Only One Thing in 2024, Make It This

Many agents are looking for help with lead generation on real estate forums. What works? Is the advice being given any good? Coach Denise Lones weighs in and identifies one thing real estate agents must do to be successful this year.

Looking Beyond 2023

It's been a tough time for agents because the volume of selling home has been down. That means that with fewer transactions to go around, some agents have been feeling the pinch! So why am I so optimistic about what's ahead for next year?

7 Things To Do in December for 2024 Success!

This year challenged many agents. As the holidays and a new year approach, we have seven money-free ideas that you can use to revitalize your outlook, energy, and business opportunities.

 
 
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