Transform Transform June 2014 | Page 4

Shift Your Mindset and Make Your Business Work for You As a new or experienced real estate agent, you know how important it is to lay the foundation for different aspects of marketing. Usually, the way most people market their business is by using techniques taught by trainers or shared by colleagues, but I would like to share with you some unique ideas to make your business work for you. Even if you only apply one or two of these ideas, it could make a huge difference. Make One Day a Marketing Day One reason agents fail to grow their business is that they don’t promote their services consistently. And the reason for this is that they are so busy doing everything else to keep the business going that they actually don’t have time to keep the pipeline full. By dedicating one day for marketing, you can get very focused and productive with your marketing without being distracted. Choose Only One Target Market It may sound counter-intuitive to focus on just one target market when you can think of many 4 that could benefit from what you offer, but that is how things actually work. The more specialized you become, the more irresistible you will be to people in that target market. This is because you will have developed a high degree of knowledge and experience about it – and that will make it very easy to speak with the people in your target market. be able to read their thoughts because you will have become so conversant with the trends prevailing in that market. Stop Old School Marketing Despite the tremendous paradigm shift created by online marketing, it is not unusual for many real estate agents to do things the old way. Here are some examples: 1. Cold Calling You’ll know exactly what they want and how you can provide it. You will speak their language and If you practice cold calling, consider other alternatives. Even