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Making a phone call every 90 days to find out if they are happy in the new home, how things are going, and simply to check in on former clients, is a great way to show your relationship with them was more than a one-time transaction. You can also send out quarterl y automated drip marketing campaigns using a CRM program to reach out to new clients. Doing this will help build your potential client list, and help you gain new clients who are buying or selling a home. Host an Event Hosting a buyer seminar, a local BBQ for your former clients and family, and other local teaching and gathering events, is a simple way to keep in touch with old clients, and meet new people. When you invite old clients, they might bring a friend who is looking to buy a home, or a relative who is ready to sell their home. By providing this continual contact, not only will they feel comfortable referring your services, but will also provide you with other potential referrals of friends who are getting ready to list their home or buy a new one. Anniversaries & Birthdays Keeping in touch with past clients by sending a birthday card each year, with a simple happy birthday message, is a great way to show you care, and remember working with them. It is also nice to send them a note or email message, on the year anniversary of when they purchased their home, or sold their home with you as their agent. These little remembrances not only show you want to provide exceptional customer service, but also want to keep an open, running relationship, in the event they have to buy or sell their home in the future. Keeping in touch with former clients, is the easiest way to gain repeat business (even if it is only 5 to 10 years down the road), and to gain new referral business from them. By doing these little things, you are not only going to show your clients you had a great time helping them find or sell a home, but it also shows you did not only think of them as one of your many clients you did business with. Regardless of which of these methods you use, it is important to include a picture of yourself, along with all contact information. People don’t always remember names, but they do remember faces. So, in your email campaign or monthly newsletter, include all contact information and your current picture. Whether your past client calls, or provides a referral, they will know who you are, and will feel comfortable doing business with you again. 13