Going Face to Face with Facebook
Bridging the Gap~Technology vs. Touch Experiment People make fun of me for being on Facebook. Aren’t you too old? Isn’t that like {horror} myspace?? How can Facebook bring you business? Well Facebook...
View ArticleAre Online Relationships Fake?
I just returned from a week at Inman Connect and over and over I heard “it is all about the relationships”. It left some of us feeling a little disappointed that there weren’t more tips and tricks...
View ArticleUnderpricer, Overpricer, Slickster, Trickster
Image courtesy of Bob Fornal The Importance of a Reputation I work in a fairly small market. While there are close to 2000 agents, only about half of them are really active in the business. Over time,...
View ArticleRoadblocks ahead
Image Courtesy of Lyndi and Jason My name is Ginger Wilcox and I have mental road blocks that have prevented me from accomplishing my goals. The first step is to admit you have a problem… I am a third...
View ArticleAre You Running Like a Chicken?
How do I do it? In my spare time, I teach people how to raise money for non-profit organizations. Running a fundraiser is not an easy task, and takes a lot of planning. I am often successfully...
View ArticleWe Don’t Want To Be Sold
I don’t know about you, but I am tired of constantly being sold. It doesn’t matter what the cause is, good or bad, we are tired. We don’t want to hear about it. My grandfather died of prostate...
View ArticleSay goodbye to the low ball offer
Don’t offend me with your offer I was at a meeting earlier today where a listing agent was complaining about the offering price of two “low ball” offers on the same property. The offers were so low,...
View ArticleI have friends in online places
I had a completely different post planned for today. Insightful, but conventional real estate talk. You will probably see it in a couple of days, but instead, today, I have something else to say. I...
View ArticleRemove Emotion and Close the Deal
Yesterday, I got a huge compliment from an agent in a transaction I am working on. She said, “Ginger, I have been in the real estate business for 28 years. I know good agents. You are so calm. It is...
View ArticleCat Got Your Tongue
I love blogging. I love social media. I am a twitter addict. Addicted to Facebook too. You name it, I seem to have the social media addiction and plenty to say on most web venues. I sat down with...
View ArticleNARlando Buzz
NAR Conference Buzz So, there is lots of buzz going on about the 2008 REALTORS® Conference & Expo taking place in Orlando at the end of this week. I am very excited to be attending and speaking on...
View ArticleMastering the Hurdles
Stop the blame game There are so many times when we hear excuses about why people fail. Why we ourselves fail. The market has changed. I have been under the weather. I wasn’t treated fairly. The...
View ArticleGive the gift of contribution
Maybe I have this all wrong… Recently, I spoke on a panel about blogging for business at the National Association of Realtors convention. At the end of the session, I was approached by an attendee who...
View ArticleWhat Would Make You Move?
It is what I call “recruiting season” and real estate brokers are on the hunt. As agents start to plan for the next year, many brokers are out looking for the cream of the crop. My guess is that more...
View ArticleFinding that perfect home location
Location, Location, Location The famous phrase is often used to describe real estate. That “perfect” location may be is not the same for every buyer and varies based on a variety of different factors....
View ArticleRelationships Key To Success
2008 sucked. Pure and simple. The economy sucked. The real estate market sucked. Many people’s lives were really not good in 2008. We all know that 2008 was a rough one for many of our friends,...
View ArticleRecommend your way to more business
I love almost any social network, but one network I have not spent a lot of time engaging on is LinkedIn. I have a presence on it, but my LinkedIn strategy has been relatively non-existent....
View ArticleGetting Local With Twitter
When I first started on Twitter, I got comfortable by chatting with other real estate agents, most who I knew already from places like Active Rain. Over time, I realized something magical about...
View ArticleMAGIC PILL FOR SUCCESS—FOUND
I speak to agents across the country on a daily basis. This economy and the real estate market is one of the toughest markets the majority of them have ever seen. Sadly, many real estate agents are...
View ArticleInterview with NAR Social Media Manager-Todd Carpenter
The National Association of REALTORS® announced the hiring of Todd Carpenter as it’s new Social Media Manager today. Todd is very dear friend mine, and effective today, a former business partner. It...
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