What Everyone Ought to Know About Social Proof
I was at The Riviera in Vegas last Thursday for the Real Tech 2014 technology conference, and it occurred to me as I was looking at an autographed wall poster of Elvis and Engelbert Humperdinck that social proof has been around for as long as I can remember. As a...
8 Ways to Be Happier at Work
Employers like those in the Silicon Valley use a variety of workplace perks, ranging from free food to indoor rock climbing, to improve the happiness of their employees at work. This is good business: happy employees are more productive and motivated, and more likely...
Four Ways to Show That You Are a Real Estate Expert
Have you ever had a client ask you about a program or a process that you haven’t heard about? Or, have you ever had a client ask you about an area within the field of housing and you didn’t know the answer? It’s truly a horrible feeling when a prospect, a client, or a...
7 Top Podcasts for Entrepreneurs
Yes, you—a real estate agent—are an entrepreneur (in case you thought you were not). You operate your own business (often under a brokerage or franchise umbrella), and you take more financial risks than in other industries (being that you get compensated after closing...
7 Tips for Creating the Best Real Estate Team
Do you have preferred partners? Do you have a great real estate team or are you interested in putting together a team? Do you have people to whom you continually refer business—people you already consider to be part of your team? I’m talking about mortgage lenders,...