Summer is officially here! You need some creative ways to keep in touch with your past clients and SOI. Here are just a few ideas to have your Real Estate Virtual Assistant implement for you:

1.) Calendar of Local Summer Events: This can be a postcard or 1 page calendar w/a note from you. Your Real Estate Virtual Assistant can look up local events happening in your area over the summer and then put them on a graphical calendar (jumbo postcard or 1 page). This calendar would then get sent out to your past clients and SOI.
They'll appreciate you staying in touch and even better you just gave them a list of fun stuff to do this summer!

2.) "Get Your Grills Ready!" Steak Giveaway!! Send out a postcard to your past clients, current clients and SOI advertising a steak giveaway. They enter to win by filling out a form on your website and the winner is announced by email and notified when/where they can pick-up their steaks! BONUS: By filling out the entry form on your website, you'll receive their updated/current contact information, keeping your database current & making staying in touch with them MUCH easier!
3.) Flag Giveaway: The 4th of July is right around the corner and as you know, many folks like to put flags in their yard to celebrate and show their patriotism! Send out a postcard to your past clients, current clients and SOI advertising a flag(s) giveaway. It can be a bundle of small flags or one larger "hang-up" flag... They enter to win by filling out a form on your website and the winner is announced by email and notified when/where they can pick-up their flag(s)!
BONUS: (same as above) By filling out the entry form on your website, you'll receive their updated/current contact information, keeping your database current & making staying in touch with them MUCH easier!
Working with a client once is okay. Gaining a client for life AND their referrals is PRICELESS. How do you gain a client for life? You make them FEEL like they are a client for life by constantly staying in touch with them!!
Don't have a Real Estate Virtual Assistant yet? What are you waiting for? Your time is valuable... "Do what you do best and hire out the REST!"
Make it a great day!
Erica Parpan, Operations Manager
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So, by now we all know about Facebook. You may also know about the Ads on Facebook, but have you placed an ad in an attempt to get targeted leads? It is easier than you think!
The cool thing about placing an ad on Facebook is that you can target your ad to only be displayed to Facebook users that fit a very specific target market.
For example, are you targeting Empty Nesters? You can target your ad to Facebook users in that age group and specific to your city/town.
First time home buyers? Even better, you can target by age (guessing most people are 25-35), city, and you can even target engaged couples. Now that is specific!!
Having a seminar of some kind? You can target your ad to only display to Facebook users in the city/town that your seminar will be held.
You can target by gender, age, location (right down to the town), education, workplace, and by keywords that they may have in their profile.
After you create your ad and set-up your targeting, you will see how many people currently using Facebook fit your target. You can then select your daily budget and time period to run the ad.

I would enjoy hearing your experiences with Facebook ads.
Need Help?
Want a Facebook ad but don’t know where to start? Call or email RealSupport! We can help you set-up and manage your Facebook Ads.
Carrie Gable, President
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What is AmericanTowns.com ?
AmericanTowns.com is a site that provides community information and more importantly local events, seminars, etc for specific towns. Consumers can search by town, then by date, type of event, venue, etc. It is a really great resource for agents and can be used in a several different ways.
As a Real Estate Agent/Broker, How can you use it?
1. Do you host any type of class, seminar, or event? If so, you can add it to this site for free. It displays nicely with your web address and information, and appears when anyone searches for that city or particular type of event.
2. Having a community events page is a great way to add constantly changing information to your website. Become a resource for leads searching for community events and things to do! This is a great site to check when adding events to your site, and provides all the right info, place, date, time, etc.
Don’t have time to update an events page – no problem! AmericanTowns also offers a widget, that you can add to your site for free, which posts the community calendar of your choice. See the screen shot to the right for how it displays. To use this feature, simply go to your preferred town on AmericanTowns.com and click the “Add a Community Calendar to Your Site” icon. This will provide you with HTML code to add to your site! So SIMPLE!
3. You can also find and submit community videos to this site. Have you created a community tour or perhaps a video of a condo complex? If so, you can add them to YouTube and follow some simple instructions (it all has to do with the tags to you add), then your video will show up on AmericanTowns.com .
This site has proven to be a helpful resource for my clients and me so far, and I would recommend utilizing it for your own business! I encourage you to add events, research local events or just have a look!
Need a Real Estate Virtual Assistant to help you implement these ideas? Contact us today. We're a team of real estate specific Virtual Assistants and because we're in the industry working with Top Producers every day, we know what works!
Jen Miller, Marketing Manager
RealSupport Inc.
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Recently, I was looking for the address of a place that I was going to host a baby shower at. When I did a google search for the address, a Yelp Review came up! It actually gave me all the information that I was looking for so I didn’t even have to find the “official website” of this place. I saw there was a review so of course I read it.
This personal experience opened my eyes to the power of Yelp. I’m trying to summarize what it is and why I think you as a Real Estate Agent or Broker need to know about it, but please post comments if you have any other questions and of course share your own personal experiences too since I’m new to “Yelping”.
What Is Yelp.com?
Yelp is an online city guide made up of reviews from real people. Users can search for what they are looking for by type (tacos) or by category (Hotels) or actual business names (StartingPoint Realty). Searches are all local by city or zip.
As a Real Estate Agent or Broker, Why Do YOU Need to Know About Yelp?
There are many opinion websites out there but Yelp has thrived while others have generally petered out. According to their site, as of February 2009, more than 20 million people visited Yelp in the previous 30 days. That is pretty significant.
How to Get Started on Yelp...
You can be on Yelp as a Reviewer or a Business (or both). For the purpose of this blog post, I want you to get your business up, so here is how you can proceed. No time to get this set-up? RealSupport can help. Ask us about our services. This is the type of project we handle for our clients all the time! If you are a techie like me and you want to proceed on your own, here is what you need to do:
During both steps above, you’ll be asked to sign up as a Business Owner and you’ll also be asked to confirm your connection to the business. After your all set-up, you’ll want to be sure to populate your listing on Yelp with as much information as possible. They allow you to upload a photo/logo, add change your contact information, add content about your services, and links to your site. Fill it ALL in, the more content and information the better!!
In Addition:
You can also post sponsorship ads (like pay per clicks) if you want to use your advertising dollars on this popular site. You may get more bang for your buck here than a large site like Google.
They also provide a Yelp Badge, which is very cool. You can display this on your website, email signature, etc. I think this would be very powerful since it shows how many stars your Yelpers have rated you.
Need Help?
If you’re not up to the task, please contact RealSupport. We can help you set-up and manage your Yelp Business Owner page. In this day and age, it is so important to take control of your online reputation and take advantages of these well traveled sites. Call us, we can help!
Carrie Gable, President
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