Saturday my family participated in an outreach event to help some folks in Miami Township Ohio to have a great Saturday.. First, we met at our church (Rivertree) in Milford to pray, pack and prepare for the event. This event was a Block Party for an apartment complex in the area. Once we got there we divided up the work in teams and everyone pitched in. We grilled hot dogs, hamburgers, had chips, cookies, drinks and other snacks. Another set of volunteers prepared a table full of free toys to hand out to the kids. Another group organized a face painting booth while others cleaned the tennis court that we were holding the event in. There were probably about 75 volunteers total including kids and adults. About 100 residents came out to participate in the event. We just gave everything away to show God's love in a small practical way as a "kindness" outreach. I hope we can do another one again soon!
On August 22nd, 2009 I created my Facebook Fan Page with one fan, ME! As of now I have over 110 fans that have come aboard with this new page. I first created some content just like any new Facebook page. Next I added some photos of some community events that our Real Estate team has participated in. I posted links to my Blog and a link back to our main Real Estate Website. Finally I reserved a vanity URL to make the page easier to find. We were very fortunate to secure facebook.com/CincinnatiOhio. This was a real sweet opportunity for us. If you haven't secured your vanity URL yet I would recommend doing so before all the good ones are taken. You can do so HERE!
The next step was to invite all my friends to join my fan page. I did this by clicking on "Suggest To Friends." I then selected every user in my normal personal page friends list. I have about 150 users in this list and maybe half of them agreed to become a fan of my business page. Next, I asked my wife to do the same with her contacts. Last, I had our buyers agent do this with her contacts. We jumped up quickly over 100 after those two participated in this.
Now the key is to keep updating our new "site" with relevant content including anything you would want to blog about; updates to our website, new listings, open houses, press releases, awards, market reports, helpful links, etc. The key here is to not post more than one "post" per day so that you don't annoy or overwhelm your fans, hey, they are your fans after all!
We also added a really neat tab called "Homes for Sale" which links to our Realbird.com service. The tab was created by that company and they really did a nice job with the HTML. I don't know how to do it so the cost was worth it. Check it out to see for yourself what they did.
The next step is to create some community specific pages that I can also brand with unique vanity URLs. This will hopefully help me to specialize on the Internet to those folks. These would be smaller communities within the Greater Cincinnati Area that I do a lot of business within.
I want to start a small business to business clinic at our local Panera Bread where we invite local businesses to come and learn about creating a Facebook Fan Page. If you are in the area and would like to participate in this send me an email and let me know.
I hope you have found something here that is useful and will help you grow your business. If it weren't for others helping me, I would have never come this far. And I have much further to grow so I hope I can keep getting advice.
Have a great day and good luck on your Facebook page!
If you have any direct needs or questions, please don't hesitate to call me directly at 513-478-3794. I can also refer you to a lender to get a great interest rate on your home.
Derek Tye
Derek Tye has been an influential Realtor in the Greater Cincinnati Ohio Market for 5 years. For more information about our Greater Cincinnati Ohio Real Estate services we offer please call us at 513-732-2720 or visit our website at www.CincyOhioHomes.com . Don't miss our Testimonials!
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October 1, 2009 -- CINCINNATI, OHIO -- For immediate release:
Derek Tye, an expert in Residential and Commercial real estate in and around Cincinnati, Ohio and a Realtor® with Keller Williams Advisors Realty, recently received an award at the 99th Annual Convention of the Ohio Association of Realtors® (OAR), September 23rd at the Columbus Convention Center.
The Award of Distinction, a level of the OAR President's Sales Club Award, is considered to be an honor to obtain among fellow Realtors®. This award is based upon sales achievements made in the past 12 months of business.
Derek Tye is now among an elite group within the profession--one that is a member of the select 2009 Ohio Association of REALTORS President's Sales Club.
The fact that he has joined the exclusive OAR President's Sales Club is even more impressive when you consider the uncertainties of the current marketplace. Despite the unprecedented challenges of a difficult economic environment, Derek has achieved a level of accomplishment that only 5 percent of Ohio's real estate professionals have attained as a member of this year's Club.
Derek attributes his success to sound business practices, a great website and his team at The Tye Group. Without them, none of this would be possible. Debbie Long and Jessica Tye go out of their way to make the team successful. Derek and his team serve the Greater Cincinnati Market including Clermont, Hamilton, Warren, Butler and other counties. They also serve the Northern Kentucky Market.
The Ohio Association of REALTORS®, with more than 30,500 members, is the largest professional trade association in Ohio. More information can be found at www.ohiorealtors.org/.
You can reach Derek Tye directly at 513-732-2720 or visit the website at http://www.TheTyeGroup.com
I have been asked if the first time home buyer tax credit is working in Cincinnati, Ohio. I would say, "yes" to that. Our activity for first time home buyers has increased steadily over the last several months and we had our best September ever recorded this past month! We had 10 transaction sales... Below is the list of homes we sold in September, 2009:
Eastgate, Ohio for $99,000
Mt Carmel, Ohio for $70,000
2 transaction sides in Amelia, Ohio for $112,500
Union Township Ohio, $105,000
Amelia, Ohio $175,000
Eastgate, Ohio for $161,000
Batavia, Ohio for $119,900
Amelia, Ohio for $175,000
Amelia, Ohio for 133,900
These were all single family homes and most were for first time home buyers. The activity in Clermont County is very good and you can see by the price range that the house sales are in the first time home buyer price range. We hope to see a great October as well. Remember, the tax credit is due to expire by December 2nd, 2009!
Have a great day!
Derek
Derek Tye has been an influential Realtor in the Greater Cincinnati Ohio Market for 5 years. For more information about our Greater Cincinnati Ohio Real Estate services we offer please call us at 513-732-2720 or visit our website at www.CincyOhioHomes.com . Don't miss our Testimonials!
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The market is definitely moving here in Clermont County,Ohio and in the surrounding Greater Cincinnati Area. Sales and activity is up from last year and the number of showings has continued to increase. Our hotbed of activity today is mainly first time home buyers taking advantage of the tax credit. We are hoping that it will start translating to the move-up homes soon.
Right now we have 15 homes under contract and all but a few of those will close in September. Below are some of the recent sales and pending sales that we have on our team:
Center Street, New Richmond, Ohio
Pemberton Drive, Norwood, Ohio
Little Creek Drive, Amelia, Ohio
Chesterfield Drive, Batavia, Ohio
Wuebold Drive, Cincinnati, Ohio
Mt Carmel Tobasco Road, Union Township, Ohio
Fairhaven Lane, Hamilton, Ohio
Britton Lane, Madisonville, Ohio
Hudson Lane, Northern Kentucky
Sterling Lane, Northern Kentucky
Buckwheat Road, Milford, Ohio
Steeplechase Drive, Batavia, Ohio
Grouse Drive, Amelia, Ohio
Crossbridge Drive, Beckett Ridge Ohio
We have 43 listings right now and are willing to help you with your purchase or sale. Let the experts in the area help you with your next transaction. Let us know how we can help!
If you have any direct needs or questions, please don't hesitate to call me directly at 513-478-3794. I can also refer you to a lender to get a great interest rate on your home.
Have a great day!
Derek Tye
Derek Tye has been an influential Realtor in the Greater Cincinnati Ohio Market for 5 years. For more information about our Greater Cincinnati Ohio Real Estate services we offer please call us at 513-732-2720 or visit our website at www.CincyOhioHomes.com . Don't miss our Testimonials!
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