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Are You Effectively Communicating During the Sales Process?

Build the relationship The best salespeople seem to be able to talk to their clients with ease. That’s because they’ve built a relationship with them from the start. Personal relationships sell easier because people naturally tend to think negatively of salespeople. It’s easier to say yes to someone you like, so take time to get [...]

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Simply Put, Technology Saves You Time!

Posted by: DotLoop, Where Deals Get Done™ We all want to complete more real estate transactions to earn more money. Since productivity is a direct correlation of hard work, it’s natural we should earn more for our time and energy. However, this isn’t necessarily the case because another critical aspect of this equation needs to [...]

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How Branding Builds Trust and Familiarity For REALTORS®

Posted by: DotLoop, Where Deals Get Done™ Every type of business needs to pay close attention to branding, real estate included. Most potential clients don’t know anything about your business until you establish and build relationships with them. Their first impressions and perspectives of the company will come straight from whatever branding they’re exposed to. [...]

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June Marks the Mid Year. Are You Meeting Your Goals for 2011?

June is officially here, marking the middle of the year. It’s time to start asking yourself if you’ve accomplished, or set the wheels in motion to accomplish the goals set early in the year. For many Realtors®, that goal was to ditch traditional real estate practices and adopt the right technology solution to make their [...]

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Summer Is Here! Why You Should Take Time to Relax

Posted by: DotLoop, Where Deals Get Done™ After a long weekend, many people return to work for a shorter week requiring them to make up for lost time. For Realtors®, running their business requires diligent time management that allows them to make the most of their days. However, whether you work to live or live [...]

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What Qualities Make a Neighborhood Desirable? Things You Should Consider

Anyone who’s ever purchased or thought about purchasing a home knows it can be very stressful, with many things considered. Common things we consider are price, getting a home inspection, asking for utility bills and how close the home is to schools, fire, police and airports. All of these things affect the decision on whether [...]

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Improving the Experience for Home Buyers and Sellers: Your Top Priority

With technology fueling the way we do business, providing the best technology solutions to clients helps a Realtor® thrive. Consequently, a thriving Realtor® contributes to improved market conditions in their respective regions. That’s why DotLoop is committed to providing the best technology solution for Realtors®, Brokers and Associations across the country. Incorporating document sharing, real-time [...]

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Technology in Real Estate: Convenient or Necessary?

Smartphones, netbooks, and the Internet…. Technology consistently transitions from convenient to necessary. We often don’t realize how much technology is subconsciously integrated into our lives. It’s daunting to remember a time when you couldn’t search the nearest pizza joint while updating your twitter account from your Smartphone. We often forget how integral these conveniences have [...]

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Text in Video: A Crucial Component in Conveying Your Message

Posted by: DotLoop, Where Deals Get Done™ A growing number of Realtors® are incorporating video into their marketing through sites such as YouTube, Vimeo, TwitVid and many others. These videos vary in quality as a result of budget, equipment and basic know how. While no Realtor® is expected to produce an epic masterpiece, executing proper [...]

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Rising Gas Prices Change the Way We Do Business

Over the last few months, Americans have seen gas prices jump 20 percent or more. The significant spike that occurred over a short period of time has forced people to change their habits and balance their budgets around the rising prices at the pump. Realtors® leveraging the right technology recognize this unfortunate trend and serve [...]

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Overhead Costs. Is Your Office Running Efficiently?

Investing both time and money are necessary to succeed in any business. That’s why most businesses take every measure to lower the costs without losing productivity. In an effort to increase profit margin, it’s important to take strides in reducing expenditures. Office overhead in particular can place a big strain on a budget, so care [...]

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REALTORS® Help Buyers Realize the Benefits of Home Ownership

There’s nothing like the feelings of pride, security, and tranquility of owning a home. A place to raise family, make improvements or contribute to the well being of a neighborhood is some of the benefit homeowners enjoy. Everyday, REALTORS® help home buyers achieve this dream of home ownership that provides so many more that just [...]

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Reaching Customers of Tomorrow by Building Relationships Today

Every business needs to put a fair amount of focus on the future Understanding where markets are headed, how potential clients shop and the technology they use to share and obtain information are important considerations when looking to expand business. It’s a matter of making business related hypotheses and preparations to compete and surpass quarterly [...]

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Improving Social Media Marketing for Real Estate Professionals

REALTORS® are among the vast users of social media for marketing, lead generation and relationship building. As the next generation of communication evolves, exist vivid ways of connecting with home buyers and sellers. A couple of the ways that these sites can be used by realtors as a paperless solution for marketing are: Marketing with [...]

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People Helping People: The Power of Building Strong Relationships

There are many strategies that can help a REALTOR® connect with buyers, but the most important strategy for becoming a successful agent is building and maintaining good relationships with clients. This is often viewed as cliché, but deserves emphasis because of its vital importance. Realtors that don’t take the time, nor make necessary efforts to [...]

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NAR Midyear 2011: REALTORS® are Vital to Strengthening the Economy

REALTORS® from across the country have taken over Washington DC for the National Association of REALTORS® Midyear Legislative Meetings and Trade Expo. The event brings members of America’s largest trade network to discuss pertinent issues, share strategies and technology that benefit the industry –ultimately stabilizing the economy. May 11-13 mark the days of the trade [...]

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Home Prices are Low. Should You Buy Now?

Millions of people throughout the U.S. want to buy a home. It’s one of your top priorities but you just aren’t sure if now is the right time to buy. You could purchase a reduced-priced home now, or continue waiting to see if prices dip any further. Or, you might own a home and are [...]

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Rise in Existing Home Sales Could Indicate Market Recovery

Real estate news over the last few years has been consistently negative as foreclosures plague the market and lending tightens up on new home buyers. While it seems the idea of home ownership escapes millions these days, there are numbers that indicate the early stages of a recovery. The National Association of Realtors reported an [...]

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More Video Considerations for Effective Real Estate Marketing

Real estate agents using video in their marketing set themselves apart from those who don’t. Consider this, about 10 years ago the only way people showed houses through a medium was on local cable stations that were mainly slideshows of a home’s features, picture of the agent and the brokerage they represented. A decade later, [...]

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DotLoop to Announce Association Edition at the NAR Midyear Event

The National Association of REALTORS® Midyear Trade Expo begins next week and DotLoop is excited to meet with attendees to discuss their plans for the future. From May 11-13, the trade expo brings together thousands of attendees from various networks and associations to share products and ideas to benefit the industry. As the collaborative workspace [...]

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