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Controlling Your Dash -

In Real Estate, Uncategorized on September 2, 2009 at 4:34 pm

This past week we had our quarterly combined sales meeting and it is always so impressive to be “Led By Example”.  Bear Realty is fortunate to have a management team that possess not only years of experience but also the mindset that continuous learning and adapting to the new marketplace is a welcomed necessity. 

From that meeting, our Chairman, Mr. Steve Mills, CCIM, shared a quote from Western University that I feel is worth repeating.  It is a concept that goes far beyond our professional life and delves deep into our personal mission, vision and value systems.

The following article was written by Mr. Joe Taylor and published in the Western News.   “You can’t be a champion on game day unless you’re trying to be a champion every day” and “controlling your dash.”  “That simply means a person has four numbers that precede him – the year he was born – and, at some point, there’s going to be four more numbers that will follow those, which represent his expiration.  But between those two numbers there is always a dash, and that’s really all we have control over, “.  In other words, it is what you do with that time in between that’s important.

If we are living our lives in such a manner that we realize that our personal and our professional interactions leave a large footprint in the lives of others – we can take control, whether we are in real estate or any industry to control our own level of success.

I am always impressed with the agents at Bear Realty that continue to have repeat clients.  Our real estate agents are the number one reason that we are number one in our Kenosha County Market.  You get out of life what you put into it and I am proud to say that I am surrounded by those types of Kenosha County agents that are taking proactive steps to “Control Their Dash”!

Facebook, Twitter….REALLY? How does that help sell my home?

In Real Estate, Real Estate Info, Uncategorized on August 25, 2009 at 3:09 am

There it was, right under our nose!  As you would expect, Realtors are very social people, the kind of folks that are always right out in front, keeping everyone smiling and usually tend to be the life of the party.  They are the kind of people that will come along side of you to work out your issues and tend to be the kind of friends that people call in a pinch – there are the kind of people that you can count on. 

As Realtors we have always been in touch with a tool known as “reverse marketing” – we have a new property listed and, because of the relationships we have with friends, family and past clients, we are able to “spread the word” so to speak by sending information out over the Internet airways.  Low and behold that effort just got easier, small business’s to large corporations are seeing the benefit of tapping into this wealth of social networking through Facebook and Twitter.  If you don’t have a page on Facebook, try it out – it is very user friendly and will take you step by step.  If you have a business, get a page – you will be amazed how many fans link in to your page to watch how you are doing, what types of products and services you offer and when you are available.  It is a tool for the generation of today!

Real Estate, along with all marketing efforts need to keep in tune with the times – today’s common language and conversations are held via keyboards and telephone texting – if you want to get your message out there – you need to be on-line!  Bear Realty and our Bear Realty Sales Associates have taken a proactive, professional and every improving stance to strengthen our national presence online.  We Facebook, we tweet, we blog and we reach thousands of potential clients using this media.  In a business where only the strong survive – you want success on your side.  Check us out at www.bearrealty.com.  We are here to take down the real estate obstacles for you! 

I guess the most difficult challenge in all of this “internet wonderland” is to remember that you (we) are having a conversation – we get our thoughts out “there” but then comes the great opportunity to Listen….

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