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Time-Saving Tools
& Techniques for
REALTORS®
DAVID SPARK
david@sparkmediasolutions.com
Ways to Efficiently
Increase Your
Recognition
Without
Decreasing Service
Introduction
Time-Saving Tools & Techniques for REALTORS®
Time-Saving Tools & Techniques for REALTORS®
REALTOR® Struggles
Appointments
Travel
Juggling
Little free time
Timely client
communications
Pleasing
everyone
Positives we can
work with
There are inefficiencies in how we all operate that
can be improved using new tools and techniques
REALTOR® is filled with lots of
specific knowledge of their market
Multiple moments in the
day where there’s 2-10
minutes of free time
Huge percentage of business comes from referrals
Three areas to
focus improvement
Have a system in place to keep
in touch with your clients,
potentials, and past clients
When possible, shift inefficient
private communications to more
efficient public communications
Use tools to take best
advantage of those
moments of down time
1
2
3
Death by 1000
paper cuts
System to keep in
touch with clients,
potentials, and
past clients
 MUST start using a CRM
 Connect via Facebook and
LinkedIn for ambient intimacy
System to keep in
touch with clients,
potentials, and
past clients
 Respond to LinkedIn
alerts of new jobs
 Newsle for press mentions
in your social network
System to keep in
touch with clients,
potentials, and
past clients
 Rapportive to know what’s
on their mind right now
 Play games
System to keep in
touch with clients,
potentials, and
past clients
 Nextdoor for hyperlocal news
 Work past clients
 Delight them with an anniversary card/gift
 Help them with contractor information
Efficiency Tools
and Techniques
 Turn off all non-personal alerts
 Bluetooth keyboard for your phone and iPad
 One page where you have speed
dials to all clients
 Android users - Swiftkey or Swype
 Use voice dictation – Dragon Dictate
 Scheduling appointments with meetme.so
 Use an efficient note taking tool
 Evernote
 OneNote
Efficiency Tools
and Techniques
 Digital filing cabinet
 Scan documents
 Turn off paper billing
 Capture receipts
 Throw away manuals for their PDFs
 Receive faxes via online service
Efficiency Tools
and Techniques
Create a paperless office
 Automate financial information and
billing through Quicken or Quickbooks
Efficiency Tools
and Techniques
 PhraseExpress for PC
 aText or TextExpander for Mac
 TextExpander touch for iOS
Efficiency Tools
and Techniques
Use an autofill text expanding macro tool
Anytime you repeat
information you've
written or said before
you're wasting time
Shift phone and email communications
to public communications
Shift from private
to public
communications
when appropriate
^
Shift from private
to public
communications
 What do you keep repeating?
 Blog a long email or conversation
 Maintain a story list
 Stop guessing, use Google Adwords
Shift from private
to public
communications
 Easy to create and publish from phone
 Post photos of homes and staging
 Follow and repost other real estate tumblr blogs
 Post opinions
 Build library you can review with clients
If no blog, create a Tumblr blog
 Yes, post listings, but don't make
it your only communications
Shift from private
to public
communications
 Publish favorite contractors on
blog or Google Doc
 Batch record a video series
 Create custom easy to remember bit.ly
addresses for frequently shared documents
 Save URLs in your text expander tool
Shift from private
to public
communications
 Use your personal page, not
business Facebook page to connect
 Pull yourself off of social
networks you're no longer using
Turn killer assets
into videos
 “What do you love about this neighborhood?”
 “What does every new resident need to know
about this neighborhood?”
 “What have you learned in your years living in
this neighborhood?”
Your homework
 Turn off all your alerts
 Know your phone's camera - stills, videos, and upload
 Get data entry tools - Swiftkey and keyboard
 Top 5 things you keep repeating in conversation or in email
What we can do
 Train your team of REALTORS®
on all of this
 Produce neighborhood videos
{
DAVID SPARK
sparkmediasolutions.com
Blog: sparkminute.com
david@sparkmediasolutions.com
415.794.9135
@dspark

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Time-Saving Tools & Techniques for REALTORS®

  • 1. Time-Saving Tools & Techniques for REALTORS® DAVID SPARK david@sparkmediasolutions.com
  • 2. Ways to Efficiently Increase Your Recognition Without Decreasing Service
  • 6. REALTOR® Struggles Appointments Travel Juggling Little free time Timely client communications Pleasing everyone
  • 7. Positives we can work with There are inefficiencies in how we all operate that can be improved using new tools and techniques REALTOR® is filled with lots of specific knowledge of their market Multiple moments in the day where there’s 2-10 minutes of free time Huge percentage of business comes from referrals
  • 8. Three areas to focus improvement Have a system in place to keep in touch with your clients, potentials, and past clients When possible, shift inefficient private communications to more efficient public communications Use tools to take best advantage of those moments of down time 1 2 3
  • 10. System to keep in touch with clients, potentials, and past clients  MUST start using a CRM  Connect via Facebook and LinkedIn for ambient intimacy
  • 11. System to keep in touch with clients, potentials, and past clients  Respond to LinkedIn alerts of new jobs  Newsle for press mentions in your social network
  • 12. System to keep in touch with clients, potentials, and past clients  Rapportive to know what’s on their mind right now  Play games
  • 13. System to keep in touch with clients, potentials, and past clients  Nextdoor for hyperlocal news  Work past clients  Delight them with an anniversary card/gift  Help them with contractor information
  • 14. Efficiency Tools and Techniques  Turn off all non-personal alerts  Bluetooth keyboard for your phone and iPad  One page where you have speed dials to all clients  Android users - Swiftkey or Swype
  • 15.  Use voice dictation – Dragon Dictate  Scheduling appointments with meetme.so  Use an efficient note taking tool  Evernote  OneNote Efficiency Tools and Techniques
  • 16.  Digital filing cabinet  Scan documents  Turn off paper billing  Capture receipts  Throw away manuals for their PDFs  Receive faxes via online service Efficiency Tools and Techniques Create a paperless office
  • 17.  Automate financial information and billing through Quicken or Quickbooks Efficiency Tools and Techniques
  • 18.  PhraseExpress for PC  aText or TextExpander for Mac  TextExpander touch for iOS Efficiency Tools and Techniques Use an autofill text expanding macro tool
  • 19. Anytime you repeat information you've written or said before you're wasting time Shift phone and email communications to public communications
  • 20. Shift from private to public communications when appropriate ^
  • 21. Shift from private to public communications  What do you keep repeating?  Blog a long email or conversation  Maintain a story list  Stop guessing, use Google Adwords
  • 22. Shift from private to public communications  Easy to create and publish from phone  Post photos of homes and staging  Follow and repost other real estate tumblr blogs  Post opinions  Build library you can review with clients If no blog, create a Tumblr blog
  • 23.  Yes, post listings, but don't make it your only communications Shift from private to public communications  Publish favorite contractors on blog or Google Doc  Batch record a video series  Create custom easy to remember bit.ly addresses for frequently shared documents
  • 24.  Save URLs in your text expander tool Shift from private to public communications  Use your personal page, not business Facebook page to connect  Pull yourself off of social networks you're no longer using
  • 25. Turn killer assets into videos  “What do you love about this neighborhood?”  “What does every new resident need to know about this neighborhood?”  “What have you learned in your years living in this neighborhood?”
  • 26. Your homework  Turn off all your alerts  Know your phone's camera - stills, videos, and upload  Get data entry tools - Swiftkey and keyboard  Top 5 things you keep repeating in conversation or in email
  • 27. What we can do  Train your team of REALTORS® on all of this  Produce neighborhood videos {