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Turn on and Harness the Power in Your Palm

Home Agents
By Verl Workman
April 29, 2018
Reading Time: 3 mins read
Turn on and Harness the Power in Your Palm

Unrecognizable businessman welcoming you isolated. Cropped image of african american man in suit opening palm in inviting gesture

With hundreds of companies, websites, social media platforms, direct mail and other lead generation systems vying for our attention, we’re constantly being bombarded with a variety of different ways to purchase leads.

As a coaching company that works with many top-performing teams, we’ve learned that if we track everything from first contact, we can determine what works and what is simply hype. To that end, we track everything from lead source, conversion rates, average cost-per-lead, and more.

As a result of this incredible data, it has become crystal clear that the very best leads with the lowest cost and the highest conversion rates come right out of your palm. What I mean by this is that the database you keep on your cellphone or in your CRM is by far the most valuable lead source you have.

Thousands of agents, team leaders and brokers focus so much time, effort and money on co-generating leads so they can have the opportunity to work with strangers, when the power in their palm will generate more income and allow them to serve the people they care about most.

So, how do we tap into the power in our palm? Here are several surefire strategies:

  1. Have a real estate-specific CRM and keep it current.
  1. Keep track of client type (buyer, seller, friend, church group, investor, attorney, etc.). This gives you the ability to search by contact type and provide more referrals to the people in your database. Remember, if you want more referrals, you have to give more referrals. Take copious notes on every conversation, call or appointment so that you can remember past conversations and easily recall important details. If it’s important to them, it should be important to you.
  1. Every time you have a touch with a client, schedule the next touch. This is a critical step that keeps people from falling through the cracks.
  1. Record important dates. This includes anniversaries, birthdays, the anniversary of the home closing, etc. Send congratulatory notes, birthday cards, etc. It really works.
  1. Build for events. Events like a Thanksgiving pie day, neighborhood breakfasts and client appreciation movie nights are a few great ideas. Each event allows non-sales touches with your database as you invite, remind and thank them for participating. When done correctly, these events almost always result in new business referrals.
  1. Call through your database 4-6 times a year. Pick up the phone and check in. Let the individuals in your database know that you care, and make sure they know that you can—and will—take great care of their real estate needs.
  1. Reward and reinforce positive behavior. Immediately send a thank you card or gift for every referral you receive. The act of giving the referral—whether it works out or not—should always be appreciated.

While I often hear from real estate professionals that they don’t like to call their friends because they don’t want to sound needy, it’s important to remember that no one will take better care of your friends than you. It’s time to stop working with strangers and turn on the real power in your palm.

Workman_Verl_2017_100x100Verl Workman is the founder and CEO of Workman Success Systems (385-282-7112), an international speaking, consulting and coaching company that specializes in performance coaching and building successful power agents and teams. Contact him at Verl@WorkmanSuccessSystems.com. For more information, please visit www.workmansuccesssystems.com.

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Verl Workman is the founder and CEO of Workman Success Systems, a real estate consulting company that specializes in performance coaching and building highly effective teams.

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