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Five Powerful Customer Service Tips to Help You Go the Extra Mile

By Michael Urbanski Posted on July 23, 2015 Posted in Real Estate Tagged with agent, broker, correspondence, customer service, email, extra mile, feedback, follow up, home buyer, home owner, home seller, phone call, real estate, real estate agent, records, reputation, text

1. Pay attention to the small things. Get in the habit of returning phone calls, e-mails and other correspondence quickly. Follow up, follow up, and follow-up.2. Stay in contact and keep good records. Take the time to jot down notes from meetings and phone calls making certain to record all relevant information. Maintain a written record of service. This is especially helpful when clients are …

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Don’t Call Me, Don’t Email Me, Text Me!

By Michael Urbanski Posted on June 30, 2015 Posted in Real Estate Tagged with advertising, call, email, home buyer, home buyer leads, home seller, home seller leads, lead generation, leads, marketing, real estate, real estate agent, smartphone, SMS, starbucks, text message

With consumers constantly on the move, having our mobile devices attached to our palms has become essential. In 2015, nearly two-thirds of Americans own a smartphone, keeping them constantly connected to the world around them. Reliance on mobile devices is heavy, and texting is a no-brainer; it takes only a few seconds to send a quick text. Text message marketing, also known as SMS marketing, …

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7 Ways to Effectively Market Yourself At An Open House

By Michael Urbanski Posted on May 28, 2015 Posted in Real Estate Tagged with agent, business card, cell phone, charging, communication, email, forum, homesnap, homezada, ipad, key chain, lender, loan officer, magnet, newsletter, open house, preregistration, professional, real estate, retargeting, sign in, social media, team, technology, visual

Be Social! Using social media, email newsletters or posting in relevant forums helps you alert potential buyers in the area that you’re one, having the open house, and two, accessible and easy to reach online. Memorable Messages Open house signs are pretty standard and usually a balloon or two on the mailbox will be enough to alert people that you’re in there, but what about …

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Text Etiquette for Reaching Your Past, Current & Prospective Clients

By Michael Urbanski Posted on May 20, 2015 Posted in Real Estate Tagged with agent, communication, email, phone, professional, real estate, slang, spam, texting

1. Identify Yourself: While it may be common for you, as a real estate professional, to save every single person you meet as a contact in your phone, it’s safe to assume not every person you’ve met or worked with will do the same with your contact information. (We know, who wouldn’t want to save your number and profile photo!) So, when you’re reaching out …

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For Real Estate Success, Always Bring The Value

By Michael Urbanski Posted on April 28, 2015 Posted in Real Estate Tagged with ads, advertising, borrow, broker, buyer, credit, down payment, email, facebook, Fannie Mae, FHA, freddie mac, insurance, interest, internet, lender, loan, loan officer, marketing, mortgage, own, paid, premium, professional, rate, real estate, referral, rismedia, seller, social media

Today’s real estate agents have countless ways to get their faces and names in front of prospective buyers or sellers, from paid advertising to social media to community involvement and much, much more. Most of you craft some combination of elements to fit your style and target audience. You use Facebook, send emails, buy ads and do a hundred little things that help your prospects …

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Turning a Lead into Two Transactions

By Michael Urbanski Posted on February 5, 2015 Posted in Foreclosures, Real Estate Tagged with advertising, broker, buy, buyer, contract, drip campaign, e-mail, email, home, home buyer, home buyer leads, home owner, home seller, home seller leads, lead, lender, loan officer, long-term, marketing, mortgage, real estate, real estate agent, real estate leads, sell, seller, short-term, solution, transaction, ushud, ushud.com

When most real estate agents see that the lead they just received already owns a home they quickly categorize the lead as a long-term issue and don’t work the lead as well as we may think. As agents we are sometimes looking for short-term answers to long-term problems. The long-term problem gets overlooked as we sometimes find ourselves looking for a quick hit and forgetting …

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