Sunday, August 08, 2010

Wordless Sunday. San Marco Square in Venice Italy and Tellaro on the west coast of Italy.

August 8, 2010 by Larry Lawfer

I have recently been studying all the great real estate franchises. I am an EXIT agent and know a good bit about the way in which they are differentiated and what they offer the agent. I began to wonder what other agencies offered, and how they differentiate themselves. I thought that this might be interesting to blog about. Ver few agents stay in the same system throughout their careers and so each of us has to make this journey as if it is for the first time. Sure you can read Gary Keller's book, Steve Morris has a book, all the major brands have books, tapes, dvd's and websites there is information out there, but that is nothing like standing in a lobby about to have an appointment with the CEO, or Director of Education, of the Broker/Owner.

This is the next level of gathering information. It is understanding from your own experience what it is like in the lobby, how often the phone rings, what is the chit chat of people walking by, are they friendly, is there a lot of traffic, there is so much to learn when you walk inside someone's home. Although so many agents are choosing to home office, you benefit from being around activity. Good energy and closing transactions is a power that floats everyone's boat.

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So I was thinking is that with the acknowlegment and the appreciation of those I have been speaking with I will share with you over the next several weeks what I am learning about various offices here in the DFW metroplex. what I mean to say is that I am going to go willingly drink the various flavors of real estate kool aid out there and report back the benefits and values.

Larry Lawfer

Realtor®

Director of Marketing

EXIT Realty Metro Dallas

larry@lawfer.com

972 322 7776

Friday, March 13, 2009

Polly Pearson, YourStorysPodcast15

Polly Pearson is the VP of Cool at EMC. Her Visual Talk Radio show highlights the best of the people and processes inside EMC.  Listen to this 28 minute podcast to understand the best practices of building the culture inside a large corporation by sharing the individual stories.