Update Your LinkedIn Profile With These 5 Steps
LinkedIn is a hub of business professionals. It’s a prospecting tool, a way to stay on your clients’ radar and a place to share content to establish yourself as a thought leader. The key to utilizing all that LinkedIn has to offer is by keeping your profile fresh and as up to date as possible. […]
Use These 5 Tricks for Finding Leads on LinkedIn
LinkedIn currently has over 465 million members, meaning there are 465 million potential leads and prospects for you to explore. Recently, Hubspot found that LinkedIn was more effective at generating business leads than both Facebook and Twitter. Many real estate agents know the value of LinkedIn and how it can advance their business by presenting […]
Don't Be a Spammer: 7 Tips for Prospecting via LinkedIn
Social media governs a lot of the decisions people make these days. People give great consideration to comments left by previous customers on business sites. A survey from the NAR showed that 42% of all homebuyers started their search online in 2015. The influence of online information has never been greater. Given that influence, it […]
LinkedIn Breach Reveals Depressing Password Choices
About 6.5 million LinkedIn passwords were breached yesterday. While the company was quick to issue the announcement and urge users to change their passwords, the incident still created quite a bit of fallout once the most common leaked password choices were revealed. In 2011, SplashData noted that the most popular online passwords across the web […]
What is the Biggest Challenge in the Real Estate Industry?
What Challenges Are Facing the Real Estate Industry? The real estate industry witnessed an unprecedented boom during the pandemic, but things are starting to slow down. Mortgage rates soared in 2022 and just began backing down at the end of 2022. Home prices also began falling to somewhat normal levels, but as anyone in the […]
Getting Real Estate Leads as a New Agent
Getting Real Estate Leads as a New Agent So you’ve completed your real estate education and received your license. You’ve just joined a firm or started a business of your own. Congratulations — you’re finally a realtor! The problem is that you need new leads to kick-start your career and don’t know where to find […]
SVN Commercial Real Estate Advisors
We’re happy to announce that ProspectNow is now part of Buildout, furthering our shared vision to improve dealmaking for CRE. Learn More. Log In Welcome SVN Advisors! Find the hottest properties Flip a switch and see which properties are 9x more likely to sell or refinance in the next 12 months. That’s the power of […]
How to Become a Commercial Real Estate Agent
If you’re already a member of a brokerage firm, you may have noticed how commercial agents tend to be where the money is. If you’ve wondered how to become a commercial real estate agent, you enjoy the industry, and you possess the necessary confidence and communication skills, here’s how you can close the deal. Do Some […]
Social Media Marketing Ideas for Real Estate Agents
While many people have mixed feelings about social media for real estate, there’s no denying that it’s popular among the majority. In fact, the Pew Research Center found that 72% of adults in the US use social media. So if you don’t already use this marketing tool for business, you’re missing out on the ability to reach […]
A Crash Course on Social Media Marketing for Real Estate Agents
A 2018 report from the National Association of REALTORS Research Group reports that 77% of real estate businesses use social media. The vast majority (97%) use Facebook. Other popular platforms include LinkedIn (59%) and Instagram (39%). Using social media, however, doesn’t necessarily mean that agents know how to make the most of their interactions. The following crash […]