Four Sure-Fire Ways To Kill Your New Real Estate Career

 Whenever I open the mail, or read the real estate ads in the newspaper, or even surf real estate websites, I much too often come across agents who I know will fail in their new careers. The reasons are many, but in this lesson, I will only focus on the marketing aspect.



Be Concerned Mainly About Your Image (Brand)

Almost every real estate print ads, postcards, magnets and calendars I see are image advertising. This type of advertising tells your prospect how great YOU are or how long YOU have been in the business. Image advertising is ineffective and wasteful expense that accomplishes no productive purpose whatsoever. It does nothing, but take up space.



Buyers and sellers don’t care about YOU. What you must do is concentrate on direct response marketing. The name is self-explanatory. Direct response marketing demands an immediate response or action.



Do Not Articulate Your Competitive Advantage (USP)


Your competitive advantage or Unique Selling Proposition is what distinguishes you from the competition. You might find this a bit difficult to define at first, but I would begin with writing down what distinguishes you from other sales people.

· Do you speak a foreign language? If so maybe you can develop a niche practice by specializing in the Vietnamese community.

· Are you technologically savvy?

· Do you know a particular neighborhood extremely well?



It really depends on what your specific talent is. Bring it to the table because as competitive as this business is, you are going to need all the weapons in your arsenal.



Fail to Target Your Marketing

Most real estate agents waste their time and money pitching too broadly. Most people don’t want your service. That is the sad truth you must realize about marketing and it really doesn’t matter what you are marketing. That is why you must target your audience. As a new real estate agent, you more than likely do not have the funds to wage a large- scale marketing campaign. Focus on expired listings, or apartments or a specific neighborhood. Remember, it easier to kill a fly with a newspaper, than with a hammer.



Becoming Impatient & Fail to Test
You must be committed. Commit your time and money intelligently and patiently. Plant the seeds that will grow later. Your marketing message must be constantly reinforced or your prospect will forget about you. Remember that most marketing plans take at least 60 days. People must first trust your message and then they will trust you. Eventually they will become your clients. Do not splurge either. Mail out small campaigns and see what works and what doesn’t. Immediately abandon those that do not work. Tweak those that do to maximize your responses.

About the Author

www.121reu.com is a website specifically dedicated to teaching real estate agents proper marketing techniques to maximize the potential to generate leads.

 Fred De La Riva

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