30 Days of Marketing Opportunities - Day 18This series of 30 Days of Marketing Opportunities will give you 30 projects or tasks that your Virtual Assistant can handle on your behalf, generating leads that will ultimately generate more income for you!  These are tasks that do not require a lot of high-end skill but, instead, require some time (hence the reason your Virtual Assistant should handle these tasks, not you!) and attention to detail.  Join me on the journey and I welcome your feedback!Day 18 - Don't Forget to Cross Over Some doctors do it. Lawyers do it. Musicians do it all the time. What am I talking about? Cross-marketing!  Cross-marketing, in this instance, is marketing yourself across several social media platforms in an effort to ensure that your contacts can connect with ... 03/03/2014

30 Days of Marketing Opportunities - Day 17This series of 30 Days of Marketing Opportunities will give you 30 projects or tasks that your Virtual Assistant can handle on your behalf, generating leads that will ultimately generate more income for you!  These are tasks that do not require a lot of high-end skill but, instead, require some time (hence the reason your Virtual Assistant should handle these tasks, not you!) and attention to detail.  Join me on the journey and I welcome your feedback!Day 17 - Fan Your Fans You're probably thinking, "Ok, Renae has lost it for sure now! What in the world is she talking about?" Let me explain! For everyone who has set up a Facebook Fan page, or a Twitter or LinkedIn account, the first thing you did was to start requesting connections - you wanted... 02/11/2014

30 Days of Marketing Opportunities - Day 16This series of 30 Days of Marketing Opportunities will give you 30 projects or tasks that your Virtual Assistant can handle on your behalf, generating leads that will ultimately generate more income for you!  These are tasks that do not require a lot of high-end skill but, instead, require some time (hence the reason your Virtual Assistant should handle these tasks, not you!) and attention to detail.  Join me on the journey and I welcome your feedback!Day 16 - Put Localism Blogs To Work For YouWhen you write about local businesses on your blog, you accomplish a number of things: your blog moves up high in the search engines due to concentrated local search terms your blog becomes a hub for inforamtion about your local area you become a local ex... 02/10/2014

Setting Business Goals - Even My Girl Scouts Do It      So, pictured above are my two Girl Scouts. My daughter is 9 years old and she's a Girl Scout Brownie. My niece is 17 and she's a Girl Scout Senior and Ambassador. Sarai has only been in the Girl Scouts for 2 years. Arshawna has been in the Girl Scouts for 13 years. Although they are wildly different in age, they both have one big thing in common. They love being Girl Scouts and have set very specific goals that they plan to accomplish as part of their experience. My daughter has decided that she wants to send at least 50 boxes of Girl Scout cookies to the military personnel in Afghansitan that her troop supports. She hasn't just set that goal though. She has also laid out a plan that she believes will help her achieve that goal. My... 02/07/2014

30 Days of Marketing Opportunities - Day 15This series of 30 Days of Marketing Opportunities will give you 30 projects or tasks that your Virtual Assistant can handle on your behalf, generating leads that will ultimately generate more income for you!  These are tasks that do not require a lot of high-end skill but, instead, require some time (hence the reason your Virtual Assistant should handle these tasks, not you!) and attention to detail.  Join me on the journey and I welcome your feedback!Day 15 - Host Webinars World Wide Web + Seminar = Webinar - a seminar held online, or via the web.  Have you considered the impact of setting up and hosting webinars? There are many positive reasons why you should host at least one webinar including: webinars are very cost-effective - they are eit... 02/06/2014

30 Days of Marketing Opportunities - Day 14This series of 30 Days of Marketing Opportunities will give you 30 projects or tasks that your Virtual Assistant can handle on your behalf, generating leads that will ultimately generate more income for you!  These are tasks that do not require a lot of high-end skill but, instead, require some time (hence the reason your Virtual Assistant should handle these tasks, not you!) and attention to detail.  Join me on the journey and I welcome your feedback!Day 14 - Create a Neighborhood Blog A great way to set yourself up as the neighborhood expert is to set up a neighborhood blog. What better way to show people how much you care about their community than by ensuring that everyone knows what's going on there? Your neighborhood blog can highlight ne... 02/06/2014

30 Days of Marketing Opportunities - Day 13This series of 30 Days of Marketing Opportunities will give you 30 projects or tasks that your Virtual Assistant can handle on your behalf, generating leads that will ultimately generate more income for you!  These are tasks that do not require a lot of high-end skill but, instead, require some time (hence the reason your Virtual Assistant should handle these tasks, not you!) and attention to detail.  Join me on the journey and I welcome your feedback!Day 13 - Host a Brunch for Working ParentsWorking Parents are a great market for you to reach.  This presents the perfect opportunity for you to show the working parents in your farm area, community or your database just how much you appreciate how hard it is to be a working parent.  (Even if you ... 02/05/2014

30 Days of Marketing Opportunities - Day 12This series of 30 Days of Marketing Opportunities will give you 30 projects or tasks that your Virtual Assistant can handle on your behalf, generating leads that will ultimately generate more income for you!  These are tasks that do not require a lot of high-end skill but, instead, require some time (hence the reason your Virtual Assistant should handle these tasks, not you!) and attention to detail.  Join me on the journey and I welcome your feedback!Day 12 - Send Out 10 Greeting CardsEach month, choose 10 leads and/or top contacts and send them a greeting card.  The goal here is to refresh your name in their heads.  You want referrals and leads.  Alternatively, you can include a $5-10 gift card to Starbucks or for gasoline or something simila... 02/04/2014

30 Days of Marketing Opportunities - Day 11This series of 30 Days of Marketing Opportunities will give you 30 projects or tasks that your Virtual Assistant can handle on your behalf, generating leads that will ultimately generate more income for you!  These are tasks that do not require a lot of high-end skill but, instead, require some time (hence the reason your Virtual Assistant should handle these tasks, not you!) and attention to detail.  Join me on the journey and I welcome your feedback!Day 11 - Throw a PartyYour farm is an excellent source of new buyer and/or seller clients, depending upon what type of farm you are working.  So, if you host a party for your buyers which either showcases your current listing as the focal point or that does a round-robin for several listings, that... 02/03/2014

30 Days of Marketing Opportunities - Day 10This series of 30 Days of Marketing Opportunities will give you 30 projects or tasks that your Virtual Assistant can handle on your behalf, generating leads that will ultimately generate more income for you!  These are tasks that do not require a lot of high-end skill but, instead, require some time (hence the reason your Virtual Assistant should handle these tasks, not you!) and attention to detail.  Join me on the journey and I welcome your feedback!Day 10 - Send Sweet TreatsChoose your top 50 or 100 contacts and send them an envelope filled with Hershey's kisses or Starburst candies.  Let them know that they are the sweetest contacts you know and you really appreciate the referrals they send your way.  The point? To make them remember you!  ... 01/31/2014

30 Days of Marketing Opportunities - Day 9This series of 30 Days of Marketing Opportunities will give you 30 projects or tasks that your Virtual Assistant can handle on your behalf, generating leads that will ultimately generate more income for you!  These are tasks that do not require a lot of high-end skill but, instead, require some time (hence the reason your Virtual Assistant should handle these tasks, not you!) and attention to detail.  Join me on the journey and I welcome your feedback!Day 9 - Host a Coloring ContestPick a farm area and send out flyers and postcards that you are hosting a coloring contest for children ages 15 and under.  Be sure to have your age categories set (for example 12-15, 9-11, 6-8, and 5 and under).  Additionally, put up a page on your website to promote... 01/30/2014

30 Days of Marketing Opportunities - Day 8This series of 30 Days of Marketing Opportunities will give you 30 projects or tasks that your Virtual Assistant can handle on your behalf, generating leads that will ultimately generate more income for you!  These are tasks that do not require a lot of high-end skill but, instead, require some time (hence the reason your Virtual Assistant should handle these tasks, not you!) and attention to detail.  Join me on the journey and I welcome your feedback!Day 8 - Create a Community WebsiteWhere is the first place people will go when they are interested in a particular community?  The internet, of course!  And you want them to find you. One of the best ways to do that is to become the "go-to" person for that community.  By creating a community websit... 01/29/2014

30 Days of Marketing Opportunities - Day 7This series of 30 Days of Marketing Opportunities will give you 30 projects or tasks that your Virtual Assistant can handle on your behalf, generating leads that will ultimately generate more income for you!  These are tasks that do not require a lot of high-end skill but, instead, require some time (hence the reason your Virtual Assistant should handle these tasks, not you!) and attention to detail.  Join me on the journey and I welcome your feedback!Day 7 - Create a PartnershipHave you picked a moving buddy? No? What about a general contracting partner? A mortgage lending partner? In the immortal words of Woody from Toy Story, "Everybody needs a moving buddy. If you don't have one - GET ONE!"   Partnerships give you an opportunity to do things... 01/28/2014

30 Days of Marketing Opportunities - Day 6This series of 30 Days of Marketing Opportunities will give you 30 projects or tasks that your Virtual Assistant can handle on your behalf, generating leads that will ultimately generate more income for you!  These are tasks that do not require a lot of high-end skill but, instead, require some time (hence the reason your Virtual Assistant should handle these tasks, not you!) and attention to detail.  Join me on the journey and I welcome your feedback!Day 6 - Socialize Your ListingsFacebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter are real and here to stay.  So make the best of them to promote your listings! On Facebook, upload photos of the listing into a separate photo album.  Be sure you have your seller in your contact list and then tag them in the photo albu... 01/27/2014

30 Days of Marketing Opportunities - Day 5This series of 30 Days of Marketing Opportunities will give you 30 projects or tasks that your Virtual Assistant can handle on your behalf, generating leads that will ultimately generate more income for you!  These are tasks that do not require a lot of high-end skill but, instead, require some time (hence the reason your Virtual Assistant should handle these tasks, not you!) and attention to detail.  Join me on the journey and I welcome your feedback!Day 5 - Farming Works!If you haven't already done so, choose an area to farm and then develop a plan for marketing to that farm.  Farming an area is extremely beneficial.  Some of the benefits include: * The residents of that area get to know you more than other agents. * You will learn so much abo... 01/19/2014

30 Days of Marketing Opportunities - Day 4This series of 30 Days of Marketing Opportunities will give you 30 projects or tasks that your Virtual Assistant can handle on your behalf, generating leads that will ultimately generate more income for you!  These are tasks that do not require a lot of high-end skill but, instead, require some time (hence the reason your Virtual Assistant should handle these tasks, not you!) and attention to detail.  Join me on the journey and I welcome your feedback!Day 4 - Take Advantage of Holidays Are you taking advantage of holidays during your marketing activities?  Most don't and that's a shame because holidays offer such a fun and easy way of taking advantage of something that is going to happen with or without your input.  So why not input? :-) One of ... 01/19/2014

30 Days of Marketing Opportunities - Day 3This series of 30 Days of Marketing Opportunities will give you 30 projects or tasks that your Virtual Assistant can handle on your behalf, generating leads that will ultimately generate more income for you!  These are tasks that do not require a lot of high-end skill but, instead, require some time (hence the reason your Virtual Assistant should handle these tasks, not you!) and attention to detail.  Join me on the journey and I welcome your feedback!Day 3 - Create a Marketing Campaign for Past Clients We all know that "a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush," right?  Well, who is your bird in the hand?  Your past clients, of course!  Past clients have already bought the cow - they believe in you and your services and are the perfect place... 01/19/2014

30 Days of Marketing Opportunities - Day 2 This series of 30 Days of Marketing Opportunities will give you 30 projects or tasks that your Virtual Assistant can handle on your behalf, generating leads that will ultimately generate more income for you!  These are tasks that do not require a lot of high-end skill but, instead, require some time (hence the reason your Virtual Assistant should handle these tasks, not you!) and attention to detail.  Join me on the journey and I welcome your feedback!Day 2 - Syndicate Your Blogs Syndicating your blog is simply the process of sending the blog's RSS feed out to multiple websites simultaneously.  This will give your blog additional exposure that you may not typically reach from your current contacts.  Syndication puts your blog feed in front of o... 01/19/2014

30 Days of Marketing Opportunities - Day 1 I originally started writing this series in a motivational attempt to write 5 days per week for 30 days. Let's just say, I'm trying again. This series of 30 Days of Marketing Opportunities will give you 30 projects or tasks that your Virtual Assistant can handle on your behalf, generating leads that will ultimately generate more income for you!  These are tasks that do not require a lot of high-end skill but, instead, require some time (hence the reason your Virtual Assistant should handle these tasks, not you!) and attention to detail. Join me on the journey and I welcome your feedback!Day 1 - Generate and Post Short URLs on Your ActiveRain Posts The short url is a nifty little feature on your ActiveRain posts that can bring even more attentio... 01/19/2014

FAQ: How to Decide What Tasks Turn Over to a Virtual Assistant I had a great conversatin with a prospective client recently which made me really think about this: what do prospective clients want to know about working with a Virtual Assistant? My first FAQ post for 2014 was about How to Work with a Virtual Assistant. Here is my next FAQ: How to Decide What Tasks to Turn Over a Virtual Assistant! If you are like a rising number of real estate professionals, you find yourself in a position where you may be ready to move forward working with a Virtual Assistant. If that is the case, you may be wondering, how does it all work? Here are a few things to keep in mind when considering the tasks to delegate: Consider your business plan first. Go through the plans you have set to accomplish for y... 01/09/2014