Renee Crabtree's (myassistantcan) Blog

Fun words, huh, but not very descriptive. A widget used to mean a non-descript gadget and still does but with a web based application. A blidget is a combination of a blog and a widget. It enables you to create a widget (mini web application) that features snippets of your blog. This is a great a...

Being on vacation and in a city that is not my own has taught me a lot about how real estate agents market their listings and what works for me as a buyer. Calm down, I'm not purchasing but I am the public since I am not an agent. How do you make sure buyers can find you and your listings? Yard s...

Looking to get some marketing pieces out to your potential clients/current clients? I've designed these pieces and they are free for you to use. I can send you the files to edit yourself. #1) Flyer advertising my Postlets service. I also offer to customize this flyer for my customers to hand out ...

I know. There are so many new programs/interfaces/networks popping up everyday and it's a daunting task to sort through them all. One of those new applications is Twitter. With Twitter, you can post what you are doing at any time throughout the day. My first thought was, "why would anyone care wh...

What does your email address say about you? Does your email address end in 'yahoo.com', 'aol.com', 'comcast.net' or some other ISP ending? If you are using an email address linked to your internet service provider, then you are saying that you aren't taking your business as seriously as you could...

One of the most important reasons to have a website is to create a reason for visitors to visit your site - over and over again. Lots of people, real estate agents included, don't offer a solid reason for consumers to revisit their sites. Add some value - add a widget. I've just added a document/...

This post is quite beyond the event but it's something I've been meaning to get to you since. Shoya Zichy presented a seminar hosted by the Young Professionals Network of the Chamber of Commerce. She is the author of "Color Q Profile System that basically breaks everyone down into 4 categories (r...

I was in the process last night of coming up with new Just Listed marketing ideas when I had an idea along a different line. I wanted to come up with something that was different from what most agents are currently doing and I wanted a way to utilize farming postcards more effectively. So, here's...

Argh! Sometimes I don't like my best friend - my computer. This is now my 2nd time writing this post. NOTE TO SELF - do not press the backspce button unless you are editing something. Anyway, this post will be much shorter than what it was previously. I've had 5 printers in the last 6 months. Cla...

We all know to get listings on the internet because that is where the buyers are looking. Period. My Assistant provides a service to our agents that syndicates their listings to 10-12 classified websites. We do this via a Postlet (www.postlets.com). It's a free site (we charge $7 for the input, m...