Mia's Blog

Ladies & Gentleman, The National Association of Realtors has launched an network of chapters nationwide in support of young and/or inexperienced real estate professionals - the Young Professionals Network. The DC Metro Area YPN was started in 2009 to assist new and young agents as they transition...

  Are You Ready for 2008?We've worked with several top-producing teams that do understand the value of monitoring their success and setting goals by constantly raising the bar.  Each have their own way of doing this, but generally each team met weekly to discuss where they were in their forecast ...

Submit it to Digg, InmanWiki and StumbleUpon.  Many of us have those great posts once in a while (some more often than others) that get views in the thousands and comments in the hundreds...I know we all have heard of these sites and constantly recommend them to others, but are WE taking our own ...

Listing Cards An associate mentioned to me that I should begin designing listing cards, which would be the size of a business card but a tad bit taller.  You could basically make a flyer like the one below and and use a resizing program (ask me if you would like a recommendation of one on your pl...

I spend hours writing content and finding that perfect image to go in my regular e-mail to clients and prospects.  What sucks is that many of my beautifully done e-mails to which I dedicated my precious time go into the virtual circular file - the Spam folder, that is.Here are some essential tips...

I just received an e-mail from Inman Wiki (the Wiki site division of Inman News) that my blog article "10 Great Content Ideas for Your Real Estate Website" is this week's featured article on the Inman Wiki site!To view my article, check out: Inman Wiki Main Page YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH! Mia OrantesR...

I hope you all have heard about Real Estate 2.0 and the importance of incorporating the latest technologies into your business during a slow market  - if it's slow for you ;) ... Below I have listed 10 essential to do's to put your marketing into high gear and enhance your web presence for the ne...

The key to Real Estate 2.0 is to connect with your past, current and future clients in ways and with the frequency that they prefer - e-mail, VOIP/phone, chat, instant messaging, podcasting, blogging/RSS feeds and of course, face-to-face.  It's important to remember that new technology will NEVER...

Seasoned real estate agents know that holding an open house is generally not the procuring cause of the sale. However, open houses can generate new leads and make a good impression on your seller.  The short list below offers a few tips to make your open house memorable and generate as many leads...

Several clients have asked us "What extra value-added services can we offer in our Listing/Buyer Presentations to seal the deal?"Here are some ideas:1. Automated Showing FeedbackHomefeedback.com offers agents automated feedback requests from showing agents and emails the responses to both you an...