It's about serving your clients.

I believe marketing is a big piece of all businesses. That is what gets the clients to the door.  Thereafter, it is all about SERVICE and dedicating to serving. I do not measure my success in numbers and volume. 

Nina Hollander has this one.

It's more than that but that surely helps get you going

No, it's about relationships, communication and results.

We're hired for marketing, negotiating, consulting and experience to do so, but it's how we do it, not what we do that brings our success.

No; there is so much more and it is the culmination of mastering multiple skills, and marketing is but one of them.

It depends on your definition of success.

Nina Hollander and Roy Kelley sum it up for you.

That is too simplistic.

Let me make this point, "No amount of marketing will cause an overpriced house to sell."  Without transactions, the marketing binge will be short lived.

Market knowledge, and how to use it, is the essential of a successful real estate agent.

The self proclaimed "best" agent is our area has a great marketing program.... Also a lousy reputation at serving clients.  Marketing is one piece, customer service is another, and relationship maintenance is my favorite in building a successful business.  How one defines success is a whole other story...  ;)

Marketing, great customer service, excellent communications, a reliable car!

It takes much more than marketing.

Marketing is only one part of a successful business plan.

I believe sales is about marketing but also about strategy

Depending on your marketing strategy you will see the results

If you dont follow up in your marketing effort you will not see the results

Remember marketing will bring you prospects but it will not do the rest of the work

Good luck

Who could have a better answer than Nina Hollander?  Not me.  

I think that's a very large part of it - however, you also have to the personaility and "smarts" for it

I agree with that statement if you include how we market ourselves and not just our properties!

Marketing is a big part of it.

Andrey Sokure, the success is not about money or marketing. It's about having that trust relationship with our clients.

Money comes with that, marketing or no marketing.

It is many things.

Luck,

Persistence

Hard work '

and yes marketing helps

Not even close

Service.

the amount of business you receive is in direction proportion to the amount of Quality Marketing that you do....learn to market.... online AND  offline...use both....

No, there is much more to being Successful.

no

Well Tom Cruise can sell you a character (market it) and he gets 20 million a picture. However, I do not know who he is. People buy from people holds

I would have to say closing deals and making it happen is more important.

Andrey Sokure No, it's mostly about developing relationships.

NO, marketing is part of it but service sells.

Sorta, you have to be everywhere & your clients should be able to find you on the internet.  I'm not sure how some agents survive but they do.

Self promotion 24/7

No providing stellar service trumps marketing.

Add settlements & client satisfaction

Networking trumps marketing and the two together are unbeatable!

no.

It's about having great communication skills and being uber competent about the local market and housing stock and the contract forms.

NO!  It's about people - how you treat them and the level of service and follow-up you provide.

I credit having a good reputation high on the list.  This meant quite a bit during the down market when there were few deals to be had and a Realtor could help or hurt another Realtor.

I think there are more factors to be successful - staying in touch with past clients, great customer service and personality.

The more you market the better chance you have of making it in the business at the beginning

It is about good service and the word spreading through satisfied clients.