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Just Keep Calling | The Success RATIO for Dialing Per Lead Source

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As they say, timing is everything. Before you go on — if you want to improve your calling capacity and close more leads, be sure to book your ‘Grow Virtual’ Strategy Session.

According to several studies, 80% of “non-routine” purchases are made after at least 5 follow-ups.

44% of salespeople give up after one “no” response. 22% give up after two.

The other 66% of agents will never even follow up a third time! — A virtual assistant will produce your follow-up calls at FULL-TIME capacity … costing up to 70% LESS than traditional employee’s wages. Increase your lead flow & nurturing process today.

Free ‘Grow Virtual’ Guide + Strategy Consultation

 

Fortune is in the follow-up.
The Sure🔥 method to convert leads: Hire an Inside Sales Virtual Assistant!

It’s not about just being about being able to close the call. Equally important is how much you are calling quantity and your frequency. You need to make sure that you’re there when they’re finally ready to buy. Here’s how many attempts it takes on average to close a deal for each type of lead source:

Don’t let these numbers scare you. You can work smart by leverage virtual assistants to do this work for you. MyOutDesk can save you up to 70% on employment costs with experienced, career virtual assistant professionals.

Instead of paying into a call center subscription with limited controls, Sean created his very own internal call center. Where he can customize all scripts, make all decisions, and monitor for feedback. You can gain market share with the powerhouse of a virtual inside sales team, too!

Dynamic business duo Olivia Cooley & Charles Pulliam share, “Without virtual assistants (VAs), it limits us and we have more responsibilities in-house. A VA is significantly more affordable to the business pattern. We get more value for the price. This is essential and instrumental for our growth, not only now but long-term… 3 to 5 years out, we will continue to grow our number of VAs.”

Achieve more – the first step is getting the help you need to reach the next level in your business. Schedule your free ‘Grow Virtual’ Strategy Consultation’ to get started today!

 

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Remote Work: Are you going back to the office? The millionaires say…

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COVID-19: Are you going back to the office yet or not?

We posed this question to over 500 millionaires, entrepreneurs & CEOs and asked for their thought processes.

Here are the results:

18%      Back at the office

19%      Never left the office (+ essential work)

12.3%    Creating a transition plan & not back in the office

23.7%   Because of COVID-19, we’re staying remote

27%      We’ve been 100% remote since before COVID-19

From these business owners’ responses, there is a slightly greater lean towards working remotely. Nonetheless, businesses are seeing value in both physical and remote locations.

MyOutDesk advocates for the ‘blended business model,’ where teams leverage the power of working remotely in any profitable business — especially for businesses still requiring physical commercial space. If you need help or want to explore some ideas, schedule a free Strategy Consultation today.  

 

Sample Responses:

  • “Working in the same place you live is rough. Need physical separation between the two hats. I expect to be back in full office swing by July with social distance + masks.”
  • “My work-life balance is so much easier out of my home office.  I will probably end up going in one day a week, but that will be it.”
  • “I am committed to never returning to the office in my capacity.”
  • “I never had an office, but the closure of Starbucks was a real kick in the junk.”
  • “Our team wanted to go back to the office so we started back 2 weeks ago. Although I’m working from home way more now than before. It’s probably around 40% office, 60% home.“
  • “This experiment with working virtually has made me like my home office even more. COVID-19 gave us a reason + incentive to go 100% remote, something we have been talking about doing months before the pandemic.”
  • “My staff is back at the office as of a month ago. I’m not and don’t plan on returning. I’ve been wanting my office at home and COVID-19 gave me a big reason. Very comfortable here and way more productive. When my office lease is up, I will be moving my staff home and going virtual.“
  • “I worked from home full time for the better part of 10 years, opened up an office in September, only to go back to working from home. The first few years it was great, but then I realized I was building unhealthy habits and needed to be around people. We’ll see how it goes to get back to it.”

 

A more efficient team, anywhere

MyOutDesk’s MyTimeIn software allows teams to stay accountable and track productivity effortlessly. Managers can access IPC- and GPDR-compliant productivity tracking software through the MyOutDesk’s Client Portal with MyTimeIn timesheets.

MyOutDesk MyTimeIn: Team Productivity Software

The Stats: Blended Teams Outperform Competitors

Stanford Studies have shown that remote workers show increased productivity by 16%. Those who work from home seem to be more focused with fewer distractions. They also found that employees working in open offices took 62% more sick days than virtual employees.

Deloitte’s Millennial Survey 2017 found that remote work arrangements are “strongly linked to improved performance and employee retention.” Furthermore, 38% of respondents reported they were likely to leave their current employer within the next two years, with much citing work/life balance and flexibility as major contributing factors.

Large companies are benefitting from using a blended employment model. In fact, a new regulation stemming from the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act has given us a clearer picture of the extent to which some of the largest U.S. companies employ global talent.

You might be surprised at the high percentages of global talent that successful companies have reported so far:

  • Kellogg: 80%
  • General Electric: 66%
  • United Technologies: 68%
  • Whirlpool: 80%
  • Merck: 55%
  • Honeywell: 58%
  • Hanes: 80%
  • Mattel: 78%
  • Wal-Mart: 35%

If these major companies employ this strategy, there is no reason that you cannot for your own business as well.

 

MyOutDesk can save you up to 70% on employment costs
Claim a free business strategy consultation & ‘Grow Virtual’ Guide

 

 

 

 

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Monetizing Social Media: Direct Messaging to Drive Revenue | With Matt Buchanan

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Matt Buchanan is the founder of Pioneers of Marketing. His marketing agency helps well-known clients each earn over 1.5M on social media through direct messaging — and that’s only one revenue stream!

Matt has 4 MyOutDesk Virtual Assistants working for his marketing agency! “They are very professional & very timely. I’m grateful for them and for all the wisdom shared by MyOutDesk. The people you bring to us are top notch people. In all seriousness, I have to say that!”

If you need help or want to explore some ideas, schedule a free Strategy Consultation today.  

 

Monetizing Social Media: Direct Messaging to Drive Revenue

In this interview, we’re truly diving deep on tried & true methods to scale through direct messaging marketing. Social media is all about principles, guaranteed 100% to work every single time.

Matt shares the idea of having the right mentality about the marketing principles:

  • Be open minded
  • Be patient
  • Execute what you set

If you follow these proven principles of social media, they’ll 100% drive results. 

 

The video elaborates on the 2-step process for social media success:

  1. BRANDING
  2. ADVERTISING

Don’t do this alone, but with the MOD Family.

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THREE PILLARS OF CREDIBILITY and BRANDING for FB, IG and LI

(The main social media networks you focus on)

1 – Audience

You need an audience and followers, having the audience gives you the altitude and credibility — we live in a world of perception, remember that!

How to build an audience: Go to an online event or an in-person event. Make it your intention to connect on socials. Have the goal to make viewers  follow you on socials, like “follow me on XX, YY, ZZ for more updates, for a replay, for a special offer, to connect, etc.”

Your goal is to take offline relationships online and vice-versa. You may also collaborate with people who already have an audience or have a good reach. 

2 – Content Through Facebook and Instagram Stories

Post IG stories, at least 6x a day from your personal account

What should you be posting? Cycle between these 3 types: personal, professional and lifestyle

  • Professional — brings value for your audience
  • Personal — connect as a person instead of just a logo—remember people want to do business with a person, not a logo
  • Lifestyle — documenting the life you live (your “human interest aspect”)

3 – Content Through Wall Posts

Stories vs. Wall Posts: Wall posts are highlight reels. they stay forever unless you delete it! Stories drive traffic and are more intimate since it’s available for just 24 hours. Stories shouldn’t be edited too much or not edited at all!

All the while, wall posts are permanent — it’s the face of your brand and company. They will never go away. So, only post what you want to last, but use the three content types mentioned. Throw in a lot of content, especially when you’re starting out. But, keep it to 3-4x a week if you’ve built an audience already. All of your promotions and posts should also go to your personal account.

 

Reference: https://www.instagram.com/matttbuchanan/ & https://www.instagram.com/pioneersofmarketing/

As you can see promotional posts aren’t on the business accounts too much. Use your personal page for credibility building and brand association.

 

OFFER:

For a free social media evaluation, text Matt: (908) 914-1888.

Follow and DM Matt on IG: https://www.instagram.com/matttbuchanan

 

Additional Tips:

Are you afraid of DMs? What do you say when you start a convo?

  • Understanding it in simple basic form — all social media is just a networking event
  • When you meet somebody in person — think about how you do it in real life: Introduce yourself!
  • “Hey how’s it going, saw your page/profile here, and want to get connected”
  • “Nice connecting with you, I have a great idea. I’d love to share it with you, what’s your cell? Can we chat about it?”
  • If they reply, send a text from your phone.
  • Ask: “When’s the best time to talk with you”
  • Depending on how credible you are, that’s how many people will reply to you. A response rate of 5-6 people out of 25 is a good start.
  • The higher your credibility, the more responses and messages you’ll get.
  • If they don’t respond, move on to the next.
  • Get used to rejection, don’t take NO personally—it’s going to happen.
  • Focus on the few that respond.

Don’t do this alone, but with the MOD Family.

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TURNKEY TALENT for Turnkey Investing + Property Mgmt. | Virtual Assistants at Memphis Investment Properties

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At first, Sean Tagge was a biomedical engineer who specialized in artificial heart research. His passion to connect with people and solve problems led him to a career change into real estate and turnkey investing.

Today, Sean is Chief Operating Officer & Partner at Memphis Investment Properties. Using his strengths in analytics, research, problem-solving, and engineering, Sean makes extensive use of data to make very informed decisions!

An important decision since 2018 — Sean has a team of 6 MyOutDesk Virtual Assistants.

Before hiring Virtual Assistants, Sean said “things would just fall through the cracks… If I just had someone to fill in these numbers for me, I’d be able to know if we’d miss something. With VAs, I can call 20 more clients if I don’t have to type these numbers”

He researched the data and statistically found how answering calls is the key to drive results. With MyOutDesk VAs, they have 90% coverage to answer a call live at any time! If you need help or want to explore some ideas, schedule a free Strategy Consultation today.  

“With so many deals going in and out. Virtual Assistants free up time for me and for the acquisitions & sales managers to do more of the higher-value stuff. (Highest & best use of the people I’m paying.) VAs give them assistance so they can do what they’re best at, which is closing deals.”

Nowadays, the company flips around 300 properties per year and manages over 2,700 doors in Memphis!

 

Don’t do this alone, but with the MOD Family.

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Sean’s MyOutDesk Virtual Assistant Experience

 

Tune in to find practical advice to best train and manage a virtual assistant team!

Instead of paying into a limited call center subscription, Sean created his very own internal call center. Where he can control all scripts, decisions, and monitor for feedback.

Scorecard System: How do you know if you’re winning a game if you can’t see a scoreboard? Sean set up all employees & VAs to see how they score and the progress they make daily, setting up the company and employees to best understand how to win.

Key Takeaways:

  • If you don’t have the experience, go find someone who can do it.
  • Compound leverage & delegate.
  • Have a service mindset.
  • Understand the learning curve in training.
  • Systems used: Podio and Investors 1.0.
  • VAs are as good as you train them to be.
  • When VAs are told to do what they need to do, they do it forever and they do it very well — it’s great!
  • They got so busy, needed help—acquisition teams spending unnecessary tasks, taking them away from dollar-productive activities.
  • VAs helped them systematize.
  • The company sees at least 5x ROI than what they pay MOD VAs.

 

Don’t do this alone, but with the MOD Family.

Free Grow Virtual Guide + Strategy Consultation

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Leveraging a Virtual Assistant is COMPOUND INTEREST: Entrepreneurs’ biggest swing | #DoorGrowShow

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DoorGrowShow Podcast: Link

 

The COVID-19 craziness has caused people to stress out and scramble to work remotely. This crisis is pushing everything forward technologically. Why not hire a virtual assistant (VA) to scale your property management business?

Jason Hull brings Daniel Ramsey, CEO of MyOutDesk to the DoorGrowShow! As a real estate investor & broker who loves doing deals and property management as a way to connect with others and create communities—Daniel also wants time to take a vacation with his family! This episode explains how an entrepreneur can do the same.

Top talent Virtual Assistants bring you a huge return on investment.
Claim a free Grow Virtual Strategy Session today!

 

“When I hired my first VP, in 2007, I was like most Americans: I had no idea how advanced and motivated people were. Back then, I owned a couple of different businesses, and over the subsequent ten years, I learned all that virtual professionals can do for a business from a talent and motivation perspective. I have also learned how rewarding it is to provide hope and opportunity to as many people as possible throughout the world by giving them wages and benefits that reflect their true value.”
The heart of the journey is getting the right people working for you.
The ability to leverage global talent makes it financially attainable, even
for smaller companies, to do so. America’s biggest companies already know
this, as we are beginning to discover.
Leverage is compound interest and entrepreneurs’ biggest swing.
When I hire somebody, I’m hiring them to grow my revenue. I’m hiring them to save money. I’m hiring them to own an entire process for my business.
The biggest cure for the economy is businesses and entrepreneurs staying productive.

You’ll Learn…

[02:52] MyOutDesk: Property managers find talent to inexpensively scale their business.

[04:05] MLS Porn: Scrolling through new investment properties on the market.

[05:05] Remote Reality: In 2018, 5% of America worked remotely, now it’s 50%.

[07:58] Work Culture: Maintain good team, quality interaction, and customer service; and reduce operational/overhead costs.

[15:00] Steps to Scale: Assess business, compound leverage, develop a plan, craft outcome, start interviewing, launch, and training.

[25:48] Match Values, Not Personalities: Define who you are as a person and company.

[33:15] Go Remote Guide: Tips for working remotely with new technology.

[35:08] Push vs. Pull Leadership: Communicate, don’t micromanage.

[44:15] MyOutDesk Mission: VAs need to be indispensable and irreplaceable.

[46:15] Pricing vs. Cash Crunch: Do you need help? Can you afford MyOutDesk?

[53:52] Care ROI Concept: Emotion is what creates memories.

Top talent Virtual Assistants bring you a huge return on investment.
Claim a free Grow Virtual Strategy Session today!

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Socially Distanced Virtual Real Estate: How to Sell Now + Reassure Your Clients

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If your prospect numbers are dwindling, here’s what you can do now to get pick up the speed.

As we learned, residential real estate is likely to remain strong. Data shows that residential real estate prices will drop, but not like we saw last time in the residential space.

 

You can schedule a time with real estate business strategists to brainstorm how to best leverage today’s consumer habits and best virtual real estate practices.

 

Top talent Virtual Assistants bring you a huge return on investment.
Claim a free business strategy consultation today!

 

Thrive with MyOutDesk, your partner in the remote workplace serving 6,000 clients. Last year, we saved our clients $55 million as the highest-rated virtual assistant company with more than 500 verified 5-star business reviews.

Socially Distanced Virtual Real Estate

Through effective marketing, realtors are making it clear to their clientele that they are practicing effective social distancing. To earn the trust of those who are looking to buy and sell now, marketing is more important today than ever before. Here’s an example of how realtors are reassuring their clientele.

 

SELLING

 

HOME SEARCH

Up-to-the-minute listings

Buyers can search for the perfect home based on their own parameters. Our search platform is not delayed regarding updates like Zillow. Never miss out on the house of your dreams!

 

VIRTUAL SHOWINGS

24/7 online, buyer-controlled tours

We take 3D images of your property and turn it into a virtually “walkable” tour for our sellers. For our buyers, we have several ways for you to tour a showing while limiting unnecessary exposure and practicing social distancing.

 

VIRTUAL MEETINGS

Meet with your REALTOR® online

We can accommodate “face to face” meetings online. Have a coffee together and discuss offers without the need to physically meet at a café or restaurant. Our agents are happy to talk of the phone as well.

 

BUYING

 

ONLINE DOCUMENT SIGNING

Legally binding digital signatures

We have software that is easy to understand and will digitally sign a document online. The signatures are legally binding, and there is no longer a need for in-person signatures for real estate contracts.

 

EARNEST MONEY DELIVERY SERVICE

Wire or we will pick up

We will pick up your check for a buyer if they are not able to wire funds to the holder or earnest money.

 

E-MAILED INSPECTION REPORT

Digital inspection report

There is no need for a buyer or seller to be present at the time of inspection. Once the inspector is done, a digital copy of the report is e-mailed to the buyer.

 

CLOSINGS

Mail-away with mobile notary

A closing can be completed by mail for a fee determined by your closing attorney. We can coordinate a mobile notary for our buyers and sellers. After closing, we can also deliver keys.

 

Since 2008, MyOutDesk has been the single largest industry-leading partner of virtual assistant services—not only for thousands of agents & brokers, but also for national franchises like KW, Re/MAX, eXp Realty, Sotheby’s, and many more. Request a free consultation & learn how MyOutDesk can save you time & money!

 

Our Real Estate Virtual Assistants are up to 70% less
than the cost of a traditional employee & will work for you on a full-time basis!

 

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Houses Don’t Have To Be Seen To Be Sold – Virtual Real Estate Selling with Knolly Williams

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In this STRATEGY-focused webinar, understand the magic of selling physical real estate through virtual solutions. This year is your ultimate test.

Fun Fact: Knolly Williams doesn’t go to a showing UNTIL he’s already signing the listing agreement/selling/closing the sale. He’s worked remotely more than he has stayed in an office (started at 23 years old, and he’s in his early 50s now).

As a top-performing real estate broker who has coached tens of thousands of agents & brokers around the world, Knolly Williams has over 300 listings without ever physically seeing any house, and he’s been doing this since 2008!

 

Tune in to understand his remote business model and how he leverages his virtual assistants to prepare everything. Knolly shared very important tips, tricks, and resources on our topic: 

 

“Houses don’t have to be seen to be sold: Virtual Real Estate Selling”

  • The new mentality & discipline for selling remotely
  • How to do a presentation without being physically present & what they look like
  • How to handle objections
  • The proven Virtual Real Estate model

 

Agents didn’t think it was possible to effectively sell virtually until COVID-19 forced everyone to.

Knolly has been featured on ABC, NBC, FOX, CBS, Newsweek, and in over 300 newspapers worldwide. He is an author, trainer, national speaker, entrepreneur, real estate broker, and pastor of the Front Row Church.

 

Resources:

Knolly’s Sample Team Checklists https://bit.ly/2XmMWZ7

Knolly’s Sample Assistance Form https://bit.ly/36rAXO7

Knolly’s book “Consider it Sold!” https://bit.ly/3bU3LA5

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Residential real estate is SAFE for now, even when people aren’t paying their bills (forbearance)

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We Have the Data & Numbers

If you’re concerned about the alarming spike in forbearance numbers, no need to fret. Here’s why. We’ve got numbers that show you why forbearance now is not as concerning as the global financial crisis of 2007 & 2008. Contrary to all the bad news, residential real estate remains strong.

Since 2008, MyOutDesk has been the single largest industry-leading partner of virtual assistant services—not only for thousands of agents & brokers, but also for national franchises like KW, Re/MAX, eXp Realty, Sotheby’s, and many more. Request a free consultation & learn how MyOutDesk can save you time & money!

 

 

How Real Estate is affected by Consumer Spending & Forbearance

Sacramento, California has always been the testing ground for major consumer brands, like Pepsi, Coca-Cola, General Mills, etc., for launching their products and measuring success.  

The reason is that the general public in the US mirrors that of Sacramento, CA demographically.  What does that mean for you? If you follow Sacramento data about the real estate market it’s going to match that of the national market (not perfectly, but still very close).

Nobody really knows that, so when a brand introduces a new whacky flavor, they do it here in Sacramento first.

You can apply consumer market research in real estate trends as well as mortgage loan forbearance.

 

 

The number of people paying their bills is high, but it is not the big picture. 

In the graph above, you’ll notice that March 2020 saw the number of borrowers who need forbearance on their mortgage spiking due to coronavirus shutdowns. This number remains may, but as of May, it looks like the forbearance curve may be flattening.

These are the report’s forbearance numbers. It means that there are a lot of mortgages being held in private hands. Thus, much of the debt is corporately owned rather than bank-owned.

As many finance servicers are allowing consumers loan relief through forbearance, the problem is that consumers new to forbearance might think that they don’t have to pay back debts, but you actually still have to pay.

With the CARES Act, the federal government cannot change contracts. They have the power to issue guidelines that request lenders and debt companies to make programs, but the debt is not forgiven.

Contrary to all the bad news… this number is under-reported as private funds, such as Blackstone the Saudi Wealth Fund, don’t need to report these numbers.

As these numbers have flattened this month, the national inventory for MLS listings remains low, which means that market is continuing. 

 

 

Why are these numbers important for real estate?

Back to Sacramento as the hot-seat of understanding consumer spending. 

 

In 2007-2008, there was a consistent average of around 10,000 listed properties on MLS in Sacramento. Right now, the average is less than 1,000.

By comparing current trends against the crash that happened in 2008 & 2009, we can tell that challenges won’t necessarily be in residential real estate this period. It’s most likely going to come from commercial corporate debt.

What it means to this year’s economy and consumers

With the dip in GDP and consumer spending, residential real estate is likely to remain strong. Residential real estate prices will drop, but not like we saw last time in the residential space.

You can schedule a time with real estate business strategists to brainstorm how to best leverage today’s consumer habits and best real estate practices.

 

Top talent Virtual Assistants bring you a huge return on investment.
Claim a free business strategy consultation today!

 

Thrive with MyOutDesk, your partner in the remote workplace serving 6,000 clients. Last year, we saved our clients $55 million as the highest-rated virtual assistant company with more than 500 verified 5-star business reviews.

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Real Estate Love Bombs – Happy Grasshopper ($9 for 90 Days) – Vendor Love Promo Series: Grow When You’re Slow

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MyOutDesk brings to our clients – Vendor Love!  Discounts on the products and services that we need during the crisis!  Sorry, we can’t help with toilet paper! :)

In 2018 only 5% of America worked from home, today that number is more than 50%! 

 

Vendor Love:
Happy Grasshopper

Made & delivered on your behalf: email, text, voicemail drop, & handwritten cards.

 

This week, our featured company offer is Happy Grasshopper! Trusted by over 10,000 members at companies like these, Happy Grasshopper has started conversations that led to billions in sales.

Here is the thing, it’s our civic duty to stay productive, continue to provide our service/products to our clients, and add value to our communities. If you need help or want to explore some ideas, book a Schedule a free Thrive Strategy Call today.  

 

MyOutDesk can save you up to 70% on employment costs
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Claim Your Vendor Love Offer

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Offer:  $9 for your first 90 days. Happy Grasshopper writes and delivers content that starts conversations via email, text, voicemail drop, & handwritten cards. 

  • Up to 500 contacts
  • Unlimited Email
  • Unlimited Social Media Posts
  • 100 texts per month
  • 25 voicemail drops per month
  • Handwritten cards from $3.85 each

Description:

Automated messaging with Happy Grasshopper helps you stay top-of-mind, get more referrals, and build your business. It’s time to take that rat’s nest of a database and turn it into an organized symphony of commission generating opportunities! Between staring at a blank screen, trying to figure out what to say, and wrangling the technology and timing, Happy Grasshopper will come to the rescue!

 

 

 

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Survive and Thrive

We are here only for your success. That’s why we are offering zero-obligation strategy calls with free access to our guides and books.

Schedule your free Thrive strategy call today. We’ll map out a plan for attaining:

  • The CEO Mindset. Lead by example, double down, and gain market share.
  • Your piece of the $2.2 trillion stimulus money. Figure out which part of the stimulus you can benefit from. Understand how to gain free money through forgivable loans and grants.
  • Refreshed value. Understand what people want and need now, and how your business can respond to these demands.
  • Becoming an Exceptional Force – all while reducing operational costs. Reduce operational costs with virtual assistants, a forgivable expense through the SBA. Restructure to a remote workspace and create new plans with a CEO’s mindset.

MyOutDesk brings you 13 years of recession-tackling knowledge. We are committed to supporting your continued drive to champion a thriving business and support your local community during the COVID-19 health crisis. Schedule a free strategy call today.

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Real Estate business empowerment: Vicky Schettini’s Doing WIT (Whatever It Takes!) features MyOutDesk

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Are you someone who will do WHATEVER IT TAKES to meet your goals?

Do you consider yourself SUCCESSFUL in your own field and you wish to share your story?

The Doing WIT (Whatever It Takes!) podcast is about helping to inspire people TOGETHER!

 

 

Vicky Schettini’s Doing WIT (Whatever It Takes!) Podcast is REAL TALK about the ins & outs in real estate -and- how to be an empowered woman who will do Whatever It Takes to be successful whether in life or career.

 

MyOutDesk can save you up to 70% on employment costs
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Vicky Schettini highlights MyOutDesk CEO Daniel Ramsey as having the best & #1 real estate virtual assistant (REVA) company out there!

Vicky is a proud single mother, real estate investor, entrepreneur, coach, and founder of WIT Property Finders. In 2014, she was living paycheck-to-paycheck with only $25 to spare. She moved across the county, homeless, and desperately needed financial security, Vicky decided to do Whatever It Takes! Flash forward to today, Vicky is a real estate mogul!

 

2020 Real Estate: What You Absolutely Must Know To Succeed!

What are some trends for Real Estate in 2020?

  • Retail closures will continue to be a problem for landlords.
  • Rent control will spread more widely, eating into investor interest in higher-cost markets.
  • Mortgage rates will fall to record lows.

Our industry is bound for so many many more changes both good and bad. Are you prepared to thrive and not just survive? Don’t forget to schedule your Real Estate Business Strategy Session today and find out how a MyOutDesk Virtual Assistant can be a valuable member of your team!

 

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The Ultimate Commercial Broker’s Guide To Working Remotely – NCREA & MyOutDesk

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It’s no secret that commercial real estate is extremely affected by COVID-19. For Commercial Brokers who want to stay productive and thriving, this is the ultimate guide + webinar covering how to:

  • Identify all considerations in a disaster scenario
  • Prevent productivity loss
  • Focus on eliminating the potential financial impact
  • Maintain high-quality customer service
  • Perform your civic duty

Free GoRemote Guide + Thrive Guide +
Bestselling Business Strategy Book: “Scaling with MOD Virtual Professionals”
+ Strategy Consultation

 

Broker experts, MyOutDesk CEO Daniel Ramsey & The National Commercial Real Estate Association (NCREA) Founder & Senior Instructor Michel Simpson, show you how to stay productive, save your business & effectively transition to a fully remote workplace. 

 

The question is: Where do we go from here?

“A lot of this will stick — but not all of it.” We tap into the mind of Peter Schwartz,  a renowned futurist and has projections for what a post-pandemic workplace might look like. He is also Chief Future Officer at Salesforce and a member of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s newly formed California Future of Work Commission. 

This current paradigm shift also affects infrastructure. Schwartz predicts offices will be reconfigured into conversation lounges, not individual desks, and instead of owning large buildings to house scads of employees, businesses will start renting flexible workspace through coworking companies like WeWork to support a smaller footprint for day-to-day operations”

“I think this is going to change the nature of the office,” Schwartz says. “It’s going to be a place where we come together, not where we do work. The reason people want to go to an office is to be with other people — we’re naturally gregarious animals. Informal communications don’t happen when working alone via electronic means.”

 

Broker’s Strategy: Play – Pause – Do >>

Daniel advises all brokers to do what you need to do WHILE recording your screen, recording your actions, and then talk through it while you do it (How, What, & Why). With this level of documentation, you can PASS that over to your virtual assistant or staff to follow and reference. If you need help or want to explore some ideas, book a Schedule free Strategy Call today.

 

4 Actions You Must Do:

Most businesses don’t have an understanding of where they fall in these revenue scenarios.

List – Sell – Negotiate – Showing/Prospect — These 4 are your high-dollar producing activities.

 

Get info on NCREA coaching sessions by emailing education@thencrea.com or visiting https://thencrea.com/. 

 

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Now Available & Affordable: Full-Time Personal Assistants + Executive Assistants – Your own concierge

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Concierge service doesn’t have to end when you check out from a hotel. Look, we know it’s tough to organize all the everyday small details. The wealthiest and most successful people in the world stay on top of their game because they can afford an executive personal assistant.

The truth is out. Personal Assistants are now affordable for all! At MyOutDesk, we’ve upgraded the traditional personal assistant and turned it virtual.

Now, you have access to the top pool of the most hardworking & educated career virtual professionals in the world — at up to 70% less than the cost of a traditional personal assistant. To learn more and explore your ideas, schedule a strategy consultation: here.

 

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No more part-time assistant. No more student assistants. No more late nights in the office. No more missing the gym & family quality time. Sure, you can still ask the teenager down the block to help with small errands, like picking up the groceries & dry cleaning (you’ll also more time to do the errands you want with a professional assistant). Instead, now you can have a full-time Virtual Personal Assistant with a career background from your preferred industry and skillset!

You can sleep well at night knowing that your work transactions & tasks are handled on time -AND- you have plenty of quality personal & family time.

 

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  • Travel arrangements & logistics
  • Calendaring, bookkeeping, and appointments
  • Reservations, confirmations, and follow-up
  • Help desk & technology
  • Research & planning
  • Transaction coordinator
  • Intake calls & reception
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  • Podcasts & interviews

 

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The math is simple with an enormous ROI. A full-time Virtual Personal Assistant will lower your costs, reduce overhead, save time, and leverage professional talent for your career, business, and personal goals.

It’s no wonder entrepreneurs & career-focused professionals trust us most — with 13 years of experience serving over 6,000 clients. Last year we saved our clients $55 million as the highest-rated virtual assistant company with more than 500 verified 5-star business reviews.

 

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How do CEOs lead in today’s market? | Lee Yarborough of Propel HR with Daniel Ramsey

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Today we’re going to talk about what a CEO should be focused on RIGHT NOW, including what small and medium-sized businesses need to do today, in order to survive this uncertain time.

Daniel Ramsey interviews Lee Yarborough, President of Propel HR, a Human Resources Outsourcing company & Professional Employer Organization which we call PEO.

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These leaders share:
  • The main concerns for employees right now
  • Experiences of a remote work company of 13 years & 5,000 clients (MyOutDesk)
  • Difference between furlough, termination, and layoffs
  • 3 steps to checking in on company health: understand financial implications, keep a pulse on customers/clients, frequent manager meetings on the state of business

Propel HR manages the HR needs of other companies with services such as Payroll Processing, Time & Labor Management, HR Expert Consultation, Workers’ Compensation, Benefits Administration, Financial and Retirement Solutions, and Assistance with the Affordable Care Act (ACA).

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Survive and Thrive

We are here only for your success. That’s why we are offering zero-obligation strategy calls with free access to our guides and books. Schedule your free Thrive strategy call today. We’ll map out a plan for attaining:

– The CEO Mindset. Lead by example, double down, and gain market share.
– Refreshed value. Understand what people want and need now, and how your business can respond to these demands.
– Becoming an Exceptional Force – all while reducing operational costs. Reduce operational costs with virtual assistants, a forgivable expense through the SBA. Restructure to a remote workspace and create new plans with a CEO’s mindset.

MyOutDesk brings you 13 years of recession-tackling knowledge. We are committed to supporting your continued drive to champion a thriving business and support your local community during the COVID-19 health crisis. Schedule a free strategy call today.

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Newest Govt. PPP Package — HR Leadership Advice when Business is Pivoting | with Xenium HR President Anne Donovan & MyOutDesk CEO Daniel Ramsey

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If businesses are trying to access the new PPP cash relief and they want to keep their employees, this is the advice you need from an HR perspective!

MyOutDesk CEO Daniel Ramsey is with Xenium HR President Anne Donovan, and they discuss HR leadership tips when business is pivoting in today’s new market. Today, we’re all about canceling the fears of business owners with professional coaching advice. The new economy is new for all of us, so having a leadership coach somebody that you can use as a sounding board and bounce ideas.

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Tune in on leadership tips on:

  • The new PPP Package — Balancing Shelter-in-Place rules and wanting to pay your employees
  • People Pivot — How to lead through the crisis with your people, keep them or lay them off/furlough + How to connect to the workforce virtually & keeping culture flowing
  • Furlough — Kept on benefits, still on benefits (hybrid before lay-off)
  • Workshare — We need all employees, no one is laid off but reduced schedules and they get unemployment pay for fewer hours
  • Have a daily and weekly huddle — people need to be grounded, staying connected with the people you furloughed/laid off with your team. They’re not forgotten and still tethered to your business Check in on a human level — not promising but keeping the human relation

Xenium HR is a human resource company and PEO (professional employer organization). They also do a lot of training and development and organizational development with compensation design and leadership coaching. So really, their brand is about human resources for the small to the mid-sized business community.

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Grow When You’re Slow: Exclusive Offer on REAL ESTATE LEAD GENERATION – Vendor Love Promo Series

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MyOutDesk brings to our clients – Vendor Love!  Discounts on the products and services that we need during the crisis!  Sorry, we can’t help with toilet paper! :)

In 2018 only 5% of America worked from home, today that number is more than 50%! 

 

Vendor Love: Landvoice

 

This week, our featured company offer is Landvoice! Landvoice is the premier lead provider for the real estate industry. They are the preferred source for the best Expired, FSBO, Geo Farm, Call Capture, Pre-Foreclosure, and Old Expired leads.

Landvoice finds the most accurate phone numbers for your leads. They deliver the highest quality and quantity of owner contact information including cell phone numbers. State-of-the-art technology enables you to spend your time listing and selling homes instead of researching phone numbers.

Here is the thing, it’s our civic duty to stay productive, continue to provide our service/products to our clients, and add value to our communities. If you need help or want to explore some ideas, book a Schedule a free Thrive Strategy Call today.  

 

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Right now, Landvoice will cover 75% of your first 3 months of Pro data so you get everything you need, every day, to list properties.
 
Go to 👉 https://bit.ly/3d8IZ0r and use discount code GIVE75 and get the daily Expireds, FSBOs, Pre-foreclosures, and unlimited Neighborhood Search.

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Landvoice and MyOutDesk have partnered to bring this extraordinary offer to the real estate market. For a limited time, get started with Expired Pro, FSBOs, Neighborhood Search, and Pre-Foreclosures for only $427/qtr.

EXPIRED PRO These are the low-hanging fruit. They have already agreed to pay an agent commission, they just need a better agent. Using Landvoice, you find up to 95% of phone numbers for the listings in your MLS, including cell phones. Say hello to getting the numbers other agents can’t.

FSBOS Stop spending hours scouring classified listings. Landvoice automatically finds these listings on over 1,700 sites every single day. If there is a For-Sale-By-Owner, we’ll find it for you. 

NEIGHBORHOOD SEARCH Use this tool for unlimited searching of neighborhood data, including names, addresses, and phone numbers. Simply enter an address and Neighborhood Search will find this data for all the nearby homeowners.

PRE-FORECLOSURES Often overlooked by many agents, these homeowners may be very motivated to sell quickly. Simply choose a county and search from among thousands of records, including Notice of Default and Lis Pendens.

 

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Survive and Thrive

We are here only for your success. That’s why we are offering zero-obligation strategy calls with free access to our guides and books.

Schedule your free Thrive strategy call today. We’ll map out a plan for attaining:

  • The CEO Mindset. Lead by example, double down, and gain market share.
  • Your piece of the $2.2 trillion stimulus money. Figure out which part of the stimulus you can benefit from. Understand how to gain free money through forgivable loans and grants.
  • Refreshed value. Understand what people want and need now, and how your business can respond to these demands.
  • Becoming an Exceptional Force – all while reducing operational costs. Reduce operational costs with virtual assistants, a forgivable expense through the SBA. Restructure to a remote workspace and create new plans with a CEO’s mindset.

MyOutDesk brings you 13 years of recession-tackling knowledge. We are committed to supporting your continued drive to champion a thriving business and support your local community during the COVID-19 health crisis. Schedule a free strategy call today.

 

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LAND 3 types of real estate CLIENTS in today’s lock-down NOW

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We’ve helped you identify the exact moments in a potential client’s life where you can plug-in and cater to their exact needs!

There are certain situations where you can provide value by way of helping them sell or buy a home during today’s lockdown. We’re helping you do the work here at MyOutDesk.

If your prospect numbers are dwindling, you can use our strategies and services as an effective tool. Hire a MyOutDesk Virtual Assistant to help you with these lead-generating strategies. Schedule a Double My Business Strategy call today!

 

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TODAY’S Three D’s: 3 Leads in the Real Estate Market During the Lockdown

 

(Types of Leads – and What you will offer)

 

1) Distressed – REO 

2) Double Mortgage – Short sell

3) Death – Probate

 

Find Leads with these 12 D’s:
A-B-C DO YOU KNOW YOUR D’S? 

MyOutDesk brings you the 12 D’s of Real Estate. With a Virtual Assistant, you can find leverage to zoom in on this situation and not only close a deal but improve the quality of someone’s life.

Find our guide to these 12 D’s, and better yet just schedule a no-hassle strategy call with MyOutDesk. We are here for your success!

 

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Stephanie Masterson – Our Virtual Assistant Is A Lifesaver!

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Stephanie Masterson is the President & Chief Sales Consultant for Central Ohio’s #1 Top-Producing Team – and relies on MyOutDesk VA’s to support the daily demands of her fast-paced residential real estate brokerage. Stephanie runs The Raines Group / HER Realtors, and uses her virtual assistant to support her client service managers to expedite paperwork, listings, MLS entries, and much more!

“We have a virtual assistant with MyOutDesk – she’s awesome, and helps our client service managers run their day to day business. So whether that’s data entry or calendar invites – you name it and she does it. We absolutely love her: she supports for our client service managers, so they can return support the agents.”

In the Raines Group, virtual assistants play a solid support role, focused on keeping the repetitive, non-dollar-productive tasks under control while her in-house staff focuses on maximizing luxury sales in the high-commission New Albany market. Schedule your Double My Business Strategy Session today and find out how a MyOutDesk Virtual Assistant can support your team like they’re helping the Raines Group!

The Raines Group is on The Wall Street Journal’s Top 100 List and REALTOR Magazine’s top 100 Realtors list for their work in luxury real estate. In addition to Ron and Sandy Raines’ selection as members of Star Power, they’ve been awarded “Best Overall Marketing” by the Institute of Luxury Home Marketing. These prestigious honors are a tribute to the hard work & expertise of everyone on Stephanie’s team – including her VA:

“Once she learns the task you know that it’s done. You don’t have to think about it twice. It’s just been a lifesaver for us, especially for the data entry portion of what we do with with transactions, inputting data, setting up our MLS sheets and helping us be proactive about getting stuff done.”

In her current role as President, Stephanie most enjoys helping people meet their dreams by exceeding expectations, delivering world-class service, and providing operational excellence. In working with her virtual assistant, she focused initially on training, followed by setting achievable goals and expectations, and gradually adding new tasks over time as her VA mastered their in-house systems. This made her virtual assistant an intrinsic asset & let Stephanie’s team focus on what truly matters.

“Our VA is amazing at what she does. I think the hardest part is when she goes on vacation and we’re like, oh my gosh, we have to do this and that, or it doesn’t get done. That’s the biggest thing is when she’s gone. We really feel it but we like for her to have her time off and we figure it out. When she’s not here, we definitely feel it.”

The Raines Group is one of the hundreds of industry-leading organizations leveraging the power of MyOutDesk virtual assistants to save money & boost productivity. You should be doing the same! Schedule your Double My Business Strategy Session today and find out how a MyOutDesk Virtual Assistant can support you to boost your business.

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Quit Wasting Your Time On Single Property Websites!

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Is it worth the investment of time, money & upkeep to build a website for each new property listing? While it’s tempting to drill down on your marketing & push hard on every property, it creates clutter, which makes this a good time to go ‘Marie Kondo’ on those extra websites you’ve been building.

Let’s assess the traditional methods we have been using and figure out if they still fit in with your strategies and if they provide you optimum results with the current shifts in the way people consume information. While flashy new Real Estate marketing trends like Matterport tours, drone videos, mobile format advertising, Social Media, etc, etc, are dominating the space, are more traditional marketing platforms like single property websites still worth your time and resources?

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A few important things to take note of is that while something like single property websites (SPW) may seem passé to the modern person, certain generations such as the baby boomers and even Gen X-er’s and gen Y-er’s, (the latter who have home-owner power and the latter, a rise in buying power) will still be comfortable with this format. Another noteworthy fact about SPW is that it allows a potential buyer to focus on one property at a time. The goal is to make clicking on the ‘contact us’ button as easy as humanly possible for your audience. Reducing friction is one of the most common ways to guide people to click where you want them to. That means the fewer distractions they have on the page, the more likely they are to contact you. This is where an SPW shines. Furthermore, it is A, an inexpensive way to make a professional-looking marketing piece, and B is still a great piece of material for a listing presentation.

That being said, there are also quite a few arguments to make as to why single property listings may no longer be worth it, moving forward.

Single Property Websites may not be a “one-size-fits-all” option

These days, SPW’s seem to really only make sense for historic or luxury listings. That’s why you’ll find many high-end homes or historic homes have their own sites. If the home you are listing has multiple unique features, breathtaking vistas, and stunning views then, of course, they would not only deserve but need an individual page to highlight these things. However, a 2 bedroom ranch-style home that is nice but is more standard may not need an SPW.

You might be wasting your traffic

Traffic to your website that is. Getting traffic to your website can be a tricky thing in itself. Having one or more single property websites may be taking that precious traffic away from your main site. You can focus on getting more eyeballs on your main website and still add content on it that curates listings. The best part is, since you can have multiple pages on your website, you can be more creative and find an enticing way to feature your listings like in a blog post or a video.

They might be pointless

Odds are that when someone visits your SPW, they have already been looking at the property previously, It is also highly likely that there is another source of information for the property already in existence. Unless you have something fresh, different, or some information that you know exclusively, your SPW may simply be redundant.

So what does this mean? Should you stop using single property websites altogether? At the end of the day, it’s really up to you and what your marketing strategy looks like. You may want to simply select which properties to create an SPW for or you may want to nix them altogether.

If you do decide to continue creating Single Property Websites, here are some quick tips to keep them optimized.

  1. Make it user-friendly. – Forget all the bells and whistles, make it as straightforward and clean as possible.
  2. Make sure you link to all your channels. – Take advantage of the traffic and make sure that you can be found easily on all your Social Media platforms, website, and other channels.
  3. Make it pretty. – Use beautiful images and layouts, nice font, and other elements that will be pleasing to the eye to encourage exploration.
  4. Make use of testimonials. – If you have any client testimonials, this would be another place you could utilize them! If you don’t, start asking for some.
  5. Make it useful. – Add as much important information as you can to your SPW, you can even offer it as a way to capture their contact info by offering things such as property values for neighboring homes or even a guide to the best restaurants in the area.

Single Property Websites have been a useful tool for many agents for decades. However, with all the innovations in this day and age and the stiff competition in the industry, SPW’s may need to be re-assessed and re-imagined for them to continue to be effective.

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Get Ready For Spring: Housing Is About To Boom!

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Permits for single-family homes are surging forward to their highest levels since before the recession! This is a major indicator that U.S. homebuilding is finally undergoing a revival – and it’s coming not a moment too soon, with the 2019 overall housing supply shrinking by 11%, according to the Census Bureau.

Surprisingly, only half as many houses are built now per worker compared with the 1960s, according to The Economist. Part of the reason is that most new construction is taking place in the most expensive markets, especially the Pacific Northwest. U.S. new-home construction remained robust in January and applications to build jumped to the highest level since 2007 as low mortgage rates and a solid labor market continued to fuel housing demand. It won’t happen overnight, but the housing shortfall might be on its way to be resolved.

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Starts of multifamily homes, a category that tends to be volatile and includes apartment buildings and condominiums, edged up 0.7% to the highest level since 1986. Permits surged 14.6% to a 564,000 pace.

The housing market continues to heat up. Recently released statistics show that new housing permits are up over 9% from last month and near a 13 year high. New housing starts are up over 21% from this time last year.  Keep in mind that last month was the best reading in 14 years.

Back in 2007, the UCLA economist Ed Leamer wrote a paper called “Housing is the Business Cycle.” To wit, “For long-run growth, residential investment is pretty inconsequential, but for the wiggles, we call recessions and recoveries, residential investment is very very important.” With this in mind, single-family building permits have jumped to 987,000 units SAAR, up for nine consecutive months and 20.2% over the last year. Household formations have undershot demographics and we expect more growth in the quarters ahead, albeit at a slower pace.

Rising permits imply more construction activity this year. Today’s data should make mincemeat of anyone that was holding on to a recession call for this year or next. Recession risks are lower than usual in the US.

According to Bloomberg, the key insights to zoom in on are:

  • While the pace of construction eased in January, the figures suggest the housing market remains a bright spot for the U.S. economy amid sluggish business investment. When paired with continued strength in housing permits, current and planned construction should help mitigate a lean supply of housing.
  • Mild weather likely played a role in both the December and January readings as warmer temperatures supported construction in months that typically slow homebuilding in areas like the Northeast.
  • Single-family starts declined 5.9% to a 1.01 million pace, though permits climbed to a 987,000 rate that was also the highest since 2007.
  • Starts of multifamily homes, a category that tends to be volatile and includes apartment buildings and condominiums, edged up 0.7% to the highest level since 1986. Permits surged 14.6% to a 564,000 pace.
  • Private data released Tuesday showed sentiment among homebuilders eased slightly in February, but held near a two-decade high, as gauges of sales and prospective buyer traffic cooled. Recent figures from the University of Michigan showed home-buying attitudes in February advanced to the highest level since 2017.
  • By region, new-home construction fell in the South and Midwest. Starts increased in the Northeast to the highest since June 2015 and climbed in the West the best level since the end of 2006.
  • The report, produced jointly by the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development, has a wide margin of error, with a 90% chance that the headline figure was between a 16.9% drop and a 9.7% increase.

This may be a perfect time for you to hire a Virtual Assistant so you can jump on to this new information and restrategize your plans for the year!

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Rebecca Shanahan-Galligani: Maximizing Relationships & VA Teambuilding

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Money is a crucial business consideration – it’s the reason you got into the business, to begin with, remember? That’s why it’s important to have an expert in charge of all your accounting-related activities. For the Hergenrother Realty Group, the RealTrends #4 real estate team in the USA, that expert is Rebecca Shanahan-Galligani, the HergGroup Controller.

Learn how Rebecca works to maximize relationships and utilizes virtual assistants to provide the company with flexible, cost-saving virtual staffing for a fraction of what local labor would cost. Learn her techniques for financial wizardry, and how she translates her commitment to superior service into the organization, team-building, and customer-friendly strategies for success. Schedule your Double My Business Strategy Session now!


Rebecca started with the Hergenrother Realty Group in 2014 and has helped to build the organization from 4 locations to 20 in 4 years. Prior to joining, Becca was a Keller Williams Market Center Administrator for 12 years in the New England Region and quickly rose to the top 10 percent of all MCAs in Keller Williams within two years. Her expertise in Market Center Operations brought her to work with the MCA Support Division in 2007, where she continued to provide training and consulting on Market Center Operations for 10 years, retiring in 2018.

Over the last 13 years, Rebecca has trained at Keller Williams Family Reunion for ten years, written KWU courses on Operations and Systems, and was one of the first MCA KW Approved Trainers. Becca has a passion for coaching and training operational staff and supporting others to achieve higher levels of business success through superior customer service and team building.

Becca lives in Dracut, MA with Steven, her husband of 16 years, and her children Kevin and Angelina. Becca enjoys travel, camping, attending theater productions, and performing in local theater groups. Schedule your Double My Business Strategy Session now, and drill down on doing your one thing to the absolute best of your abilities.

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Top 10 Underrated Real Estate Lead Generation Ideas!

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Real estate lead generation is incredibly competitive and continuously evolving: the strategies you used a few months back are already saturated, and no matter how well you advertise in your local market, copycats will soon dilute the effectiveness of your marketing. Even worse; the Zillow iBuyer program, Facebook advertising, and search engine competition have turned real estate marketing into a “race to the bottom”.

It’s time to fight back! To win in modern real estate marketing, you need to keep several irons in the fire with diversified lead generation strategies, and always make sure to try a few unique strategies that none of your competitors are doing. Check out these 10 underrated strategies that may boost your current lead generation below, and keep your pipeline flowing constantly with a MyOutDesk Virtual Assistant. Book a Double My Business Strategy Session today to find out how!

Never Miss a Query Facebook Messenger Ads: Traditional forms of a lead generation tend to have too many steps and get tedious. With each step, you stand to lose your lead’s interest. Facebook messenger ads can be a quicker, easier way for your lead to get in touch. Because they have the option to start a live conversation when they click an ad as opposed to filling out a form, you eliminate several steps in the conversion process. You can also engage with your lead without pressuring them to divulge their personal information which may make them easier to convert.

Use Automated Text Marketing: Did you know that text messages have a whopping 97% open rate compared to 20% for emails? The only problem is that tapping out individual texts to your leads takes up way too much time you could be spending cold calling. Using automated text messaging platforms can give you a wider reach and open rate compared to say emails. Putting together an automated text messaging campaign is not complicated and can be a great way to get quality leads.

Buy Exclusive Seller Leads: While the age-old debate of buying leads vs. organic leads is an ongoing conversation with many for yay or nay, buying quality leads from a trusted source can bring you amazing results. Just make sure that you have a solid strategy to reaching out and follow up. And make sure that you are clear on your goals, budget, etc.

Create a Lead-optimized IDX Website: A well-optimized IDX (Internet Data Exchange) website is one of the easiest ways to bring in leads on an ongoing basis. IDX is an umbrella term used to cover policies, standards, and software pertaining to the display of real estate listing information on websites. Most importantly for agents and brokers, IDX is what enables members of multiple listing services (MLS) to integrate real estate listings from the MLS database into their own websites. Despite some stringent rules regarding IDX, it certainly offers many advantages for agents. It’s actually a win-win for everyone who uses it: real estate professionals and consumers. Today, consumers expect to see property listings on agents’ real estate websites. According to the National Association of Realtors, 44% of all buyers search online for property listings as the first stage of their journey. So, agents who don’t incorporate listings into their website via IDX end up at a disadvantage when compared to agents who do display listings.

Sign Up to Do BPOs, Then Market to the Owners of Distressed Homes: When a borrower starts to miss payments on a mortgage, a lender or loan servicer will often order a ‘broker price opinion’ (BPO) on a property in case they end up having to foreclose, do a loan modification, or short sale. They may do this before it is reported as a late payment to a credit agency, and well before they file a notice of default. This is an early indicator of a homeowner who may need to sell sooner rather than later.

Sponsor a Local Adoption Event: This is only one example of a niche idea that can give you an opportunity to network. You can approach your local animal shelter and sponsor the event and help with the marketing. Pets are an important part of many families. If you are a per-lover yourself, this is a great way to support a cause and get your name out there to fellow pet-lovers. You can be known as the go-to agent for fellow pet lovers!

Not a pet person? Think of other areas of interest that you can do something similar with.

Network at More Non-real Estate-related Events: If you are going to events where other agents will be going to network, then your odds of getting any leads are low at best. Instead of going to the same old real estate mixers or networking events, think outside the box and join some non-real estate-related local events. Your next client might be at a tai-chi class in the local park or even at a community theater production. Just be your wonderful self, mingle, tone down the sales talk, and make connections!

Become a Real Estate Expert in Facebook Groups: Whether you create the group or not, find different Facebook groups that are relevant to your areas and find a way to become the real estate expert in that group, create polls, ask questions and look out for any topics where you can jump in and give advice based on your experience or knowledge. You may not immediately see results but if you consistently interact with these groups, you may find more than a few leads.

Offer free consultations: Whether it is online or while you sit at a coffee shop, why not give some free time to giving out free Real estate advice? Advertise a free RE Advice hour at your favorite coffee shop or set up a direct line where people can reach you at specific times for any of their questions and concerns. Odds are that they will learn to trust you and because you aren’t pressuring them to sign with you, they will be more compelled to do so. Just make sure you are clear that you don’t expect anything in return but are available to help them on a more professional level if they so wish. 

Hire a Virtual Assistant: All these strategies are viable ideas to get more and better quality leads. However, they can take a lot of time that you simply may not have. A Virtual Assistant could help you to focus on the revenue-producing activities that you need to focus on while they take care of your daily and repetitive but necessary responsibilities within your business. If you have things on your plate whose outcome will not change whether you fo them or not, then those things can be delegated to a Virtual Assistant. You need to be sure that you are working ON your business and not IN it.

Make sure to schedule a Double My Business Strategy Session today so we can find you a rockstar Virtual Assistant who can do so much more than help you generate leads.

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Caitlyn Rathgeb: Leverage Your Time & Achieve Greater Success!

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Caitlyn Rathgeb is the Director of Client Care for Hergenrother Realty – the #4 top-ranked RealTrends team in America. What’s her secret to delivering a world-class customer experience? MyOutDesk virtual assistants! Her organization leverages them to dominate the Burlington, Vermont market with over 2,000 transactions a year.

“My VA has saved me in so many ways, because when the workload is piling up and I’m feeling buried, I know I can turn to her and leverage those tasks. It really is powerful being able to know that Clarissa and our virtual assistants are there – knowing that we’re not doing it all ourselves. We love MyOutDesk based on the value of the candidates and the skill set, and the significant cost savings. It’s definitely a great opportunity!”

Caitlyn oversees the Client Care Division and also focuses on training and coaching Operations Coordinators, who are responsible for listing management, transaction coordination and client care, and finding optimizations for scalability and efficiency. MyOutDesk virtual assistants have been a big part of enabling her to juggle the workload in her position and still ensure that her clients are fully served. Schedule your Double My Business Strategy Session to find out how to leverage MyOutDesk virtual assistants in your business!

Caitlyn graduated from the University of Vermont in 2010 with a Bachelor of Science. Upon graduating, she gained experience in sales and event planning, which helped her to develop the essential skills needed to lead, manage, and be a proactive team player. Caitlyn prides herself on exceptional customer service, dedication to her team and clients, and an energetic and positive attitude.

“You know, I’ve gone through the interview process multiple times now with MyOutDesk – and it’s been so easy and so simple! I’ve gotten a very speedy response and great resumes. One thing I love is being able to say, ‘Hey, here’s the skill set we’re looking for’ and getting resumes that are really matched to the person that we need.”

There’s nothing better than the quality, value & flexibility offered by MyOutDesk virtual assistants, which is why thousands of business owners across the country rely on our virtual assistants. In Caitlyn’s case, having the reassurance that she can leverage her time to focus on her “one thing” while knowing that the repetitive, time-consuming tasks in her day are handled by virtual assistants is an invaluable tool in her role – and it can be the same for you as well. Schedule your Double My Business Strategy Session to get started today!

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Erin McCormick-Torres: Focus On Your One Thing & Give The Rest Away!

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Erin McCormick-Torres is the Chief Operating Officer at Hergenrother Realty – the #4 top-ranked RealTrends team in America. What’s her secret to success? MyOutDesk virtual assistants! Her organization leverages them to dominate the Burlington, Vermont market with over 2,000 transactions a year.

“I actually don’t like personally the word delegate. I prefer leverage, because I think it speaks to opportunity. When you view it as I’m not giving this person a this task because I’m too good for it – I’m giving them them an opportunity to contribute. It’s a growth opportunity for someone else on my team, and it allows me to be freed up for things that are dollar producing.”

Erin believes that every successful agent has what Gary Keller calls their “one thing” – and if they’re wasting time on paperwork & repetitive administrative tasks, it takes them away from doing what really matters: the dollar productive opportunities that generate new business.

That’s why Erin has implemented MOD virtual assistants throughout the Hergenrother organization – supporting agents, brokers & executives with administrative expertise to allow them to focus on what matters. If you’d like to learn how to leverage virtual assistants in your business, learn how MyOutDesk can help boost your productivity for a fraction of the cost of in-house staff! Schedule your Double My Business Strategy Session now!

As Chief Operating Officer for Adam Hergenrother Companies, Erin oversees listing management, transaction coordination, finance, marketing, client care, and agent services. She also works on branding and positioning, lead generation strategies, content development, and overall marketing strategies for Adam Hergenrother Training, BlackRock Construction, Adam Hergenrother Foundation, and Keller Williams Vermont.

“Look really hard at your calendar, because if its filled up with tasks that aren’t actually income producing then it’s time for you to hire. By eliminating six hours of things on your calendar that don’t matter by hiring a virtual professional, you can use that time purposefully to generate more business – and you’re going to pay for that leverage many, many times over.”

Outside of her COO role, Erin is also a licensed Realtor, runs the popular Vermont blog Travel Like a Local: Vermont just published her first book and enjoys consulting with Vermont businesses on marketing, branding, and audience acquisition strategies. She handles a lot of tasks, but she doesn’t do it alone: her virtual assistants support her 100% of the way, giving her the ability to apply her expertise to top-level tasks that make a difference!

It comes down to leverage: if you don’t have it in your business, get it now! Schedule your Double My Business Strategy Session now, and drill down on doing your one thing to the absolute best of your abilities.

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Mike Chou: Strategies Of A Top 100 US Sales Leader!

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Southern California is a tough, highly competitive real estate market – and when Mike Chou launched his real estate career in December of 2008 during one of the biggest recessions in US history, the competition was fierce. In an industry where there is an 80% failure rate, Mike made a commitment to become the #1 agent in the nation to help others meet their real estate goals. Proudly closing 35 transactions and over $10+ million in sales in his first year, Mike has since become one of Southern California’s most successful real estate agents – and he’s now ranked in the “Top 100 Agents in the Nation.”

In this exclusive webinar, you’ll learn about Mike Chou’s experience as the Founder and Principal of The Chou Team, a partial Owner of Keller Williams Executive in South Pasadena, California, and an Expansion Partner of Keller Williams Premier Properties in Walnut. He’s going to share the insider secrets that you absolutely must learn to succeed in real estate, and give you actionable strategies to grow your own business based on his experience. While you’re watching, don’t forget to schedule your Double My Business Strategy Session to find out how to leverage MyOutDesk virtual assistants in your business!

 

Mike has devoted his life to real estate, as an industry-leading expert in Luxury Homes, Resales, New Home Sales, Multi-Family, Mixed-Use Properties, and Apartments. His fluency in Mandarin and English has allowed him to build relationships throughout the world and has given him a sphere of influence that spans multiple continents. Through these important connections, Mike educates and advises investors outside and inside the local market on major real estate investment decisions.

Supported by a talented group of individuals at The Chou Team, Mike is equipped with a team of leading industry professionals that are dedicated to serving Southern California. With a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance and Management Services from CSUSB and as President of Asian Real Estate Association of America Inland Empire (AREAA IE),

Mike enjoys dedicating his time to helping to teach the local community about homeownership opportunities. He also loves to give back and donates to schools, multiple charities, and animal shelters regularly. Outside of work, you can catch Mike volunteering at Mercy For Animals, Asian Pacific Community Fund (APCF), and spending time with his family.

Achieve more – the first step is getting the help you need to reach the next level in your business. Schedule your Double My Business Strategy Session to get started today!

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