I met with the CEO of Trulia - Pete Flint

So today I had the opportunity to have lunch with the Founder and CEO of Trulia.com, Pete Flint.  First off, what a great guy.  I thoroughly enjoyed meeting him and talking to him about how Trulia came about and what's in store.  It was pretty cool when they asked me about what they could do for our agents to make Trulia better and to serve our agents better. (Yes, I did take the opportunity, if you're wondering).  We talked about data integrity, leads, agent support, strategies to help drive more leads to agents, training, and promotion of Trulia products that help agents do more business and that are FREE.  If you know me, I am a big fan of FREE.

So, many of you don't know about the Trulia Agents App for the iPhone. It's really slick (download it at the app store).  You can see all of your leads that your listings generate off of Trulia without having to worry about whether or not you "accidentally" deleted the lead email that was sent to you. We all know that many of the emails look the same and it's easy to delete a legit lead. You can also "Check-in" to a property that you have toured and share the information with a buyer that you may be working with.  Here's what Trulia has to say about it from their BLOG.

"Trulia for Agents also pushes immediate lead notifications to the iPhone, helping agents respond quickly to consumer inquiries.  Agents can also access all of their leads, store their client list and add new contacts while hosting an open house.Also included in the app is a quick property lookup that lets agents find nearby listings and instantly share homes that fit clients’ needs.  They can also share other neighborhood details including open home times, driving directions, nearby restaurants, grocery stores and more."

So go download the App and use it.  You will do more business with it.

RREIN Newsletters

I just received my latest issue of the "Home Matters" e-newsletter from about 10 different agents that have me on their COI list. It was great, and the best part about it was, I didn't have to do anything and neither did the agents. How cool is that? The newsletter provided me great information on Interior Design, Home Staging, Prepping my home to sell in the Fall, the short sale process explained, and access to all the listings for sale in our MLS. Oh, and all I have to do to contact the agent that sent me the email is either click on their email, or pick up the phone and call them. The information and picture of the agent is right there in front of me.

Did you know that I have a really hard time coming up with good information for my BLOG. Why don't I just take some of this information from the RREIN newsletter and repost it to my BLOG? I don't know. Sounds like a pretty good idea. Where are you getting your content from??? ;)

So, if you don't have your contacts loaded into IQOffice, get on it. They automatically feed to the RREIN system and your contacts get the monthly email newsletter from YOU. Make sure you add yourself to your list so you know what they are getting.