Before I tell you how I made an extra $20,300      …let me tell you a bit about our AWESOME company.

I am not talking about the ability to upload documents electronically to your office. I am not talking about webinars or teleconferencing. I am not even talking about virtual meetings as most people know it. I am talking about a VIRTUAL office. REALLY!

Unless you have experienced this type of environment it is hard to explain. We really DO meet in cyberspace. Face to face and in real time. Moving from office to office. Holding classes and meetings in conference rooms or theater type seating (or maybe in our vitrual Cafe). Here is a picture of one of our Monday morning meetings called XCamp.

Each of those “avatars” is actually a person sitting in on a session. I do not remember what the subject was…maybe blogging, maybe info on a new social media site, or maybe a short sale round table discussion. Or it might have been a guest speaker from somewhere around the country. Whatever it was…I was sitting in and learning from my home office…with my dogs at my feet…(maybe still in my jammies). Or…wait…maybe that was the day I had my laptop outside by the pool enjoying a cup of tea and watching the hummingbirds while sitting in and absorbing great information.

And that is just the TIP of the training opportunities…From the bi-weekly New Agent Orientation to the popular Monday Morning XCamp the eXp Training Calendar has it all. The Calendar can always be found here. AND almost all training and classes are recorded…so if you miss something you wanted to see…just head over to eXp University at your leisure…and you can play the session. COOL!

OK…so how has all of this helped me make more money? In addition to all of this great, RELEVANT training…we have SUPER SMART people making sure our company web sites are on page ONE of Google and other search engines for terms like “Phoenix Real Estate” or “Scottsdale Real Estate”. Take a look…I did a search here and our site, scottsdaleparadise.com…comes up number 3 AFTER the paid ads on the top.

Because of this…we generate many leads…and they are given to agents like me! So…by diligently following up with these folks that have registered on our site…I have been able to turn them into actual clients. I have sold homes to folks from Washington DC, Rhode Island and Kentucky so far this year. I would have NEVER had the opportunity to help these people if I had not been connected to them through eXp’s web site. And due to this I have earned $16,872.00.(BTW…they have ALL been super great people to work with as well)

AND THERE IS MORE! eXp offers something called Revenue Sharing. If you introduce a fellow agent to eXp and they join our team…YOU get a small percentage of their gross commissions.

When I first joined the company this was NOT something I was real excited about. I guess I just did not “get it”. But I get it now! I have a few people who have joined me at eXp and because of this I have made an additional $3522.38 this year! Not bad huh?

I AM SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS COMPANY. After 20+ years in the business it is almost a given that an agent will begin to burn out. And I was feeling that prior to my joining eXp. But not now! I LOVE MY JOB AGAIN! Yipeeeee!!!

Take a look at this and PLEASE contact me if you are an agent and maybe just a bit curious about what eXp has to offer….

As always… if you are looking for a GREAT agent to help with your real estate needs please e-mail me at Adele@GreaterPhoenixHomes.com or give me a call (or text) at 602-504-3898 or 888-897-7821 x 114. Plus, I have a GREAT search tool on my web site that gives you the ability to search the entire MLS…just like agents do. Very COOL!  Go to Metro Phoenix Homes For Sale and check it out! YOU can create and save as many searches as you would like…and it is THE SAME SEARCH I DO AS AN AGENT! You will LOVE it!

THIS IS THE BEST MOST ACCURATE SEARCH OF OUR LOCAL MLS

ATTENTION AGENTS…Is your Real Estate Career or Company taking you where you want to go?
Need MORE business?  Need MORE leads?  What has your company done for you lately?
Ask Me Why… I joined eXp Realty.

When I started as a real estate agent with eXp Realty I did not know the first thing about social media.  I jumped in full force taking classes, mimicking our more experience agents and learning as much as I could from the eXp “Magic People.”  They kept telling me to build my website and to blog, blog, blog.  I learned enough about WordPress to build a website and then started focusing on blogging.  The truth is, I did not believe that people would read my blogs or watch my videos.  I just knew two things… that my website needed content and that eXp Realty pays me to blog.  Now I know differently!

Blogging has helped to add content to my website and Yes! eXp Realty does pay me good money to blog… but blogging has done so much more.  For starters it has helped me to get to know my community.  My family and I have been out every weekend for months dining at different places, attending new events and introducing ourselves to great people.  All for the good of the blog.  I now stay current with my communities school information, current news and I can tell you anything about what is going on here in my hometown of Peoria, Arizona.

Not only that but I am getting actual leads from people reading my blogs!  I wrote a blog called Ask a Real Estate Agent to Help You Find a Rental Home on November 8, 2010.  That blog alone has gotten me FIVE LEADS!  Two that have already resulted in closed deals!  I posted another blog about a local Halloween haunted house called FEAR FARM on Oct 11, 2010 and this very simple video that I recorded and embedded in to a blog has already been viewed over 300 TIMES!  Every time some one views my video they are seeing my name as the Peoria, AZ Real Estate expert!

There is one other reason why blogging has really paid off for me.  Probably the biggest reason…  eXp Realty allows its agents to post blogs to their two very powerful, highly viewed local real estate websites.  This has given my blogs TONS OF EXPOSURE!  Which brings to mind two questions that I ask myself all the time.  1- why wouldn’t every eXp agent take advantage of blogging.  Like I said before…if for no other reason then our company pays us to do it!  And 2- why wouldn’t every real estate agent want to be an eXp agent?  CLICK HERE for more great reasons to become a part eXp Realty!

The bottom line is this… BLOG!  It has jump started my real estate business like I would have never imagined.  The housing market is slow right now.  Take advantage of this time  by learning how to boost your business with blogging and improving your website.  This is the future of real estate marketing and eXp Realty is leading the way!

Are you shopping for a new home?  My name is Tiffany Pettit and I am the Peoria, Arizona Real Estate expert.  My husband, Eric, and I live and raise our two boys in this beautiful west Phoenix suburb.  We love everything about our little city and think you will too!  Please contact me anytime at 602-614-6493, toll free at 888-897-7821 x.132 or at tiffany@tiffanypettit.com.  Please check out my website, www.CometoPeoriaAZ.com, where you can perform an MLS search just like an agent would do.  I look forward to assisting you in finding your perfect Peoria, Arizona home!

Monday morning meetings are just not what they used to be.  Monday morning XCamp (eXp Realty’s weekly, virtual version of RE Bar Camp) is fun and exciting to go to.   I actually do not dread Mondays anymore.  Six months ago I was getting up early, grabbing a cup of coffee and driving through crazy traffic to get to the office.  Does that sound familiar?  Not anymore!  Let me walk you through my NEW Monday morning…

I woke up this morning to the sound of my phone alerting me that I have just received a $400K company generated lead.  It turned out to be a lady relocating to the Scottsdale area and hoping to move in the next six months.  Great way to start the morning!  Once out of bed, I showered, dressed, made some scrambled egg samis for the family and decided to get to work.

It was about 9:45 a.m. when I got my email reminder about jumping in to XCamp for some great training.  I finished posting a blog about a local event that my family and I attended this weekend (a blog that my company pays me to write), grabbed a cup of coffee and my laptop then headed out to my patio and in to eXp Realty virtual (where all our business takes place) for some great start of the week motivation.  I spent the next 1 1/2 hours learning about Four Square and other business building techniques, while my two year old played in his sandbox right next to me.  It is 80 degrees in Phoenix… a beautiful December day!  I don’t think there is another real estate company out there that allows me to have family time, outdoor time and offers this kind of team training.

To all my fellow real estate professionals… If my Monday morning makes you a little jealous then we need to talk.  CLICK HERE to read more about eXp Realty on my website and CLICK HERE for eXp Realty’s website.  I have been with my company for six months now and I truly feel grateful for making the move to eXp Realty.

Are you shopping for a new home?  My name is Tiffany Pettit and I am the Peoria, Arizona Real Estate expert.  My husband, Eric, and I live and raise our two boys in this beautiful west Phoenix suburb.  We love everything about our little city and think you will too!  Please contact me anytime at 602-614-6493, toll free at 888-897-7821 x.132 or at tiffany@tiffanypettit.com.  Please check out my website, www.CometoPeoriaAZ.com, where you can perform an MLS search just like an agent would do.  I look forward to assisting you in finding your perfect Peoria, Arizona home!

2.  REVENUE SHARE- The industries BEST Residual Recruiting Revenue Share Plan! (Say that 3 times fast)  Do you have a plan for the future? eXp’s Revenue Share program allows us to build a team and earn residual income long after we have stopped selling homes!  Revenue Share Calculator

3.  LEADS PROGRAM- We receive leads… REAL MONEY generating leads.  When someone visits one of our many high-trafficked real estate websites and enters their contact information it is sent directly to us!  Everyone visiting one of our websites becomes a potential customer.  Not convinced? Google the term “Phoenix Real Estates” and look for our website www.phoenixpowersearch.com, then Google “Scottsdale homes for sale” and look for www.scottsdaleparadise.com.  These are just two of the MANY search terms that lead home buyers right to our websites…. websites ranking higher then many of the most popular Real Estate websites.  Home buyers are choosing to search real estate on the Internet before ever calling an agent and since our websites are the first they are clicking on, these buyers are becoming our clients!

4.  BLOG- We get paid to blog.  Let your customer get to know you and your area!  Blog about local events, real estate news, your favorite restaurant and get paid to do it!

5.  GREEN- Our office is virtual and paperless!  No more copying, faxing, printing, and best of all… No more driving to and from the office!

6.  XCamp- Have you heard of RE Bar Camp?  If you haven’t, Google it and DON’T miss it when it comes to your town!  eXp hosts their own mini version of RE Bar Camp every Monday morning.  At XCamp there is usually a handful of classes, workshops and round tables to sit in on covering new technology, marketing, business and client building and other great real estate info.  The best part… this all takes place in our virtual office, on our personal computers, in the comfort of our own home offices!

Want to find out more about our great company?  Contact me and I will send you an invite in to our virtual office.  Look around, sit in on our Monday morning XCamp.  If that doesn’t hook you, the company generated leads and revenue share program are sure to!  Please watch the video below.  It might help to answer some of your questions about joining eXp.

Are you shopping for a new home?  My name is Tiffany Pettit and I am the Peoria, Arizona Real Estate expert.  My husband, Eric, and I live and raise our two boys in this beautiful west Phoenix suburb.  We love everything about our little city and think you will too!  Please contact me anytime at 602-614-6493, toll free at 888-897-7821 x.132 or at tiffany@tiffanypettit.com.  You can also check out my website by going to www.CometoPeoriaAZ.com.  I look forward to assisting you in finding your perfect Peoria, Arizona home!

What I have discovered is that the future of real estate is changing VERY quickly and those agents who are still doing things the way they did just a few short years ago are going to be OUT of this business…unless they make changes.

What kind of changes? Well…estimates are that 90% of homebuyers start their search on the internet. A GREAT web site that shows up in the first page of GOOGLE is imperative. And let me share with you that this is NOT an easy task. At my new company we have SUPER SMART people making SURE we are ranked high in searches.

The above shows a Google search for the very general and much used term SCOTTSDALE REAL ESTATE. Our site is www.scottsdaleparadise.com number THREE after “paid for ads”.

The average agent is not able to accomplish this on their own…at least not without some expensive help. And even then having a system in place to manage the leads that come in is a challenge.

So…not only do we have a site generating GREAT leads…we have a system that quickly gets the prospect’s information out to our agents allowing us to contact the person with relevant information within a matter of minutes. People LOVE it when I call them and they are still on our site searching!

After making contact with a prospective buyer, eXp Realty has a really slick back-end contact management system that help me keep track of who I spoke to and what we said. No more little pieces of paper with notes on them! YEA!!!

Agents who are still counting on postcards, open houses and past client referrals are rolling the dice in my opinion. Especially since MANY of my past clients are upside down in their current homes…or have lost their job and are not in a position to make a move.

Don’t get me wrong…I still intend on serving my referrals with the same top notch service I have always provided…but I just think there is a BIG world out there and a lot of folks are considering Arizona as a place to invest in real estate. I needed a way to get to them. And at eXp …I have it!

But what about the VIRTUAL part…well…that is something I am totally convinced IS the NEW WAY of handling business. With a few clicks of my mouse I can be “virtually” face to face with my broker, the CEO or THE BEST tech support guys in the industry. Why spend HOURS pulling my hair out trying to figure out how to get a picture resized to fit properly on my web site? I just jump into eXp Virtual and ask for help. And I can actually share my screen to SHOW them what I am talking about so they can assist me. SO COOL….and productive. (and by the way…part of the deal with eXp is giving agents a web site/blogging platform)

On Monday’s we have what we call X Camp where agents across the country share ideas and information. This is what that “looks” like. SO productive and FUN!

With all of these cutting edge tools I have more time to do what actually MAKES ME MONEY! Face time with clients out in the field.

Now…if you are an agent reading this I ask…”What is YOUR Brokerage doing for YOU”?

Oh…gotta run…just got another lead I need to call!

If you are looking for a GREAT agent to help with your real estate need please give me a call at 602-504-3898 or 888-897-7821 x 114. Plus, I have a GREAT search tool on my web site that gives you the ability to search the entire MLS…just like agents do. Very COOL!  Go to Metro Phoenix Homes and check it out! If you save even one home as a favorite, you will be prompted to enter contact information. If you do this…YOU can create and save as many searches as you would like. It is THE BEST MOST ACCURATE SEARCH OF OUR LOCAL MLS!!

Without exception…if you are using ANY OTHER SEARCH…it is via a third party and typically NOT as accurate or comprehensive as the search you can do here…GREATER PHOENIX HOME SEARCH!

I decided to purchased this product directly from FLEXMLS…our local provider as I was constantly being asked about homes that were pending or sold that my clients had found on other web sites. It was frustrating for them…and for me! I wanted to offer my clients a way to get accurate UP TO THE MINUTE data.

The added benefit is that clients can “save favorites” that I can then review and get a better idea of what they are thinking would work for them. If a client is out-of-state I can go out and take additional pictures or even do a video of homes they have viewed online over and over. The listing agent likely does not show the not-so-great features of a home. Like it backs up to a busy street and would be noisy. Or the room that has ruined carpet and smells like cats. Or maybe is across the street from a school (which can be benefit to some buyers…but not all).

If you are looking for a GREAT agent to help with your real estate need please give me a call at 602-504-3898 or 888-897-7821 x 114. Plus, I have a GREAT search tool on my web site that gives you the ability to search the entire MLS…just like agents do. Very COOL!   Go to Metro Phoenix Homes and check it out! If you save even one home as a favorite, you will be prompted to enter contact information. If you do this…YOU can create and save as many searches as you would like. It is THE BEST MOST ACCURATE SEARCH OF OUR LOCAL MLS!!

The environment they have created is unlike any other real estate firm out there that I am aware of. Not only is it the most productive place I have ever worked…it allows me to continue to meet my personal goal of providing WORLD CLASS service to my clients.

Everything I need is at my fingertips anywhere, anytime. I can manage the “massive” amount of paperwork required to put a transaction together without EVER printing anything.

But many Realtors can do that. Right? Well…eXp IS different. And here is why. What really separates us from the rest is that my brokerage actually has a Virtual Office. Here I can logon and meet with other agents not just in my local area, but from around the country. It’s not just a website where I can log in as an agent to do business. It kinda feels like a 3D video game/flight simulator style office. Here is what our Monday morning xCamp looks like.

What is xCamp? It is a free form learning session where anyone can lead a presentation on anything they think it worth sharing. All are presenters and all are collaborators. Some of the recent subjects have been about Gmail Google docs platform. paperless transaction management, word press blogging and electronic signature options.

Things like using electronic signatures really make life easier. Not only for me…but for my clients as well.

In our Virtual Office we can share windows. What does that mean? If I have something I need help with, I can just put it up on a virtual wall where others can see what I am working on and they can help me out. And these people are SMART! The best SEO and techie people EVER!

Agents who do not know what terms like SEO and wiki mean are falling behind the curve. The future of real estate is happening NOW. Technology is NOT going to slow down…but rather just the opposite. The business is changing quickly and agents who are not up to speed will be left behind.

We have nearly 100 various office spaces, everything from Conference Rooms to Training Centers to Classrooms to Library’s to Personal Offices. We even have a Radio Studio with the ability to live stream to the outside world. Oh, and did I mention that all meetings are recordable and able to be saved for future use. With 100’s of hours of classes recorded…I can learn ANYTIME…even at 2AM when I can’t sleep!

Soon we will probably be able to invite clients and investors into this space to be able to meet with them more quickly and efficiently than having to wait 3-6-9 months before my out of state buyers come to town. Can you imagine picking up your out-of-state client at the airport and knowing you are already “friends” and are on the same page with their wants and needs. If you spent time meeting with them virtually it would make the time you are showing homes WAY more productive.

It’s not for everyone…but I am sure glad I made the switch. I will do anything I can to continue to be ahead of the curve to be able to offer my clients the excellent service they deserve!

If you are an agent reading this and want more information…please give me a call at 602-504-3898 so we can talk…or go here to request more information.

If you are someone looking for a GREAT agent in the Phoenix, Az market to help you buy or sell a home…I would love the opportunity to chat with you.

PIf you are looking for a GREAT agent to help with your real estate need please give me a call at 602-504-3898 or 888-897-7821 x 114. Plus, I have a GREAT search tool on my web site that gives you the ability to search the entire MLS…just like agents do. Very COOL!   Go to Metro Phoenix Homes and check it out! If you save even one home as a favorite, you will be prompted to enter contact information. If you do this…YOU can create and save as many searches as you would like. It is THE BEST MOST ACCURATE SEARCH OF OUR LOCAL MLS!!

What is farming? And no, not the farming that is done on Facebook’s Farmville or other application. Farming is a form of prospecting for new leads for your business. One form of farming is postcards sent to a specific area, could be any size such as a city, zip code, or subdivision, etc.

Do you think farming through postcards is expensive and not worth your time? Consider this idea…

Sending 500+ postcards for a one time shot MAY not be worth your time or money, but consider sending 100 cards 5 times to the same group, such as Just Listed, Open House, Just Sold etc.

It’s better to touch a small group 5 times than a large group once.

Please feel free to add an Ah-Ha or comment on any Ah-Ha given. I don’t have all the answers, but we can learn things together and collaborate to make things better!

Home Buyers & Sellers: Have you considered buying or selling a home in the Scottsdale/Phoenix area? I have a great passion to help my clients in buying and selling one of their greatest assets. If you are looking for an agent with integrity, dedication & great customer service, please email me Jamie@TickledPinkHomes.com or call/text 480-734-1971. I would love the opportunity to help you in this exciting journey!

SPECIAL BONUS: How would you like to search the entire MLS, JUST LIKE ME?! Go to Scottsdale Arizona Homes For Sale and get started. It’s the same tool that I use and it gives you LIVE & MOST ACCURATE RESULTS. You’ll love it!!

SEARCH THE MLS HERE

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