Friday, 5 August 2011

6 Tips for Making a Prospecting Action Plan

By Helen March


Each business should have a plan and every part of a business ought to have a plan. In real estate, you want to form a real estate action plan to be successful with prospecting. Your intention should be targeted at generating hot leads, warming up cold leads and generally handling leads in a manner that is satisfactory to your business and the customer.

Use everything available to you in developing your leads. The more far reaching the net, the more fish it can catch.

1. You've got the power of the Web at your disposal, so develop a quality real-estate web site. Experts predict that 89% or new prospects will look at it. Also, use advertising pamphlets ads in the local paper, snail mail, e-mail and telephone to get your name out there and make it familiar to everybody.

2. Do your market analysis. Stay in touch with what's occuring in real-estate, both in your neighborhood and national level. Know the areas where there are good colleges and sporting amenities that young families would like to move into. Retirees will prefer good medical care amenities, ease of access to activities and fewer steps in their home. Find out what is available and who wants it.

3. Work to improve your talents. No use finding hot leads if you lack the ability to see when it is time to seal the deal. Learning how to read body language could be an asset. Cultivate your telephone skills. If you sound grumpy and less than friendly over the phone folks will be put off.

4. Never hesitate to get pro help in any area of your business. Experts are there to help you to achieve success in your business. They can see very clearly what areas must be strengthened, when you could be too close - or too tied up - to realise it. Specific behaviours or actions could be costing you time and money without you even being aware of it.

5. Always research what you've done to see if your methodology is succeeding or can be improved in any way. Remember, if you're fully concentrated on your customer and the way to help them best, then this will go a great distance toward your success.

6. Learn ways to prioritize. This will come naturally to a few individuals, although not to others. If you have appointments that must definitely be kept, avoid getting sidetracked into doing something else that may make you late. Being late makes people feel that you may not care about them or the deal, so you may lose customers as well as future business.




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