Real Estate Marketing Minute

Hi guys. Welcome back to the Real Estate Marketing Minute. So glad you're here with us today. We're doing a weekly roundup and this is for the week of February 10th through the 16th. Next week we've got a few wacky holidays coming up. On the 11th, it's National Make a Friend Day. Then on the 14th we've got two wacky holidays and one normal holiday. So the two wacky holidays on the 14th are National Ferris Wheel Day and then the other is National Organ Donor Day. And of course the regular holiday is Valentine's Day.

So let's not, let's make sure not to forget to get cards and candies and flowers and stuff for all of our loved ones out there. And have some fun with the other wacky holidays out there. So another thing I'd remind you to do is go ask for some referrals. Pick five or six people from your list and touch base with them and say, "Hey. You know I'd really appreciate it if you know anybody and send over somebody for me to talk to about buying or selling a home."

This has been your weekly roundup from the Real Estate Marketing Minute. If you like what you see don't forget to click Like and/or Subscribe to us. Thanks for watching guys. We'll see you next time.

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Hey. Welcome back to the Real Estate Marketing Minute. Adam Small here. This week is a local week. We're gonna focus on an article for our blog, and our social, and our content library that is a local article. And, this week's topic, I think, is probably one that a lot of people don't do, which is fun things to do in the winter outside. So, something along those lines. So, that's literally not the title that you wanna use. You wanna use something like, "Five Great Places to Sled in Indiana," right? Or ski, or maybe ice skating, or some kind of winter sport or winter outdoor activity. It could even be winter hiking, or places to take photos outdoors during the winter.

Since we're kind of in the middle of a deep freeze here, I thought that would be a really good topic where ... Obviously, we don't wanna encourage people to get out when it's -30 degrees and all. But, when it's 40 or 30, and there's snow on the ground, there are some places that are really great to see. They look really amazing, and pretty, and beautiful when there's that snow on the ground. So, it could be a photography for winter, or that sort of thing, for your local area. Or, even just sledding, skiing, and ice skating.

So, what I want you to do is go out and find ... even a small list of just three places would be great, and kind of localize it to your area. Things to do in your town, or in your country, or your state. And, post that to your social media. Post that to your blog, or share that on your social media. Even send it in an email.

And, that's your local content for the week. So, have fun, make it great, and thanks for watching, guys. So glad to see you here at the Real Estate Marketing Minute. And, we'll see you next time.

Hello and welcome back to the Real Estate Marketing Minute. I'm your host Adam Small. So, this is gonna be a weekly roundup for the week of February 3rd through the 9th, and we've got three wacky holidays next week, one of them being Thank a Mail Person Day and then National Chopstick Day and National Pizza Day. Thank a Mail Person Day is on the 4th of February next week and guys, it's been super cold and I know that they canceled the mail delivery for much of the Midwest here and a lot of other areas, so the mail people aren't out in this weather today, but they're gonna be out probably tomorrow and the day after. They were open today, so maybe it's a good time to find a nice way to thank them.

Do a social media post, remind other people to do it, but maybe put a nice note in the mailbox for them. That sort of thing. So, especially with this cold weather. As a side note, I hope all of you guys are warm and that there's nothing going on, no frozen pipes or busted windows or anything like that, because of the extreme cold. Then, we've got Chopsticks Day is on the 6th and National Pizza Day is on the 9th. So, you can have some fun with that. Maybe try to eat pizza with chopsticks. That would be entertaining, to say the least. Make sure you video that, put that out on your social channels as well. Have some fun with that. So, those are your wacky holidays. That's your weekly roundup. One other thing is we are toward the end of one month and the beginning of a new month. Why don't you go back and look at all of those people that you did transactions with last week or last month, and ask them for testimonials.

Just send them a quick email. Say, "Hey, you mind leaving me a testimonial?" If you have a service that you use like Agent Sauce or some other service. Provide them the link to leave that testimonial so that you always have it in a database. Don't just ask the people that you did transactions with from a consumer perspective. If you worked with other agents, ask them to leave you a recommendation or a testimonial as well. Just build up that library of testimonials both on a business to business perspective and a business to consumer perspective. So, that has been your weekly roundup from the Real Estate Marketing Minute. If you like what you see and what you're hearing, don't forget to click like and/or subscribe, or follow us on our podcast. Thanks for watching and have a great day.

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