eEdge Tips

So you have heard the buzz about eEdge but have you gone in and tried any of it? We are hearing that it is a little complicated. I am thinking that it is just new to everyone so there are some things you have to learn. The best thing to do is to commit to 20 minutes a day. Log in to KW.com and look thru the system and play around with it evey day. Add yourself as a lead, check out your website, put your own info into the website to see what kind of emails a new lead would be getting.

Danielle is teaching a class tomorrow (Tuesday) so be sure to attend. I have attached the link for the Quick start guide, it will walk you thru the entire process. It really is easier than it appears!

eEdge Quick Start Guide

Training, training, and more training

You asked we answered. The productivity calendar is out for March and posted on the bottom of this blog, feel free to click on our social media links on the calendar and converse with us online. We have night classes and multiple classes each day.
 And watch out eEdge training starts March 1st, thank you Danielle.

Tuesday follow up

It has been so hard to keep blogging so we are facebooking little tidbits as it comes. The classes are so full of information and we are on the run from 7:30am till 6:30 every night. We promise to get as much information as we can in classes over the next few months in the market center. The biggest thing is to go on to you www.kw.com and sign up for the eEdge. It will ask you for a new domain name such as yourname.kwrealty.com it is for a separate website. You will still have your kw eagency site. This new site is a major lead generator site. It's sole purpose is to help you generate leads. After you have signed up go into your dashboard on eEdge and go to the my information/my account and answer all of the questions such as your name, area you work, how you want to be notified of a lead (text!) and much more. Please don't get frustrated do what you can and what is great is in each section you will find help video's, FAQ's and more plus we will be teaching classes weekly on eEdge. Many of those classes will be hands on with you bringing in your computer and entering your info while we teach.

Too much training today, I'm headed to meet the boys to recap onn all of the training. See you guys in the office later this week.

Red bash

Stay tuned for a video to follow on Facebook, the Red Bash last night was awesome. Over 2000 KW agents came together and broke the world record for the more people doing the cha cha line dance for 5 minutes. Our whole office was. Out on the floor li e dancing, a few feet were stepped on but all and all it was a great time.

Day -1 Family reunion update

Holy smokes there were so many awesome classes it was hard to choose which ones to go to. I attended an awesome class where mega agents with teams talked about some of there issues and successes of growing there team. Next was the vision speech were 9,000 agents all came together to hear Gary talk about where the real estate is going. I was able to grab lunch (pizza was awesome) then on to a social media panel with Liz Landry, Jay Papasson, and Sue Adler. they gave great strategies for what to do and not do in the social media arena. For example, your personal Facebook profile should be just that personal, do not see real estate on this page. People want to get to know you, and they will go to your fan page to look at your listings. Oh, and be yourself! Next we had a standing room packed for how to build a great website using eagency. The best class of the day was by Ben Kinney on his 20 minute listing presentation which allowed him to list 720 homes last year. Now on resting up for the Red Bash and classes tomorrow. I can't wait.     (Melanie)

Today I sat in a Rick Geha class on Lead Generation which in and of itself was worth the price of admission. Guess what, no new magic bullets. We hear it over and over again, the bottom line is still the same - No input, no output. Two ah ha moments that jumped out at me. 1. consistent time put on a specific task over an extended period of time will yield measurable results. 2 the quicker and more often you lead generate, the faster success will come. I also went to the Ben Kinney class and because of it will be retooling our listing presentation. 
Every time I see Gary Keller I want to hug the guy for putting this company together.   (Ken)

So 2011 family reunion is upon us and we are already setting our goals for 2012. Our goal is to have 30 agents attend next yr. By wednesday we will know where we will be headed in 2012. Our hope is that this blog will intrigue you enough to want to go. We will set up a reunion account and Becca will be able to take a predetermined anoint out of each settlement so that you have paid for your trip. We tend to only spend what is on the check soyou will never miss the money.

I personally I'll help keep you motivated to get there next yr.

Tip from our very own Mike Fitz...

Are you struggling with low commission checks? Are you wishing you could list a $300,000 property and receive that $9,000 check? Then wish no more, it is all up to you and the way you think. Think of yourself as walking out the door with a signed listing contract for a well priced $300,000 home that shows beautifully.
Help remind yourself by printing a blank fake check with your name, signature, and amt of $9,000. Laminate that check and attach it to your key chain. Every time you get your keys out you will be reminded of what you want!
If your up for the challenge send us your feedback on how it's working or a picture of your new keychain.

Seize the Market, Our office is Rocking

What a terrific class today, Thank You Tim and Vince for such awesome information. Below are 2 brief clips if you missed the class.

Monday Awesomeness...

Monday is your chance to mastermind about blogging ideas with 2 of our top agents, thanks Mike and Tim for taking time out of your day for us. What do you blog about, what is your niche, or what are you passionate enough about to blog regularly?

Still around after blogging for a lunch and learn with Housemasters.

And don't forget if you are new to the office, stop in and say hello to our new interim team leader Danielle.

About me

Yesterday at the office meeting we talked about the importance of your about me page on your website and the new site called about.me. I just wanted to share with you a link to one of our agents who completed her profile last evening. Ahesha has done a terrific job, here is the link to her site http://about.me/ahesha

Her email last night was "wow that was simple to do"

Get on the tech bandwagon, or atleast give it a try! And remember to stay tuned we will be bloggin live from family reunion.

Our office meeting

What an energetic office meeting we had today. Thanks to Bob and Danielle for keeping us all informed. It is nice to have reminders of what this office has to offer for its agents.

Meeting Summary:

The inspirational video was awesome http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozztKbU3Btk It is amazing what you can do when you remove your limiting beliefs.

Family Reunion (our biggest training event of the year) is fast approaching. For those of you attending please take notes and email a quick summary to Dee each day. To those of you not attending we will be updating this blog with new ideas and info on classes that we attended. We will make it feel like you are there with us.

Our agent incentive program, this is too big to include so stop and see Danielle on how between now and March 30th you can reduce your cap to $0 and eliminate your office bill until Dec 2011.

Tech Committee: We are always looking for new ideas and are committed to keeping our agents on top. We discussed this awesome new blog that you should save as a favorite or bookmark and the new About.me Feel free to check out Melanie's page at http://about.me/melanieandken, Tim's page at http://about.me/timbathurst or the offices page at http://about.me/kwphilly to see what all the buzz is about. This service is free to sign up. Did you know that the second most visited site on your website is your "about me" page. Is your getting that "wow" factor.

Welcome

Hi we want to welcome everyone to our KW Northeast Office blog. The Education Committee, Tech Committee and your Team Leader have put together an amazing site to keep all of our agents informed. Below you will see the training calendar for the current month and all of the classes. We will also be using this site to provide weekly updates, tech tips, and more. Your comments are much appreciated and as always if there is anything we can every do for you please do not to hesitate to call your ALC buddy!