A good friend of mine is approaching the end of her first year in real estate. An established interior designer comfortable running her own part-time business, Sara is also a busy mom and active community member. Multitasking during her rookie year was not the biggest challenge Sara faced. She simply needed to either add more hours to the day or outsource certain aspects of her life. 

Here are some ways Sara worked smarter and not harder this year and still found time to engage with her

A good friend of mine is approaching the end of her first year in real estate. An established interior designer comfortable running her own part-time business, Sara is also a busy mom and active community member. Multitasking during her rookie year was not the biggest challenge Sara faced. She simply needed to either add more hours to the day or outsource certain aspects of her life. 

Here are some ways Sara worked smarter and not harder this year and still found time to engage with her family and friends and maintain a work-life balance that suited her growing career. 

Meal Preparation

One of the biggest challenges working professionals face is what I like to think of as the six o’clock scramble.Whether you are coordinating after-school activities, walking pets, or stuck in rush hour, getting a healthy meal on the table is an exhausting and exhaustive daily accomplishment no matter who is tackling the domestic duties that day. 

To help alleviate the burden, but still stay on budget, Sara used a meal kit delivery box like Hello Fresh or Blue Apron to save on grocery ordering and pick up. Capitalizing on the opportunity to engage her children and teach them a new skill, 

Some bigger cities offer commercial “make it and take it” meal assembly services like Let’s Dish! Many households find preparing many meals at one time (freezing or lining labeled containers in the refrigerator) greatly cuts down on daily cleanup and helps reduce the temptation to eat out or order takeout. 

House and Yardwork

For many working adults, there comes a point in our careers where our earning potential allows us to outsource house and yard work, either regularly or on an “as needed” basis. If your monthly budget and savings goals allow for a house cleaner or lawn care service, having even a few hours of assistance each month can free up your time to spend with friends, family, self care, networking or growing your client base. 

In Sara’s case, her rookie year happened to be in the prime of the Coronavirus pandemic. With everyone home for the better part of two years, Sara’s entire family pitched in and got creative with how and when they worked on school, jobs, and cared for their new dog. She also admits to folding many piles of laundry during her daily team briefings on Zoom.  

Streamlining Networking with IXACT Contact

Already accustomed to working with clients in her interior design business, Sara had a solid client base but a different need for communication and marketing in a complimentary industry. She already knew the value of direct mail, referrals, and regular check-ins. Within the span of six months, she realized IXACT Contact was the key to growing her business, staying organized, and managing her time. 

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As a real estate agent juggling multiple projects and tasks at the same time, you need a contact management system that helps you build and grow your business.

As a real estate agent juggling multiple projects and tasks at the same time, you need a contact management system that helps you build and grow your business. You might wonder if something like this even exists. The answer is simple it does exist. With IXACT Contact’s CRM you get the number 1 Real Estate Contact Management System that makes your work easier. If you would like to know the features of this CMS, you are in the right place.  This blog will showcase the benefits of the Contact Management System.

Have you ever looked at your contacts and realized that they are scattered all over the place? Do you have to spend multiple hours a week sorting through that list? It must be time-consuming and frustrating. If this sounds like you, you are in the right place.  With IXACT Contact you can organize your database and easily manage it. I know it sounds overwhelming, but our Concierge Setup Service guides you every step of the way and helps you organize your database. The best part is that with our mobile app and Google sync, your contact information is readily available at your disposal.

Picture this: A personal assistant working for your 24 hours 7 days a week, doesn’t it sound lovely? This personal assistant helps you close leads, build long-lasting relationships with your clients, say all the right things to the right people and manage your business. To top it all It also stays up to date with everything business-related. This picture-perfect personal assistant is possible with IXACT Contact. Your life gets easier with IXACT Contact’s CRM, you can go to bed every night feeling satisfied and knowing that your business is taken care of, and you are building lifelong relationships with your clients.

Wouldn’t it be amazing to wake up and find out that your day is already organized? With IXACT Contact’s Keep in Touch Coach, you get exactly that. It tells you every day who you need to connect with, who you need to call, based on when you last spoke with them. It also automates reminders of any special events like birthdays and move-in anniversaries for your clients. This helps you build and maintain relationships with your clients which in turn helps with referrals and repeat business. The Keep in Touch Coach also helps you stay on top of hot prospects, nurture longer-term leads and build loyal relationships with clients.

Another amazing feature of IXACT Contact is that the lead capture is fully automated. IXACT Contact makes it easy for you to capture your lead and nurture them, which means more business and more clients. It helps you capture leads from any website or lead vendor like Zillow, you can also receive a text/email and be the first one to lead.

When the new year starts, we assign ourselves goals to achieve throughout the year. With IXACT Contact this becomes easy. IXACT Contact CRM helps you achieve your goals by providing a personalized roadmap. You must wonder what does that even means? Well, you set your gross commission goal and then work backward to determine how many listings and buyer sales you will need to achieve your goal. Another best part is that you can also set goals for meeting new contacts, getting referrals, and keeping in touch with calls.

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If you are a real estate agent then you have a contact list, but oftentimes you don’t know how to leverage that contact list. Your contact list contains all your past clients, prospects, and current clients. Maybe you have the contact list on Google or Outlook, but you have no idea what to do with it. If this sounds like you, then read along and find out how to leverage your contact list to gain more business and get more organized. This blog will tell you exactly what steps to take to become a master in

If you are a real estate agent then you have a contact list, but oftentimes you don’t know how to leverage that contact list. Your contact list contains all your past clients, prospects, and current clients. Maybe you have the contact list on Google or Outlook, but you have no idea what to do with it. If this sounds like you, then read along and find out how to leverage your contact list to gain more business and get more organized. This blog will tell you exactly what steps to take to become a master in effective contact management.

Begin using a good Real Estate CRM System:

Ask yourself, do you have a good real estate CRM? The one that helps you be effective and efficient in contact management. If the answer is no, continue reading and find out why it is so important to have an effective CRM system. A good CRM (Customer Relationship Management) system is the key to effective contact management and managing your sphere of influence (SOI). Remember, you need a CRM that is tailored to real estate and hence Outlook or Gmail will not be sufficient. A real estate CRM not only effectively manages your contacts but also manages your listings and helps you send pre-written marketing communication items that have been specifically designed for your business.

Segment your database into groups and categories:

Why is this important? To have personalized conversations with your SOI and organize your business effectively, you need to categorize your contacts. The first step in doing that is to assign every contact to the appropriate contact type: prospect, client, business-to-business or personal. This is very important as it helps you segment and differentiate your contact list and it also helps you communicate with each group in a different way. The emails and letters you send your clients should be completely different than the ones you send to prospects.

Gather more information on your contacts as time goes by:

It is very important to have as much information as you can on your clients. It doesn’t necessarily have to be right off the bat but over the course of time, you can gather more information. What kind of information would you need? This goes beyond having a phone number, mailing address and email. We are talking about interests, hobbies, birthdays, various details on your contact’s partner and children. Why is this important? It will help you have meaningful and relevant conversations with your clients that can help you gain more referrals and repeat business.

Use your information to have more meaningful conversations:

Now that we have established how important it is to gather information about your clients, the next step is to use that information and have a meaningful conversation. Imagine not dreading a call to a past client because now you have something to talk about that’s relevant to their life. Getting to know your clients as real people is so crucial in building those lifelong relationships. Who do you think John will refer next time he is asked about a real estate agent? You. Be sure to wish your clients Happy Birthday, Happy Home Purchase Anniversary etc. Your CRM will remind you of these dates when the time comes, and it will also give you a selection of e-Cards to choose from. Doing these small things makes the biggest impact on your clients and their relationship with you.

Build a Marketing Plan that Grows Your Business:

You got yourself a good real estate CRM system, categorized your contacts, got some wonderful information on most of them. Now, this is where it all starts. You have built a foundation of your CRM and it will help you market to specific groups. For example, you just received a listing. and you want to share this with your current prospects who are trying to buy a house. Your CRM will help you create mass email or select the group and create mail merge letters and labels and help you send the email to only the prospects. Since you have done all the heavy lifting, now it is only organizing those marketing plans to target different groups depending on their needs.

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