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Back when I taught high school, the dept. heads would come around this time of year trying to get the novice teachers to give up a planning period to help reduce the class sizes. I fell for it two years in a row and I promised I wasn’t going to ever do that again. Instead,...
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This has nothing to do with RIMS but I want to promote my demo of a new intranet system. You can see it at intranet.cltproperty.com. I am offering up 10 accounts. It will provide email, chat, and calendar. The hope is to offer this to the entire company. Contact me for an account.
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Lead Assignment Explained When a client visits charlotteproperty.com (or remax.com), views a property and registers, they create a lead. The lead is randomly assigned to an agent who listed the viewed property’s zip code in their user profile. If they have requested information that you need to respond to, they are a HOT lead. If they are...
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Lots going on. Training calendar is condensed this week and only by appointment. Call me (704.717.5374) if you still need help. The feedback is generally positive on the new system. We have already closed transactions directly generated from the new website. Leads are increasing each day. We started at about 50 a day and we are up...
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I made it through to the offices and discovered I didn’t do a good job of announcing my visit. To that end, here is my calendar of training: Tuseday 18th – Ballantyne 1-5 Wednesday 19th – Fort Mill 1-5 Thursday 20th – Huntersville 1-5 Friday 21st – SouthPark 1-5 (Red Rocks 5:30-wife calls) I will call the BICS...
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I’ve hit Fort Mill and Huntersville with the first round of training. The system is very robust and has many complex features. Luckily, it is easy to setup and automate most of them. A couple of insights: I can’t stress enough the need to download the two guides, Getting Started & Accepting Leads. Be less...
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1.) You already have a domain name and you can assign even more. Your first domain name is accountName.remax-carolina.com where accountName is whatever you use to login. For example, Eddie Gutierrez’s login is eddie so his website is at: http://eddie.remax-carolina.com You can also assign other domains you own to your RIMS account. I’ll have more on this...
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We had an excellent turnout for the first full day of RIMS with 57 agents signing up for the service. I have talked to at least half of those individually over the last week. One thing I need to make clear: YOUR CURRENT WEBSITE IS STILL ACTIVE IF YOU HAVE ONE WITH TOM BAUCOM. We will...
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We sent an all agent email yesterday announcing the launch of the RIMS websites. Many, many of you have attempted to contact me with questions. Here is what I have heard so far. 1.) What is my login and password? It is the same one we issued three months ago when we though this...
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In an effort to promote more effective communication across our growing company, we have created a Bulletin Board where RE/MAX Executive agents and staff can share news and resources. Some possible ideas for it’s use: Advertise your listings. Buy or sell items or services. Announce important personal event or accomplishments. Post funny client stories. Share useful marketing tips. You...
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