Friday, October 9, 2009

Got Questions? Ask Gary!

Get the answers to your most challenging real estate questions. Straight from Keller Williams Realty, co-founder and chairman, Gary Keller, this is your chance to tackle the timeliest topics impacting your business today.

Read Gary’s answers to the most recent questions:

- What if a buyer who is concerned about the market says "isn't my home an investment?"
- What do you find helps people through their fear of failure?
- If I love to do marketing but don’t like to pick up the phone, shouldn't I focus on marketing?

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Wednesday, October 7, 2009

How is a Facebook Profile different from a Page or Group?

Facebook Profiles are for personal use and are where you get “friends.” Friends can be colleagues or relatives, as well as past classmates or neighbors. For example: Mo Anderson has a Facebook Profile.

Facebook Pages are for your business and are for a long-term relationships with your customers. With a Page, anyone can opt in to be your ‘fan.’ Keller Williams Realty has a Facebook Page.
Facebook Groups are a great way to participate in discussions centered around a shared interest or activity. Most often Groups are created by experts or fans of a brand or subject, or even just for fun. For example: Keller Williams Realty is the largest real estate company of Facebook is a group.

Monday, October 5, 2009

Media spotlights Chattanooga market center’s compassionate charge

In the business of helping to make dreams of home ownership come true, the Chattanooga-East Brainerd market center expanded that mission last year to include helping a terminally ill child to have a dream come true. Working through the Make-A-Wish Foundation, associates decided to grant a full wish for a child, says Robben Mathews, team leader.



Collectively they raised funds for Nash Norris, who has been afflicted with a terminal form of spinal cancer, to visit Disney World and Sea World with his family. The under-water themed sendoff party that they held for Nash and his family tugged at the heartstrings of associates and catapulted the market center into the media spotlight. Read More.