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The second tradition that seems more like a bad habit is to have flyers and doorhanger bags strewn all over a neighborhood. If it is a particularly popular neighborhood this means you find this stuff on your front porch 3-5 times a week thanks to 10 or 15 different agents! I've even seen this stuff delivered on Sundays. It's really convenient for thieves..they know you've been away on vacation even if
mail is being held at post office. How many people pick up What they consider to be trash while vowing to NEVER do business with agents who turn their porch to a landfill's delight!
At some point one's values should win over tradition. Respecting client and property, making client's/prospect's priorities your priorities must be focus of a successful career. Common sense and creativity should come together with customer service and bad habits should be broken, even if all competition plans to continue sowing seeds of badwill.
Be a leader, put a picture of a door knocker or house on your business card I know its a radical idea, but take challenge! Who knows, you might even generate some goodwill by not cluttering up a porch with flyers that go straight into trash.
Owner Lasting Impressions 2 a small business marketing service in Los Angeles California. Ms Gossland has served the real estate community for over 10 years through relationship marketing services.
