Viewing by month: May 2011
Concentrating on your client and the task at hand
As a successful real estate agent with a portfolio full of a large number of listings at any one time, it can often prove challenging to manage multiple clients simultaneously, while communicating to each that they are your number one priority. However even though it can be difficult, such customer focus is one of the most important parts of your job as a real estate agent. For many people selling a property can be one of the most stressful and emotionally draining processes they...Read complete post
The Benefits of Knowing a Second Language in Sales
The ability to communicate in more than one language and understand some of the finer points of foreign cultures are skills that will put you ahead in the real estate game. When selling property, you will have far greater success in engaging with people from different backgrounds and cultures if you can converse with them and understand they way they think, their cultures and beliefs and how they conduct business transactions. As a result of this understanding, you should be able...Read complete post
Happiness at Work Leads to Sales Success
There is a misconceived formula in life that if we work hard to achieve career success we will be happy, hence the reason why we stay back at work and forego social pleasures. However, to realise true success as a CENTURY 21 real estate agent follow this secret tip – be happy first and let good things happen from there. According to Alexander Kjerulf, a leading expert on happiness in the workplace, global speaker, consultant and author of the international best seller Happiness...Read complete post
Three Important Skills And Tools For Your Career Success
In life – at work or at play – humans are constantly learning new skills and acquiring tools that help us achieve success and overcome the challenges that arise. Irrespective of career, background or lifestyle, the more abilities we can master, the more accomplished we become. It is this simple concept that can help you to achieve success in your career as a CENTURY 21 real estate agent. For many agents in the property arena, the most important skills to master will be how to...Read complete post
Beating procrastination
It is probable that most people have been guilty of some form of procrastination at various points during their lives. As real estate agents, we are generally fairly busy most of the time, but sometimes there are just those tasks that seem particularly hard to tackle and unfortunately keep getting pushed to the side. For many people procrastination is a minor glitch that may disturb some working days, however for others the tendency to procrastinate has the potential to be incredibly...Read complete post