Archive for April, 2007

An assistant for real estate can help you do more

Friday, April 20th, 2007

What do you wish that you could provide the clients of your real estate business?

  • Just listed and just sold postcards?
  • Follow ups to inquiries from your website?
  • Complete listing packages?
  • Coordination from start to finish of the closing process?
  • Virtual tours of the homes they cannot easily get to?
  • Neighborhood information?
  • Home staging services?

No matter what you think you should be providing to your clients, you might find that you just don’t have the time to get to all of them.

But that’s okay. An assistant for real estate can help you to get all of them done the right way – and you won’t need to let anything else slip through the cracks either.

Kandra Hamric – Real Estate Virtual Assistant
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Not Sure that Technology Can Be Used to Boost Your Business?

Thursday, April 19th, 2007

Maybe computers and the internet still make you a little nervous; it’s not uncommon. But that doesn’t mean that you should rule out the ways in which technology can help you to boost your business.

With the right tools, your presentations can grab the attention of the audience. With the right tools, you can launch an effective email campaign. With the right web sites, you can draw in visitors from around the world. And, with the right tools, you can be sure that the graphics that you add to your business cards, stationary and brochures will pop off the page in just the right way.

But that doesn’t mean that you need to go out and learn how to use a new computer. You don’t even need to go out and learn about using digital cameras or fancy graphics programs.

All that you need to do to take advantage of the boost that technology can give your business is to hire a virtual assistant who knows how to make it work.

Kandra Hamric – Real Estate Virtual Assistant
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See What Work an Assistant for Real Estate Has Done Before Making the Hire

Wednesday, April 18th, 2007

Though an assistant for real estate might promise to create great looking reports, websites and listings, you should always take a look at the work an assistant for real estate has done before you go into business together. Likewise, a reputable assistant for real estate will make her portfolio available – at least in part.

When you see customized absorption reports, homebuyer guides, seller guides, moving guides and tip sheets, you’ll be able to see first hand the results of an assistant for real estate’s work – and see for yourself how her skills can help you to grow your real estate business.

Kandra Hamric – Real Estate Virtual Assistant
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Working with a Virtual Assistant is Easier than You May Think

Tuesday, April 17th, 2007

Working with a virtual assistant might make you nervous – especially if you are just getting your business up and running or you are in a period of growth. However, working with a virtual assistant is easier that you might think.

You will be able to set the particulars of a product. You will be able to ensure that communication is clear. You can determine whether you use a virtual assistant for one project or on an ongoing business.

But there are also other reasons why working with a virtual assistant is easier than you think. You won’t have to do any training. You won’t have to keep an eye on the clock to make sure that someone shows up on time. You also won’t have to worry about space or about purchasing equipment.

Let go of the stress and focus on the parts of your job that you do best; let a virtual assistant take care of the rest.

Kandra Hamric – Real Estate Virtual Assistant
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A virtual assistant offers practical services to your business

Monday, April 16th, 2007

When your business is facing the challenges of growth, a virtual assistant offers practical services that can help you to stay on top of everything.

What are some of these services? A virtual assistant can:

  • provide word processing services, organize your database, or research specific information that you need;
  • maintain your schedule and calendar;
  • respond to client emails and phone messages;
  • help you to create marketing materials and a website;
  • perform general bookkeeping tasks; and
  • work with you grow your business

A virtual assistant offers practical services that make it easier to grow your business.

Kandra Hamric – Real Estate Virtual Assistant
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Ask an Assistant for Real Estate About the Tools Available

Sunday, April 15th, 2007

When you hire an assistant for real estate, it’s important for you to know how they will help you to grow your real estate business.

It’s one thing to know that an assistant for real estate can help you to create postcards and marketing materials; it’s another thing altogether to know that they use an industry specific program to do so.

It’s one thing to know that an assistant for real estate can help you to create effective email campaigns, it’s another to know that they use software that has been specifically designed to inform – not overwhelm – you mailing list subscribers.

It’s one thing to know that an assistant for real estate can help you to present your listings more effectively, it’s another to know how she does it.

Because of this, I think it is important to let you know what tools I use; you can learn more about them here.

Kandra Hamric – Real Estate Virtual Assistant
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Work Piling Up? A Virtual Assistant Could Help You Get Through It

Saturday, April 14th, 2007

When your business is growing, there’s going to come a time when you realize that you’re drowning in administrative tasks. You’ll look around your office and wonder when you’ll get through the pile of messages. You’ll also begin to realize that there are parts of your job that you really enjoy but don’t have the time for anymore.

In other words, there will come a time when you realize that your business is growing quickly and, in order to sustain that growth, you need help.

Sure, you could hire an employee. But then you have taxes to pay, another desk to buy, another computer and a salary. If you work from a home office, there’s a good chance that this isn’t a practical solution.

You could hire a temporary employee, but you would still need the extra equipment and space.

Or you could hire a virtual assistant. A virtual assistant can work with you to reach your goals, but works from her own office.

When you need help growing your business, the first step is getting through the work so that you can focus on what you do best: a virtual assistant can help you to do that and more.

Kandra Hamric – Real Estate Virtual Assistant
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An assistant for real estate’s toolkit

Friday, April 13th, 2007

An assistant for real estate is prepared to help you with a wide variety of tasks. In other words, when you hire an assistant for real estate, you not only get an assistant for your business, but you also get access to all of the tools in her toolkit.

What tools are in an assistant for real estate’s toolkit? Knowledge of how to prepare all of the documents that you need to have for your business is one tool. The ability to create, monitor and modify listings or even your website is another. Tools that will help to enhance your communication with both buyers and sellers that you represent will be readily accessible – phone skills, formal letters, postcards and even email campaigns can all be managed with ease by an assistant for real estate.

Simply put, an assistant for real estate’s toolkit will contain everything that is necessary to make your real estate business operate efficiently and effectively.

Kandra Hamric – Real Estate Virtual Assistant
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What can an Assistant for Real Estate do to help you with Listing Coordination?

Thursday, April 12th, 2007

An assistant for real estate can be a valuable asset when it comes to marketing and listing coordination.

An assistant for real estate can:

  • Create a virtual tour;
  • Design and send an email campaign to let prospective buyers know about the listing;
  • Create and place advertising listings both online and in print
  • Design and print flyers and postcards to market the listing;
  • Update the listings that you make available on your website

and much much more!

Kandra Hamric – Real Estate Virtual Assistant
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A virtual assistant can make you seem more tech savvy than you are

Wednesday, April 11th, 2007

A virtual assistant can make you seem more tech savvy than you are.

Than may sound like a grand statement, but think about it for a minute.

Are you proficient with Photoshop and other desktop publishing systems? A virtual assistant will know how to use these programs and allow you to reap the rewards of great looking business stationary, business cards, brochures, sellers’ guides, buyers’ guides and even postcards.

Are you a whiz at web design? A virtual assistant can work with programs like Dreamweaver and Frontpage to create a great looking website and be sure that it is kept up to date.

Are you still keeping track of your contacts with an address book? A virtual assistant can transfer your records into a computer database – something that will help to keep your records organized and easier to keep track of.

Are you worried about giving presentations because you are unfamiliar with creating them? Let a virtual assistant work with you to create Powerpoint presentations that are sure to keep the audience interested and attentive.

No matter how much you love having pen and paper records, it’s important to embrace the technology that’s available to you. But that doesn’t mean that you need to learn all of the programs – or even to buy them for yourself. Let a virtual assistant take on those tech projects for you!

Kandra Hamric – Real Estate Virtual Assistant
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