Hello everyone!

I am looking to expand and get my name out there and was wondering what you more seasoned agents though about telemarketing as a marketing tool now-a-days with social networking being so fast, cheap and effective.

By telemarketing, I am talking basic marketing in terms of going through the yellow pages and just calling people up to, at the very least, introduce myself.

Do any of you use telemarketing?
Do you have one basic script that you work off of?
Does it produce strong enough results to dedicate daily time to it?
What kind of goals for telemarketing (if you do it) do you generally aim for weekly?

Thank you all in advance for any insight!
Megan Brooks
Re/Max Alliance
Arvada, Colorado

Depends on your nitch and what leads you are going to be calling.

Are you calling sellers?
Are you calling buyers?
what's the specifics?

If your new I would set up answer all the questions you can in Trulia not seo benefit but it starts a conversation. I sold 6 by talking my first year, I don't do it much anymore but when I had no money it worked.

Yes telemarketing will work but do you know 90% of the answers to the questions your going to be asked. If you new I guess not, but with the question and answer section you can research and give a good answer.

[quote=Alabama Homes]Depends on your nitch and what leads you are going to be calling.

Are you calling sellers?
Are you calling buyers?
what's the specifics?

If your new I would set up answer all the questions you can in Trulia not seo benefit but it starts a conversation. I sold 6 by talking my first year, I don't do it much anymore but when I had no money it worked.

Yes telemarketing will work but do you know 90% of the answers to the questions your going to be asked. If you new I guess not, but with the question and answer section you can research and give a good answer. [/quote]

That's the main reason I was kind of veering away from telemarketing. At least at this point. It would just be pretty much a shot in the dark because I don't have an actual list to call, it would just be numbers out of a phone book.

I mean, I am an excellent talker, but I feel like making calls in that fashion turns it too much into a business approach as opposed to the more personal relationship that I would prefer to shoot for.

hey im trying to guide you in the right direction..

comment and ask questions..in the i make 100 calls a day forum..

thats pretty much the only place that you will get anbswers direct relating to calling..

we are an active group..

and we all call....


fsbo expireds..cold calls etc...

99 percent of the agents on here will discourage you..trust me...

http://www.agentsonline.net/forums/ubbth...html#Post319229

i will answer a few on here for you megan,..

does telemarketing work?
yes

all of the top agents..doing over 100 deals a year..

telemarket....


its the best way to build your business in the beginning while you wait on seo,..advertising..all that stuff..
you should also using targeted list..

call fsbo, expireds, withdrawns..

we have massive scripts of course never wing it...

i just gave you the posting where we discuss this in detail..

lucky the guy who started the thread makes 500k a year...

Totally untrue! Lindenmoe, There is no question that telemarketing works very well for some but most of the top agents selling over 300 homes a year in our area are REO specialists who don't do any telemarketing at all.

Why is it so difficult for you to promote what you believe in without saying its the only way that works?

Both you and Hunter continuously talk about everyone on the forum trying to discourage you. Nobody (besides possibly Navarac) has put you down, most just want to point out that before a struggling agent signs up for $1000 per month coaching, they ought to make sure it works for them. It is not a magic pill that works for everyone.

I hope you also understand that if they sign up for coaching they can't cancel it without ruining their credit.

i dont promote or belong to any 1000 a month programs

you can go on mike ferry site and download all the scripts and mindset stuff for free

and nobody ever says its the only way that works...

in my market the top 5 agents are all prospector/mike ferry guys..

im not in an reo market..less than 10 percent of my market is reo's

there is not 1 high volume reo broker in my county..period...

and what would you have a new agent do then?

floor time?
open houses?
beg the sphere?
expensive marketing and advertising?

blogging
bulding a sphere
seo

and all that stuff could take months..nobody says that..
and what if you dont have a marketing budget as a newer agent?

then your stuck with
blogging
social media
seo
floor time
open houses

all very very passive stuff that works..
but what if you dont want to be passive and wait for business

then ya pick up the phones!

Linden, can you post or PM me the names of the scripts that you got from the MFO site? did you buy any? if so, what was the name of the products (there's lots of stuff there, but no explanation about what any of those products are)

It's not for me but I focus on the commercial sector. I do very well.

Many ways to prospect.Find a way that you can get behind and build momentum.

If you hate it but it makes you money you won't stick with it for too long and it will seep over into other parts of your life.

its free under free downloads...
mikeferry.com on the home page look for downloads..

super realtor,..

find a way..

thats not very helpful..lol

in commercial, how long does an average commission take to materialize (from contact to pay)?

thanks, that's all you use, the free stuff?

remind me to never ask you for directions..
which way? find a way and build momentum..lol