Hello again
It's not the best headline I've ever come up with, but it's pertinent, I think. With the property market apparently slowing, we have a buyer's market for the first time in years.
So, making your property more attractive to buyers could save you weeks of waiting and might even secure you a better price - all for the sake of investing some time and possibly a little money.
Because selling someone their next home (you're not selling them your home!) depends a fair bit on presentation.
Anyway, to cut a long story short, I wrote some magazine articles on the subject of 'Preparing Your House For Sale' which I've assembled into an ebook. It's yours, free of charge, when you sign up for Roy Everitt dotcom.
It's a bit of a departure from my usual line, but it seems a shame to let this valuable content languish on my hard drive when it could be helping you save time and/or money.
Just leave your name and email and I'll send you the link. Existing members will get the link in the hour or so.
Roy Everitt, Writing For Results
Showing posts with label property. Show all posts
Showing posts with label property. Show all posts
Friday, 21 March 2008
Monday, 25 February 2008
Go Here! is born...
Hello again
I'm very proud to announce the birth of Go Here!
Go Here! will be an up to the minute listing of all the events; seminars, conferences, workshops, etc, that I believe have the potential to change lives.
First up is the eConfex Buy to Let Summit on 15-16 March.
You'll see a link to 'GO HERE! LIFE CHANGING EVENTS' in the links to your right. Or you can go directly to it by clicking here.
Roy Everitt, Writing For Results
I'm very proud to announce the birth of Go Here!
Go Here! will be an up to the minute listing of all the events; seminars, conferences, workshops, etc, that I believe have the potential to change lives.
First up is the eConfex Buy to Let Summit on 15-16 March.
You'll see a link to 'GO HERE! LIFE CHANGING EVENTS' in the links to your right. Or you can go directly to it by clicking here.
Roy Everitt, Writing For Results
Sunday, 24 February 2008
Networking
Hello again
I'm very grateful to Mark Byford for the following article which I've adapted from his blog on MySpace:
I'm going to use the term networking in the loosest possible sense here as I believe if you look at networking the way most people perceive it, you’ll see why most people give up on it.
It always intrigues me how people think it should just happen. Ask yourself this: if you go to work for somebody does the job just happen or do you work at the job to make it happen? The word work means ''to do'' so you might think that if you work you will get results. Well, be assured, if you don't, you will not even be in the running.
I belong to all sorts of networking groups both on and off-line; I attend every possible networking event that is ever put on, and my reckoning is that if you're in it, you can win it.
Let's cover seven basic networking rules before we get ahead of ourselves:
Rule 1) Know your products and your company inside out
Rule 2) Carry enough business cards for the entire event
Rule 3) Don't be ‘Billy no mates’! Get in there and talk to people
Rule 4) Look the part, dress up, smell great. People may like it
Rule 5) Always carry your samples
Rule 6) Listen to what others have to say and then tell them about you
Rule 7) Get their cards
Understand this above all else: everyone attends networking events for one reason – to get more business. Well, the problem with that is that people don’t like passing work on to strangers. That’s a simple fact, so here is what you need to do:
Go to the event, be it Chamber of Commerce, BNI, B4B, BRE, FSB or any other serious professional networking organisation, and just NETWORK! Don't try to sell anybody the idea or product – you can do all that in good time.
Meet them, greet them, talk to them, listen to them but most of all don't push what you have to say down their throats. Have a good time, enjoy the day and work the room, not spending much more than 3 minutes with any one person. Ask each of them if they have a business card in case you need to contact them in the future, and give them two of yours. They will often say ‘Oh, you gave me two cards by mistake’. Just say, ‘It's no mistake; the other is for a friend of yours that you may feel needs to speak to me’, and then just smile.
When you get back from the event the fun starts. Send everybody an email saying how great it was to meet them and how you’d like to get together and find out more about their business, so that when you’re out networking in future you can pass their details on to people you meet.
So you send the emails out. For those that don't reply, call them and ask them ‘Do I have the correct email address for you? Only I note I haven't received a reply from you’. They will then suddenly remember to reply. Now you have a book full of appointments to go and see people – maybe five to ten a week, every week, if not more.
When you meet them tell them how great it is to see them again and how you’re really looking forward to the meeting. Be relaxed, enjoy your time with them and make this a real one to one. Don't be pushy: some of the nicest people I have dealt with in the world are the best salesmen; they’re just not pushy. One of my closest friends now started as a cardboard box salesman who visited me to sort out my packaging requirements, we have been the best of friends ever since that day ten years ago.
The point many people miss is that people ‘buy’ people – the product or service comes second and the price only third...
Enjoy the next netWORKing event you attend – now you know what you’re doing!
Adapted from an article by Mark Byford
www.myspace.com/lairdmarkbyford
Roy Everitt, Writing For Results
PS You can network like crazy, learn loads and secure your future at the eConfex Buy to Let Summit on 15-16 March. Read more right here!
I'm very grateful to Mark Byford for the following article which I've adapted from his blog on MySpace:
I'm going to use the term networking in the loosest possible sense here as I believe if you look at networking the way most people perceive it, you’ll see why most people give up on it.
It always intrigues me how people think it should just happen. Ask yourself this: if you go to work for somebody does the job just happen or do you work at the job to make it happen? The word work means ''to do'' so you might think that if you work you will get results. Well, be assured, if you don't, you will not even be in the running.
I belong to all sorts of networking groups both on and off-line; I attend every possible networking event that is ever put on, and my reckoning is that if you're in it, you can win it.
Let's cover seven basic networking rules before we get ahead of ourselves:
Rule 1) Know your products and your company inside out
Rule 2) Carry enough business cards for the entire event
Rule 3) Don't be ‘Billy no mates’! Get in there and talk to people
Rule 4) Look the part, dress up, smell great. People may like it
Rule 5) Always carry your samples
Rule 6) Listen to what others have to say and then tell them about you
Rule 7) Get their cards
Understand this above all else: everyone attends networking events for one reason – to get more business. Well, the problem with that is that people don’t like passing work on to strangers. That’s a simple fact, so here is what you need to do:
Go to the event, be it Chamber of Commerce, BNI, B4B, BRE, FSB or any other serious professional networking organisation, and just NETWORK! Don't try to sell anybody the idea or product – you can do all that in good time.
Meet them, greet them, talk to them, listen to them but most of all don't push what you have to say down their throats. Have a good time, enjoy the day and work the room, not spending much more than 3 minutes with any one person. Ask each of them if they have a business card in case you need to contact them in the future, and give them two of yours. They will often say ‘Oh, you gave me two cards by mistake’. Just say, ‘It's no mistake; the other is for a friend of yours that you may feel needs to speak to me’, and then just smile.
When you get back from the event the fun starts. Send everybody an email saying how great it was to meet them and how you’d like to get together and find out more about their business, so that when you’re out networking in future you can pass their details on to people you meet.
So you send the emails out. For those that don't reply, call them and ask them ‘Do I have the correct email address for you? Only I note I haven't received a reply from you’. They will then suddenly remember to reply. Now you have a book full of appointments to go and see people – maybe five to ten a week, every week, if not more.
When you meet them tell them how great it is to see them again and how you’re really looking forward to the meeting. Be relaxed, enjoy your time with them and make this a real one to one. Don't be pushy: some of the nicest people I have dealt with in the world are the best salesmen; they’re just not pushy. One of my closest friends now started as a cardboard box salesman who visited me to sort out my packaging requirements, we have been the best of friends ever since that day ten years ago.
The point many people miss is that people ‘buy’ people – the product or service comes second and the price only third...
Enjoy the next netWORKing event you attend – now you know what you’re doing!
Adapted from an article by Mark Byford
www.myspace.com/lairdmarkbyford
Roy Everitt, Writing For Results
PS You can network like crazy, learn loads and secure your future at the eConfex Buy to Let Summit on 15-16 March. Read more right here!
Saturday, 16 February 2008
Speaking of Public Speaking
There's a big event coming up that will help you:
1 See some really good public speakers in action
2 See how a big event is staged and organised, at a major UK venue
3 Learn how anyone can make serious amounts of money from property - especially when everyone else is getting nervous...
4 Plug your own 'pension gap' using the banks' money...
5 Meet me!
Ok, I could have put those in a different order - meeting me should have been number 1 - but seriously, this is a major, major event. It really could change your life. Go here to change yours.
The eConfex Buy to Let Summit is at London Heathrow on 15-16 March. I'll be there, helping behind the scenes, so just ask for me if you'd like to say 'Hello'.
Most important - just go, listen and learn. This is your chance to retire seriously rich!
Roy Everitt, Writing For Riches!
PS Don't forget, 15-16 March, right here!
PPS Sign up to Roy Everitt dotcom (top right on this page) and you'll be kept updated on all the events and offers I can find and genuinely recommend - which means I won't flood your inbox with emails every day, because I understand how annoying that is! Sign up and see - you can unsubscribe any time.
1 See some really good public speakers in action
2 See how a big event is staged and organised, at a major UK venue
3 Learn how anyone can make serious amounts of money from property - especially when everyone else is getting nervous...
4 Plug your own 'pension gap' using the banks' money...
5 Meet me!
Ok, I could have put those in a different order - meeting me should have been number 1 - but seriously, this is a major, major event. It really could change your life. Go here to change yours.
The eConfex Buy to Let Summit is at London Heathrow on 15-16 March. I'll be there, helping behind the scenes, so just ask for me if you'd like to say 'Hello'.
Most important - just go, listen and learn. This is your chance to retire seriously rich!
Roy Everitt, Writing For Riches!
PS Don't forget, 15-16 March, right here!
PPS Sign up to Roy Everitt dotcom (top right on this page) and you'll be kept updated on all the events and offers I can find and genuinely recommend - which means I won't flood your inbox with emails every day, because I understand how annoying that is! Sign up and see - you can unsubscribe any time.
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