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The Best Real Estate Broker Software Platforms for Managing Agents in 2022

Placester offers real estate broker software to help you manage your agents and transactions. Book a demo to learn more.

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How to 'Go Live' With Your Listing

When you have a new listing to promote, creating a Facebook Live tour for it has become almost standard practice in 2022. And if you've never gone live with a listing before, this can be a brilliant opportunity!

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How to Become a Real Estate Agent in 8 Steps: A Guide for New Agents

Learn how to become a real estate agent with Placester. We offer online courses, resources, and tools to help you start your career in real estate.

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The 5 Steps to Agent Onboarding (And 4 More for Offboarding) Every Brokerage Should Follow

Consider implementing at least a token effort at each of these steps of agent onboarding and see if it doesn’t help agents adjust faster to life at your brokerage.

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What makes a happy real estate agent? And why should brokers care?

Placester turned to agents themselves. We asked them to rate how they feel about a number of topics, including how supported they feel by their brokerages in very specific areas. Read the survey summary.

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Time-Blocking Tips for Real Estate Agents: How to Get Started Managing Your Time Wisely

Time blocking tips help real estate agents to become more productive. Learn how to take control of your time management.

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Holiday Marketing Ideas: 16 Marketing Ideas for Agents

Holiday marketing can be a challenge for real estate agents. Here are 16 marketing ideas any agent can follow to succeed this holiday season!

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14 Website Pages You Should Already Be Using (Because They Generate Leads)

Every page on your website should have a clear purpose and direction that will ultimately direct visitors into your sales funnel of prospects, whom you can contact and nurture depending on their preferences and stage in the home sales or purchase process. Check out 14 website pages that help you generate leads.

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Introduction to Real Estate Brands And What Makes A Great One

What goes into a brand? How do you create an aesthetic that’s instantly recognizable as “yours” and that reminds your loyal fans why they love working with you? We’re going to get into the basics.

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How To Ask Your Clients for Reviews (And Get Great Ones)

Getting your clients to review your business is a solid move for your future. More and more buyers and sellers are indeed turning to reviews before they decide on a real estate agent, and it’s also true that good reviews can bump you to the top of search listings on specific platforms, including the almighty Google itself.

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101 (New) Hyper-Local Blog Post Ideas for Real Estate Agents

We’ve compiled a list of 101 hyper-local blog post ideas for real estate, divided by category to make it easy for you to figure out your strengths, weaknesses, and what to tackle first. Check out what we prepared to help you grow!

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Creating A Stellar Ode To A Home

Read our four steps guide to Creating A Stellar Ode To A Home. You can read & download the question set needed to do so.

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Property Page Basics: What To Include On Your Property Pages

In our article, you will find the foundation of a property page and how to make yours top-notch. Considering that 41% of buyers begin their home search online looking at homes for sale, these are opportunities you don’t want to overlook.

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Building Your Brokerage Branding for Growth

Your brand is how your customers recognize “you” (or your brokerage) instantly. There are a few different things to consider when you’re putting a brand together for longevity and expansion. Read our article to learn more.

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15 Tasks for a Virtual Assistant in Real Estate

Real estate agents have a lot of work to do and it can be hard finding the time for everything. That's why so many choose to hire a virtual assistant! Virtual assistants will take care of some tedious tasks, saving you valuable hours every week.