{"id":65,"date":"2020-01-01T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-01-01T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agentskills2.dvsrvr.in\/?p=65"},"modified":"2020-01-01T07:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-01-01T07:00:00","slug":"marketing-on-the-mls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agentskills2.dvsrvr.in\/?p=65","title":{"rendered":"Marketing on the MLS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cAnyone can post your listing on the MLS!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Also, anyone can cut their own hair.<\/p>\n<p>The point is obvious. There\u2019s a massive difference between an amateur and a professional MLS Presentation.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s take a step back and ask a fundamental question:<\/p>\n<p><strong>How important is the MLS presentation? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Answer: It\u2019s the <em>source<\/em> of information for 99% of your potential buyers, and therefore\u2014from your sellers\u2019 perspective\u2014it is BY FAR the most essential piece in ALL your marketing efforts.\u00a0 Nothing else even comes close!<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s your primary job as a listing agent? It\u2019s to generate as many quality showings as possible. The more showings, the more likely you\u2019ll find the right buyer.<\/p>\n<p>The most important way to generate showings is to have a powerful and compelling presentation on the MLS System.<\/p>\n<p>But very few REALTORS\u00ae even mention this vital information during their Listing Presentation!<\/p>\n<p>Why?\u00a0 Because they don\u2019t know how to overcome the objection that, \u201cAnyone can post your listing on the MLS!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Also, in most cases, they\u2019ve got no good reason to brag.<\/p>\n<p>And yet, this is one of the EASIEST ways to differentiate yourself as a true professional. I mean, let\u2019s face it. Most Real Estate agents are \u201ccutting their own hair\u201d when it comes to their MLS Presentations. It\u2019s downright embarrassing!<\/p>\n<p>This is a significant and important topic, so I\u2019m going to break it out into a few different segments over the next few weeks, beginning with the topic of professional photography.<\/p>\n<p>You do use a professional photographer for all your listings, right?<\/p>\n<p>Big deal!\u00a0 So does everyone else.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s way more to this subject than merely stating that you use a professional photographer. That\u2019s like a car salesperson telling you that the car comes with power windows. So what?<\/p>\n<p>Next, we\u2019ll talk about your writing, which sucks, and how to fix it easily by following a few simple rules.<\/p>\n<p>How do I know your writing sucks? I don\u2019t. But I\u2019m 99% sure. Sorry.<\/p>\n<p>Even if you think you\u2019re one of the 1%, I\u2019m still going to make your life a little bit easier, at the very least.<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned!<\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.8); font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 1rem; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: #ffffff; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.8); font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.6; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cAnyone can post your listing on the MLS!\u201d<br \/>\nAlso, anyone can cut their own hair.  The point is obvious.  There\u2019s a massive difference between an amateur and a professional MLS Presentation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":66,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-65","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-12-marketing-the-listing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/agentskills2.dvsrvr.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/agentskills2.dvsrvr.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/agentskills2.dvsrvr.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agentskills2.dvsrvr.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agentskills2.dvsrvr.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=65"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/agentskills2.dvsrvr.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agentskills2.dvsrvr.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/66"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/agentskills2.dvsrvr.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=65"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agentskills2.dvsrvr.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=65"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agentskills2.dvsrvr.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=65"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}