Enterprise Story: Agent Services

December 12, 2012

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Within The Enterprise Network, there is a big focus on increasing agent adoption of technology and resources. Because even if you have the best technology in the industry, it will not matter if no one is using it. There are many steps a company can take to improve their agent adoption, and all of them start with training.

Hasson Company Realtors has taken a slightly different approach to training their agents and improving their overall technology adoption. Through the creation of a new department, Agent Services, Hasson is now providing agent concierge services for all of their offices. This program has been reviewed highly by all their agents and certainly is a great topic for our monthly Enterprise Story.

I interviewed Director of Agent Services, Melissa Peterson, on this new department. She noted that their main goal is to provide their agents the same type of personal experience they provide to their clients. To do this, they have agent services representatives at every branch to train and assist their agents on technology, marketing, social media and maximizing efficiency. You can read the full interview below to understand more about their new training program.
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Conference Highlight: The Power of Attraction for Recruiting

November 18, 2011

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At the core of every brand are the people. Your staff and agents are the biggest point of contact to your customers which is why you want people at your brokerage that will provide outstanding service. To accomplish this, John Turpin, President of Turpin Real Estate, discussed how attraction is key in every brokerage’s recruiting strategy at the 2011 Active Enterprise Network Annual Conference.

With the changing landscape of real estate and the growing amount of competition, having an effective recruiting strategy is necessary to attract new agents. During his session, John discussed many tactics for their new recruiting strategy including targeted relationship building, regular meetings to evaluate the recruiting process and the review process for potential recruits – just to name a few.

On top of building relationships with new hires, they also focused on creating a business that others want to work for. By creating a culture that makes agents excited about the brand, the chances those agents will spread the word increase as well. Turpin uses these happy agents to their advantage by showcasing testimonials on their site.

Chances are, if an agent is thinking about switching brokerages they are looking at the competitors’ websites. Knowing this, Turpin Real Estate created a “Join Our Team” page. Here they were able to address potential recruits directly. The page features:

  • Agent testimonials
  • Videos focusing on Turpin’s beliefs on teamwork, the future and quality over quantity
  • Technological advantages of working at Turpin Real Estate
  • Call to action items so potential agents can contact the Turpin team

Below is an example of one of Turpin’s recruiting videos:


Results

Their new recruiting strategy had many results. The first being that they hired nine newly licensed agents and 12 experienced agents from other companies. These new recruits now represent 19% of Turpin’s total agent population. Turpin also unexpectedly found that through the creation of the videos, their agents re-examined the positives of working at Turpin Real Estate and created a sense of community among their agents.

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