INSPIRATION FOR TODAY:

YOU CAN'T HAVE IT BOTH WAYS!

Walk into a totally dark room. What do you see? "Absolutely nothing," you say. Now, turn on the light. Where did the darkness go? Really - where is it now? Hopefully you will agree that darkness cannot exist in the face of light.

During a lifetime, we experience many types of "darkness." It may appear in the form of discouragement, fear, hopelessness, grief, ignorance, or poverty. Yet, in every case, there is a "light" in which such darkness cannot exist.

Fear, for example, cannot exist in the face of courage. Education denies ignorance any chance of survival. Grief disappears in the presence of peace-of-mind. Discouragement ceases when hope prevails. Wealth denies poverty its chance.

No matter what form darkness takes, it cannot exist when faced with its opposite. That also means we have the ability to send darkness on its way at any point in time. No matter how overwhelming the darkness appears, it is our thoughts and our minds that ultimately control the outcome. How powerful is that?

In the words of several favorite authors: "Think you can, think you can't, either way you're right." "Your life is what your thoughts make of it." "We are what we think about all day long." Finally, in the words of Tom Bodett, from one of his Motel 6 commercials: "We'll leave the light on for you!"

So many companies are cutting costs to survive and one of the first places to go is service and support. I have been asked if we waive or steeply reduce our set up fees and our general manager responds with this blog post on our corporate site, "Why We Don't Give Away Software."

Here's an excerpt:

...Lately, agents considering our solutions have reported that a couple of competitors selling what used to be more expensive systems are now offering to waive the setup fees entirely. Naturally, these agents have then asked us to also waive our setup fee. While you can’t blame them for trying, our answer is “no.” Desperate times may call for desperate measures, but thanks to the loyal support of our agents we are doing quite well, and we have a sustainable business model."

We aren't taking any shortcuts on customer service. "Nothing short of extraordinary..." a client writes us. Read on:

"Hi Gwyneth,

Let me say that my experience with Real Pro Systems and the creation of my new website has been nothing short of extraordinary.

The training and customer support is outstanding.  RPS is constantly on the cutting edge and evolving.  I look forward to the new enhancements forthcoming."

Tim

Caine O'Brien continues in his blog post:

...If you are considering doing business with us, we ask you to think about how important it is for your vendor to be available, reliable, and sustainable. And if you are tempted by dramatically reduced fees from another provider, ask yourself where that money is coming from. It is very likely coming out of the development department, the production department, or the service department. And that could cost you a lot more down the road.

Real Pro Systems isn’t the cheapest nor the most expensive solution out there; we just offer the best value by far. It seems to be working."

"Best Investment that I've Ever Made"

Real Pro Systems is the best investment that I've ever made in my real estate business!!! The system is complete, and allows you to stay in touch with your database with ease!!! I wish that I would have uses this system when I started nine years ago. There really is no expense in marketing if the return outweighs the... investment, and the return here is much more than I've ever expected.

Customer service is awesome as well. Most companies ask you to email them...not Real Pro. I speak to Kristi anytime I have questions, and she is always on top of things. Joel is the same way. Unbelievable!!!

Thanks Real Pro Systems for all you've done for my business. The name of your company couldn't be more fitting...your whole package is Real Professional!!!

Thanks again.
Darren James
Denham Springs, LA
www.Agent225.com

Clients are Invited!
November 12, 2009 5-9pm

Investing in Our Clients

After a webinar we hosted to share the updates in Gold 3.0, we received the following comment.

"I love you. thank you so much!!!!!!!! You mentioned several times yesterday in the webinar that you value our business and it shows from how you treat us and improve your products. Thank you!"

Sara D.
San Diego, CA

Leads in Two Weeks

"Gina and I launched her new Real Pro site two weeks ago and are very pleased with the site to date. Our leads started coming in this week. 

If the thought of changing website providers is a barrier for you, rest assured that we make it as easy as possible. Here's what a new client shared with us.

"I'm so glad I made the switch...If I can be of help to you in telling anyone about how easily my conversion went (for me anyway), and if they are looking at a new site, they should not be lured by anything “free”, and how great the support is after one signs up for the site, I would be most happy to do so.

Thanks again,

Lisa Bieri 

This kind of feedback from our clients confirms our reputation of really partnering with our clients for their success in using the stealth marketing concept with unbranded websites.

Donna, a new client, called with some creative marketing ideas, wondering how they might be executed in our system. Her client care rep and I both worked with her to give her a couple of cost-effective methods. She wrote this feedback:

"I’m still learning a lot but feel like this has been the best solution I’ve invested in to date…Wow do you guys really rock!  I’m so thankful to have the ability to call and hash out my ideas on ways to market my technology tools.  Thank you."

Donna Spencer

Keller Williams CPRELLC

Here are two recent testimonials we received. I love hearing such great feedback, not only about our products/services, but also about our Client Care department. They are exceptional. We wouldn't be where we are today without them.

Real Pro Gold Advantages

Real Pro Gold comes with your own integrated agent blog.  No need to go out and purchase or create a separate blogging system -- you can turn on your own blog with a click of a mouse.  Use your blog to establish your local expertise, personalize your business and enhance your search engine optimization. 

How Does Blogging Help My SEO? Search engines are continually looking for new content to index and one of the fastest ways to add unique, fresh content to your site is by using an integrated blog.  The more often search engines find new content on your site, the faster they will come back next time and the higher the ranking in the search results.  Blogging is a fast, easy way to help you with your organic search rankings.

Site Map Submission Service We submit your website’s site map to the search engines after each blog post.  We submit to MSN live, Google, Google blogs, Ask.com and Yahoo! 

Blog Directory Pinging Service In addition to submitting your site map we also send out an electronic signal, or ping to several blog directories to let them know you have a new blog post to index.  We ping:  Ping-o-Matic, Feedburner, Technorati, Weblogs and Twingly.

Need Help with What to Write? We know that coming up with things to write about on your blog can be almost as challenging as writing the blog itself; which is why we have included a list of 100 topics to blog about build right into the Real Pro Gold admin panel. 

 Do You Tweet? Since Twitter has become more popular as an online social networking tool in the real estate industry, we thought it would be nice to integrate your blog and your Twitter account. Just click a box and your new posts will be posted to your Twitter account.