“These experts preach to all who will listen that prospecting—proactively pursuing prospects—no longer works. What’s particularly dangerous about this false teaching is that it is exactly what the struggling, reactive salesperson wants to hear.”
Jeb Blount, founder of salesgravy.com and author of Fanatical Prospecting, wrote that there are many sales trainers . . . more →
So you’ve made a sale and have two happy clients – a buyer and seller. Congratulations! Now would be the time to capitalise on this happiness and go one step further. But do you? In this short real estate sales training session, real estate trainer, Gary Pittard shows you what that one step further is, . . . more →
Almost everybody on the team knows what they have to do – Property Managers, Receptionists, Secretaries, BDMs; etc.
The reason they know what they have to do is because these roles have clear job descriptions. The people in these roles know what they have to do and they know that any competent leader will not accept . . . more →
Regardless of the success a real estate agency enjoys, whether flourishing or struggling, business owners have two options, and they must make a choice. In this short real estate leadership session, real estate business trainer, Gary Pittard discusses these choices and explains why one is a clear winner.
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I spent time on the road with my friend, Mark McKeon, author of Get In The Go Zone, recently. Mark has spent much of his career as a high performance coach for athletes, and was recently inducted into the Collingwood Hall of Fame.
Mark suggests that we take control of ourselves and our day-to-day work . . . more →
Real Estate Sales is not an easy profession to master. Most people who enter the profession do not succeed. Most people selling real estate today are not succeeding, despite appearances. In this short real estate sales training session, Gary Pittard discusses why people fail and offers some points on how to succeed.
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All leaders want high performers, but sometimes we should be careful what we wish for. That high performer could be a 600 Pound Gorilla. You don’t want one of these!
High fee production is a must-have ingredient for all real estate salespeople, but it is not the only must-have ingredient.
Salespeople must also demonstrate:
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With so many things a real estate agency leader must do, what is the number one job that must never be overlooked? In this short real estate leadership session, real estate trainer, Gary Pittard, explains what the number one job is, and highlights some of the areas where leaders should concentrate their efforts.
Like it or not, Sales is an emotional game. When we present we appeal to our clients’ emotions. They make decisions emotionally, not logically.
Our own emotions can also affect our performance as presenters. The listing presentation is ‘Game On’ and in these days of high selling fees, we risk a large amount of money if . . . more →
At every stage of life, in both our business and our personal lives, we have choices to make. We can choose to be positive, or we can choose to be negative. We can choose to work or to be lazy. In this short real estate sales training session, Gary Pittard explains that we have more . . . more →
I saw this description on an agency’s Twitter feed: “Experienced agency. No rookies… [Agency name] has been providing service to…”
It made me think. Time in the industry – “experience” is no indicator of performance. Among the clients that attend Pittard real estate training, we can cite many examples of rookies who outperform so called . . . more →
Your team is a mirror of you. Dynamic leader, dynamic team. Lazy leader, lazy team. In this short real estate leadership session, real estate sales trainer Gary Pittard discusses the importance of leadership skill and its effect on team performance.
A common theme in real estate salespeople’s conversations is, “I’m too busy“, or “I’ve got a lot on“. Check in with those same salespeople at the end of the month and you will often find that their results were poor.
This begs the question, “Busy doing what?” Clearly, while these salespeople might have been busy, . . . more →
If you want to achieve massive success in real estate sales, you must do the actions that mediocre people will not do. In this short sales session real estate sales trainer, Gary Pittard, discusses the actions that can make a huge difference in your listings and sales performance. Get more listings, and you will make . . . more →
I recently viewed a Ted Talk presented by Linda Cliatt-Wayman – How To Fix a Broken School. It packed many valuable leadership lessons into twenty short minutes.
Ms. Cliatt-Wayman turned around three schools that had been labeled “low-performing and persistently dangerous.”
She originally planned to lay down the law but soon . . . more →
There are many laws of marketing, some more important than others. In this short leadership session real estate trainer, Gary Pittard, discusses one law that many real estate businesses violate every day – and it costs them profit. The remedy is not difficult, but it could give you a competitive edge, and many more . . . more →
Times change. Nothing remains the same for long. One thing that is guaranteed to change at some point is the market. Markets change and salespeople need to change with them.
Gary Keller, Jay Papasan and Dave Jenks in their book “Shift – How Top Real Estate Agents Tackle Tough Times” said:
Agents must rethink, restructure, refresh, . . . more →
You can be busy and yet not accomplish very much. Being busy does not mean being productive. In this short sales session real estate sales trainer, Gary Pittard, highlights the important activities that get results and advises that they be performed at the expense of lesser-urgent tasks. Time management gives you the opportunity to accomplish . . . more →
Real estate agency owners and leaders often complain that it is difficult to get salespeople to perform winning actions that lead to results. They have also been known to complain that it is hard to get salespeople to focus. When salespeople are not held accountable for their actions, their level of winning actions is . . . more →
What is your attitude to failure?
I fear that our school days did not equip us with a healthy respect for failure and its role in the pursuit of success.
At school we learned that getting things wrong is bad. We were taught to commit seemingly endless facts to memory for regurgitation at exam time. Then . . . more →
