Brand Refresh Creates Big Opportunities

I will always vividly remember riding to a meeting with a large broker in Marin County, California back in 2002ish. We were discussing the brutal competition among brokers in Marin County. At the time, Keller Williams did not have much of a presence in San Francisco or Marin. I was wondering why Keller Williams had failed to grow as they have in other markets. Moreover, Century 21 was conspicuously missing from the market altogether. Coldwell Banker was huge, along with Pacific Union. A bunch of independent brands like Frank Howard Allen and Melissa Bradley Real Estate were performing well in upper Marin. Decker Bullock held their own with the large firms in Southern Marin.

By |2018-03-05T10:45:29-08:00March 5th, 2018|Broker-Agent Information, Main category|0 Comments

How Great Agents Challenge Discount Brokers

Last week, WAV Group founding partner Marilyn Wilson and I had the privilege to speak to a packed room of nearly 1000 real estate agents and brokers at the Real Estate New Technology conference in Paris (R.E.N.T.). If you visit the website using Google Chrome – you can translate it (http://www.realnewtech.com). The show had about 4000 attendees and more than 200 vendors. It was very well done and I encourage you to set time in your calendar to attend next year if your budget permits. I really appreciate the invitation extended by the event’s owner and producer, Herve Parent. The [...]

By |2018-05-03T21:22:38-07:00October 23rd, 2017|Main category|0 Comments