Debbie's Blog in Bluffton, SC

I have a question for all of you Independent agencies out there, like us.   Who do you order your yard signs through?  I currently use Sam's Signs in Atlanta.  For the last 2 years they had a polyplate subtrate panel (a fiberglass type panel) that I love. You can clean it, it's light weight, does...

Okay, I don't blog a lot. But, I do read a lot of the items that come across my email from AR.  I just saw where someone said that the are starting to get Buyer and Seller leads from AR.  In fact, it reads "The AR friends that I am meeting from all over is fantastic! I am so glad that I joined th...

In my downtime, I have turned to keeping busy - I'm doing such things as: Taking free classes down at our Board.  I am involved in several 12-step programs - so, I've been hitting more meetings. I'm learning to do more social networking - everytime there is a class or webinar - you'll find me the...

I am so done with trying to get Hewlett-Packard to do the right thing and replace a defective 7310 All-in-One printer with a known problem.  I'm not quite sure why they don't have more the mentality of DisneyWorld - treat the customer right and it'll come back to you 10-fold.   I'm just the littl...

How many of you out there have personally tried door knocking recently and actually gotten someone to answer the door?  Or, is door knocking a thing of the past?  If you have actually gotten someone to answer the door, what types of real estate materials did you hand out?  What has been your succ...

How to quickly open the ClipBook Viewer I've often wondered when I cut and paste something, and a screen pop-ups and ask "Allow Access" to the Clipboard, exactly where the Clipboard is.  I finally found out how to make a Short-cut so that you can actually see the Clipboard.  The Clipboard is a te...

I can't believe that I have lived all these years and did not know this------so, I thought I would share what a client sent me. Don't any of you tell me you knew this and didn't share it!!!!   Was this something we were supposed to learn from our Mom's?????I can't believe it's been there all this...

Okay, we did it right this year - we had black-eyed peas and collards on New Year's Day and had leftovers last night.  I know it's going to be a good year this year - we added the collards.  I'd never had them before, so I asked someone in the grocery store how to fix them.  They were quite good....

It seems that my brain is always focused on real estate, especially now with the economy the way it is; trying to keep in front of my past clients.  I send out Activity sheets every 6 months to past clients.  Then I follow-up with a phone call to see if they have any questions.  So, I'm all think...

I have a question that maybe some of you can help with - when and how often do you ask a past client for a referral?  Do you come straight out and ask for it? Do you beat around the bush? How do you do it? My husband and I have debated this for the last 10 years.  We feel that if someone were to ...