Jared James's (jared1119) Blog

We are only a few days removed from the Navy Seals finally tracking down Osama bin Laden in Pakistan, and while so many are focused on the world reaction, I would like to take a different view as to what this event can teach us as sales people in regards to proper follow-up with prospective clien...

Part of my job as a real estate speaker/trainer is to keep up to date on the latest news, fads, tools and technologies that come out so that I can determine if I think they are here to stay and worth covering with Realtors or if they are here today and gone tomorrow and not worth our time (see ta...

With the recent unemployment rate in the US going down to 8.8%, but the underemployment rates going up to 20.3%, I have had many Realtors asking the question of where are the opportunities for new business going forward. When you look at the pictures below and see that so much of our market place...

Watching the halftime show of the superbowl yesterday made me ask the question, "Do you know your audience?" Here I was watching The Black Eyed Peas perform songs that I generally like in front of an audience of about 110 million other people across the globe and all I am thinking is "why are the...

We are only a couple of days away from that big ball dropping and everyone shouting "Happy New Year!" but for some people do they really have all that much to be happy about? I get the opportunity to talk in front of and to a lot of different people and it amazes how many will experience momentar...

So many of you know that I own a real estate coaching company that serves Realtors all over North America. One of the keys to our success has always been my forward thinking but also my willingness to hold onto those practices from the past that I still believe to be effective and in some cases e...

For all of you Realtors out there I am getting ready to launch a very exciting 6 month program starting in January designed for agents that would really benefit from coaching but in today's climate simply can't afford coaching. One of my goals has always been to help people but the problem when y...

If you are reading this and are a REALTOR you probably fall into one of a few categories: 1) You are a new agent trying to figure out how to create new business 2) You are an experienced agent still trying to figure out how to create new business 3) You are a new or experienced agent and don't ca...

Are you really being productive or just managing your day and being reactive to every phone call and file you have? Take a moment to watch the video below with my thoughts. If you want tips on how to better use systems to free up your time to be productive go to www.jaredjamestoday.com and watch ...

Let me start out by saying sorry to all of my guy friends out there but I am fresh off of speaking at the National Women's Council of Realtors event last night in New York and I am starting to believe that women are just nicer than men. This is the second time that I have visited with the Realtor...