KAR Conference – Top Ten Takeaways

What A Wonderful World

1. “True business planning is where the expectations of your life meet your reality.” From Pam Ermen’s talk Planning on Purpose.

2. The Right Track Leadership class included 15 graduates from across Kansas.

3. The top thing to know about the housing market in Kansas is that December 2016 will end with home sales at 4.6% over December 2015, according to Dr. Stan Longhofer’s projections. Get key market reports soon.

Dr. Stan Longhofer

Dr. Stan Longhofer

4. Economagic.com will let you view multiple sources of economic information and drill down to smaller marketplaces, as recommended by Pam Ermen.

5. Elizabeth Mendenhall reminded us what Estee Lauder once said, that “You don’t dream for success, you work for it.”

Elizabeth Mendenhall

Elizabeth Mendenhall

6. Download the app THINGLINK to take your office mobile: THINGLINK helps with your mobile marketing – create interactive photos for your marketing – and with the app you can do this one the GO! From Maura Neill’s talk REALTOR® on the Go.

7. Leigh Brown gave the audience a laugh when she said; “My clients know that unless they beg off and die, they are going to hear from me forever.” Avoid the first sin of real estate – abandoning clients after the sale.

8. “If we sell you well, tell others. If not, tell us.” Nordstrom’s service motto reminds us to put customer above company and always make things right for the client.

9. Use VIDEOLICIOUS to create videos from your phone. Videolicious makes it easy to create quick and easy videos, add royalty-free music (built right into the app), and upload them directly to YouTube, Facebook, Twitter from your mobile phone! From Maura Neill.

10. “Cyber hackers are not after you … they are after your information,” said Security 1st’ Title’s Mike Brown. Download NAR’s Protecting Business and Clients from Cyber Fraud here.

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