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8-Step Personal Marketing Plan
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Elements of a Budget

3 Sample Marketing Plans

2 Marketing Plans: Made Even Better

8 Personal Marketing Mistakes to Avoid

Becoming Your Own Brand
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Finding Your Niche
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Getting the Word Out

Personal Marketing in Print
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Personal Marketing Online
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Gifts and Giveaways

Personal Marketing in Person

Measuring Your Marketing
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Quiz: Personal Marketing

Bright Ideas: Personal Marketing

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Code of Ethics: Personal Marketing

  Effective E-mail Marketing

Ignore the Internet at your peril. With only 4.5 percent of the
world’s population, the United States today accounts for 38 percent of all Internet use, according to Web marketing site eMarketer.com.
Real estate professional Phil Herman of RE/MAX Real Estate Specialists in Dayton, Ohio, uses e-mail to drive customers to his Web site and for direct marketing. Here’s why.

  • Convenience. You can almost always reach customers.

  • Timeliness. Newsletters and updates arrive faster because you don’t lose time with mailing.

  • Cost. It’s an inexpensive way to stay in touch and to send lengthy materials, especially to out-of-town clients.

7 Tips for Effective E-mails

1. Use the “subject” line to state the purpose of your message.

TIP: Limit the length of the subject line to five words or less, otherwise it may not all appear in the subject line of the browser’s e-mail window.

2. Include your complete “signature” (name, brokerage company, telephone numbers, and Web site address) in every message.

3. Use autoresponders to acknowledge incoming e-mail messages, send reports, and capture inquirers’ e-mail addresses, suggests technology guru Saul Klein, president of InternetCrusade in San Diego, Calif.

4. Learn how to access your own e-mail through your Internet service provider’s Web site, so you’ll be in touch even if you’re out of town.

5. Never change or remove the file extension of any attachment that you send with an e-mail message. If you remove the extensionsuch as “.doc”the recipient’s computer won’t know which software to use to open that file.

6. Include a hot link in your e-mail messages, so recipients can click directly to your Web site for more information.

7. Never send unsolicited e-mails; ask permission before adding a prospect to your e-mail list.

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