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		<description><![CDATA[Wednesday, February 20, 2008 I&#8217;m sitting here wondering how to reach Realtors and share with them something I feel, I know deep down. I know you having to be so careful with how you spend your money, unsure about the market and worrying about the future. The good news is that Real Estate Sales won&#8217;t [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=everyhomeready.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2607962&amp;post=9&amp;subd=everyhomeready&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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<h2 class="date-header">Wednesday, February 20, 2008</h2>
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<div class="post-body entry-content">I&#8217;m sitting here wondering how to reach Realtors and share with them something I feel, I know deep down. I know you having to be so careful with how you spend your money, unsure about the market and worrying about the future. The good news is that Real Estate Sales won&#8217;t be off-shored! Sales will continue to happen, so how can you set yourself a part from the others, distinguish yourself as providing a unique level of service? Give a gift that matters, that will save their lives &#8211; thousands and thousands of our fellow citizens are affected by weather related disasters every month&#8230;..and as Realtors you have a unique opportunity to help more people in our country than any other group~ <strong>That&#8217;s real power.</strong> Give your families the gift of an emergency preparedness kit &#8211; secure their homes, secure their lives. Secure <strong><em>your</em></strong> future.<br />
<a href="http://www.everyhomeready.com/"><font color="#555544">www.EveryHomeReady.com</font></a></p>
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<div class="post-footer-line post-footer-line-1"><span class="post-author vcard">Posted by <span class="fn">Every Home Ready</span> </span><span class="post-timestamp">at <a rel="bookmark" href="http://everyhomeready.blogspot.com/2008/02/good-news-for-realtors-your-job-wont-be.html" title="permanent link" class="timestamp-link"><abbr title="2008-02-20T09:55:00-08:00" class="published"></abbr><font color="#555544">9:55 AM</font></a> </span><span class="post-comment-link"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=537823849506409457&amp;postID=8342366407199141752" class="comment-link"><font color="#555544">0 comments</font></a> </span><span class="post-backlinks post-comment-link"></span><span class="post-icons"><span class="item-control blog-admin pid-1532999498"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=537823849506409457&amp;postID=8342366407199141752" title="Edit Post"><img src="http://www.blogger.com/img/icon18_edit_allbkg.gif" class="icon-action" /><font color="#555544"> </font></a></span></span></div>
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<h2 class="date-header">Thursday, February 14, 2008</h2>
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<h3 class="post-title entry-title"><a href="http://everyhomeready.blogspot.com/2008/02/your-best-marketing-dollars.html"><font color="#555544">Your best Marketing dollars!</font></a></h3>
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<div class="post-body entry-content">Be known as the Realtor who cares enough to give the gift of <strong>Safety</strong> and <strong>Security</strong> to your clients.</p>
<p>Be known as the Realtor who <strong>Makes a Difference</strong>.</p>
<p>Be known as the Realtor who gives the closing gift that <strong>Saves Lives.</strong></p>
<p>The loyalty, trust and referrals will follow.</p>
<p>This is <strong>SO IMPORTANT. <u>YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE</u>! <u>YOU CAN HAVE THE COMPETITIVE EDGE</u>! <u>YOU CAN PROTECT LIVES</u>!</strong></p>
<p>Emergency Preparedness is the responsibility of all citizens, take care of it for your clients to protect them in their new home! Give the gift of an Emergency Preparedness Kit.</p>
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<div class="post-footer-line post-footer-line-1"><span class="post-author vcard">Posted by <span class="fn">Every Home Ready</span> </span><span class="post-timestamp">at <a rel="bookmark" href="http://everyhomeready.blogspot.com/2008/02/your-best-marketing-dollars.html" title="permanent link" class="timestamp-link"><abbr title="2008-02-14T10:02:00-08:00" class="published"></abbr><font color="#555544">10:02 AM</font></a> </span><span class="post-comment-link"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=537823849506409457&amp;postID=4074574731042756986" class="comment-link"><font color="#555544">0 comments</font></a> </span><span class="post-backlinks post-comment-link"></span><span class="post-icons"><span class="item-control blog-admin pid-1532999498"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=537823849506409457&amp;postID=4074574731042756986" title="Edit Post"><img src="http://www.blogger.com/img/icon18_edit_allbkg.gif" class="icon-action" /><font color="#555544"> </font></a></span></span></div>
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<h3 class="post-title entry-title"><a href="http://everyhomeready.blogspot.com/2008/02/is-there-anyone-out-there-concerned.html"><font color="#555544">Is there anyone out there concerned about Emergency Preparedness</font></a></h3>
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<div class="post-body entry-content">Most of us don&#8217;t feel vulnerable, but thousands of people in our own country just lost their homes because of weather disasters. Is anyone listening? We can make ourselves safer. You can make your clients safer. They probably won&#8217;t take care of it themselves, so you get to be the hero. Simply give them the gift of &#8220;Peace of Mind&#8221; and at the same time get the long term loyalty that creates your secure future in Real Estate.</p>
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<h2 class="date-header">Tuesday, February 5, 2008</h2>
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<h3 class="post-title entry-title"><a href="http://everyhomeready.blogspot.com/2008/02/are-you-ready-for-emergency.html"><font color="#555544">Are YOU ready for an emergency?</font></a></h3>
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<div class="post-body entry-content"><span style="font-family:verdana;">If you are like most people, the answer is &#8220;no&#8221;. We think it will never happen to us, but in 2007 alone, millions of people were evacuated due to fires, floods, storms and hurricanes. Millions more were in their homes for days without power. As a Realtor, you have the unique opportunity to help your client take care of this important responsibility. Give the closing gift of an emergency preparedness kit and every time there is an emergency or every time the government runs commercials to remind us of the need for preparedness, they will think about how </span><strong>YOU </strong><span style="font-family:verdana;">have taken care of them with your caring gift. Who are they going to refer their friends and family to&#8230;..</span><strong>YOU,</strong> of course! <a target="_blank" href="http://www.everyhomeready.com/" title="EveryHomeReady"><font color="#555544">EveryHomeReady</font></a></p>
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<h2 class="date-header">Tuesday, January 29, 2008</h2>
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<h3 class="post-title entry-title"><a href="http://everyhomeready.blogspot.com/2008/01/can-your-current-closing-gift-save-life.html"><font color="#555544">Can your current closing gift save a life?</font></a></h3>
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<div class="post-body entry-content">Emergency Preparedness Kit. The gift to be used as a marketing tool and not just as a closing gift. Think about it. It is the lasting impression that you leave with your client. Does your current closing gift market for you later? Whenever your client sees the kit they have safely stored in their home, <b>they will think of you</b>. Every time they hear the message from the government about preparedness, <b>they will think of you</b>. Every time there is an emergency in the country, <b>they will think of you</b>. You are the one who cared enough to protect them in their new home. What a better way to spend your advertising/marketing dollars. Think about it. <a href="http://www.everyhomeready.com/"><font color="#555544">EveryHomeReady</font></a></p>
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<h2 class="date-header">Tuesday, January 22, 2008</h2>
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<h3 class="post-title entry-title"><a href="http://everyhomeready.blogspot.com/2008/01/best-way-to-keep-clients-and-generate.html"><font color="#555544">The best way to keep clients and generate new ones</font></a></h3>
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<div class="post-body entry-content">The best way to keep existing clients and generate new clients is to earn referrals from your satisfied customers. This makes your final contact with each client vitally important for marketing in the future. The choice of closing gifts is the lasting impression that you leave and how you will probably be remembered. An emergency preparedness kit is something each household needs (as the government constantly reminds us) but no one wants to buy it for themselves. What a great way to be remembered by fulfilling this need. Many Realtors at the recent NAR conference is Las Vegas, understood the powerful marketing life this gift has. Check it out: www.EveryHomeReady.com</p>
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<h2 class="date-header">Wednesday, January 16, 2008</h2>
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<div class="post-body entry-content">What is the power of a closing or client gift? How can you create an ongoing relationship instead of merely closing another deal? The right closing gift will market for you for many years&#8230;..not flowers or food&#8230;.they are soon gone and forgotten.</p>
<p>The RIGHT gift is one that says thank you, I care and please remember me for your future needs. The RIGHT gift is powerful. The RIGHT gift creates loyalty. The RIGHT gift inspires referrals. The RIGHT gift makes a difference.</p>
<p>The RIGHT gift is an emergency preparedness kit. Nothing is more powerful than saving lives. <a href="http://www.everyhomeready.com/"><font color="#555544">www.EveryHomeReady.com</font></a></p>
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<h2 class="date-header">Wednesday, February 20, 2008</h2>
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<h3 class="post-title entry-title"><a href="http://everyhomeready.blogspot.com/2008/02/good-news-for-realtors-your-job-wont-be.html"><font color="#555544">Good news for Realtors &#8211; your job won&#8217;t be off-shored!</font></a></h3>
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<div class="post-body entry-content">I&#8217;m sitting here wondering how to reach Realtors and share with them something I feel, I know deep down. I know you having to be so careful with how you spend your money, unsure about the market and worrying about the future. The good news is that Real Estate Sales won&#8217;t be off-shored! Sales will continue to happen, so how can you set yourself a part from the others, distinguish yourself as providing a unique level of service? Give a gift that matters, that will save their lives &#8211; thousands and thousands of our fellow citizens are affected by weather related disasters every month&#8230;..and as Realtors you have a unique opportunity to help more people in our country than any other group~ <strong>That&#8217;s real power.</strong> Give your families the gift of an emergency preparedness kit &#8211; secure their homes, secure their lives Secure <strong>your</strong> future.<br />
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<h2 class="date-header">Thursday, February 14, 2008</h2>
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<h3 class="post-title entry-title"><a href="http://everyhomeready.blogspot.com/2008/02/your-best-marketing-dollars.html"><font color="#555544">Your best Marketing dollars!</font></a></h3>
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<div class="post-body entry-content">Be known as the Realtor who cares enough to give the gift of <strong>Safety</strong> and <strong>Security</strong> to your clients.</p>
<p>Be known as the Realtor who <strong>Makes a Difference</strong>.</p>
<p>Be known as the Realtor who gives the closing gift that <strong>Saves Lives.</strong></p>
<p>The loyalty, trust and referrals will follow.</p>
<p>This is <strong>SO IMPORTANT. <u>YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE</u>! <u>YOU CAN HAVE THE COMPETITIVE EDGE</u>! <u>YOU CAN PROTECT LIVES</u>!</strong></p>
<p>Emergency Preparedness is the responsibility of all citizens, take care of it for your clients to protect them in their new home! Give the gift of an Emergency Preparedness Kit.</p>
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<h3 class="post-title entry-title"><a href="http://everyhomeready.blogspot.com/2008/02/is-there-anyone-out-there-concerned.html"><font color="#555544">Is there anyone out there concerned about Emergency Preparedness</font></a></h3>
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<div class="post-body entry-content">Most of us don&#8217;t feel vulnerable, but thousands of people in our own country just lost their homes because of weather disasters. Is anyone listening? We can make ourselves safer. You can make your clients safer. They probably won&#8217;t take care of it themselves, so you get to be the hero. Simply give them the gift of &#8220;Peace of Mind&#8221; and at the same time get the long term loyalty that creates your secure future in Real Estate.</p>
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<h2 class="date-header">Tuesday, February 5, 2008</h2>
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<h3 class="post-title entry-title"><a href="http://everyhomeready.blogspot.com/2008/02/are-you-ready-for-emergency.html"><font color="#555544">Are YOU ready for an emergency?</font></a></h3>
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<div class="post-body entry-content"><span style="font-family:verdana;">If you are like most people, the answer is &#8220;no&#8221;. We think it will never happen to us, but in 2007 alone, millions of people were evacuated due to fires, floods, storms and hurricanes. Millions more were in their homes for days without power. As a Realtor, you have the unique opportunity to help your client take care of this important responsibility. Give the closing gift of an emergency preparedness kit and every time there is an emergency or every time the government runs commercials to remind us of the need for preparedness, they will think about how </span><strong>YOU </strong><span style="font-family:verdana;">have taken care of them with your caring gift. Who are they going to refer their friends and family to&#8230;..</span><strong>YOU,</strong> of course! <a target="_blank" href="http://www.everyhomeready.com/" title="EveryHomeReady"><font color="#555544">EveryHomeReady</font></a></p>
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<h2 class="date-header">Tuesday, January 29, 2008</h2>
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<h3 class="post-title entry-title"><a href="http://everyhomeready.blogspot.com/2008/01/can-your-current-closing-gift-save-life.html"><font color="#555544">Can your current closing gift save a life?</font></a></h3>
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<div class="post-body entry-content">Emergency Preparedness Kit. The gift to be used as a marketing tool and not just as a closing gift. Think about it. It is the lasting impression that you leave with your client. Does your current closing gift market for you later? Whenever your client sees the kit they have safely stored in their home, <b>they will think of you</b>. Every time they hear the message from the government about preparedness, <b>they will think of you</b>. Every time there is an emergency in the country, <b>they will think of you</b>. You are the one who cared enough to protect them in their new home. What a better way to spend your advertising/marketing dollars. Think about it. <a href="http://www.everyhomeready.com/"><font color="#555544">EveryHomeReady</font></a></p>
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<h2 class="date-header">Tuesday, January 22, 2008</h2>
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<h3 class="post-title entry-title"><a href="http://everyhomeready.blogspot.com/2008/01/best-way-to-keep-clients-and-generate.html"><font color="#555544">The best way to keep clients and generate new ones</font></a></h3>
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<div class="post-body entry-content">The best way to keep existing clients and generate new clients is to earn referrals from your satisfied customers. This makes your final contact with each client vitally important for marketing in the future. The choice of closing gifts is the lasting impression that you leave and how you will probably be remembered. An emergency preparedness kit is something each household needs (as the government constantly reminds us) but no one wants to buy it for themselves. What a great way to be remembered by fulfilling this need. Many Realtors at the recent NAR conference is Las Vegas, understood the powerful marketing life this gift has. Check it out: www.EveryHomeReady.com</p>
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<div class="post-body entry-content">What is the power of a closing or client gift? How can you create an ongoing relationship instead of merely closing another deal? The right closing gift will market for you for many years&#8230;..not flowers or food&#8230;.they are soon gone and forgotten.</p>
<p>The RIGHT gift is one that says thank you, I care and please remember me for your future needs. The RIGHT gift is powerful. The RIGHT gift creates loyalty. The RIGHT gift inspires referrals. The RIGHT gift makes a difference.</p>
<p>The RIGHT gift is an emergency preparedness kit. Nothing is more powerful than saving lives. <a href="http://www.everyhomeready.com/"><font color="#555544">www.EveryHomeReady.com</font></a></p>
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		<title>Your best marketing dollars spent&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2008 18:04:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Be known as the Realtor who cares enough to give the gift of Safety and Security to your clients. Be known as the Realtor who Makes a Difference. Be known as the Realtor who gives the closing gift that Saves Lives. The loyalty, trust and referrals will follow. This is SO IMPORTANT. YOU CAN MAKE [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=everyhomeready.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2607962&amp;post=8&amp;subd=everyhomeready&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Be known as the Realtor who cares enough to give the gift of <b>Safety</b> and <b>Security</b> to your clients.</p>
<p>Be known as the Realtor who <b>Makes a Difference</b>.</p>
<p>Be known as the Realtor who gives the closing gift that <b>Saves Lives.</b></p>
<p>The loyalty, trust and referrals will follow.</p>
<p>This is <b>SO IMPORTANT.  <u>YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE</u>!  <u>YOU CAN HAVE THE COMPETITIVE EDGE</u>!  <u>YOU CAN PROTECT LIVES</u>!</b></p>
<p>Emergency Preparedness is the responsibility of all citizens, take care of it for your clients to protect them in their new home!   Give the gift of an Emergency Preparedness Kit.</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most of us don&#8217;t feel vulnerable, but thousands of people in our own country just lost their homes because of weather disasters. Is anyone listening? We can make ourselves safer. You can make your clients safer. They probably won&#8217;t take care of it themselves, so you get to be the hero. Simply give them the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=everyhomeready.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2607962&amp;post=7&amp;subd=everyhomeready&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Most of us don&#8217;t feel vulnerable, but thousands of people in our own country just lost their homes because of weather disasters.  Is anyone listening?   We can make ourselves safer.  You can make your clients safer. They probably won&#8217;t take care of it themselves, so you get to be the hero. Simply give them the gift of &#8220;Peace of Mind&#8221; and at the same time get the long term loyalty that creates your secure future in Real Estate.</p>
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		<title>Are YOU prepared for an emergency?</title>
		<link>http://everyhomeready.wordpress.com/2008/02/05/are-you-prepared-for-an-emergency/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 17:57:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you are like most people, the answer is &#8220;no&#8221;. We think it will never happen to us, but in 2007 alone, millions of people were evacuated due to fires, floods, storms and hurricanes. Millions more were in their homes for days without power. As a Realtor, you have the unique opportunity to help your [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=everyhomeready.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2607962&amp;post=6&amp;subd=everyhomeready&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you are like most people, the answer is &#8220;no&#8221;.  We think it will never happen to us, but in 2007 alone, millions of people were evacuated due to fires, floods, storms and hurricanes.  Millions more were in their homes for days without power.  As a Realtor, you have the unique opportunity to help your client take care of this important responsibility.  Give the closing gift of an emergency preparedness kit and every time there is an emergency or every time the government runs commercials to remind us of the need for preparedness, they will think about how <b>YOU </b>have taken care of them with your caring gift.  Who are they going to refer their friends and family to&#8230;..<b>YOU,</b> of course!  <a href="http://www.everyhomeready.com/" title="EveryHomeReady" target="_blank">EveryHomeReady</a></p>
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		<title>Can your closing gift save a life?</title>
		<link>http://everyhomeready.wordpress.com/2008/01/29/can-your-closing-gift-save-a-life/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2008 20:04:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Emergency Preparedness Kit. The gift to be used as a marketing tool and not just as a closing gift. Think about it. It is the lasting impression that you leave with your client. Does your current closing gift market for you later? Whenever your client sees the kit they have safely stored in their home, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=everyhomeready.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2607962&amp;post=5&amp;subd=everyhomeready&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Emergency Preparedness Kit.  The gift  to be used as a marketing tool and not just as a closing gift.  Think about it.  It is the lasting impression that you leave with your client.  Does your current closing gift market for you later?  Whenever your client sees the kit they have safely stored in their home, <b>they will think of you</b>.  Every time they hear the message from the government about preparedness, <b>they will think of you</b>. Every time there is an emergency in the country, <b>they will think of you</b>.  You are the one who cared enough to protect them in their new home. What a better way to spend your advertising/marketing dollars.  Think about it.  <a href="http://www.EveryHomeReady.com" title="EveryHomeReady">EveryHomeReady</a></p>
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		<title>Keep your clients for life&#8230;.</title>
		<link>http://everyhomeready.wordpress.com/2008/01/24/keep-your-clients-for-life/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2008 18:34:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The best way to keep existing clients and generate new clients is to earn referrals from your satisfied customers. This makes your final contact with each client vitally important for marketing in the future. The choice of closing gifts is the lasting impression that you leave and how you will probably be remembered. An emergency [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=everyhomeready.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2607962&amp;post=4&amp;subd=everyhomeready&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The best way to keep existing clients and generate new clients is to earn referrals from your satisfied customers. This makes your final contact with each client vitally important for marketing in the future. The choice of closing gifts is the lasting impression that you leave and how you will probably be remembered. An emergency preparedness kit is something each household needs (as the government constantly reminds us) but no one wants to buy it for themselves. What a great way to be remembered by fulfilling this need. Many Realtors at the recent NAR conference in Las Vegas, understood the powerful marketing life this gift has. Check it out: <a href="http://www.EveryHomeReady.com">EveryHomeReady</a></p>
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