Please Don’t Spam Me With Canned Newsletters
Categories: About Realtors, For Buyers, For Sellers
We had a sales meeting at our office the other day and a rep was there from a company pitching canned newsletters. He promised that this service would get real results because if we bought this service and I put your name and email address into my mailing list, then I would be the only one who could then email you this newsletter.
After writing my own, original, relevant and hopefully valuable content on this blog for almost 10 years now, I couldn’t help but wonder – do consumers really want to receive canned content? One of my colleagues must have merged all his contacts into the program and my email address was included. Now I receive these newsletters from him.
A quick glance at the email and my immediate reaction is to hit “delete”. I can instantly see that this is a canned email. It says absolutely nothing to me, as an individual. The articles aren’t even that relevant to urban living. Helpful tips about how to deal with your front lawn in the winter time and holiday paint colors for your dining room – that sort of thing. There are way better ideas on Pinterest. Sure, maybe an article on interest rates but I get my financial news from more reliable sources, like Bloomberg and the Wall St. Journal. This is lowest common denominator, generic writing for the anonymous masses.
My own reaction to these emails is if you are going to bother emailing me, please send me something relevant. Take the time to say something personal. To me, this business is all about developing relationships. That’s done by communicating information of value, listening to your needs and concerns and addressing them. If an agent can’t be bothered to do that, do you really want them representing you on one of the largest transactions of your life?
Agents can do more volume and therefore earn more commissions without taking the time to send an individual personal note to everyone in their database. Canned messages are quick, easy and can be automated. They also say something about the sender at least to me. Maybe the agent who provides the best service and has the most satisfied clients is not the one who closes the most deals. What do you think?
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The Weekly Wednesday Wrap-Up – Hoboken Residential Sales and Activity for the Week of December 4th, 2013
Categories: For Buyers, For Sellers, Hoboken Brownstones, Hoboken Condos, Hoboken New Construction, Market Analysis, Weekly Wednesday Wrap Up
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As of December 4th, 2013:
- 200 active Hoboken listings
- 184 Condo & Co-op listings, compared to 179 last week
- 7 Single-family listings, compared to 8 last week
- 9 Multi-family listings, compared to 9 last week
This Week’s Residential Property Sales & Activity:
- 1 DABO (Deposit Accepted By Owner i.e. under contract) vs 8 last week
- 11 Sold vs. 24 last week
- 22 New listings vs. 20 last week
- 4 Price changes vs. 8 last week
- 2 expired listings vs. 1 last week
Studio & 1-Bedroom Properties
96 Active listings
12 New listings
1 Price change
0 DABOs
7 Sold
- 228 Bloomfield St., 11 listed Aug 14 for $400K; reduced Sept 11 to $390K; sold for $375K;
- 1115 Willow Ave., 406 listed Oct 2 for $389K; sold for $385K;
- 1000 Hudson St., 102 listed Aug 2 for $435K; sold for $410K;
- 725 Jefferson St., 19 listed Aug 1 for $438K; reduced Sept 25 to $425K; sold for $419K;
- 830 Monroe St., 3H listed Sept 27 for $455K; sold for $450K;
- 659 1st St., 206 listed Sept 18 for $465K; sold for $450K;
- 1125 Maxwell Ln., 447 listed Sept 15 for $769K; sold for $745K;
2-Bedroom Properties
69 Active listings
8 New listings
2 Price changes
1 DABO
- 511-515 Madison St., 502 listed Nov 7 for $764K;
- 329 Willow Ave., 3F listed Aug 9 for $425K; sold for $423K;
- 51-53 14th St., 4A listed Aug 29 for $629K; sold for $625K;
- 700 1st St., 14E listed May 28 for $630K; sold for $628K;
3-Bedroom & Larger Properties
19 Active listings
2 New listings
1 Price change
9 Multi-Family Active listings
7 Single Family Active listings
0 DABOs
1 sold
- 208 8th St., listed Sept 11 for $1.350M; sold for $1.335M;
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The Hoboken & Downtown JC Open House Google Map for Saturday, November 30th & Sunday, December 1st, 2013
Categories: Hoboken Condos
The Original and Best Open House Google Map!
Courtesy of the Turoff Realty Team
No need to register! No form to fill out!
Just click on the map below to see every Open House in Hoboken this weekend:
Click HERE to see the Downtown Jersey City Open House Map
When you look at the maps, place markers are color coded:
- Studios & 1BRs are red
- 2BRs are green
- 3BRs & Bigger are yellow
- New listings are marked with a Push Pin icon (in the same color scheme.)
Click the “Address”, “Price” “Bed” or “Details” columns to sort the list of open houses in ascending or descending order.
Click on the location marker for:
- open house date
- time
- unit size
- asking price
- link to all the info found on the MLS and more (from ourHobokensBestHomes.com IDX feed.)
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