Katie and I own the home next door to Paula Deen's new home that she is building here in Savannah.  Our home is currently on the market for sale.  Thinking Paula may be interested in the opportunity of picking her neighbor I contacted her people about this and was really surprised to find that Paula did not want the chance to pick her neighbor.  I tried to put myself in Paula's shoes and I honestly thought I would love the chance to get a close friend or family member next door to my new home with the consideration that money is not an object, but I guess my assumption was wrong.  I must admit the Paula is a great lady and her new homes property is so large that it wouldn't be a quick short walk to visit you neighbor next door if she wanted to.

My wife and I are both Realtors in Savannah Ga and are newbies as we have just had our licenses for two years now.  We are full time agents.  Through the process of attempting to grow our business I must admit that it is frustrating that I have not been able to put my finger on a really strong marketing plan.  For example we pass out thousands of flyers and one month we may get a decent response to the flyers and then the next 3 or 4 months we send out flyers we get nothing.  I experience the same inconsistencies with magazine advertising and also mass emails.  I know that every brilliant Idea that I have been coming up with probably has been already done and done again by others before me, so in that sense I guess I am reinventing the wheel.  To ad to the confusion it seems as if every marketing idea that I see advertised seems to be a great idea, but why are all the other top agents not using them.  From what I can see, all top producers that I see are working significantly from previous clients.  Is it that we have not been around long enough to get this benefit or is it that I cannot see the marketing trees for the marketing forest so to say?  We will keep plugging away and to be honest business is good, but its not great.  I WANT GREAT!!