Most of my students notice an immediate gain in influence once they've got their website up and running.

Marc, Glad to hear there are some positive influencers here.

The only problem I see in todays market is that not everyone in a farm can sell to us whereas if I were a Realtor taking listing then most would qualify..There is great residual income in marketing to your center of influence...

NOTE: We'll save a discussion on awards for another day . . . these should and would be reflective of the new influence system

Case Shiller tracks valuations by City.Should the Case Shiller Index continue to have such a big influence on the media and residential real estate market in general?

Danny the best return on investment is your COI.A lot of people dont like marketing to their center of influence however from a return standpoint it is the best.Short of that I have experienced great ROI success with Infomercials and full page color newspaper ads...

Set up a text blast to your center of influence...

You will be most influenced by the 6 people who are closest to you, so if you want to find success and have a great reputation, surround yourself with successful people with great reputations.

People do not decide to do something without being influenced to do it by a form of marketing.

Most new RE agents work their (SOI) "Sphere of Influence" their first few months and let those individuals be your free marketing.