Mark Boyd's (markboyd) Blog

Are you dissatisfied with the results from your website?  There is so much information and technical jargon out there that it all gets ridiculously confusing after a while. There are a million ways to get links to your site, and without people linking to your site you're going to find it very, ve...

What is your goal when you cold call?   Have you ever asked yourself this question? If you're afraid of cold calling or consider it to be a waste of time, ask yourself that question. In my conversations every day with agents, I find that most agents who are afraid or think it's a waste of time si...

Here is a nice zip code map resource online for you, if you don't already have one or are looking for a better one.  There are a lot of them online - some good and some not-so-good - and this one makes it easy to get what you want for a reasonable price. It's called zipcodeguy.com.  Check it out ...

What do you do with leads/opportunities that come your way that are outside your normal working area? Now, sometimes they're within a reasonable distance and it makes sense for you to take care of them. What I'm referring (no pun intended) to is those opportunities that are NOT within a reasonabl...

Short sales are all the rage right now, which is kind of bizarre when you think about it. Short sales are obviously not a new thing...they've been around for a long time and happen for a variety of reasons.  The reason they're hot right now, though, is the fact that in the majority of cases peopl...

We all want to be immune to trends and despite the negative perception many of us have about direct mail, it remains an effective marketing tool when used properly. I have a 5-and-a-half minute video to show you a direct mail effort that worked on this jaded marketing guy...and most importantly W...

We all want to be immune to trends and despite the negative perception many of us have about direct mail, it remains an effective marketing tool when used properly. I have a 5-and-a-half minute video to show you a direct mail effort that worked on this jaded marketing guy...and most importantly W...

When you get leads from any resource, what are you doing to make your service for them truly personalized? In my conversations with agents every day, I hear agents saying they give "personalized service." Technology allows us to reach more people at one time than ever before, but if we're not car...

When you get leads from any resource, what are you doing to make your service for them truly personalized? In my conversations with agents every day, I hear agents saying they give "personalized service."  Technology allows us to reach more people at one time than ever before, but if we're not ca...

Quite a few of you have asked about my free webinars, and I'd like to invite you all.  Here's what's going on this week. Just click on the webinar(s) you want to attend and it will bring you to the registration page.   It's really easy and we've got some good ones coming up: Tuesday, 5/13/08 11:0...