{"id":10687,"date":"2009-01-08T09:23:10","date_gmt":"2009-01-08T13:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ewm.com\/internalblog\/?p=10687"},"modified":"2009-01-08T09:23:10","modified_gmt":"2009-01-08T13:23:10","slug":"90-day-challenge-day-xx-tools-you-can-use-intro-to-max-magic-marketing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.myewm.com\/?p=10687","title":{"rendered":"90 Day Challenge \u2013 Day 40 \u2013 Tools You Can Use \u2013 Intro to Max Magic Marketing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\">It&#8217;s a new year and time to crank up those marketing efforts.\u00a0 MAX, our in house marketing system awaits you.\u00a0 There are great system upgrades coming in the first quarter so it seems a great time to get the basics out there to get you all revitalized.\u00a0 Thanks to Karen Ross for putting this together.\u00a0 Look for Karen&#8217;s Max classes on the training schedule every month if you need more training.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">What is Max?\u00a0 Max is EWM&#8217;s <a title=\"Definition\" href=\"http:\/\/xmlgadgets.com\/home.pl?site=mwikt&amp;query=pseudonym\" target=\"_blank\">pseudonym<\/a> for a Sharper Agent <a title=\"Customer Relationship Management\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Customer_relationship_management\" target=\"_blank\">CRM<\/a> product.<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.myewm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/files\/2009\/01\/max-watermark-copy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-10692\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.myewm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/files\/2009\/01\/max-watermark-copy-231x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"231\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Max is <strong>client\/contact driven <\/strong>and a <strong>client\/contact manager<\/strong>.\u00a0 Your first order of business is to get as many names, addresses, phone numbers, and e-mails to enter into the Contact Manager. Real Estate is a high-tech, soft-touch business.\u00a0 Max will help you keep in touch with your clients, past customers and prospects.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Max is <strong>internet based<\/strong>, which means you can access your contacts and marketing materials anywhere there is a web connection.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Max is a <strong>marketing workhorse<\/strong>.\u00a0 It contains templates for the following categories:<\/p>\n<p>1.\u00a0 Newsletters<\/p>\n<p>(A) Pre-built<\/p>\n<p>(B) Build Your Own<\/p>\n<p>2.\u00a0 Guides<\/p>\n<p>(A) Home Buyer<\/p>\n<p>(B) Home Seller<\/p>\n<p>(C) Lead Based Paint Booklet<\/p>\n<p>(D) EPA Mold Guide<\/p>\n<p>3.\u00a0 Greeting Postcards (Print)<\/p>\n<p>(A) Real Estate Cards<\/p>\n<p>(1) Open House<\/p>\n<p>(2) Prospecting<\/p>\n<p>(3) Purchase Anniversary<\/p>\n<p>(4) Referrals<\/p>\n<p>(B) Everyday<\/p>\n<p>(1) Anniversary<\/p>\n<p>(2) Birthday<\/p>\n<p>(3) Congratulations<\/p>\n<p>(4) Encouragement<\/p>\n<p>(5) Get Well<\/p>\n<p>(6) Good Luck<\/p>\n<p>(7) I&#8217;m Sorry<\/p>\n<p>(8) Invitation<\/p>\n<p>(9) Keep in Touch<\/p>\n<p>(10) New Baby<\/p>\n<p>(11) Thank You<\/p>\n<p>(C) Holiday Cards<\/p>\n<p>(1) New Year (1\/1\/09)<\/p>\n<p>(2) MLK Jr. Day (1\/19\/09)<\/p>\n<p>(3) Black History Month (Feb)<\/p>\n<p>(4) Groundhog Day (2\/2\/09)<\/p>\n<p>(5) Valentine&#8217;s Day (2\/14\/09)<\/p>\n<p>(6) Mardi Gras (2\/24\/09)<\/p>\n<p>(7) Women&#8217;s History Month (Mar)<\/p>\n<p>(8) St. Patrick&#8217;s Day (3\/17\/09)<\/p>\n<p>(9) April Fools (4\/1\/09)<\/p>\n<p>(10) April Fools (4\/1\/09)<\/p>\n<p>(11) Passover (4\/9\/09)<\/p>\n<p>(12) Easter (4\/12\/09)<\/p>\n<p>(13) Mother&#8217;s Day (5\/10\/09)<\/p>\n<p>(14) Memorial Day (5\/25\/09)<\/p>\n<p>(15) Father&#8217;s Day (6\/21\/09)<\/p>\n<p>(16) 4th of July (7\/4\/09)<\/p>\n<p>(17) Ramadan (8\/21\/09-9\/19\/09)<\/p>\n<p>(18) Labor Day (9\/7\/09)<\/p>\n<p>(19) Columbus Day (10\/12\/09)<\/p>\n<p>(20) Halloween (10\/31\/09)<\/p>\n<p>(21) Veteran&#8217;s Day (11\/11\/09)<\/p>\n<p>(22) Thanksgiving (11\/26\/09)<\/p>\n<p>(23) Happy Holidays (Dec)<\/p>\n<p>(24) Hanukkah (12\/22\/08)<\/p>\n<p>(25) Christmas (12\/25\/08)<\/p>\n<p>(26) Boxing Day (12\/26\/08)<\/p>\n<p>(27) Kwanzaa (12\/26\/08)<\/p>\n<p>(28) Canadian<\/p>\n<p>4. Greeting cards (e-print)<\/p>\n<p>(D) Real Estate Cards<\/p>\n<p>(1) Open House<\/p>\n<p>(2) Prospecting<\/p>\n<p>(3) Purchase Anniversary<\/p>\n<p>(4) Referrals<\/p>\n<p>(5) Web Follow-Up<\/p>\n<p>(E) Everyday Greetings<\/p>\n<p>(Same as 3B above)<\/p>\n<p>(F) Holidays<\/p>\n<p>(Same as 3C above)<\/p>\n<p>5. Flyers<\/p>\n<p>(A) Property Flyers<\/p>\n<p>(B) Marketing Flyers<\/p>\n<p>(C) Agent Listing Presentation<\/p>\n<p>(All of the EWM marketing pieces are here)<\/p>\n<p>6. Postcards<\/p>\n<p>(A) EWM<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.myewm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/files\/2009\/01\/postcard-leeward-way1-copy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10696\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.myewm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/files\/2009\/01\/postcard-leeward-way1-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"330\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.myewm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/files\/2009\/01\/facts-trends-shell.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>(1) EWM Custom<\/p>\n<p>(2) School Calendars<\/p>\n<p>(3) In The Know<\/p>\n<p>(4) Referral<\/p>\n<p>(5) Recruiting<\/p>\n<p>(B) Just Listed<\/p>\n<p>(1) EWM Postcards<\/p>\n<p>(2) General Postcards<\/p>\n<p>(C) Just Sold<\/p>\n<p>(1) EWM Postcards<\/p>\n<p>(2) General Postcards<\/p>\n<p>(D) Open House<\/p>\n<p>(1) Regular<\/p>\n<p>(2) Jumbo<\/p>\n<p>(E) Price Reduced<\/p>\n<p>(1) Regular<\/p>\n<p>(2) Jumbo<\/p>\n<p>(F) Marketing (there are subsets to each of these categories that I am not including here):<\/p>\n<p>(1) Calendars<\/p>\n<p>(2) Gorilla Marketing<\/p>\n<p>(3) Home and Garden<\/p>\n<p>(4) Informational<\/p>\n<p>(5) Local<\/p>\n<p>(6) Pet Lovers<\/p>\n<p>(7) Post-Closing Follow-Up<\/p>\n<p>(8) Prospecting<\/p>\n<p>(9) Recipe Cards<\/p>\n<p>(10) Recruiting<\/p>\n<p>(11) Real Estate and Finance<\/p>\n<p>(12) Seasonal<\/p>\n<p>(13) Wine Enthusiast<\/p>\n<p>7. Sports Schedules<\/p>\n<p>(A) Professional Sports<\/p>\n<p>(B) Build Your Own<\/p>\n<p>8. Spanish Content<\/p>\n<p>(A) Property Flyers<\/p>\n<p>(B) Postcards<\/p>\n<p>(C) e-Greetings (e-mail)<\/p>\n<p>(D) Greeting Postcards<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">If you cannot find a template to suit you, you can always create your own in Photoshop or Microsoft Publisher (save as a jpeg file) and upload your own.\u00a0 However, the purpose of Max is to keep the main thing the main thing &#8211; you sell <strong>Real Estate<\/strong> instead of pose as a <strong>graphic designer<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Max is an <strong>outgoing e-mail generator<\/strong>. Up to 500 e-mails may be sent during one pass.\u00a0 The beauty of Max is that your e-mails are tracked; however, any responses received will appear in your EWM webmail or the mail box you designated in your profile.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Be advised that e-mail limits you to a &#8220;captive&#8221; audience.\u00a0 <strong>Blogging<\/strong> is the preferred method for getting your message out.\u00a0 With the blog, the world is your footstool.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Max is a <strong>set-it-and-forget-it machine<\/strong>.\u00a0 Using the <strong>campaigns<\/strong> function, target e-mails can be sent without your having to do anything other than setting it up!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Max is a <strong>Realtor\u00ae resource<\/strong>.\u00a0 Under Closing Gifts tab, you will find ideas via various websites for gifts. Under the Real Estate News tab, you will find Inman News at your fingertips.<\/p>\n<p>Under the Real Estate Tools tab, you will find the following:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.myewm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/files\/2009\/01\/tools-pix.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.myewm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/files\/2009\/01\/tools-pix.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10693\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.myewm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/files\/2009\/01\/tools-pix.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"292\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Max has additional training resources under the <strong>HELP<\/strong> tab.\u00a0 This, and the various aspects of Max, will be discussed in more detail in a later post.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Max is a lot of things, but Max is <strong>NOT<\/strong> like <em>Top Producer<\/em> which has a website, a pre-fab letter generator, and a critical path plan for your transactions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">You can <strong>merge<\/strong> Word letters and generate labels and envelopes in Max.\u00a0 This will be discussed in a later post.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Max is a wonderful tool that keeps you in touch with you clients without\u00a0taking up too much of\u00a0your precious time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s a new year and time to crank up those marketing efforts.\u00a0 MAX, our in house marketing system awaits you.\u00a0 There are great system upgrades coming in the first quarter so it seems a great time to get the basics out there to get you all revitalized.\u00a0 Thanks to Karen Ross for putting this together.\u00a0 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1439,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_expiration-date-status":"","_expiration-date":0,"_expiration-date-type":"","_expiration-date-categories":[],"_expiration-date-options":[]},"categories":[59,105],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.myewm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10687"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.myewm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.myewm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.myewm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1439"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.myewm.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10687"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.myewm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10687\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.myewm.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.myewm.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.myewm.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}