Chief cook and bottle washer come to mind this week as we personally hand stuffed thousands of gift magnets into envelopes to send to our clients, customers and friends. Rather than calendars, this year we made a list of important phone numbers, like utilities and county services, that should be useful to have handy. A few people called asking about their 2010 calendar magnets though, so we had some of those printed as well. If you are not on our Snail Mail list and would like to receive either 2010 magnet, please give us a call and we'll be happy to send you one or both.
While we stuffed, our assistant Becky kept reminding us to get the articles written for this electronic newsletter. And of course, business went on with Tom taking three new listings and receiving a number of contracts. It is that kind of broad based business model - one that mixes traditional, time tested real estate practices with new technologies and ideas - that makes our group work so well. So we talk about ways to further improve our website while we still stuff envelopes ourselves once a year. When it is time to list your home, we post high resolution color photographs to literally dozens of websites but we still pick up the phone and call prospective buyers too. It's the best of both worlds.
In addition to the commonly used numbers on our magnet this year, we are continuing to add to the referral resources listed on our website. These are businesses of all sorts, but mostly those associated with houses and real estate, that we can personally recommend. If you have or know of a business that you would like us to include, please pass their information on to us. We are always happy to expand the list.
Finally, a shameless plug to our friend and client Andrew Berman's business, Spectrum Printing and Graphics in Rockville, that stepped up heroically and turned letterhead and envelopes around for us in about 48 hours when we realized that we had run short for this big mailing. Also to Herman and Malka Stopak at Creative-Potentials for their patience with all the last minute additions to the magnets. Our business is truly a team effort and we are so grateful for all the great businesses that support us!
All the best -
Barbara, Tom, Susan and Harrison
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