Using Text MessagesHigh Tech Low Touch

What Will We Cover?• 7 Effective Ways To Use Text Messages• Who Are the Generation X buyers• Email to Text Messages• Immediate response to lead generation.  • Quick Text• Text Message Direction• Text Message New Listings• Virtual Duty• Add Media to Text Messages

Who Is Generation X . . . .

• 39% of home sales are first time buyers

• 65% of first time buyers are 18 – 35

• Busy young professionals

• Rather send a 2 line text than spend several minutes on the phone.

Who Is Generation X . . . . • 80% Of Gen X Who Are Married Have Children• Trust The Internet To Find Information• 84% Of The Time They Go To The Internet First• Characterized As Pragmatic, Flexible, Self-reliant,

Independent, Informal, And Disillusioned. • They Want What They Want• If They Find What They Want They Will Buy It

Who Is Generation X . . . . • They Value Teamwork, And Won't Respond To An

Authoritative Approach• This Generation Grew Up With Computers,

Technology, And The Internet. • They Stay In Touch With On-going Email Updates

So They Are Empowered To Make An Informed Decision.

Tip # 1Email to Text Messaging

Just about every wireless phone today has a text messaging feature available.  If you are at your office, you can send an email  to the wireless phone number's text messaging service. Send me an email text to:

7175863110@mms.att.net

Common Text Address . .

• number@txt.att.net (Att&T)

• number@tmomail.net (T-Mobile)

• number@vtext.com (Verizon)

Shocking Things Agents Might Say . . . . .

• "Hi. Nice to meet you. I'm better than you.“• First Agent : Did you pass your ethics exam?

Second Agent: Of course I passed my ethics exam; I've cheated.

• I would have got that listing if my broker would have given me the colored flyers.

Tip # 2Immediate Response to Lead Generation

• Websites generate leads by asking for info• Time delays = lost leads (1-2 hr time)• Add an extra email for new leads• Give email address that goes to your cell• For an immediate response email me today at

7175863110@mms.att.net

Tip # 3Quick Text

• FAQ text for a quick insert.• What’s your email, what’s your fax, what’s

your address, In a mtg will call soon as I can; Can you talk.

• Create a template for these responses.

Tip # 4Text Message Directions

1. Save your directions as a quick text2. www.mapquest.com

Tip # 5Text New Listings

Using Flex’s auto-responder you can email and send a text message to your clients that minute that there is a new listing, price change etc. Contact Tracy from LCAR at 717-569-4625 to set up auto-responders.

Tip # 6Virtual Phone Duty

• Add a Plugoo . . . . . . .• Allows clients to get immediate answers to

questions while online without having to pick up the phone.

• www.plugoo.com

Tip # 7Media to Text

• Pictures are worth a 1000 words.• Photos will clarify circumstances to provide

a higher level of service.• Cell phones with cameras can send text

messages and include photos

Text Lingo . . . . # - number@ - at& - and? - what?1 - one (Numbers are not usually spelled out.)2 - two, to, too (Tomorrow becomes 2moro.)3 - three, tree (The name Trina becomes 3na.)4 - four, for (Forget becomes 4get.)8 - eight; ate (Mate becomes m8.)a - preferred over perattn - attentionb - be, bee (Wana b my txtm8?)b4 - beforebc - busybin - not a good substitute for been (Bin means container.)

bkit - bakit?btw - by the waybtwn - betweenbye - good byec - see; sea (Sino ay nagiging cno?)coz - becausecul8r - See you later.d - the; hindid8 - datedat - thatdem - themdey - theydis - this, thesednt - do notdsnt - does notevery - evryf - if

Text Lingo . . . .

Text Lingo . . . . fil - feelfrens - friendsfrm - fromfyi - for your informationg - geegud - good (Good morning becomes gud am.)hi - hi, highi - eyel8 - latelaf - laughk - okayluv - lovem - I am, am (Embrace becomes mbrace)mssg - messagen - and, inneed - nidnite - night, knightnt - notnxt - nextol - allpis - fish, peace (Office becomes opis.)

pls - pleaseq - queue, cuer - are (Hu r u?)rsvp - respond upon receivings - issan - saan?smyl - smilet - tee, teatil - untiltlg - talaga?tnx - thankstext - txtthru - throughtru - truety - thank youu - youur - your, you'rew/ - withw/c - whichw/o - withoutwen - wheny - why

Text Lingo . . . .

Conclusion . . . .

• Understand Generation X needs• Utilize existing technology for a high tech

approach• Create Virtual Offices to further separate you

from the crowd.

Text Technology . . . • http://www.cellsigns.com/• http://www.housefront.com• www.plugoo.com• www.mapquest.com