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New Home Buyer’s Guidebook Available in the “Presentations” Page in Toolbox

admin — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 22:27:39 +0000

This guidebook is a great resource for your buyers, especially first-timers or those who have been out of the market for a while. It is available in an electronic magazine or pdf formats. You can print it out, email a link or show it on a laptop or an iPad to your buying prospects.

Increased Exposure for Your Listings = Faster Activity

admin — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 22:21:01 +0000

Thanks to our Featured Agent Branding, a.k.a. FAB 4 program, a higher volume of consumers are being exposed to your listings. This ultimately means greater lead activity in a shorter amount of time. Since the start of the FAB 4 program, there has been a total 74% increase in overall leads. Check out how it breaks down:

Increase in Leads from 2010 to 2011

CBBurnet.com.com 51%

ColdwellBanker.com 10%

Realtor.com 94%

Trulia 275%

Zillow/Yahoo 284%

This is a great benefit that you receive as a Coldwell Banker Burnet agent.

Congratulations to the Forest Lake Office for Winning the Pillow Fight!

admin — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 22:02:30 +0000

Thank you for all your efforts in collecting and donating pillows to benefit Bridging. Because of your support, we are happy to donate 3,227 pillows, 346 pillow cases and cash that will be donated to Bridging to purchase more pillows. Through your generosity, Bridging is able to give one pillow to each person as opposed to one per bed.

Congratulations to the Forest Lake Office donating the most pillows per person.

2nd Place: Hudson

3rd Place: Fridley

4th Place: Highland Park

5th Place: Eden Prairie

6th Place: Edina Regional

7th Place: North Suburban

8th Place: Burnsville

9th Place: Woodbury

10th Place: Wayzata

Bill Aiken Elected to National Kidney Foundation’s Board of Directors

admin — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:52:12 +0000

Congratulations to Bill Aiken, Minneapolis Lakes associate, who was elected to the National Kidney Foundation’s National Board of Directors! After experiencing kidney disease, dialysis, receiving a kidney transplant and becoming involved with the National Kidney Foundation serving Minnesota, the Dakotas and Iowa, Jerome Bill Aiken remains focused on giving back — this time, at a National level. The National Kidney Foundation (NKF) announced Aiken, current Chairman of the National Kidney Foundation’s Minnesota Board of Directors, was named to NKF’s 2012 National Board of Directors. Aiken was also elected Chairman of NKF’s National Leadership Council Committee.

Aiken has been involved with the National Kidney Foundation since he received his kidney transplant in 2006. He was elected Chairman of the Board of Directors in Minnesota in 2010. “Bill has been a dynamic leader for NKF since the day he walked into our organization,” said Paul Olson, MD who is a Minnesota Board Member and Nephrologist at Ridgeview Medical Center. “It is because of Bill’s hard work and connections that we have been able to implement free kidney health screenings through the Kidney Early Evaluation Program (KEEP) in the metro area.”

“After I was diagnosed with Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) in 2005 and received my transplant in 2006, I was determined to get involved with the National Kidney Foundation. My personal goal is to help educate the public about various aspects of kidney disease,” Aiken stated. “I reach out to local organizations, churches and communities to educate individuals about the rise in kidney disease among Americans, the high risk of kidney failure for minority communities and how kidney disease can affect an individual’s health and well being. Since prevention is a key piece to this puzzle, I also educate about ways to prevent kidney disease, who is at risk for kidney disease and the importance of getting screened for kidney disease.”

Plug in the Power of Referrals. Win a $500 American Express Gift Card.

admin — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:28:01 +0000

Connect your customers, friends and family to agents across the country. One lucky agent will be the proud winner of a $500 American Express gift card. For a chance to win, your name will be entered into a drawing for placing qualified outgoing referrals through Cartus Broker Network and each closed outgoing referral placed and closed within the network. Click here for details.

Coldwell Banker Burnet Foundation Hosts Ronald McDonald House’s January Birthday Party

admin — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:41:08 +0000

The Minneapolis Ronald McDonald House holds a monthly birthday party for the children, young adults and their families living at the home. Foundation members and corporate office employees volunteered to host the January Birthday Party on January 27 and organized the event for the children and their families. The money for the event was raised through fundraising efforts of the holiday silent auctions from December. The children rotated around a cupcake decorating station, a few games of bingo, a face painting and tattoo station. Gift bags were given to all. The families and parents participated together and truly appreciated the event. Thanks to all who came out to help. Click here to view the gallery.

Congratulations to the Listing Contest Billboard Winners!

admin — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:44:43 +0000

Congratulations to the sales associates who were the winners of the Billboard Listing Contest- Phase 1. You too can be a winner! Get your listings in by March 13 for Phase 2. You’ll soon see the following sales associates “hanging around” town:

Larry	Lawrence	Apple Valley
Amee	Whittaker	Buffalo
Patti	Schmidt	Burnsville
Lynne	Garbers	Carver County
Jane	Austin McGrath	Crocus Hill
Richard	Braun	Dakota County/Eagan
Nate	Thompson	Eden Prairie
Pam	Benbow	Edina Regional
Handt	Leonhardt	Forest Lake
Bill Kathy	Daniels	Fridley/NewBrighton
Jim	Swanson	Highland Park
Dan	Winge	Hudson
Schelly	Braden	Minneapolis Lakes
Ronald Scott	Olson	Minneapolis Parkway
Cathy	Steyaert	Minnetonka
Keith	Maahs	North Suburban Regional
Kevin	Monson	Plymouth
Aaron	Jones	Rochester
Betsy	Rewald	Shoreview
Keith	Maki	St. Cloud
Joan	Foster	Stillwater
Mark	Schill	Wayzata
John	Mann	White Bear Lake
David	Rakowczyk	Woodbury

Get your listings in by March 13 for Phase 2.

Now – March 13, one associate from each office will have the opportunity to win personalized billboards for four weeks, in a location of their choice. (Subject to availability.) One drawing at each office will take place at the end of this four week period. Drawing entries are earned for qualifying listings as follows:

First qualifying listing per sales associate each month – does not earn drawing entry
Second qualifying listing per sales associate each month – earns ONE drawing entry
Third and subsequent qualifying listings per sales associate peach month – earns TWO drawing entries

Click here for more details and guidelines. Good luck!

The Fight is On! Offices are Jammed with Pillows! Who will win?

admin — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:51:22 +0000

Our Foundation partner, Bridging, gives 275 pillows to more than 75 households every week and they need our help. Bring a new pillow to your office on Valentine’s Day. The office that collects the most pillows, based on the percentage of sales associates in the office, will win a breakfast hosted by Robin Peterson. Join the Pillow Fight and share the love for local families in need.

GenBlue the Place You Want to Be

admin — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:45:36 +0000

The GenBlue line-up is revealed. Check out Rove vs. Gibbs, Housing Town Hall at the 2012 Coldwell Banker Generation Blue Experience in New Orleans. It’s the only place you’ll hear an open dialogue from both parties in respect to what should be done about the state of the current housing market. They have Republican political strategist, Karl Rove, on one side and former White House Press Secretary for President Obama, Robert Gibbs, on the other. Experience this candid face off and see what each side of the aisle has to say about housing

Plus, the “New Wave Group”, innovation, technology and more await you in New Orleans February 29-March 3. To check out the details click here.

Coldwell Banker Brand Ranked Number One in Web Traffic

admin — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:44:10 +0000

For the second consecutive year, the Coldwell Banker brand ranked number one in web traffic, according to Nielsen and comScore Media Metrix, the two leaders in digital measurement. Coldwell Banker branded websites remain most visited among national real estate franchises.