It’s time to Spring Clean Your Business … are you ready?   The best way I know how to do this is with a database refresh. This is an exercise I go through twice per year in my business and it is so helpful to ensure I am not only maximizing my return on investment with my marketing, but it also brings about an influx of activity … and who doesn’t want more of that right now?!   On today’s episode of Empowering Women in Real Estate® - The Podcast I’m walking you through my Database Refresh process, step by step.   You can tune in on your favorite podcast app or by clicking the link below. Click subscribe to be notified every Wednesday when our latest episode is released, and be sure to check out our group on Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/groups/empoweringwomeninrealestate We are 36,000 members strong and we want you to join us! And if you want to follow me on Instagram, that’s where I’m having the most fun right now. https://www.instagram.com/karen.w.cooper/ Would you like to know how we could work together? Click this link to get on my calendar!  https://calendly.com/karenwcooper/roadmap-call

I am OBSESSED with efficiency. There just never seems to be enough time in my day for the things I need to do and for the things I want to do. It’s not just my day … it’s life too. It moves fast. Too fast. I don’t want to waste it doing things that are unimportant or on the mundane minutia … that stuff that has to happen, but isn’t necessarily where we want to be spending our time. On today’s episode of Empowering Women in Real Estate® - The Podcast I’m sharing several areas of my business where I am using systems and automation to streamline and save time … and not just time, money too. It’s a good listen. You can find it on your favorite podcast app or by clicking the link in my bio. You can listen in on today’s episode on your favorite podcast app or by clicking the link below. Click subscribe to be notified every Wednesday when our latest episode is released, and be sure to check out our group on Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/groups/empoweringwomeninrealestate We are 36,000 members strong and we want you to join us! And if you want to follow me on Instagram, that’s where I’m having the most fun right now. https://www.instagram.com/karen.w.cooper/ Would you like to know how we could work together? Click this link to get on my calendar! https://calendly.com/karenwcooper/roadmap-call

Have you heard the saying before that unsolved problems are energy drainers? I’m here to tell you that it’s true, and I am breaking all that down for you today on Empowering Women in Real Estate® - The Podcast.  Listen in on your favorite podcast app or by clicking the link in my bio. What is your biggest unsolved problem right now? You can listen in on today’s episode on your favorite podcast app or by clicking the link below. Click subscribe to be notified every Wednesday when our latest episode is released, and be sure to check out our group on Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/groups/empoweringwomeninrealestate We are 36,000 members strong and we want you to join us! And if you want to follow me on Instagram, that’s where I’m having the most fun right now. https://www.instagram.com/karen.w.cooper/

I have a very special episode of Empowering Women in Real Estate® - The Podcast for you today!   On today’s episode I am sharing with permission a conversation I had with my friend Dionne Malush on her podcast “Shine On Success. We cover a lot of topics from sales to sisterhood … it’s a good one!    You can listen in on your favorite podcast app or by clicking the link below … and be sure to check out Dionne’s show too! Dionne’s Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/from-sales-to-sisterhood-revolutionizing-the-real/id1724975171?i=1000644580023   Dionne’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dionnerealtyonepgh/   Dionne’s Website: https://sites.google.com/goldstandardpittsburgh.com/dionnemalush/home   You can listen in on today’s episode on your favorite podcast app or by clicking the link below. Click subscribe to be notified every Wednesday when our latest episode is released, and be sure to check out our group on Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/groups/empoweringwomeninrealestate We are 36,000 members strong and we want you to join us! And if you want to follow me on Instagram, that’s where I’m having the most fun right now! https://www.instagram.com/karen.w.cooper/

Have you ever referred out a vendor only to have your client reach back out to you upset that it didn’t go well?   Yep, me too.   So how do you deal with it? In today’s episode of Empowering Women in Real Estate® - The Podcast we are talking about just that! How to handle missed expectations … and just expectations in general.   You can listen in on today’s episode on your favorite podcast app or by clicking the link below. Click subscribe to be notified every Wednesday when our latest episode is released, and be sure to check out our group on Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/groups/empoweringwomeninrealestate We are 36,000 members strong and we want you to join us! And if you want to follow me on Instagram, that’s where I’m having the most fun right now! https://www.instagram.com/karen.w.cooper/

Listen, it’s time to get it together. Are parts of your life and business feeling messy right now? Yep, me too. No more. We are going to do the things to save us time, help us to be more efficient, and to eliminate all of those dreadful decisions that drain our energy day in and day out. I’m sharing my favorite strategies, new and old, for getting it today on today’s episode of Empowering Women in Real Estate® - The Podcast. Listen in on your favorite podcast app or by clicking the link below. Last year I turned 50, and while I’m not planning to retire anytime soon, with the pages turning on the calendar a little more rapidly these days it is certainly a little more top of mind. On today’s episode of Empowering Women in Real Estate® - The Podcast I’m talking all about How to Retire in Real Estate. In my 22 years in the industry I’ve known a few agents who’ve been able to do it pretty well, and many more who really didn’t. Making an exit while continuing to have income coming in certainly can be a challenge. Today, I’m talking through a few of the options. Whether retirement is a glimmer in your eye yet or not, I think this is an important episode for us all. No matter your timeframe, the success of your retirement is going to depend on little things you do now. You can listen in on today’s episode on your favorite podcast app or by clicking the link below. Click subscribe to be notified every Wednesday when our latest episode is released, and be sure to check out our group on Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/groups/empoweringwomeninrealestate We are 36,000 members strong and we want you to join us!

For the past almost 9 years now I have been a real estate team leader. Way back in the beginning of my career 22 years ago I was on a traditional real estate team … and those two experiences and types of teams could not be more different. I think there is a common misconception in our industry about real estate teams … how they operate, what the splits should be (you know the book on this subject), who they are for. I’m here to tell you that now, in 2024, they are many different types of real estate teams, structures, splits (from high to low) and everything in between. On today’s episode of Empowering Women in Real Estate® - The Podcast I’m sharing with you the different types of teams … and maybe even why no matter who you are, how long you’ve been in business, or what you produce, there may be one that is right for you. Listen in on your favorite podcast app or by clicking the link below. Click subscribe to be notified every Wednesday when our latest episode is released, and be sure to check out our group on Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/groups/empoweringwomeninrealestate We are 36,000 members strong and we want you to join us!

Did you know that this year is a leap year? That means that we get 1 extra day, what are you going to do with it? It may be that you need to be back on track, and this extra day is the perfect time to do it … and on today’s episode of Empowering Women in Real Estate® - The Podcast, I’ll be sharing with you my strategies for how. You can tune in on your favorite podcast app or by clicking the link below. Click subscribe to be notified every Wednesday when our latest episode is released, and be sure to check out our group on Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/groups/empoweringwomeninrealestate We are 36,000 members strong and we want you to join us!

Last year I turned 50, and while I’m not planning to retire anytime soon, with the pages turning on the calendar a little more rapidly these days it is certainly a little more top of mind. On today’s episode of Empowering Women in Real Estate® - The Podcast I’m talking all about How to Retire in Real Estate. In my 22 years in the industry I’ve known a few agents who’ve been able to do it pretty well, and many more who really didn’t. Making an exit while continuing to have income coming in certainly can be a challenge. Today, I’m talking through a few of the options. Whether retirement is a glimmer in your eye yet or not, I think this is an important episode for us all. No matter your timeframe, the success of your retirement is going to depend on little things you do now. You can listen in on today’s episode on your favorite podcast app or by clicking the link below. Click subscribe to be notified every Wednesday when our latest episode is released, and be sure to check out our group on Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/groups/empoweringwomeninrealestate We are 36,000 members strong and we want you to join us!

Today’s episode of Empowering Women in Real Estate® - The Podcast is something that we have never done before … it is an interview with my husband!   I’ve been in business for 22 years and we’ve been married for 22 years, so he has been there literally since the beginning … and it hasn’t always been smooth. What we do is so different, the non-stop nature is so unique, that not everyone in our lives understands, especially if that partner comes from a more traditional career.   You can listen in on your favorite podcast app or by clicking the link below. Click subscribe to be notified every Wednesday when our latest episode is released, and be sure to check out our group on Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/groups/empoweringwomeninrealestate We are 36,000 members strong and we want you to join us!

On today’s episode of Empowering Women in Real Estate® - The Podcast I have a refresh of one of our most popular episodes from a couple years ago … Low Cost Marketing Ideas! I don’t care who you are, just about all of us are being more conscious of our spending and expenses when it comes to our real estate businesses, and paying more attention than ever to return on investment. In this episode I am sharing with you 10 low cost marketing ideas … all things that I have done myself or would be willing to do right now, which means door knocking and cold calling aren’t on the list.    You can listen in to today’s episode on your favorite podcast app or by clicking the link below. What is your favorite low cost marketing idea? Click subscribe to be notified every Wednesday when our latest episode is released, and be sure to check out our group on Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/groups/empoweringwomeninrealestate We are 32,000 members strong and we want you to join us!

Want to know one of my success secrets that has served me well over the past nearly 22 years?   It’s going “next level” … taking that one more step, one more level with everything I do.   Curious what that means?   On today’s episode of Empowering Women in Real Estate® - The Podcast I’m sharing 5 tactical examples for how I’m doing this in 2024.   You can listen in on your favorite podcast app or by clicking the link below.   Click subscribe to be notified every Wednesday when our latest episode is released, and be sure to check out our group on Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/groups/empoweringwomeninrealestate We are 32,000 members strong and we want you to join us!

We’ve all been there … the new year starts off a little slow, not necessarily in terms of new business coming in, but in terms of actual funds coming in with transactions in January.   Throughout my career January has always been one of lowest settlement months for me (if not the lowest).   HOWEVER, now is the time to kick your marketing up a notch to get the business flowing throughout 2024, enter today’s episode of Empowering Women in Real Estate® - The Podcast … How to Run a Real Estate Business with More Time Than Money.   If you are finding yourself right now with more time to invest than you have money to invest in your business, this episode is for you. I’m sharing some easy to implement strategies that don’t cost a whole lot (or anything) to get your business moving.   Listen in on your favorite podcast app, or by clicking the link below.   Click subscribe to be notified every Wednesday when our latest episode is released, and be sure to check out our group on Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/groups/empoweringwomeninrealestate We are 32,000 members strong and we want you to join us!

Do you know Kendra Adachi?  I love her book and her podcast, “The Lazy Genius Way”, and I know you will too. On today’s episode of Empowering Women in Real Estate® - The Podcast I’m sharing my favorite concept of hers, “decide once”. Deciding once will save you time, money and frustration … not only in your personal life, but in your business too. Listen in on your favorite podcast app or by clicking the link below. I’m sharing all about it, plus my own “decide once” strategies. Click subscribe to be notified every Wednesday when our latest episode is released, and be sure to check out our group on Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/groups/empoweringwomeninrealestate We are 32,000 members strong and we want you to join us!

Chances are you’ve heard me use the term, “Daily Business Builders™” at least a time or two … and on today’s episode of Empowering Women in Real Estate® - The Podcast I’m diving deep into what it all means … What they are … Why they are important to your business … And HOW to utilize them to revolutionize your business in 2024! You can listen in on your favorite podcast app or by clicking the link below. Be sure to check out last week’s episode on Business Pillars (episode 282), it is the perfect counterpart. Click subscribe to be notified every Wednesday when our latest episode is released, and be sure to check out our group on Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/groups/empoweringwomeninrealestate We are 32,000 members strong and we want you to join us!

Do you know what the pillars are in your real estate business? Knowing where your business is really coming from bring a clarity that can’t be bought … and helps you to eliminate distractions and focus your time, effort and money where it really counts. On today’s episode of Empowering Women in Real Estate® - The Podcast, I’m sharing all the details on how to identify your pillars (including what they should be if you are new to the business!) and what to do with them. I’m also sharing my pillars in my personal real estate sales business. You can listen in on your favorite podcast app or by clicking the link below. Next week’s episode will be identifying your Daily Business Builders™  to hone in on the power of your pillars, a perfect continuation to today’s episode! Click subscribe to be notified every Wednesday when our latest episode is released, and be sure to check out our group on Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/groups/empoweringwomeninrealestate We are 32,000 members strong and we want you to join us!

Do you choose a word of the year? On today’s episode of Empowering Women in Real Estate® - The Podcast I’m talking through my 2023 word (didn’t expect to get so deep ), how that worked out, as well as the word I have chosen for 2024 and my process for doing so. You can listen in on your favorite podcast app or by clicking the link below. If you chose a word for 2024, share it with us in the comments! Click subscribe to be notified every Wednesday when our latest episode is released, and be sure to check out our group on Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/groups/empoweringwomeninrealestate We are 32,000 members strong and we want you to join us!

On today’s episode of Empowering Women in Real Estate® - The Podcast, I have a very special replay for you that I am sharing with the permission of my friend Julieta Pina.   Julieta started a group for Moms at my brokerage, and every month there is a mastermind. I was lucky enough to join in on a recent conversation, and am happy to share it with you!    You can listen in on your favorite podcast app or by clicking the link below. Click subscribe to be notified every Wednesday when our latest episode is released, and be sure to check out our group on Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/groups/empoweringwomeninrealestate We are 32,000 members strong and we want you to join us!

Today is another very special episode of Empowering Women in Real Estate® - The Podcast! For the first time ever I am interviewing members of my Platinum Group Real Estate team! In this episode you will hear from Patricia Gallardo, Martha Mason, Judy McHenry, Robin Gebhardt and Michelle Danilowicz. All are highly experienced strong producers, and they are sharing their perspective from our first year at ΓEA⅃  Brokerage. You can listen in to today’s episode on your favorite podcast app, or by clicking the link below. In case you missed it, in last week’s episode I interviewed my business partner Vicky Noufal … two weeks from two very different perspectives. You’ll want to be sure to listen to both! Click subscribe to be notified every Wednesday when our latest episode is released, and be sure to check out our group on Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/groups/empoweringwomeninrealestate We are 32,000 members strong and we want you to join us!

Today is a very special episode of Empowering Women in Real Estate® - The Podcast for 2 reasons … First, my business partner Vicky Noufal is on the show with me today, only the second time ever! And second, because we are celebrating our 1 year anniversary at ΓEA⅃  Brokerage!  This has been a big year for us in a lot of ways, and on today’s episode Vicky and I are talking through it all from the perspective of two high level producers with multiple decades worth of experience, and also as team leaders. You can listen in to today’s episode on your favorite podcast app, or by clicking the link below. Next week, I’ll have a handful of our Platinum Group Real Estate team members on the show sharing about our first year from their perspective. You won’t want to miss it! Click subscribe to be notified every Wednesday when our latest episode is released, and be sure to check out our group on Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/groups/empoweringwomeninrealestate We are 32,000 members strong and we want you to join us!