{"id":500,"date":"2008-10-16T10:31:08","date_gmt":"2008-10-16T14:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bhgrealestateblog.com\/?p=500"},"modified":"2024-12-30T14:51:37","modified_gmt":"2024-12-30T19:51:37","slug":"business-planning-better-homes-and-gardens-style","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bhgrecareer.com\/bebetterblog\/business-planning-better-homes-and-gardens-style\/","title":{"rendered":"Business Planning &#8211; Better Homes and Gardens Style"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-502\" style=\"margin-left: 5px;margin-right: 5px\" title=\"Mixing\" src=\"https:\/\/bhgrecareer.com\/bebetterblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2008\/10\/profitmixing.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"229\" height=\"172\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bhgrecareer.com\/bebetterblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2008\/10\/profitmixing.jpg 250w, https:\/\/bhgrecareer.com\/bebetterblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2008\/10\/profitmixing-100x75.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 229px) 100vw, 229px\" \/>This week we launched our Better Homes and Gardens\u00ae Real Estate Planning for Profit program. This program is focused on providing our agents with a system to develop their personal written real estate business plan \u2014 something the majority of agents desperately need, but don\u2019t have.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Keeping in line with the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bhg.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Better Homes and Gardens magazine<\/a> formula, we\u2019ve created our Planning for Profit: Getting Started program like a recipe. When you are cooking from a recipe, the first thing you do is gather all the necessary ingredients. Then you begin mixing them together in just the right amounts. Along the way, you make adjustments to get your preferred outcome.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In the Planning for Profit: Getting Started program we\u2019ve identified four ingredients for a successful real estate agent business plan.<\/p>\n<ol style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li>Set your production targets<\/li>\n<li>Identify your inquiry generation methods<\/li>\n<li>Develop your communication map<\/li>\n<li>Plan your marketing strategy<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Business planning is a full-course meal. The above ingredients mix together to make a great appetizer, but there\u2019s more. We\u2019ll launch the main course of our program called Planning for Profit: Executing your Plan as a follow up to the Getting Started program.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">My personal quest is for every <a href=\"http:\/\/bhgrealestate.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate<\/a> agent to have a written business plan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week we launched our Better Homes and Gardens\u00ae Real Estate Planning for Profit program. This program is focused on providing our agents with a system to develop their personal written real estate business plan \u2014 something the majority of agents desperately need, but don\u2019t have. 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