Weekly Tip - High School Football. Great networking opportunities.
High school football! A great American tradition!
When is the last time you attended a local high school football game? If you are not regularly attending them, allow me to tell you why you should. Not only will you be supporting the local team, you'll have fun and get to see many people that you might not have seen in years.
Also, think about volunteering to help in the concession stand or at the gate so you can meet more people.
Why not buy aprons with your real estate office logo on them and get the whole office out to run the concession stand to give the "parent volunteers" a night off so they can enjoy a game or see their kids on the field at half time! (Are you reading this brokers?) Think about the exposure your office will get by doing this. Call the school office and tell them you want to do this for their biggest game and they'll be glad you did.
In case you haven't been in a while, let me tell you that a lot of people attend these games and it's a great place to do some networking. If you get there early and stay late and talk to as many people as you can, I'd be shocked if you did not get 4-5 prospects!
If you don't like football, don't forget about the marching band that works extremely hard and puts on a great halftime show!
Attending local football games lets you find out who's back in town, who got married, who got divorced, who is seeing who, who moved out of town, who had a baby, who died, etc. Besides getting caught up, it can help you position yourself in to help old friends that might be getting into the real estate market soon! And, you might just get reaquainted with an old friend you hadn't seen in years so besides having fun cheering for the home team, it's really a whole lot more...
My preacher makes the most of his time at the home games. He spends the entire halftime and pre-game going around talking to people in the stands from our congregation. And, I believe this has helped in our attendance at church too!
I'll challenge you to take your family or call a friend and go to your next home high school football game and see if you don't pick up some prospects. And if I am wrong, I'll take you to lunch! But, if I am right, call me if I can help you with your new prospects and I hope you will make this a new ritual for your Friday Nights during football season like I do... When you do, make sure to bring a handful of business cards and make sure to talk about how the market is doing in a positive light. People like hearing good news and in working with people that are positive and up-beat!
GO SCOTS!!
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Sam, I agree. Not only do the players need the support from their fellow students, but from the members of the community as well. I saw that movie, 'Friday Night Lights'. It was incredible the amount of support they had from the community. It was like a religion.