Maps Maps Maps.......!
The world is awash with Maps. Google Maps, GIS (geo graphic information systems), MultiMap, getmapping.com and so many more. Life "ain't like it used to be".
Just imagine the scene. It's pouring with rain outside, the client is tired ftom their "red eye trip". The home search is venturing onto "lesser" known territory and your lost. Out comes the folded, creased map that takes up half the car, and you poke the clients eye out whilst unfolding it. What a nightmare!
Nowadays with Tom Tom's, and other sat nav aids, getting around is much easier to areas that a Homesearcher may not know very well. Google Maps also means that you can see the property and the land layout so much more easily.
But is that enough?
Providing Home finding services is a high "value added" service.
Like many services, if the client had the time, the inclination, the contacts, they could do it themleves. But no, they have chosen to use you to help them find a home.
So, how can you add value to a map.
1. Some mapping packages can be purchased relatively inexpensively, they can be for the whole country, they could be just for your specififc part of the country.
2.From a Homefinders point of view they need to show information that is valued. It could be a map showing the client details about all your viewings that day with relevant notes on it about the area, noise, traffic, schools - in factr any speciofic bit f useful info can be added to a map.
3. You may want to show where certain gyms are, you may want to use them to screen potential viewings before you even leave your home or office on a viewing. You may want to look at Plot size, orientation to the sun, proximity to shops...the uses are endless as long as they are relevant to what you do.
If you want to find out what I recommend, and why, drop me an email.
The world is awash with Maps. Google Maps, GIS (geo graphic information systems), MultiMap, getmapping.com and so many more. Life "ain't like it used to be".
Just imagine the scene. It's pouring with rain outside, the client is tired ftom their "red eye trip". The home search is venturing onto "lesser" known territory and your lost. Out comes the folded, creased map that takes up half the car, and you poke the clients eye out whilst unfolding it. What a nightmare!
Nowadays with Tom Tom's, and other sat nav aids, getting around is much easier to areas that a Homesearcher may not know very well. Google Maps also means that you can see the property and the land layout so much more easily.
But is that enough?
Providing Home finding services is a high "value added" service.
Like many services, if the client had the time, the inclination, the contacts, they could do it themleves. But no, they have chosen to use you to help them find a home.
So, how can you add value to a map.
1. Some mapping packages can be purchased relatively inexpensively, they can be for the whole country, they could be just for your specififc part of the country.
2.From a Homefinders point of view they need to show information that is valued. It could be a map showing the client details about all your viewings that day with relevant notes on it about the area, noise, traffic, schools - in factr any speciofic bit f useful info can be added to a map.
3. You may want to show where certain gyms are, you may want to use them to screen potential viewings before you even leave your home or office on a viewing. You may want to look at Plot size, orientation to the sun, proximity to shops...the uses are endless as long as they are relevant to what you do.
If you want to find out what I recommend, and why, drop me an email.
posted by Henry Winter at 11:38 AM
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