Your real estate business may currently be on the increase. The warmer weather is bringing buyers out of hibernation and sellers are planting flowers to enhance their home’s curb appeal. It is great to be busy doing what you love! But if you find that your work is decreasing the time you spend volunteering for your favorite charity, take a moment to reconsider. How does charitable work help to develop and increase your business?
1. Enhance your identity in the community.
Real estate professionals love people, and that is probably why it is natural to want to reach out and help in your community. Getting involved with a charity or non-profit – especially a local organization – can build and maintain your good reputation in your local area. And often, the free press and marketing that you receive is a valuable bonus.
2. Options for new personal contacts
Finding a cause that is special to you is important. Not only will you put your heart into volunteer work that you love, you will also enlarge your sphere of like-minded friends who can become clients or great advocates for you and your business. During your volunteering, you may also come in contact with potential clients who you might not have met otherwise in your daily life.
3. Improve your professional profile or resume
Clients and business associates like to see that you have an interest and involvement in the community. You can show them on your professional resume that your personal and professional skills are beneficial beyond just your real estate business. Use words like “tutor”, “advocate”, “liaison” and “consultant” instead of simply “volunteer” to describe the important charitable work that you do.
4. Personal satisfaction
Although the professional benefits of volunteering are important, the most positive benefit of charitable work may be the personal satisfaction we experience from helping others. You may not be able to put a dollar figure on that kind of fulfillment, but volunteering can renew your personal outlook and in turn strengthen your dedication to helping people in your daily business transactions. That kind of return on investment is priceless!
Although you can’t let time spent volunteering overshadow your real estate tasks, a good balance between the two can lead to a more successful business and a happier you!
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