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885,391 daily readers and growing! January 5, 2016 Early Christmas Gift Dear Reader: I'm going to keep this morning's email short and sweet. It's just twelve days until Christmas, and most agents are deep into planning for 2016. It's safe to say all of us -- except perhaps a few of you who are winding down their business or planning to retire -- want to make more money in 2016 than we did in 2015 And although each of us will have a different plan of action to achieve our goals, the common denominator in all of our plans will be more customers. There is no way to close more transaction volume in 2016 without also getting more customers in 2016. Personally I don't recommend buying expensive leads from Zillow or putting more elbow grease into cold calling or sending post cards to your sphere of influence, hoping for more referrals to magically spring into your lap. But I don't have to convince you. Neither of those options is all that appealing to you. So what's the alternative? You can actually take control of your own marketing and capture your own customers with a technology like my Ultimate Website system. That's what I do -- and so do hundreds of other agents who use my technology. I literally generate new customers at will, every day, without spending a dime on advertising. And today, I have an early Christmas gift for you. Buy my Ultimate Website system, and I'll give you a second Ultimate Website account FREE. You might be wondering what you would do with a second website. Well, that's up to you, but here are a few ideas for you. ▪ Go halfsies with your partner and 50% ▪ Run one website "blind" and one website branded with your photo, logo, and personal details. ▪ Donate the second website to an agent you've been mentoring! It's Christmas, and what could be sweeter than the gift of more business? To get this deal, enter the code below at checkout. Discount Code: “BOGO” (all caps, no quotes) As I mentioned above, this deal is good for 24 hours only. Get My Ultimate Website System + Second Account Free (Wait. Did you check to see if it's available in your area?) Still on the fence? Read this email from one of my readers: Hi Matt, We haven’t met before…but I’m a longtime reader and started using your Ultimate Website in Feb. I know you like to share reader emails, so share this!! I got into real estate ten years ago when the market was booming, and--let’s be honest--it was quite easy to make money!! I didn’t really know what I was doing so the recession was devastating to my business. I’ve spent the last several years “just getting by” but this year I've decided that wasn't enough. Your way of doing business has always resonated with me but I’ve never been willing to part with the money. But I finally bit the bullet and started using your Ultimate Website in February, and I can honestly say this has been my busiest spring ever -- 8 transactions and counting!! To anyone who wants the Ultimate Website but doesn't want to spend the money, let me just say I wish I had gotten over myself a long time ago. I spend almost as much in bananas as I do on my website, and my website makes me money!!! P.S. Can’t wait to see my name in your email blast ;) -- June, WI I probably have a lot of readers just like June. My approach to real estate makes intuitive sense to you, but you're a skeptical person. You'd love to have an endless supply of new customers in your inbox every day, but you doubt that it could really be that simple. And because you don't know where your next customer is coming from, you want to save every dollar you can. Well, be like June. Get over yourself and take the plunge. There will never be a better time to do it than now. If you're like most people, you spend more than $33/mo. on Starbucks. Imagine putting that same money into new lead capture technology and being flooded with customers -- as many as five per day while running free ads. Business would be good again, wouldn't it? Get My Ultimate Website System + Second Account Free (Wait. Did you check to see if it's available in your area?) As always, thanks for reading. Matt Jones Broker/President/CEO FavoriteAgent.com Matt Jones is the founder and CEO of FavoriteAgent.com, nationally syndicated columnist, broker, and best selling author. He has been profiled by major media outlets as an innovator and a pioneer in the industry, and CNN's Pulse on America claimed he and his company were "changing the way real estate is done in America."

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