William Raveis Real Estate, Mortgage & Insurance

Dear William Raveis Family, Forty-seven years ago, Sotheby's was just entering the real estate business and asked me to join their company's advisory board. However, prestige often comes with a price tag. We represented them in the New York suburbs, providing winning ideas and marketing plans, but I knew instinctively that we could do things more effectively. Once again, William Raveis was first in the nation and now look at us...more than 45,000 high-end listings sold, including notable estates like Jeff Bagwell, Phil Donahue & Marlo Thomas, Tommy Hilfiger, Martha Stewart, Rockefeller and Vanderbilt. Likewise, we're appreciative and proud of our #1 awards, including Top Brokerage by Inman; Top 100 in the World, and Overall Winner in HGTV’s Ultimate House Hunt among others. As the competition is pulling back services, we continue to invest in marketing, technology, and innovative lead generation programs to grow your business. Jamie Zdru has led our LP Division for over 20 years, helping agents win listings with tailored proposals and amplifying our luxury listings in print, web, digital, and social media. Our signature Black Box also gives the seller a sense of the caliber and quality of our marketing and includes a personal letter from me, along with Raveis Collection, our international luxury magazine. "The LP Division delivers beautiful and effective strategic marketing proposals that set us apart" says Michelle Noga and in South Carolina, Mike Broadhurst praises "the quick response time, creative assistance producing high-end brochures, and savvy marketing expertise by Jamie Zdru and the LP team." Jamie also offers next-generation RAMP analytics and solutions to keep you updated every step of the way. Last, we have our global partners Luxury Portfolio International and LeadingRE Companies of the World, which connects us to 550 top firms and 134,000 agents in over 70 countries. Possibly the best illustration of the strength of our luxury network is The Glass House on Fishers Island, a Naples to Northeast referral that inspired us to create the William Raveis LP Advocate Program. Highlights are in today's newsletter. Go Team! With gratitude, Bill

Dear William Raveis Family, Like you, I also tune into the Morning Boost and every Monday through Thursday receive fresh ideas & creative tips from our expert Christa Ross, Lead Coach and VP of Career Development. We have a clip from Christa's program in today's Tell-All Tuesday that's worth watching. Everything we do at Raveis Nation is geared toward helping you succeed. It deserves repeating what Christa says in this episode, which is, "We know who you are. We have what you need." As innovators, we are always looking ahead. Our Westport team recently posted, "We're not just keeping up with the industry, we're setting the standard!" Christa also emphasizes the importance of creating a sense of trust with customers and clients. Our family culture values those relationships. For 50 years, we have worked diligently to hone and craft premium services, partnered tools, and mentorship that will bring you to the next level as an entrepreneur. Our exciting Summer Power Surge training provides a multilayered approach for the coming weeks. Please take advantage, both in-office and through Career Development/Raveis University, to hear from industry experts and colleagues with: -Leadership-led regional gatherings (Raveis Roadshows) -Weekly sales meetings (Strategic Growth Coaches) -One-on-one coaching sessions (Christa Ross) -Top 25 teams/acquisitions on-site training (Cristy Dow) -Daily insights & motivation (The Morning Boost) -Key social & marketing collateral (Tell-All Tuesday newsletters) "I feel incredibly lucky to work for William Raveis and even luckier to have you as a training/coach resource" (Grace LoBello). "Christa, your words and the way you get your message across and deliver content is brilliant" (Vicky Welch). "To the amazing leaders and coaching mentors of our company: Thank you for turning my business challenges into stepping stones for success" (Stacey Sporn). The time to craft, carve and hone your business for optimal productivity and ultimate success has never been more important than it is right now. Our entrepreneurial family company is raising the bar, so let's continue learning-and growing-together this summer. Go team! With gratitude, Bill

Dear William Raveis Family, Our amazing 50 years of success as a family-owned business has led to state and local recognition with national and global awards still on the horizon. Let's continue celebrating all year long! At our Southport office last week, nearly 100 agents and managers, including myself, Ryan Raveis, Ray Cashen, Tammy Felenstein, Al Filippone, and marketing staff welcomed William Gerber, First Selectman of Fairfield. He presented The Official Proclamation, naming June 7, 2024, 'William Raveis Day' in the Town of Fairfield. We are thrilled! In addition to the Connecticut Proclamation from Governor Lamont, our achievements have been recognized by the community members of the town where I grew up...it's very special. Remember, William Raveis agents bring a lot of value with real estate, mortgage, and insurance all under one roof. And, we have been doing this successfully since 1974. On a personal note, William Raveis Day is no ordinary day - it's also my father's birthday. He was the person who suggested I change the name to William Raveis Real Estate from Yankee Realty Company. Looking back, it was a wise decision and a gift that I thank Dad for every day. In his statement, Mr. Gerber said, "There may be no more important business in a municipality than a local real estate office, where the Realtors know the history and the streets, the beaches and the parks, the schools, and the businesses. For 50 years, William Raveis Real Estate has offered that kind of intimate knowledge to both sellers and buyers and has been a respected, integral part of the Town of Fairfield. I am proud to proclaim June 7, 2024 William Raveis Day." Raveis Nation is stronger than ever, and it's all thanks to you. Go Team! With gratitude, Bill

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Dear William Raveis Family, We have an exciting video to share with you...Chris is announcing the Winning Agents in Our More in '24 Leads & Listings Contest. Congratulations! It was a close race to the finish line. Companywide, we gained a total of 4,000+ New Listings and nearly 1,000 Agents successfully signed 2 or more listings in four months (Feb-May). Our Six Grand Prize Winners will enjoy fabulous trips to Canyon Ranch in MA and The Breakers in Palm Beach, along with $2,500 Gift Cards. WOW! Everyone did an excellent job of prospecting and securing business, so let's keep it going, building our inventory across Raveis Nation! Our commitment to your success is unwavering. Together, we are navigating the new Buyer Broker landscape. The Raveis' family-myself, Chris, and Ryan-have been touring our regions each week. I visited with Niantic-Mystic-Norwich and will be attending Westport office awards tomorrow. Next week's Regional Meeting will be at the Madison Library with agents from Branford, Guilford, Madison and Old Saybrook. Chris and Ryan recently had a huge turnout from our Darien, Norwalk, Rowayton, Westport, and Wilton offices. Between in-person visits by our leadership team and exclusive coaching sessions by industry voices like Tom Ferry, Christa Ross, Cristy Dow, and others, William Raveis agents have a distinct advantage in the marketplace. At the Manager's Productivity Council on Thursday, I will be leading a discussion on Best Practices for both the Seller side and Buyer side. Please be sure to attend your office sales meetings and learn about the new forms and procedural changes starting August 1. Lisa Carpenter (CMO) will also be giving Sales Managers an overview of our exciting new marketing pieces. With printed copies of our World-Class Buyer Broker Brochure arriving in offices soon, I recommend using Maxa/AI to create a branded marketing package to include a bio, testimonials, and Unique Value Proposition with your presentations. We will have more Buyer Broker news from our Career Development and Marketing teams next month. Go Team! With gratitude, Bill

Dear William Raveis Family, The hallmark of our family-owned company is luxury service to clients and customers. Winning awards and achieving 99% customer satisfaction ratings year after year. The mindset of "doing business as usual" is important. Yes, the new Buyer Broker landscape has potential policy changes, and we are preparing now. But our Sales Associates will continue doing what we do best and has been successful: delivering luxury experiences across real estate, mortgage, and insurance! The exciting rollout of our new Buyer Broker brochure is the main feature of today's newsletter. Quoting Tom Ferry from Monday's webinar, "This William Raveis brochure is WORLD-CLASS!" Our new 20-page marketing piece-Our Commitment to Your Homebuying Journey-has our luxury look and feel and is branded to you with a back pocket for your unique value proposition, testimonials, or other branded pages. Use the digital link now, with printed copies arriving in your local office by early June. The brochure's layout follows Tom Ferry's advice for securing Buyer signatures: Keep it simple and don't make it complicated. Section 1: Advantages of you being part of a family-run business with top coaching and training, engaged owners, and 99% customer satisfaction ratings Section 2: Showcasing the many national and global awards won by your brokerage as proof points of success Section 3: How you help in Building Our Winning Strategy and Exclusive Features on Raveis.com Section 4: My Talented Local Team and My Valuable In-house Partners (Mortgage & Insurance) Section 5: Homebuying Process Roadmap, followed by descriptions of the valuable services buyer agents deliver in each step Step 1: Our Journey Begins Step 2: Finding Your Ideal Home Together Step 3: Helping You Win Your Offer Step 4: Celebrating Your New Home The brochure highlights the many activities you deliver to Customers along the homebuying journey. As you read through the brochure, you'll agree with me-all that we do for our customers is astonishing! Go Team, Bill

Dear William Raveis Family, Our groundbreaking education, coaching, and training program is the best in the business! As promised, Tom Ferry International is running a six-week coaching series, starting Thursday at 11a.m., when Kristi Jencks (TF) will be coaching on buyer consultations and signing buyer broker agreements. This high-level webinar is designed to help our agents convey value within the new Buyer Broker landscape. Remember, Connecticut has been a Buyer Broker state since 1990, but there are a few changes that you need to be aware of. Our comprehensive training for the next 10-12 weeks includes: 1. Tom Ferry and team will share industry insights with us each week, now thru May 16. 2. April is the month to get back into the office and use Tom's slides and videos (on Raveis365) for role-playing and collaboration with your sales managers and colleagues. These conversations can help refine your value-added services for both Buyers and Sellers. As a luxury brand for 50 years, we have all products and services under one roof. No other real estate company has anything like it. For example, our mortgage company can pre-approve mortgages for buyers and sellers in-house while our insurance agency provides them with the most competitive rates in the industry. These are only some of the benefits we deliver to clients and customers. 3. Beginning in May, Christa Ross and Cristy Dow in Career Development will dive deeper into our value-added services (Buyer and Seller), sharing our newly designed marketing material, available in May. Stay tuned. Exciting news from our Southern region...congratulations to Andrea Cohen (Sarasota) on her $8.5M Longboat Key listing from our FREE Local Market Insights campaign. WOW! And finally, Chris's More in 24 Leads & Listing Contest so far has 520 agents in the running to win six Top Grand Prizes - 61 Platinum, 106 Gold, and 353 Silver. With six weeks to go, let's keep the momentum strong. GO TEAM! With gratitude, Bill P.S. Our 50th anniversary celebration is making headlines! We are featured in Inman News and RISMedia along with other media outlets, and we've got some great social media feeds to share.

Dear William Raveis Family, The Event '24 was a huge success! It was wonderful to see everyone so happy, full of energy, and excited to celebrate and network with friends both old and new. Our 50th Awards & Celebration gathered nearly 1500 sales associates, managers, and employees including our former leadership team of Carolyn Deal, Mary Ann Evick, Joanne Paone, Terry Russo along with honored guests from LeadingRE, The Realty Alliance, and CT Realtors. Likewise, agents from Florida and South Carolina met and mingled with Raveis colleagues from Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont. Everyone experienced firsthand our fun 360 Photo Booth, shopped Raveis merchandise, and listened to fabulous music by Mike DelGuidice and the Decadia Band. Raveis The Musical on Wednesday evening was a blast from the past with costumes and songs for every decade, along with an incredible solo performance by Stephanie Harnisch...very special. Convention activities featured motivational speaker Amy Jo Martin, and Tom Ferry gave our group an insightful perspective on Buyer Broker at General Session. Our CHP training with mortgage and insurance was well attended as were all our Educational Breakout Sessions led by Dan Prud'homme, Byron Lazine, Christa Ross, Matthew Ferrara, and Chris Raveis. I expect participants came away with a lot of creative ideas and tips for securing business this year. At William Raveis, we are committed to coaching our sales associates through every challenge and market situation. Building on this momentum, our leadership team is currently reviewing proposals from Tom Ferry International, T3 Sixty, Matthew Ferrara and others. NEXT WEEK is our rollout for specific training to help agents with value propositions for both the Buyer side and the Listing side. Additionally, Christa Ross and Cristy Dow will be teaching the nuts and bolts of Buyer Brokerage companywide. Please begin now and review Tom's slides using the link inside today's newsletter. As the band leader, you have achieved nothing without the band and great people. You are the best in the business! GO TEAM With gratitude, Bill

Dear William Raveis Family, As you know, I am a big believer in innovation-not just making a change every now and then, but often. That is how you grow your brand and build your business. Likewise, it is how we as a company have survived and thrived for fifty years. All our companywide programs are designed to help you Do More in '24. There are exciting happenings right now, with Chris' More in 24 Leads and Listings Contest, and Ryan's RAVAI featuring the launch of Maxa, an innovative marketing platform with fully integrated A.I.- READ ON. Please be sure to join our Watch Party Plus with Christa Ross, VP of Career Development, Hannah Smith, Social Media Lead, and Rachel Ryan, Director of Regional Marketing tomorrow, Wednesday, March 13 at 10 AM. Christa will talk about the many free and cost-effective marketing tools for today's marketplace. Plus, the valuable impact of using video and Studio One to differentiate yourself on social media. Hannah will walk you through our FREE Social Media library and Agent Icon. And Rachel will provide an overview of our tailored platform on Maxa as well as its tremendous A.I. capabilities. Maxa's marketing platform is everything our agents have been asking for! Here are some of them: -Luxurious designs for all your marketing needs -Light-speed market data integration -A.I. text composition -Spanish and French translation -And more! By utilizing our new FREE platform, you are promoting your marketing and technology edge to stay relevant in the marketplace. Demonstrating why we are the 2023 Winner of Inman's Top Brokerage award. Again, join your office Watch Party Plus at 10 AM tomorrow. The Event 24 is two weeks away... stay tuned to our Tell-All Tuesday newsletter for important details. Our entire Raveis family, Chris, Ryan, Laurie, my grandkids, the management team, and I are looking forward to seeing everyone there! GO TEAM With gratitude, Bill

Dear William Raveis Family, Congratulations, the results are in, and we've got exciting news! Once again, we have been selected by the global industry experts at Luxury Lifestyle (LL), naming William Raveis among its elite TOP 100 Real Estate Brokers and Developers of the World for 2023. The announcement by the LL Committee says this about the award, "The TOP 100 list pays tribute to those who have proven unwavering dedication, exceptional service, and an unrelenting pursuit of excellence." As a leader in luxury, one of the reasons why we stand with the best in the world is Jamie Zdru in our Luxury Properties Division. With the high demand for exceptional service, Jamie provides agents with years of success marketing high-end properties. She and her team offer concierge services, handling the day-to-day tasks from pre-listing preparation to global placements in Luxury Portfolio and The Wall Street Journal. As you know, our agents represent the most beautiful, if not the most expensive, homes in the world. Now, this is our thinking behind rolling out two campaigns at once. Both offerings are designed to encourage and reward your efforts in generating business. First, Chris's More in 24 Leads and Listings Contest has six exciting Grand Prizes, including resort trips for two and cash gift cards. Meanwhile, our new Lead Generation Drip Campaign gives you weekly touchpoints with your customers and has created quite a buzz at Raveis Nation. Only four weeks in, we've seen a 20% increase in agent participation, over 800,000 emails sent, and great results. Please join your peers and take advantage of these FREE programs before the season begins. Finally, The Event 24 announcement that you have all been waiting for ... we have Mike DelGuidice, the fantastic singer-songwriter who tours the world with Billy Joel, and the Decadia Band performing for us following the awards ceremony on Wednesday evening. Get your dancing shoes on, and plan to rock the night away. Go team! With gratitude, Bill