DAN PLOWMAN - DAN PLOWMAN TEAM REALTY

DAN PLOWMAN TEAM REALTY
Dan Plowman
Whitby, ON

• Top 20 team for units sold and average DOM

As the leader of both a top real estate team and his own training company, Dan Plowman has a lot to say about what makes a winning agent. The phrase “drop the ball” comes up repeatedly when talking to Plowman, most frequently when it comes to following up with clients. Plowman says most agents come up short in two major areas: lead conversion and referrals. 

After a lead has been generated, Plowman says few agents “are very good with follow up. They drop the ball if they need to call somebody back four, five, six times. Statistically, numbers show me that you have to contact someone on average seven to ten times before you get an appointment, never mind a deal.” Plowman estimates that 80% of business is the result of follow-ups. “In other words I’d be doing 80 percent less business if I just counted on field reps to do the follow-up work.” Plowman has multiple full-time agents on his staff whose sole duty is lead conversion.

Plowman says most agents also take referrals and repeat business for granted. He feels referrals require “the same care and consideration that a new lead does. People want to know that they matter. And the way that they learn that is through continued follow up. People rarely remember what you say to them, but they do remember how you made them feel.”