Council News

Let’s Talk Business

From the desk of Dale Carlton, CRS, 2015 president

Fall is here, and before you know it we will say farewell to 2015. As you begin to wind up the year, I encourage all of you to plan on attending Sell-a-bration® 2016.

The theme of Sell-a-bration® 2016 says it all: “Let’s Talk Business.” As agents who have attended previous events can attest, Sell-a-bration® provides a prime opportunity to learn new tactics and strategies from experts, network with top producers and gain a fresh perspective on how the latest industry trends affect your business.

So please join us in Orlando, Florida, for next year’s conference, which will be held at the Loews Royal Pacific Resort Feb. 8–9, 2016.

I will be teaching a pre-conference course, Win-Win Negotiation Techniques on Feb. 7, 2016, focusing on key techniques for facilitating a successful negotiation from start to finish. Last year we broke the record for pre-conference course attendance and I anticipate the 2016 version will be just as well attended.

Members can sign up for Sell-a-bration® 2016 and the pre-conference course by visiting the CRS website.

The Council is working hard to bring additional education, networking and referral benefits to all our members. For example, the recently-launched CRS Referral Network includes:

  • A new-and-improved, user-friendly “Find a CRS” tool. We’ve added the ability to search by zip code, and it now offers enhanced sorting and filtering capabilities.
  • The innovative “CRS Qualified Consumer Leads” program powered by ReferralExchange. This exclusive and free service delivers pre-qualified consumer leads directly to CRS Designees.

We urge you all to check out the CRS Referral Network, dive in and start reaping the rewards. I know many of you already have — we’ve received lots of great feedback — but please let us know what you think!

As we continue to improve and expand our member benefits even further, we urge you to get involved and help spread the word about all the wonderful things going on at the Council.

See you in Orlando!