User:Shijie Hua/OLES2129/draft

This is my proposal for the article following notability, Verifiability, etc.

My article could be associated with Business of WikiProject

Basic Description
Geographic Farming means real estate agents develop their business in a specific area or market demographic. The term farm implies growing something. That's what agent does when agent farms a local subdivision. Agent plants the seeds of future business, nurture them with marketing and then hopefully reap the rewards in commissions. Farming can involve any or all of direct mail, door knocking, postcards, newsletters, email or any other form of advertising. The key to farming an area is to do it with regularity and keep on your message.

Reference
Pilarsky, Alex. ”4 things to do before starting your geographic farming”. REMonline. REMonline, 24 Jul, 2018, https://www.remonline.com/4-things-to-do-before-starting-your-geographic-farming/. REM (Real Estate Magazine) is leading monthly magazine of Canada for professionals in real estate area, agents related to real estate, middleman, seller, administrators, and other industry stakeholders who are interested in real estate. REM releases informantion related to real estate for news, analysis, and review on real estate in Canada. it is independently owned and operated. Besides, it is not affiliated with any real estate association or board which means the sources from it are reliable and neutral. The author of the article, Alex, was in the real estate all over the world in 1972. Moreover, Alex established Re/Max Realtron together with Richard, the brother of Alex. They have been awarded a large amount of top honours within the Re/Max system together, including No. 1 Re/Max in the world in 2012 (most transactions), International Broker/Owners of the Year and the Prestigious Distinguished Service Award. He is also a certified mentor with Buffini and Company and Richard Robbins International. In this article, Alex illustrated 4 basic steps for an agent before starting to manage the geographic farm for the beginner agents who related to the real estate which can be used as some of the parts in the “preparation” section.

Sesso, Joe. “How to Create a Geographic Farm and Win More Listings”.RISMedia, RISMedia’s ContentSolution. 6 April, 2017. https://rismedia.com/2017/04/06/create-geographic-farm-win-more-listings/

RISMedia was founded in 1980 by Publisher and chief executive officer John E. Featherston, which providing the real estate industry’s definitive source including news and information in residential aspect. The article from Joe Sesso, provides suggestions about starting managing the geographic farm, which can be used as a supplement for the contents above.

Kimmons, James. “Farming an area or Market Segement in Real Estate”. The Balance Small Business, The balance Team. 26 Nov, 2018. https://www.thebalancesmb.com/farming-an-area-or-market-segment-in-real-estate-2866611

The Balance Small Business is a website providing lucid, practical information on administration and entrepreneurship. The author of the article from thebalancesmb.com, James, provided us a basic background and introduction of the Geographic Farming. It can be used at the beginning of the article as introduction of geographic farming or supplement through context.

Zey, Tyler. “Use geographic farming to boost your real estate SEO”. Inman, Inman, 16 March, 2015. https://www.inman.com/2015/03/16/how-to-use-geographic-farming-to-boost-your-real-estate-seo/

Inman is a website provides new-designed and exact information which is well-timed related to the commerce and economics including real estate, The author, Tyler Zey, is an award-winning digital marketing expert who frequently works with small businesses. He also plays clarinet professionally in several orchestras. This adds reliability to the content of this source. In this article, the importance of propaganda about real estate on internet was illustrated. The context can be cited as the one of the most important strategies for real estate: Using internet to boost the performance in geographic farming in “Establishing through Internet” part.

Srivatsaa, S. “THE SIX KEY ELEMENTS OF A GEOGRAPHIC FARM”. BreakthroughBroker. BreakthroughBroker.

https://www.breakthroughbroker.com/the_six_key_elements_of_a_geographic_farm#.XJ35gJgzZPb

BreakthroughBroker.com was founded by former REALTORS® Eric Sachs and Nathan Froelich. BreakthroughBroker.com is a website providing strategies, tips, tools, tutorials, plans, resources, which are relevant with real estate. BreakthroughBroker.com also have a proprietary marketing material generator which takes the headache out of graphic design and allows visitors to secure professional, effective materials with ease. As for the author, Sharran Srivatsaa is a chief executive officer in Kingston Lane, a push-button skillfulness implementation platform in real estate section. This article written by Sharran Srivatsaa provides several useful precautions for the beginner agents that can be filled into Wikipedia in “precaution” part.

Caughman, Joyce L. Real Estate Prospecting: Strategies for Farming Your Markets. Chicago: Dearborn Real Estate, 1994.

This book contains a large amount of knowledge about geographic farming, including specific processes and specific issues, which can be a versatile supplement to my Wikipedia material. As for the author, Joyce L. Caughman, has over 20 years’ experience in real estate farming. She spent two years as a branch office manager and eight years as a real estate sales associate, during which time she was a member of the Distinguisted Sales Club. Her articles have appeared in REALTOR® magazine, Real Estate Today and Real Estate Professional; she has also served as the editor of Realty Revue as well as on the board of REALTOR® magazine. Ms. Caughman is an award-winning sales associate. To sum up, the resource from this book should be a good resource for Wikipedia.