Be persistent and always stay positive. An open house that is well attended with potential buyers sticking around and interacting with the broker for longer periods of time. Each team member runs them independently, and we consolidate our leads on Monday for follow up. We have a pretty big team so we run multiple open houses simultaneously and try to cover as many listings as possible; this is a service we provide to our clients. As well, it allows us to meet new customers and build our brand in the neighborhood. We used pen and paper. We looked at another digital solution but it didn’t fully meet our needs. It served the basic functions but there were things that could be improved, like the way questions were displayed; the interface wasn’t as professional and appealing as we wanted it to be. Spacio was just starting out when we came across it, and they made adjustments to their product to fit our needs. They took a lot of the feedback we gave them and used it to improve the app. We host a lot of open houses across our team and it was a challenge to consolidate them all using paper. It was also hard to read people’s handwriting...it’s easy to scribble on paper. We wanted to stand out and give the appearance of the professional team that we are, modern and technologically savvy. Using an iPad is a great way to start a conversation with customers and it helps make a positive impression in front of new customers. We also wanted to have access to our leads any time and not have to keep sheets of paper. We were surprised at how little resistance there was with customers. We thought technology would be a barrier and maybe people wouldn’t know how to use it. But it was an easy transition and consumers are pretty savvy. There were no objections at all. In fact, it creates a more memorable customer experience. Spacio has made the open house process super easy. I don’t even think about it anymore! I just grab my iPad, go to my open house, and launch the sign-in form. It’s very user friendly and allows me access to all our open house leads at any given time. Previously when we had to input the information from keep sign-in sheets somewhere, contacts would always get lost. We don’t have to deal with that anymore. And if I get another listing in the same area later on, I can go back to an open house I did in the past and market to the same open house visitors who came through previously. We follow up with everyone through email, and the ones we think have higher potential we’ll contact via phone or text. Sometimes we use our email and follow up individually for a more personalized touch. Sometimes we use the Broadcast Message feature in Spacio to send a generic follow up. It depends on the open house and the quality of people who came through. If they host a number of open houses every week across team members and there’s a need to consolidate their leads, going digital is something they should do. Information always gets lost if you have to transfer it from one place to another. On top of that, paper registration is antiquated and so inefficient. Some are impressed with it and find it neat – these people have already been to open houses where they likely signed in using paper. When they come to my open house and see an iPad, it’s something unusual and helps me differentiate my brand. Most people don’t comment or react, but that just goes to show that consumers already have a familiarity with digital registration. It’s not a surprise for them, it’s natural. This is a great sign because there’s no resistance. It’s mostly agents who are resistant to change, but remember: it’s about the customer, it’s not about us. We have to be where the customer is. Realize that the attendees who don't want to purchase the property can be as important as the ones who are interested. A packed open house raises the "buzz" of the property and can have a very positive effect on those who are actually interested.