A few days ago
Anonymous

What does this sentence mean?

“How do you generate new businesses?”

I was working for a real estate agency and then I applied for a recruitment consultancy position and the person over the phone asked me “How did you brought on new business” and I thought she meant how did I get the job and she said no I mean “How did you generate a new business” The sentence does make sense but not in this context. You dont generate new business as a real estate agent. what was she trying to say?

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A few days ago
lyllyan

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She is asking how you would entice more customers to use your service. Would you advertise in the radio, or would you have a magnetic sign on your car stating your Real Estate business. What would you do to get more customers?

As a Realtor, of course you generate new business. You certainly don’t rely on the same 100 people to continue to buy and sell homes, do you? No, you have to constantly be on the look out for people in certain areas that may be thinking of selling, or buying, and keep your name in front of them.

There are also new home builders starting up every day, you also need to work with them.

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A few days ago
Elizabeth E
I think she means how did you generate new business for the agency you were working for. Like, how to you bring new clients to the company? How did you “sell” your company to new and prospective clients?

Example:

Did you hand out business cards to new people you met? Did you advertise with a local agency?

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A few days ago
Anonymous
I’m pretty sure she was trying to find out how aggressively you worked to find people to sell houses for. Some real estate agents will go to everyone they know and hand out cards, or place cards in prominent places to draw business to them. That’s what she was trying to find out. how aggressive you are in business.
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A few days ago
Anonymous
They wanted to know how you got new customers to come to do business with your company.
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A few days ago
Lili
I would think she was wanting to know what you did to bring in new clients, both buyers and sellers.

Lili

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