A Commitment to Every ICIWorld Member
The ICIWorld 90-Day Success Pledge
No member should go longer than 90 days without creating a transaction, referral, valuable connection or promising new business relationship.
If that is not happening, contact us and give us the opportunity to personally review what may be missing.
Our Pledge to You
Give us a genuine opportunity to help you. If you are not making connections, receiving inquiries, generating referrals or moving toward transactions, we will personally help examine how you are using ICIWorld and identify changes that may improve your results.
A Pledge of Help—Not a Guarantee of Income
Results depend on the information available, market conditions, the actions taken by each member and how consistently the service is used. Our pledge is that we will give members access to personal guidance, orientation, training and practical assistance designed to help them use the service effectively.
Why Can ICIWorld Make This Pledge?
ICIWorld has been helping real estate professionals network Haves, Wants, listings and business opportunities since 1994. Members have reported connections leading to more than $1 billion in completed transactions.
Experience has taught us something important:
When a member is not receiving results, the reason is frequently one overlooked action, an incomplete setup, outdated information or a missed follow-up opportunity.
Your Information Cannot Make Connections Until It Is Working
Someone could be searching right now for a property, business, buyer, seller, tenant, investor, land opportunity or referral that you know about.
When important information remains only in your memory, notebook, email or private conversation, the right person cannot find it. Recognize the opportunity and get appropriate information working as soon as possible.
The Three Parts of Member Success
1. Place Your Information
Place appropriate Haves, Wants, listings and opportunities so they can begin working for you throughout the ICIWorld network.
- Use a clear subject line containing the area, property or business type, price and a compelling reason to inquire.
- Begin Want subject lines with the word “Wanted.”
- Select every category and business area that reasonably applies.
- Include pricing whenever possible because many people search and sort by price.
- Provide enough information to generate interest without unnecessarily revealing confidential identifying details.
2. Keep It Current
ICIWorld information should be reviewed and updated regularly. Do not allow active information to become more than 90 days old.
- Review your Haves and Wants every 30 to 60 days.
- Modify information when circumstances, pricing or availability changes.
- Remove information that is no longer active.
- Fresh information builds confidence and gives people a reason to contact you.
3. Search, Connect and Follow Up
Posting information is only one part of the process. Members should also search for possible matches and contact the people behind those opportunities.
- When you place a Have, search for matching Wants.
- When you place a Want, search for matching Haves.
- Search both the member database and the public FSBO database where appropriate.
- Follow up with people you meet through ICIWorld.
- Build relationships before you need them. Major transactions often begin with one conversation.
One Missed Item Can Mean One Missed Opportunity
The ICIWorld Success Checkup
Use this checklist when results are not happening. A brief review can often identify a problem that is limiting your exposure or preventing inquiries.
- Freshness: Is all active information less than 90 days old?
- Accuracy: Is the information entered correctly and placed in the right database?
- Subject Lines: Do they identify the area, type, price and main selling feature?
- Categories: Have all applicable categories and business areas been selected?
- Pricing: Is a price or price range included whenever possible?
- Confidentiality: Are you protecting addresses and identifying details when required?
- Internet Links: Are you using appropriate links for photos, videos, brochures, maps and virtual tours?
- Matching: Are you actively searching for and contacting matching Haves and Wants?
- FSBO Opportunities: Do you understand how to search and use Database 2?
- Your Website: Are ICIWorld IDX links and widgets installed and working?
- Promotion: Are you directing prospects to your website and sharing appropriate opportunities through social media?
- Mobile Access: Is the ICIWorld app installed so you can search new information quickly?
- Training: Have you completed an orientation and learned the Three Special Questions?
- Networking: Are you attending ICIWorld networking and marketing sessions?
- Follow-Up: Are you consistently contacting people and building relationships from the information you discover?
Do Not Abandon the Vehicle—Fix the Flat Tire
If your car has a flat tire, you do not abandon the entire car. You identify the problem and fix the tire.
The same principle applies here. One weak subject line, expired opportunity, incorrect category, missing price, inactive IDX link or missed follow-up can limit results. Let us help identify and correct the issue.
What ICIWorld Provides to Support the Pledge
- One-on-one consultations and personal success checkups.
- Zoom orientation and practical training.
- Help improving Haves, Wants and subject lines.
- Assistance understanding searches, categories and Database 2.
- IDX links and widgets that can work from your own website.
- Global exposure and networking opportunities operating 24 hours a day.
- Monthly online networking and marketing sessions.
- Experience gained from helping members make connections associated with more than $1 billion in reported transactions.
Professional Responsibility
Each broker and salesperson remains responsible for the information they place, the representations they make and the way they conduct their real estate activities.
Members must follow all applicable laws, licensing requirements, brokerage policies, privacy obligations, advertising rules, codes of conduct and professional standards. Obtain all required permissions and agreements before disclosing an address, identifying a property or business, advertising a listing, arranging a showing or representing that you have authority to act.
Real Success. Real Proof. Real Connections.
ICIWorld members have shared success stories involving referrals, new relationships, commissions and transactions ranging from everyday opportunities to major commercial real estate deals.
Are You an Existing Member?
Make certain your information is current, your searches are working, your website links are active and you understand the complete system. Contact us before allowing an unused opportunity—or your membership—to expire.
Not Yet a Member?
Join ICIWorld and give your Haves, Wants, listings and business opportunities the ability to work for you around the clock. Membership includes unlimited information placement, searches, training, support and global networking tools.
No Member Should Be Left Without Help
We sincerely want every member to understand and benefit from the complete service. Give us the opportunity to help you recognize opportunities, place information correctly, make connections and build new business relationships.
Sincerely,
Gary Nusca, CCIM, CIPS
REALTOR®, Broker — 52 Years in Real Estate
Founder and Manager, ICIWorld.com
Give Us a Chance to Help
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Your information can work for you 24 hours a day—but first, you must get it working.
The ICIWorld 90-Day Success Pledge
Our Pledge
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No member should go longer than 90 days without doing business, completing a transaction, generating or receiving a referral, or, at the very minimum, developing a good business relationship with someone they expect to do business with someday; otherwise, call us and give us a chance to help!
