About Jonathan Saar

Jonathan Saar is the Vice President of Marketing for The Training Factor. He also blogs on his personal website. You can follow along or contact Jonathan on Twitter via @JonathanSaar, Linkedin Jonathan Saar or on Google+.

Email Protocol – Stop the CC Insanity!

Email Protocol – Stop the CC Insanity!

A common post I see being shared on various social sites is in regards to the amount of emails we have in our inbox. I deal with a lot of different companies across the country so I want to share with you some experiences I have had.
For a moment just step back in time before [...]

The Lagniappe Effect on Resident Retention

The Lagniappe Effect on Resident Retention

We always appreciate someone who goes that extra mile. When it comes to resident retention and customer service, you can never have enough effort. It can also serve as the catalyst to have a repeat client or for a resident to sign another year. I polled some of our team members for some of their [...]

Complimentary Fair Housing Training by The Training Factor

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The title speaks for itself.  Everyday we read of news where the lack of Fair Housing training has had a significant impact on a company. Ignorance is not an excuse.  We must know and understand the Fair Housing Act and its seven protected classes.  This is why The Training Factor is happy to announce of [...]

Fair Housing – Unintentional is Still Illegal

Fair Housing Discrimination

Fair Housing month is a great time to make sure we are all at the top of our game. We will be posting as many quick tips as possible throughout the month. So here is tip number one!
Even if we unintentionally violate the Fair Housing Act it is still illegal. Mistakes happen but the law [...]

Social Media is not Your Superhero

Social media superhero

It’s a bird. It’s a plane. No its SOCIAL MEDIA!!!
At times we can get let ourselves get a bit carried away with social media and what it can do. It has its place but it certainly is not a super hero. You can be the superhero and the more we realize that the more effective [...]

Don’t Read the Guest Card, Live the Guest Card!

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How many of us have been on those customer service calls when you know that the person on the other end is reading their predetermined list of questions and statements? Go ahead and raise your hand because it has probably happened to all of us. How did you like the experience? Did you connect with [...]

“Hello”… “Umm, is this Park Plaza Apartments?”

Ultimate Apartment Leasing Workout

When leasing apartments your telephone skills are absolutely crucial and can make or break a first impression. The challenge I find with many apartment leasing folks is their ability to maintain their consistency and/or look for the opportunities to WOW the caller.
For all of us one of the main reasons why are phone etiquette dwindles [...]

The Unmoth Approach to Apartment Marketing

The Unmoth Approach to Apartment Marketing

Lately in the online apartment marketing space it has been like listening to crickets. It seemed like yesterday there was a flurry of activity on the web discussing all types of opinions and potential best practices regarding apartment marketing. Lately it has been a bit quiet. My fellow nerd made a statement in a recent [...]

I Now Pronounce You Resident and Apartment

I Now Pronounce You Resident and Apartment

Renting an apartment is not at all like buying the newspaper or a gallon of milk. There is a deep level of thought, research and investigating to make a decision and to commit to a place for the resident to call home. In many ways the process can be paralleled to dating and marriage. Read [...]

Friday’s Fave Five 01-04-13

Friday's Fave Five

The new year kicked off in great fashion this week with some great items that I shared over my network.  The following are my fave five for this week.
Fair Housing Training: You Can Pay Me a Little Now or Pay Me  a lot Later
For those of you who know me well, you totally get why [...]

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