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It's OK to Say "NO!"
Business: Small Business • Published: April 26, 2012
When we were kids, one of our first words was probably "NO!" Our parents worked with us to teach us to say "Yes" cheerfully and with a smile. We learned to say "Yes" to our parents, our teachers and eventually our bosses. Then the entrepreneurial bug hit.
Creating Membership Sites - Integrating Forums With Your Membership Site
Internet and Businesses Online: CMS • Published: May 12, 2010
A key component to any Membership Site is finding a way for your members to interact with each other and with you. Typically, a forum is a great way to do this and encourages folks to share questions, answers, tips, etc. with the community as a whole. There are several different ways to add a forum to your Membership Site; some forums are simple and others can be pretty complex.
Creating Membership Sites - 3 Myths of Membership Site Creation Debunked!
Internet and Businesses Online: CMS • Published: May 7, 2010
As with any information product, there are many myths that surround the membership site creation process. The end result seems completely out of reach of the normal coach, consultant or small business owner. Yet, creating a membership program can be done in a simple, yet comprehensive fashion.
Creating Membership Sites - 3 WordPress Plugins to Enhance Your Membership Site
Internet and Businesses Online: CMS • Published: May 5, 2010
When creating your membership site, you'll want to add plugins to enhance the site and make your membership program more helpful and enjoyable to your members. There are many plugins available online to add value to your WordPress site.
Creating Membership Sites - WordPress + Wishlist = Your Membership Success!
Internet and Businesses Online: CMS • Published: January 5, 2010
Membership Sites are a hot item just now, with many people creating new sites to share information with their communities. There are many types of memberships and ways to create them. Some of the programs out on the market today can be terribly expensive and clunky to use.
Real Estate Marketing - Utilize Twitter to Brand Yourself and Build Relationships in Real Estate
Real Estate: Marketing • Published: March 30, 2009
Have you heard the buzz? Twitter is taking the world by storm! With Twitter, you have 140 characters - not words, characters: i.e.: spaces, letters, numbers, symbols - to share your message with the world. Twitter asks, "What are you doing?", though a better question would be to ask, "What do you have to share with the world?"
Real Estate Marketing - Building Relationships Through Blogging
Real Estate: Marketing • Published: March 27, 2009
When you sit down with your blog, stare at the blank screen and try to decide what to write, what do you think of? Do you try to force a post about the housing market? Do you try to wrangle out a blog post based on a business principle that you learned that week? While this isn't a completely negative way to come up with blog posts, let's take a step back and remember our purpose for this real estate blog.
Real Estate Marketing - Using RSS Feeds to Update Your Blog
Real Estate: Marketing • Published: March 26, 2009
Updating your blog can turn into a time-consuming chore if you let it. Here's a great way to update your blog and do some research at the same time!
Real Estate Marketing - 3 Venues For Advertising Real Estate Online
Real Estate: Marketing • Published: March 25, 2009
If you are a newer Real Estate agent, it's pretty obvious that the days when placing a "For Sale" sign in the yard of a house and waiting for the calls to pour in is long gone. Agents are constantly hunting for new and creative ways to market their Real Estate listings.
Real Estate Marketing - Express Your Credibility Through Article Writing
Real Estate: Marketing • Published: March 25, 2009
With the competition for clients pretty fierce right now, you have to find a way to stand above the crowd. You want to show your prospects that you have the knowledge and ability to help them. So what makes you stand out from all the other real estate agents in your area? Express your credibility through sharing your knowledge through articles!
Real Estate Marketing - 3 Simple Ways to Create a Listing Website
Real Estate: Marketing • Published: March 25, 2009
Creating a website to advertise your listing is not as hard as you might think. Daily, new tools are being created to make this task very simple!
Real Estate Marketing - How to Maximize Your Listing Online With a Virtual Tour
Real Estate: Marketing • Published: February 23, 2009
One of the best ways to advertise your listing online is to use a Virtual Tour. Virtual Tours provide prospective buyers with the opportunity to get a view of your listing - without leaving their home or their computer! By showcasing your listing online in this way, people can feel as if they've actually seen the home and can picture themselves living there. This will entice them to see in "for real" - and they will be thrilled to see that the reality is even better!
Real Estate Marketing - 7 Keys to Marketing Real Estate Online
Real Estate: Marketing • Published: February 22, 2009
Whether you are just starting out in Real Estate or have been an agent for quite some time, there are a lot of marketing decisions that you need to make. Do you focus on print media? Radio or television ads? Online marketing?
Real Estate Marketing - Using Forums to Market Your Business
Real Estate: Marketing • Published: February 20, 2009
One of the first uses of the Internet was the Bulletin Board, or online forum. Back in the early days, people would log in to the Internet and post questions or comments and others would answer or reply. This way of conducting conversations caught on fairly quickly and forums are an integral part of our online usage today.
Real Estate Marketing - Keeping Your Blog Updated For Success!
Real Estate: Marketing • Published: February 20, 2009
Beginning a blog can sometimes seem overwhelming when you realize that you must continuously update your blog in order for it to be effective. So where are you going to get all your information? How are you going to keep your content fresh and interesting?
Real Estate Marketing - Using Your Email As a Marketing Tool For Real Estate
Real Estate: Marketing • Published: February 20, 2009
Did you know that if you have an email account, you already have a powerful way to market your Real Estate business? Even if your email address is a free account you can do this. It's preferable to have your own domain email address as that helps brand you as a professional and an expert, but these three concepts can be used by anyone with an email address.
Real Estate Marketing - 3 Social Media Tools Imperative For Real Estate Agents
Real Estate: Marketing • Published: February 20, 2009
When dealing with the online world, it is easy to become overwhelmed and a little lost at all the new technology and new tools that are available. And since so many are free or low cost, you feel almost obligated to give them a try and then just can't keep up with them anymore.
Real Estate Marketing - Tips to Make Your Listing Flyers a Success!
Real Estate: Marketing • Published: January 26, 2009
Every agent needs flyers to market their listings. Over the years, I have created hundreds of flyers of various shapes and sizes. In creating flyers, there are several "best practices" to keep in mind - to save you time, money, and get sales!
Real Estate Marketing - Picture Perfect Postcards
Real Estate: Marketing • Published: January 22, 2009
A marketing device that has worked well for Real Estate Agents in the past is farming an area with postcards. However, in this market - or for newer agents - there is more to it than just sending out a "Hi! I'm a new agent in your area!" postcard to randomly selected people.
Real Estate Marketing - Is Newspaper Advertising Still Viable in Today's Market?
Real Estate: Marketing • Published: December 28, 2008
Frequently sellers insist that their agents put ads in the local paper. Is this means of advertising still legit? While newspapers are still running For Sale and Open House ads in the paper, these sections are not what they used to be a few years ago. Buyers just aren't utilizing the newspaper classifieds like they used to.
Real Estate Marketing - How to Make Your Listing the Best of the Best of the Best
Real Estate: Marketing • Published: November 4, 2008
With the onset of winter, there has never been a better time to take a look at the topic of curb appeal. Many homeowners are examining their houses in preparation for the winter months. As Real Estate Agents, we need to do the same with our listings.
Real Estate Marketing - Contacting Clients Consistently to Ensure Referrals and Experience Success!
Real Estate: Marketing • Published: September 20, 2008
So, you know that you need to stay in touch with your clients and prospects, and you have your database all set up and ready to go! Now what? You need a plan, a simple strategy to keep contacting your past, present, and future clients.
What is a Real Estate Virtual Assistant Anyway?
Business: Outsourcing • Published: August 27, 2008
You've been hearing about Virtual Assistants and Real Estate Virtual Assistants lately, and are probably wondering what the heck are they? Everyone seems to have their own definition...here's my take on the matter.
Real Estate Marketing - Database Decisions - Part II
Real Estate: Marketing • Published: August 27, 2008
If you are ready to move beyond Excel or Outlook, and need a full featured client database, there is hope for you! There are several programs out there that have many features and can do everything but make coffee and wash dishes! The disadvantage to that fact is that there are many features that probably get overlooked and sometimes the programs are not that user friendly.
7 Things You Can Do Today to Create More Freedom in Your Business
Business: Top7 or 10 Tips • Published: August 27, 2008
What would you do with just a bit more freedom in your day? Take a walk in the park? Play a game with your children? Linger over a special dinner date? You can do all of these! I have seven things that you can put into place today to break the chain that is keeping you at your office desk. By implementing these simple concepts you can leave your office and close the door behind you, knowing that everything is under complete control.
