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A Lesson In Door To Door Sales (You’ll Never Be This Good)

I’ve done my fair share of door knocking. I’ve walked into offices and businesses without appointments before. Yup, I’m that guy. What can I say? I have a product I believe in and I want to make a sale. How about you? Well, if you want a few tips on selling door to door check…

How Tech Savvy Agent Stays Productive – Productivity Nugget #217

I spent this year traveling North America, speaking at every Inman News Agent Reboot. Steve Pacinelli of TechSavvyAgent.com was right there in every city. Plus, he was usually flying in from some other city where he was speaking about technology, crm and just online lead generation in general. He is a true road warrior, plus…

Social Media Seems To Be The Main Topic In Social Media

I did a search yesterday for three phrases in my social network streams. Lead Conversion Lead Generation Social Media Over the last 48 hours here are the results, that I found “Lead conversion” mentioned 9 times. “Lead generation” mentioned 54 times. “Social media” mentioned 923 times. My first initial thought, Why do we need to…

What Do You Say To A Trick Or Treater Wearing A Ninja Costume?

A little post Halloween humor for you. I sent this out to my email list, the day after Halloween. If you have not signed up yet to get these emails, do so NOW. CLICK HERE. What do you say to a trick or treater that is dressed up like a ninja or a rockstar? How…

How To Use Facebook Pages For Real Estate Strategy Revealed

My 1 to 1 coaching clients, Christina and Chuck Ethridge, are crushing it. They are succeeding in social media and Facebook, but not by the way that many of you are being taught. Christina and Chuck ain’t some Social Media Guru’s or self proclaimed Facebook Experts. Nah. They are real real estate agents that list…

Lisa Archer of Team Ludlow on TV

Check out a coaching client of mine, Lisa Archer of Team Ludlow becoming a celebrity. var playerhost = ((“https:” == document.location.protocol) ? “https://productivityjunkies.s3.amazonaws.com/ezs3js/secure/” : “http://productivityjunkies.s3.amazonaws.com/ezs3js/player/”); document.write(unescape(“%3Cscript src=’” + playerhost + “flv/779EDA10-FB3E-19C2-3E311E7B44118C08.js?t=”+(Math.random() * 99999999)+”‘ type=’text/javascript’%3E%3C/script%3E”)); You can also connect with Lisa on The Geeky Girls fanpage, to get help with making sense of all the tech…

The Problem With Being Self Motivated

“You’d like Thom. Everyone likes Thom. Thom Porro is a funny, good natured, candid, authentic and the man at the top of his game. A CEO in Seattle, he is part of an executives group there. A few years ago Don Aubrey, also part of the executives group,  and Thom started mountain climbing together. At…

If It Works For A 2000 Toyota Corolla, It Might Work For Your Listing

Check out this awesome video by Clark Olson. It was created for a Kelley Blue Book-sponsored contest for the best used car review ad. Tell me he doesn’t create some desire with this video. Who knew that a 2000 Toyota Corolla could be so desirable??? Breaking Down The Video This guy is obviously skilled. Not…

Don’t Go Broke Like MC Hammer

MC Hammer was the first rapper to have “legit” main stream success. <- see what I did there With his big, baggy “Hammer” paints and high energy dance moves, everyone seemed to like him. He could dance. He had rhymes. And. He. Could. Entertain. I remember staying up late past my bed time to watch…

Have A Super Productive Day Using Phocus – Productivity Nugget #216

I had a super productive day yesterday! Which is good, since my company is Productivity Junkies! Check out this Productivity Nugget to see what I did and how I did it. I promise you the video is not upside down, I don’t know why the still shot is of me like that… I get emails…

How Jimmy Mackin, A Great Facebook Marketing Resource, Stays Productive – Productivity Nugget #215

While speaking at the Agent Reboot event in Boston recently, I sat down with Jimmy Mackin. If you don’t know who Jimmy Mackin is, I’m guessing you are not using facebook. Jimmy has forgot more about marketing on Facebook, then you or I will probably ever know. Jimmy and I talked about how he stays…

How To Find Royalty Free Music For Your Video – Productivity Nugget #214

I got this question recently after speaking about video at an Inman News Agent Reboot event. “I am doing my first videos. Do you have a recommendation for royalty-free music source?” Yes. In this Productivity Nugget, I’ll share a really super, simple solution for adding Royalty Free music to your videos. Want to know more…

Content Marketing – Don’t share your way in to poverty – Productivity Nugget #213

This is a video I recorded of Brian Clark, aka Copyblogger responding to a question I asked him. My question was about lead conversion, asking for contact information online vs just giving it all away and hoping people will want your services. Here is his response: Don’t Share Your Way In To Poverty Are you…