“What’s measured improves.” – Peter Drucker This week I’ve been talking a lot about knowing the value of your time. Read: How you are losing $8,000 a month or more and Why You Need To Value Your Time Today I want to share with you an exercise that I do in live trainings and real…
“Until you value yourself, you won’t value your time. Until you value your time, you will not do anything with it.” M. Scott Peck I got dragged into a semi interesting (more annoying) debate on facebook the other day. This expert of time and money and business told me that time should not factor into…
Find a job you love and you’ll never work a day in your life. – Confucius I was in a conversation the other day with some people who were saying they are tired of real estate agents that treat real estate like its a hobby and not a business. I understood what they were getting…
Chris Brogan wrote about which crowds are you blogging to. In that blog post, he is talking about blogging for colleagues vs. buyers. What I’m talking about is strictly buyers or your potential clients. On Monday, I shared with you how having a real estate marketing niche will help bring you better results. Today, I…
Real Estate Agents first instincts in marketing seems to be spray and pray. Cast as wide as net as possible with out even giving any thought to what you are fishing for or if you are in the right waters. Real estate marketing is not about mass exposure, but making an impression. You can learn…
Using Video In Your Real Estate Business? I got this question about microphones and doing interviews, “Greatly enjoyed your Video presentation at the Dallas ReBoot. I have a question about equipment when doing an interview type video. I use a Kodak Zi8 because of the ability to use an external mic. But when 2 people…
“If your income is random, I’m willing to bet your activities are random too.” – Darin Persinger It’s easy as an entrepreneur or independent contractor to fall into an un-routine. As a real estate agent, you have buyers who want to look at homes at this time, but a seller that can’t meet until that…
That’s where the fear comes from—from your uninvestigated thoughts. ~ Byron Katie Yesterday I asked you, “Are you afraid of money?” The more I observe business success and failure, the more it confirms my belief that it all starts with mindset. Not just knowing the How To’s or What To Do’s or Goal Setting or…
“Never be frightened to take a profit. Better in your pocket then theirs. – Michael Levy It’s ironic and bit amazing to me how many people who own and run their own business seem to have a fear of money. There are many ways that this fear reveals itself and I will get into that…
What are you doing with your Facebook “Likers”? I think there is brilliance in what Jillian Michaels is doing. She is using facebook advertising to target her facebook “likers” aka “fans to drive them back to her website. Watch the video below for more on this: SO what are you doing with your Facebook “Likers”?…
A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle. – James Keller Almost every real estate agent I talk to is on facebook, most are on Linkedin, but what about twitter? What is the best way to use twitter in real estate? Do you need to use twitter in your real estate business? Do you use…
If you make customers unhappy in the physical world, they might each tell 6 friends. If you make customers unhappy on the Internet, they can each tell 6,000 friends. – JEFF BEZOS We seem to talk a lot in real estate about using social media for lead generation purposes. In the video below I share…
Follow effective action with quiet reflection. From the quiet reflection will come even more effective action. – Peter Drucker We are two months into this new year. My hope is that you are still reaching for your goals. That you are still reviewing the business plan daily and taking consistent focused action. I have 10…