7 Tips to Real Estate Agents' Success
With over 2 million real estate agents according to the National Association of Realtors (NAR), becoming a successful real estate agent takes more than just a license and a knowledge of current laws and regulations.The first year drop out range estimated to be from 40% to 80% demonstrates that many real estate agents are not as successful as they could be and research suggests that 90% give up after 3 years. The following 7 tips may help you avoid becoming one of these statistics. First and Foremost YOU are a business. Real estate agents work for a broker, but are independent, commissioned sales people. This means that you are a small business and must run your practice as a business. Again, remember you are a small business owner.Embrace a Planning Attitude If you don’t have a plan, then you are on some else’s plan – usually the successful real estate agent's. During the last 10 years, what I have learned as a performance improvement consultant or coach is that most people place more value in plann

Ethics in Advertising
Making money and corrupting the morals of a minor at the same time is not my idea of ethical advertising. Recently a television ad depicted a small boy breaking a window so the owner's wife could upgrade to their own style of window. There were several messages inherent in this ad that bother me.First, it says that it is O.K. to destroy other people's property if the owner gets someone else to do it. It's like arson, but without the fire. Then, if you lie to the insurance company (and your husband) and say it was an accident, you can use the money to buy a new window.Of course, since the damage will be over a thousand dollars, the crime is now a felony. Felons can't hold government jobs and are marked for life. Oh, yeah, insurance fraud is a crime, too. But who would fall for such an idea? You'd have to find a little kid, give him money and get him to promise not to tell who paid him and why. All eight year old children have to face life's decisions sometime, don't they?Now, some ad executive decided to put these ideas on the t

What Does Marketing Mean?
You can have the best little business ever with wonderful potential, but if you can't market it, you don't have a business at all.Learn how to market yourself, because you are your business. Don't confuse the terms "marketing," "advertising," and "promotion." These terms carry a different tune.Marketing means informing your potential clients about your products or service, and finding ways to establish and keep a customer base. Your target market is the specific group of people that consume your product or utilize your service.Advertising refers to the various media used to convey your message. Printed advertisement, radio air time, television commercials and the Internet are all part of advertising that convey your business message to the public.Promotion refers to the various methods by which you convey your message to customers. When you communicate with the public, you're promoting your business. Many people will join business associations, or set up displays in malls and craft shows for promotional purposes.Many people fe

Egos and the Workplace - a Question of Shortsightedness
How many times have you seen a promotion elevate a person’s sense of themselves far beyond what seems warranted? Or are you familiar with the individual who constantly finds fault with the efforts of others as an obvious device to showcase their own greatness? But greatness is not measured in being a big fish in a small pond. Greatness is being a big fish in a big pond, that pond being the entire world . Greatness is rare. It’s unlikely you’ll find it in your organization.The next time you leave the office, open your eyes. What you’ll see everywhere are products of great minds that have created the world we know. No one in your Accounting, HR or even Research and Development Departments are capable of such watershed events or inventions. Automobiles, airplanes, buildings, harnessed electricity, how do we view all this with swelled ego. Of course, you don’t even need to leave the office. Sit at your desk, connected to the internet, and try to convince yourself you’re great.Why bother pointing this out? Aren’t we taught from the time we’

Why Most Affiliate Marketers Fail!
You can't make money with affiliate programs if you listento the affiliate program! I know that sounds like gobbly-gook but here is what 99% ofaffiliate members end up doing, and ensuring their lack ofsuccess: 1. They see a sales page that looks interesting. 2. They sign up for the affiliate program 3. They copy/paste the pre-made ads, pointing to theaffiliates web page, and submit the ads to safelists, theirown lists, hit exchanges or other advertising, usually thefreebies. 4. They don't make a sale, quit the program and move on toanother, thinking, "well that product sucked". 5. They repeat the process with the next 'sure winner'according to the author/owner of the affiliate program...who knows (or should) how to write a great sales page.Does this sound like you? Don't feel bad if it is becauseyou aren't alone. 95% of affiliates never make more than$10! At any time! So, what do you do? 1. First go to Clickbank, Commission Junction, Restaurant Recruiting
When restaurants begin recruiting, there are a number of factors that have to be taken into consideration. These include human resource development and the requirement of employees. Along with effective management, logistics plays an important role. The number of employees required by a restaurant depends upon the scale of its operation, the level of mechanization, and the system of work.In the case of retail food chains, there may be a single person in charge of recruiting employees, for all the outlets. This is done in order to maintain uniformity in the selection process and in the qualifications of the candidates selected.When managers or owners of restaurants want to recruit part-time employees, they may be willing to recruit college students, currently pursuing a degree in some aspect of hotel management. Restaurants that operate on a larger scale, call for degrees in hotel management.The plan for restaurant recruiting, as devised by the management, should be carefully scrutinized before the candidates are employed. It is advisable t