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Real Estate Email Marketing: Is Your Message Falling on Deaf Ears?
Are your clients getting your marketing emails? If your messages are getting eaten up by over ambitious S*P*A*M filters, would you even know?Notice I can't even spell the word (S*P*A*M) correctly without tripping them and reducing my deliverability...From new listing announcements to your monthly e-newsletter you send to past clients, getting your email delivered is important to you if you are marketing online. If no one reads your messages, there can be no results.So the first step is to find out what percentage of your emails are currently being read. In order to find out, the emails you send need to be trackable.The debate rages on about whether you can market more effectively using plain text emails (which are nothing but black and whi

"those who fail to plan; plan to fail" is absolutely true in a proactive job search campaign. You can't simply focus on approaching recruiters. Read: E-Mailing Resumes to Recruiters Won't Generate a Big Response.

Create a balanced plan.

Reaching out to recruiters and hiring authorities/executives directly by utilizing resume distribution services and a desktop email campaign software solution should be combined with direct networking by leveraging professional business networking environments (e.g., Ecademy, Linkedin, et al.). This creates an effective job search s

Overheads -The Importance Of Control
The overheads of any business must be identified, examined and controlled at all times. As we all know Income minus Overheads equals Profit. Obviously if you were to reduce your overheads you would increase your profit without increasing your income. So if you reduce overheads and increase your income you will boost your profits even further. This is what all efficient businesses must strive to do.Each business, regardless of the sphere of operations has overheads of one kind or another. It is vital to identify all items of expenditure, particularly recurring overheads. Obviously if you are buying a new piece of equipment that will be used for years, such as a new vehicle, that is not an overhead but a Capital Expense item which is depreciated annually agai

Your Internet Presence alone isn’t enough to land a job when you find you need to proactively gain exposure to alternative employment opportunities. In order to maximize your exposure to career opportunities, you need to get your arms around one simple fact:

You're about to engage in the biggest networking and marketing campaign project of your life.

As such, you want access to every business card, contact and email address you've ever collected.

You want access to every tradeshow, symposia, conference, user group, relevant industry specific blog and website you can identify.

You want access to additional contact information via free and subscription based research services and databases.

You want to possess, ideally, ongoing memberships, and as a result - a working familiarity with professional business networking environments such as Ecademy, LinkedIn, et al.

Have you ever asked yourself, "Are there other networking sites that can compliment my networking process/needs?"

From the people that make up the membership demographics, to the platform capabilities from which the members network, to the nature of networking conducted on the site, to the philosophy of the executive team that founded the networking site - all networking sites certainly are not equal. Each networking site has a unique capability which can be leveraged in a networking process in support of a specific or ongoing networking need/objective.

Many people make the mistake of being "wedded" to a single networking site, and get frustrated with their ability to accomplish their immediate and/or ongoing networking objectives. This would be equivalent to attempting to build a house, and use the same type of saw in every application requiring "a saw".

There is a reason some wise person coined the phrase "Use the right tool for the right job."

Just like some people have their favorite search engine, some people have their favorite networking site. If you really want to increase your ability to network, invest time in learning how to leverage the power of more than just your favorite networking site.

Don't think of other networking sites as competing with each other; think of other networking sites as complementing each other.

Develop a plan of attack.

The old adage of "those who fail to plan; plan to fail" is absolutely true in a proactive job search campaign. You can't simply focus on approaching recruiters. Read: E-Mailing Resumes to Recruiters Won't Generate a Big Response.

Create a balanced plan.

Business Entrepreneurs Take Control of Your Business
Don't let your business control you. To be successful, you must drive the business forward. Stop working so hard and start thinking! What do I mean by this? Read the following example:I visited a business recently and I was shocked to find the manager of the business driving a forklift truck, yet again! Don't get me wrong, there is no rule in business that says that you should not help in the factory floor now and again but, in his case, he seems to spend all his time doing manual work instead of managing his business.If he spent his valuable time negotiating prices, running his business more efficiently and managing his staff, the return on investment of time would be far greater in terms of profitability.A lot of business owners seem to think that

you can identify.

You want access to additional contact information via free and subscription based research services and databases.

You want to possess, ideally, ongoing memberships, and as a result - a working familiarity with professional business networking environments such as Ecademy, LinkedIn, et al.

Have you ever asked yourself, "Are there other networking sites that can compliment my networking process/needs?"

There is a reason some wise person coined the phrase "Use the right tool for the right job."

Don't think of other networking sites as competing with each other; think of other networking sites as complementing each other.

Develop a plan of attack.

Create a balanced plan.

Five Simple Steps for Developing A Successful Internet Business
With all the affiliate programs available and all the different products you can now rep, you don't want to spend a lot of money and then as time starts to pass. Few visitors show up to your site and practically no one buys into your offer.The reality is that this is how it usually works out for more than 80 percent of the Internet's Websites. The lucky 15 percent of the top Websites are the ones who pull in the top dollars, usually in the six figure income.If your new to starting your very own online business or even if your a seasoned veteran, here is a simple, proven five-step strategy for getting started on the internet.1. Start by having your own product. How on earth do you think you are really going to obtain freedom so you can enjoy life

ing conducted on the site, to the philosophy of the executive team that founded the networking site - all networking sites certainly are not equal. Each networking site has a unique capability which can be leveraged in a networking process in support of a specific or ongoing networking need/objective.

There is a reason some wise person coined the phrase "Use the right tool for the right job."

Don't think of other networking sites as competing with each other; think of other networking sites as complementing each other.

Develop a plan of attack.

Create a balanced plan.

Raising Entrepreneurs: What to Do When Your Kid is Born to Think Differently
Adolescence brings with it many challenges – for both parents and kids. Young people, still new to the world, are embarking on a journey to discover their passions, joys, and authentic self-images. More often than not, however, their journey more closely resembles an elongated stampede of enraged elephants than it does an innocent soul-searching endeavor. But no one said growing up would be easy.And there are young entrepreneurs out there who see the world in a truly positive light. Sure, they have their ups and downs like most teenagers, but they are motivated, focused, and want to make a difference.Who are these kids? How were they raised? What do they have in common with one another? At the risk of making some sweeping generalizations, I will paint the

ication requiring "a saw".

There is a reason some wise person coined the phrase "Use the right tool for the right job."

Don't think of other networking sites as competing with each other; think of other networking sites as complementing each other.

Develop a plan of attack.

Create a balanced plan.

Barter - An Introduction to the Oldest Marketing Tool for Business
When you hear the word 'Barter' do you instinctively think of two farmers trading a horse for a cow, or the likes of latter-day trappers carrying furs to a trading post to exchange them for food and provisions, or like millions of savvy business owners around the globe, do you think of a high-tech way of marketing your goods and services beyond your usual scope, and becoming more efficient in the process?It's strange that during my entire business education at university (and I was fortunate enough to be educated in some of the best business establishments in London, Munich and Florence)not once did the word nor concept of barter ever surface - even in economics. Strange, don't you think, when barter was the foundation of all modern commerce?So, how has ba

Create a balanced plan.

Make sure your plan includes investing time in personally branding yourself on the Internet and building an Internet presence.

If someone types your name (e.g., "John Doe" ) into Google, are you anywhere to be found? Or quote industry leading personal branding consultant Cindy Kraft "Do you exist?" (see my related article: “Do you exist?”)

The easiest way to have Google find you is to write blogs. But it is actually a little more complicated than going out and creating a blog. You can go to a number of free blog sites and grab your own blog (e.g., Blogger, BlogSource, et al.), but that won't mean your name "John Doe" is going to return a hit on the first page of the search return in Google.

You need to be exposed on a site that is frequently indexed by Google, and has high page view numbers. Ecademy is indispensable in this regard. It has an Alexa ranking close to 1500 (i.e., 1500th most trafficed site on the Internet). That is similar to the amount of traffic on a site like United Airlines. Google "loves" the site because the content is constantly changing.

On a site, such as Ecademy, you can "blog" your brains out and write articles on the topics of your choosing - all of which will be indexed by Google the same day you write it typically. In less than a month, and in some cases in a single day, you will show first page hits on Google when someone searches on your name (e.g., "John Doe").

This is priceless from an exposure standpoint, and absolutely invaluable to a job seeker. No other networking site can compete with Ecademy with how fast you can personally brand yourself on the Internet. Google even indexes your Ecademy Profile, and there is virtually no limit to the amount of information you can build into your profile on a site like Ecademy, as compared to other sites like LinkedIn that only allow for a very limited profile.

That said, make sure to sign up and create a profile on LinkedIn as well. It's a great site too; it just doesn’t offer the same capability as other networking sites. There are over 67,000 Staffing and Recruiting professionals using LinkedIn as a database of candidates. I always tell people to specifically make sure their LinkedIn profile has as much "resume" information about their

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If your direct mail lead generation campaigns are typical, the majority of people who respond to your sales letters aren't ready to buy. That's why one of the most important tasks in direct response lead generation is qualifying every inquiry, assigning it to one of four groups.

Most everybody I know in Direct Mail and Mail Order has failed, especially early in his or her career. In fact failure stories sell tons of stuff every year. I’m no exception to failure mode. In fact, I’m still very good at it. It seems to succeed you must have experience in failure. It’s best to learn how to fail early. As a public service I tell you how.

Once your visitors are at your pay per click affiliate site, your headlines are what will decide whether you’ll hardly get any clicks or if you’ll get people clicking feverishly at your ads. In fact the power of your headlines starts right from the search engine results page. It is fairly common to see sites that for example, rank 10th on a page receive many more visits than sites that ranks first on the same page, simply because of a more attractive headline. It’s all in the headline. Your pay per click affiliate earnings depends more on headlines than you could ever imagine.

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