Are we missing opportunities?

We are all trying to do our best to pay attention to trends, statistics and business signals. However, could we be missing opportunities going right in front of us, exactly because we are trying to focus on what we think is important? Let’s take a lesson from the video below and make sure that we broaden our field of vision. Let’s not allow opportunities to just go by.

How to Make 6 Figures in a 30-Hour Work Week

An organized and efficient business is a productive and profitable business, but sometimes it feels that even when we try to stay organized, there is just not enough time in the day to get everything done.

The article in the link below will provide you with five points to pay attention to. I can’t gurantee they will take you to six figures but I bet you they won’t hurt your business either. 

See on www.openforum.com Via: Tech Info for Real Estate

How to Boost Sales in 20 Minutes a Day

There are so many demands on your time when running a business. All these issues demand priority and sometimes they push prospecting aside. If you allow this pattern to continue unchecked, you could find yourself wondering where did all the customers go?
Prospecting, while ultimately vital to the success of your business, doesn’t have to be a terrifying, hard-sale proposition. In the linked article, Chris Brogan proposes a simple prospecting outline to “selling gently”.

Give this or something similar a try. Your business will be much better for it.
See on www.openforum.com via: Scoop.it – Tech Info for Real Estate

50 Best Ways to Generate Leads | LifeHealthPro

As you tackle 2012, make this your year for generating leads and use this list as a launching point.

Via www.lifehealthpro.com Via Scoop.it – Tech Info for Real Estate

17 Best Tools and Apps for Building New Habits and Goals

Via Scoop.it – Tech Info for Real Estate

 New Year’s is firmly in the rearview mirror. By now a lot of us are having a hard time sticking to our resolutions. These online tools will help you stick to your new habits and goals.

Via www.openforum.com

7 Tricks to Land the Appointment

bNet.com has some of the most compelling and useful business materials around. This post titled 7 Tips to Master Every Meeting is no exception. In this post, Robert Pagiarini the author of The Other 8 Hours, outlines seven steps to consider when looking to land the appointment you are seeking. Whether it is a job interview or a sales opportunity, these tips will help you put some fundamentals behind you efforts to increase your effectiveness.

The seven tips are:

1. Determine the “one thing.”
2. Focus on three talking points.
3. Create an agenda.
4. Nail the intro and the close.
5. Call to action.
6. After the meeting.
7. Listen.

You can read the full article here. Try the tips for your next appointment and let us know if they were useful.

Kathy Relles-Glickman from Rome

Via satellite from Rome, Italy; Kathy Relles-Glickman delivers a message to the managers meeting, regarding her new position as Director of Marketing for the Northwest Region.

LinkedIn the 11 Most Powerful Features for Small Business

Maisha Walker posted some great information regarding using LinkedIn to help your business. This link will take you to the full article.

We have been really big proponents of using LinkedIn as a modern version of the roledex to promote and grow relationships. the more we stay in touch with people we care about, in a consistent and productive manner, the better the chances of our businesses growing the way we want them to. Check it out, tell us what you think. Most importantly, put some of the ideas to good use.

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