As I talk about in the coaching video, I see many real estate agents sales business out of alignment. The tactics aren’t in alignment with their strategy. Their strategy might not even be in in alignment with their mission or what they want their business to truly look like. As I’ve talked about before in more

1. Are you taking consistent focused action? Do you have a schedule? A plan? A strategy? Are you working towards mastery of something, of anything? Do you show up every day and do things thing that will build your business? Are you using something like the 1-2-1 Business Development Formula to keep you on track?

I’m not talking about redbull, coffee or another type of caffiene. I’m talking about pure, natural energy. A positive energy. Something that helps focus you and get you excited at the same time. Vision and goals and planning and strategy and tactics and all that stuff matter. No doubt. But with out energy. With out

Unless you bill by the hour…time is a horrible metric to success and productivity. Please stop measuring your production in hours worked. People brag about hours worked as if it is something to be proud of. I remember reading about General Powell speaking about time spent on work, in the book Leadership Secrets of Colin

I talk to a lot of real estate professionals all around the country about technology. This means that I get a lot of questions. One question that I hear over an over again is, “well, do you have any examples of ‘thing X’ actually working for someone?” I think this question misses the point entirely,

Association executives face challenges that just don’t exist for the individual who uses social media. They have to consider the wants and needs of an entire group of individuals. They have to consider who will manage the social media efforts, and include input from many people. It can be tough, but it can be done

I’ve started sending out invites to folks for my seminar on social media for community organizations later this month.  Almost immediately, I received a response from someone who asked the question, “Would you please define social media so that we’re on the same page?” DUH! I totally overlooked the fact that for many of the people I

When started to get involved in social media, I did it mainly as a way of enriching my real estate business. The more involved I got, the more I learned that social media has all sorts of valuable benefits for every industry and every group of people. The more I got involved with social media,

Having worked in software development for almost 15 years I’ve had quite a few “free lunches” over the years. Staffing and consulting companies have as many goodies in their swag bags as a pharma-rep with the next blockbuster drug and they’re usually more than happy to supply the team and office with a stack of

A company looking to create and follow through on a social media strategy faces several challenges. Marketing Sherpa’s Social Media Marketing and PR Benchmark Survey shows that significant challenges for implementing social media include: Lack of knowledgeable staff Inability to to trrack ROI or measure impact on goals Lack of budget,