- Live Like a Superachiever and Love What You Do - Success doesn't just happen. Those who make it to the top – whether they are star athletes, business titans or standouts in any other field of endeavor – set their sights on being successful and continually reach for the stars. These individuals have a number of common traits: Passion: Superachievers have unwavering faith in what the...
- Secrets to Successful Networking - Networking has a bad reputation. People often (wrongly) think it is about knowing people just for what they can do for you. However, the opposite is true. Successful networkers know that the key to networking is to be nice to other people. It's as simple as that. The golden rule for networking is do good deeds first without wanting anything in return. So give ...
When Should You Hire That First Employee? Are you starting to feel that your business is spinning out of control? Have you missed an important call or let a deadline slip, skipped a crucial meeting or failed to submit a bid on time? Are you just looking to get a good night’s sleep or enjoy a free afternoon? If any of these scenarios apply to you, then it could be time to thin...
Is Cold-Calling Dead? Not If You Do It Right! The top two ways to generate quality new leads, according to marketing gurus, are referrals from clients or partners and cold-calling or telephone prospecting. Although referrals are important, it is still necessary to actively develop new business in order to grow your customer base. Cold-calling - whether in person or by phone or email - is still ...
Tax Tips: Should You Rent or Buy Your Home? If you are contemplating renting or buying, keep in mind that Uncle Sam rewards you handsomely in tax benefits for being a homeowner. Mortgage interest: Your mortgage interest on your home is 100% tax deductible. Private Mortgage Insurance (PMI): If your lender requires you to have private mortgage insurance, thePMI premiums are also deductible for ...
- So Many Apps & So Little Space: Here are a Few Tips to Help Organize Your Smart Phone - The proliferation of smartphone apps – many of which are cheap or even free – can result in app overload, screen clutter and memory wasted on stuff you don’t need or use. Writer and editor Sam Grobart, has a great system for organizing smartphone apps and discussed it recently in a New York Times...
- Five Ways to Avoid Headaches With Tenants - Having residential tenants can be a sound investment strategy, but effectively dealing with them can be the difference between a profitable investment and a costly one. If you are a first-time landlord, you have to be especially careful how you deal with both potential tenants and existing ones. Following are five tips for effectively dealing wi...
- Hot Biz Trends:Online Note-Taking Apps - Today’s small business owners need to deal with the heavy demands of a fast-paced environment. The right note app can help you do that. Online note-taking applications are great for research or jotting down ideas, and many offer great features. Jing Take Jing, for example. Available for both Windows and Mac, the app lets you instantly capture an im...
How to Build Your Real Estate Success Team What sets you apart from the competition? You provide excellent personal service, you work hard and you persevere. But you want to climb to the next level and don’t quite know how to get there. You’re working 18-hour days, six or seven days a week, and burning the candle at both ends. You’re burnt out because you’re trying to be all things to ...
Attract New Tenants Through Internet Marketing Internet marketing has become an integral way of tailoring marketing campaigns to attract new commercial tenants. You and your potential tenants constantly struggle with time constraints, so anything the saves time becomes a valuable tool. This explains why a good online presence is so important. The following may help you maximize your online prese...