In case you missed them, here are the top posts from January. Key to note – January marks the first month I’ve expanded the topics of my blog – from Commercial Real Estate best practices to Next Practices in Life, Business, and Commercial Real Estate. Thus, please enjoy the post below on marriage as well as other business and CRE topics. Thanks for reading!
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January’s Top Posts
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Why You Should Use a Simple CRM – ClientLook – CRE Tech & App Review – On the front-end, I must confess to being a CRM-hopper. I started my career in 2004 with a legal pad – literally. Then I moved on to Outlook. Please pay attention when I say this. Outlook is not a CRM system – sorry Dad. It is simply email with contacts and a calendar. Read More…
12th Anniversary Trip
What 12 Years has Taught Me About Having an Awesome Marriage – I’ve had a crush on my wife – still do – since the day I laid eyes on her. I was 10 years old in youth church choir. She sings like an angel, and I liked being around girls that could sing like an angel. It took me 8 years to ask her out. Two reasons caused the delay. I was sort of a dork, and she was intimidatingly beautiful – still is! After 5 years of me proving that she is the most forgiving person on the planet, we got married. (This is by far the most condensed version of ‘our story’ that I’ve ever pulled off). Read More…
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The 3 Benefits of a Well Done Prospecting Letter – You have to assume that at least 50% of recipients are not going to read your letter. They just won’t. And that is fine. All I’m trying to do is warm up my initial cold call. When I call those who actually read it, my ratio for getting a meeting goes up. Read More…
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The One Secret to Winning the Business Every Time – When I started in the Commercial Real Estate Business, I knew that the listing presentation was important. Very important. I wrote and rewrote. I practiced and then practiced some more. I would record myself and play it back while I was driving. It was canned… Read More…
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5 Reasons to Develop Decisiveness Using the 70% Rule – You will experience failures in your personal and professional lives. It should not be the failed goal that defines the experience but the way that we respond to the failure. Consider reflecting on these questions… Read More…
January’s Stats
I’ve read on some other sites where they post their stats. I have always appreciated this – as much as a benchmark as anything else. It is difficult to know how well you are doing sometimes.
- 2,371 Unique Visitors
- 6,761 Page Views
- 65% Percent New Visitors
- 61 Countries
- 30% from a mobile device
- 81% of those from an iPhone or iPad
- 119 Subscribers to my email list