Well it’s that time of year when everyone is assessing what they did in the current year and coming up with a list of what they’re going to do better in the new year, you know, resolutions. If I were the kind of person who made resolutions (I’m not), my list might include stuff like eating less candy (a lifelong weakness), exercise more (probably not going to happen but at least I’ll try to walk more than I do in my sedentary job), pamper myself (now that I’m up for), grow my online business (I really should since my full time employer is downsizing like nobody’s business), get active in my community (I will, I will, I will), create my first video for use in my online biz (gotta get over my fear), activate my real estate license now that the market is picking up somewhat (uh, maybe), start playing the piano again (another maybe), go to more sporting events (absolutely).
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Home Prices Continue to Fall CNN has an article about The National Association of Realtors saying that home sales dropped 8.6% in November. That's a pretty steep drop for just one month. What I take from that is that this may be one of the best times to buy a home. Buyers have not only......
I’ve also learned that extraordinarily successful people have a totally different relationship to challenges and “failures” than less successful peeps. For example, in my last business, Zaadz, I raised money from Sam Wyly, an incredible billionaire, and his wonderful family. He and his wife hosted a little fund-raising get together in Aspen for our biz and he introduced me to his friends. I still marvel at the fact that the thing he chose to tell people in his brief introduction of me was the fact that I had bounced back from a previous failure in that same business (we had lost ~$500,000 on a prior version of our site that never came together and I wound up throwing away all that cash and a year’s worth of work and starting all over). As he introduced me, he said something like, “Brian has had his nose bloodied and he knows how to get up off the mat and keep on going for it. I like that.”theinvisiblementor.com, The Invisible Mentor, Dec 2009
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Public speaking for fun and home-based business profit Did you know that most people would rather die than speak in public? These folks would literally rather be the one in the box than the one delivering the eulogy. I happen to believe just the opposite and I hope you do too because public speaking can be one of......
As a newbie blogger I spend a lot of time reading other blogs. For me, that serves two purposes: learning by watching others who are already successful at what I’m trying to do and keeping up with what’s going on in the world of internet marketing.
One piece of advice you’ll often hear is the importance of visiting other blogs in your niche and leave meaningful comments which in turn will / should / may drive people to your blog. In a discussion I read today on David Risley’s blog which I read daily ala Google reader some people are upset when they leave comments on the big-time blogger’s (those with huge readerships) but there is no reply or interaction.
Fair or unfair?
You decide. Personally, I think that interacting with each and every person who comments when you have thousands of readers (I wish) and hundreds of comments would be extremely difficult. I liken it to a breakout session at a new members training I attended after joining a huge church in my area. The purpose of the breakout session was to discuss what you could/could not expect in a large group setting versus a smaller group setting. After discussion we discovered that there were quite a few things we had become accustomed to in the smaller congregation that we came from that would be nearly impossible to fulfill in a large group setting e.g. in a congregation of about 200 people, my pastor came to my first piano recital, my graduation from 6th grade, birthday parties and more. In a larger group setting (over 5,000) like where I attend currently, such an expectation would be impossible to live up to. All that to say, small readership = more interaction and so on. If not, the blogger with a huge readership and lots of comments would spend all their time interacting and have no time for creating new posts or marketing. I think what they do is look at all of their comments, some of which are similar in nature and respond to one or two in each category. Maybe not the best thing, but it is at least an attempt at interaction.
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Microsoft Blogs Review Reading and reviewing corporate blogs from other companies is a great way to learn a little bit more about your own blog. Microsoft has a large community of blogs, and a wide variety of bloggers writing in numerous blogs within this community. There are a number of employee blogs in......
About 4 years ago a friend of mine invited me to go with her to an open house at a mortage company owned by someone she knew. I was reluctant at first because I didn’t know diddly about the mortgage industry however, I was somewhat intrigued by the prospect of being able to earn some extra money. I finally caved in and went with her to the meeting. Much to my suprise, the owner turned out to be someone I also knew. We listened intently to the presentation. Mmm, ok, I know her, I can trust her. By the end of the day my friend and I decided to become mortgage brokers. Less than a year later, the mortgage company owner and I decided to go to real estate school at 3 nights a week. The friend who invited me to the mortgage company open house had already decided that doing mortgages was not her thing and had dropped out.
I often thought to myself as I sat through 3 months of evening classes, worn out from my stressful ‘day job’ in telecommunications, what in the world are you doing here?
I pushed myself really hard attending classes and staying up late completing reading Read the rest of this entry
How to Get Out of Trouble in the Real Estate Market If you invested in the real estate market recently and are now regretting that decision, there are a few ways that you can get out of financial trouble. For awhile, the real estate market was very solid and property values were going up. Many experts advised investing heavily in real......
Buying A Vacation Home But Renting A Primary Home. Lately, my wife and I have been discussing the idea of continuing to rent a primary home here close to town but purchasing a vacation cabin a few hours from here. We can rent pretty much any house we want here in our area for around $1,000 a month, and......
Sitting back in my favorite chair watching 60 Minutes, a staple of every Sunday evening in our home, I watched a disturbing interview with the ex-NBA referee brought down for betting on NBA games while officiating.
Gambling. A sickness. I get it.
What disgusted me even more was the behind the scenes glimpse at officiating in the NBA. Granted, I don’t know how much credence to give a ‘rogue referee’ whose ‘poor choices’ got him ex-communicated, but it did make me think about the calls seemingly missed by the officials and how ‘certain’ superstars earn the teflon treatment while others regardless of their length of time in the league do not?
As a fan of the game I enjoy watching a series where the underdog manages to beat ‘Goliath’ instead of watching a series unnecessarily extended so the big market teams could advance and the NBA could make more money. Why not script every game? Wouldn’t that produce the desired results?
What if you and a group of your co-workers collaborated to teach a customer a lesson because you didn’t like how they spoke to you? Now I am not defending bad manners because no one should ever be disrespected for performing their job. On the other hand, I suppose it’s really hard to be polite when speaking to a ref who watches you get hacked up and down the court and does nothing about it. How can you enjoy the game when personal fouls become personal vendettas?
It’s a good thing corporate America doesn’t play by the same rules as the NBA or do they?
Poker - is it a sport? After Reading Rich Dad, Poor Dad's post on poker being a competitive sport, I found myself writing a comment. It soon got a bit longer than I had intended, so decided to make a post instead. I may agree on the competitive aspect of poker, but I'm not so sure......
Personal Finance Links (Blogger Get Together Edition) Last night, my wife and I were fortunate enough to entertain a few bloggers at our home. While we typically hang out with The Digerati Life and Stop Buying Crap once a month, this time, a couple of other bloggers dropped by while they were in town. If you are......
Well it’s that time of year when everyone is assessing what they did in the current year and coming up with a list of what they’re going to do better in the new year, you know, resolutions. If I were the kind of person who made resolutions (I’m not), my list might include stuff like eating less candy (a lifelong weakness), exercise more (probably not going to happen but at least I’ll try to walk more than I do in my sedentary job), pamper myself (now that I’m up for), grow my online business (I really should since my full time employer is downsizing like nobody’s business), get active in my community (I will, I will, I will), create my first video for use in my online biz (gotta get over my fear), activate my real estate license now that the market is picking up somewhat (uh, maybe), start playing the piano again (another maybe), go to more sporting events (absolutely).![Reblog this post [with Zemanta]](http://img.zemanta.com/reblog_e.png?x-id=f33e8917-4b78-47b8-95d9-57f5ea11f18b)
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Home Prices Continue to Fall CNN has an article about The National Association of Realtors saying that home sales dropped 8.6% in November. That's a pretty steep drop for just one month. What I take from that is that this may be one of the best times to buy a home. Buyers have not only......
About 4 years ago a friend of mine invited me to go with her to an open house at a mortage company owned by someone she knew. I was reluctant at first because I didn’t know diddly about the mortgage industry however, I was somewhat intrigued by the prospect of being able to earn some extra money. I finally caved in and went with her to the meeting. Much to my suprise, the owner turned out to be someone I also knew. We listened intently to the presentation. Mmm, ok, I know her, I can trust her. By the end of the day my friend and I decided to become mortgage brokers. Less than a year later, the mortgage company owner and I decided to go to real estate school at 3 nights a week. The friend who invited me to the mortgage company open house had already decided that doing mortgages was not her thing and had dropped out.
