What are we in business to do? Sure, make a living. But for me, that’s not nearly good enough. I need something more. And the thing that’s always kept me inspired are emails like the one I got this morning from a client named Jasmine Krnjetin with Silverton Mortgage…
Yep, it’s THAT time of the year again. Time to put aside a half or full day for some serious consideration of how you intend to grow your mortgage practice in 2010. Being that I’ve been working with mortgage professionals and their business planning efforts for five years now, I…
Not only, “Tis the season to be jolly,” but I say, “Tis the season to go mental!” It’s nearly impossible to avoid it anyway, right? Just about the time when the leaves wither and fall and the afternoons turn in early, our attention starts to turn as well. Our…
Last week I posted an article about the loss of productivity our office (and more specifically me) experienced after upgrading from Office 2003 to Office 2007 with a Microsoft Exchange Server. This post is to serve as the yin to that post’s yang. There was in fact a pretty…
Ben Martin just made a very insightful post at AgentGenius.com regarding the tricky and slippery slope of calculating Rate of Return in Social Media. A must read. Measuring Return on Investment in Social Media Marketing is fuzzy math Today someone asked me a question regarding the appropriate or best method…
Hi, My name is Mark, and I’m a dysfunctional blogger…. Well, not all of the time, but there are days that I’ll spend 8 hours looking at a computer with nothing to show for it. Sure, lots of emails and phone calls get addressed asap, todo lists are cleaned…
Having played Division One football myself and been in the mortgage corporate world for over twenty years, I can honestly state the foundational principles of being a great coach and recruiter long term are the same as being a successful career mortgage originator. Subsequently, I came across an excellent…
As a Business Coach, I am constantly reading anything and everything that has to do with neuroscience-how the brain works. The more insight, tools, practices, habits that I can share with my clients on how they can change their external results by consciously understanding their internal mechanisms, the happier and…
Do you ever wonder why some originators do really, really well with a system or strategy and you struggle with the same stuff? Which system, strategy, or program is right for you? How do you choose? What will really make you successful? Listen to today’s Originators Guide podcast to…
I have the pleasure of knowing and talking to many of the industry leaders as well as some fresh faces that are doing great things. What I find interesting is that they all are working on growing and building their brand as well as working the day to day…