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Are you listed on Google? More gifts for you and your family

December 14, 2010 By Michelle Spalding Leave a Comment

Can your prospects find you on Google Maps? There’s no doubt that our lives have dramatically changed thanks to Google. I recently watched a show about them and realized that in just 12 short years they’ve totally changed the way we look for information. When we were kids, we were told to look in a [...]

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Here’s a few Holiday Gifts for you from YOUR Virtual Fairy Godmother

December 1, 2010 By Michelle Spalding

Over the years I’ve had the honor of speaking live and virtually via tele-seminars and webinars about using virtual resources to build a business. A few years ago someone said I was like a Virtual Fairy Godmother and I thought why yes, you’re right, I am. I get to listen to challenges people have and [...]

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~Don’t forget to add your business to your holiday gift list~

November 30, 2010 By Michelle Spalding Leave a Comment

The Best Holiday Gift for your Real Estate Business It’s that time of year again – I can hardly believe it. Feels like it was just yesterday that were toasting in the New Year. I guess my Mom was right, time seems to go by much faster the older we get. During the holidays [...]

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Forecast: A Blizzard of New Tax Forms Coming From the IRS – Richard Lindsey, CPA

November 1, 2010 By Michelle Spalding Leave a Comment

Hidden deep inside the massive 2,409 page health care reform bill are a few lines which will unleash a flurry of paperwork on unsuspecting businesses. Beginning in 2012 companies will have to issue 1099 forms not just to contract workers but to any individual or corporation from which they buy more than $600 in goods [...]

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Reach out and Touch Someone On Your Schedule

November 1, 2010 By Michelle Spalding Leave a Comment

When I started in real estate15 years ago, we didn’t use the internet at the firm I worked at. It had just become available in our homes and AOL was charging by the hour to access slower than ever dial up. There were no websites to get instant information on taxes or neighborhoods. We didn’t [...]

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A Note from Michelle……

November 1, 2010 By Michelle Spalding Leave a Comment

With the Holiday Season well underway, I felt it appropriate to begin this newsletter with column devoted to some of the many things I’m thankful for: • Family and Friends • Health • Freedom • Sun, Stars, Fresh Air, Beach • Business with Great Clients • Wonderful Staff • Happiness, Joy, Excitement • Books • [...]

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Listing Idea from Your Virtual Fairy Godmother

October 20, 2010 By Michelle Spalding Leave a Comment

Yes, we offer listing management services……… Each month our office mails out thousands of newsletters both via email and the old fashioned way by our friends at the post office. Since you stopped by and left your information with me at the recent ALC Conference in Pensacola, you’ll be receiving the October edition soon. [...]

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Change Happens…Deal with it!

October 19, 2010 By Michelle Spalding Leave a Comment

One of the most important rules of success is that you must not be reactive to life but have a proactive approach. It’s your job to understand that life doesn’t just happen to you. Your choices make your life good or bad. Your thoughts create your mood.

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How a Terrific USP Built an Entrepreneurial Empire by Dan Kennedy

October 17, 2010 By Michelle Spalding Leave a Comment

A Unique Selling Proposition (USP) is a way of explaining your position against your competition. When a supermarket chain or big-box retailer like Wal-Mart labels itself as “THE Low Price Leader;” it’s made a positioning promise.

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The Silent Scream, “I Am Not A Taxi” – by David Fletcher

October 1, 2010 By Michelle Spalding Leave a Comment

Have you seen the television commercial featuring the first time home buyer who is bragging that their agent showed them more than 20 homes, and the agent is bragging that it was more like 30? This is obviously not a recruiting commercial for buyer’s agents. The commercial implies that this national franchise is an agent [...]