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		<title>How To Explode Your Business Using Aweber</title>
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		<dc:creator>Kendall Matthews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Pressurising people is all part of giving customer satisfaction.&#8221; ~ Anonymous Name: Aweber URL: www.Aweber.com Purpose: &#8220;To Create Lasting Customer Relationships For You With Email Newsletters, Autoresponders, RSS to Email and Other Email Marketing Tools.&#8221; Three Things You Will Learn From The Mass Email Software Reviews Capture Leads In Your Sleep Flow Chart The True [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p><em>&#8220;Pressurising people is all part of giving customer satisfaction.&#8221; ~ Anonymous</em></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><strong><br />
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<div id="wt9e"><a href="http://bit.ly/EmailMarketingSoftware"><img class="alignleft" title="Email Marketing Software Review" src="https://docs.google.com/File?id=d4fdwnd_553fhsp2bgk_b" alt="" width="150" height="150" /></a></div>
<p><strong>Name:</strong> Aweber</p>
<p><strong>URL:</strong> <a href="http://bit.ly/EmailMarketingSoftware">www.Aweber.com</a></p>
<p><strong>Purpose</strong><span style="color: #990000;">:</span> &#8220;To Create Lasting Customer Relationships For You With Email Newsletters, Autoresponders, RSS to Email and Other Email Marketing Tools.&#8221;<br />
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<h2><span style="font-size: small;"><strong><span style="color: #990000;">Three Things You Will Learn From The Mass Email Software Reviews</span></strong></span></h2>
<div>
<ul>
<li>Capture Leads In Your Sleep Flow Chart</li>
<li>The True Purpose of Sending News</li>
<li>What Could Be Improved In A Hurry</li>
</ul>
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<p>You already know that a key component of any business is building relationships, correct?</p>
<p>Well, your website, blog, social media page is the same thing, it&#8217;s a tool to build relationships however&#8230;</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s the problem.</p>
<p>You don&#8217;t have a relationship if you don&#8217;t have away to stay in touch with them.</p>
<p>Yea, Mr. Big-Time Executive from Oklahoma has read some of the articles on your website, but you don&#8217;t know that.</p>
<p>Ok, so last night Ms. High Society Event Planner went to your website and bookmark your page, but you don&#8217;t know that either.</p>
<p>Well here&#8217;s how you can know everything you need in 60 seconds&#8230;</p>
<p><a title="Learn About AWeber" href="http://bit.ly/EmailMarketingSoftware"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2079" title="Email Marketing Software Explanation In 60 Seconds" src="http://homeessential.com/investmentrealestatecorner/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/Aweber_Freeze_Video_02.png" alt="" width="368" height="242" /></a></p>
<h2><span style="color: #800000;"><strong>What&#8217;s The Cheap Email Marketing About Aweber </strong></span></h2>
<p>According to their website Aweber was  started in 1998, to create email marketing software to help small businesses automate email follow up and email newsletter delivery. They currently work with over 75,000 current clients and I&#8217;m one of them</p>
<p>This is not rocket science, but a systematic formula of success. This diagram from Pat Flynn, owner of Smart Passive Income Blog explains the concept perfectly.</p>
<div id="pvtl"><img src="https://docs.google.com/File?id=d4fdwnd_550ddfpk9fd_b" alt="" /></div>
<p>What did you learn from the above diagram?</p>
<p>The golden keys to success is <strong>follow up, follow up, and did I say follow up.</strong></p>
<p>You need to get Mr. Big-Time Executive information by providing him something of value in order for him to provide you with his email address.</p>
<p>You must show Ms. High Society that you value her time and will provide great information&#8212; over and over again.</p>
<p>You may think that you will gain steady income because you have a website or a blog, but you would be wrong</p>
<p>If your in real estate you probably heard of By Referral Only.   Joe Stumpf talked about having a customer action marketing plan called Before -During &#8211; After.</p>
<p>If you do not have an active online subscriber newsletter at this point in time, your missing out substantially and you don&#8217;t even know it&#8230; and you will be crying before &#8211; during and after the IRS comes after you because you didn&#8217;t have enough money to pay your taxes, because you profits dropped.</p>
<p>Newsletter subscribers will be your ATM machine as you look to expand the profitability of your business and as Zig Ziglar said &#8220;Help more people get what they want, so you can get what you want.&#8221;</p>
<h2><span style="color: #800000;">3 Reasons Why To Create Newsletters In Email</span></h2>
<p>Robb Sutton, of Ramped Reviews recently wrote why your blog (website) needs a newsletter.</p>
<p>* <strong>It captures leads that would normally be lost</strong> –</p>
<blockquote><p>By getting that email address, you are able to stay in touch with readers through their email (the most read thing on the web) and bring them back to your blog and content. A vast majority of these readers may have never landed back on your pages, so you are insuring growth over time.</p></blockquote>
<p>* <strong>Conversions are much higher in newsletters than on site</strong> –</p>
<blockquote><p>Let’s put it this way…you released a new eBook or T-Shirt design. Once everything was complete, you wrote a blog post and put up the promotional materials on your site. New visitors and returning visitors see the materials and blog post as they hit up your corner of the web that day.</p>
<p>However, their man focus is on new content and not your latest and greatest product. Now…you also have about 1,500 people signed up to your newsletter, so you send out an email announcing your new release. In your email, there is zero distraction. Which one do you think is going to convert better?</p></blockquote>
<p>* <strong>Newsletters create automated sales funnels</strong> –</p>
<blockquote><p>With any well performing newsletter, you are setting up broadcast emails that produce original quality content for your subscribers. This process is completely automated after setup, so once the subscriber signs up…you do not have to do a thing! Now…imagine you are providing quality content with related affiliate promotions. You have just put your money making machine on autopilot as new subscribers are receiving those emails on a daily basis.</p></blockquote>
<h2><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #800000;">What I Like About Aweber Marketing Email Software</span><strong> </strong></span></h2>
<p><strong>They Have Great Training Videos</strong></p>
<p>When I first started I didn&#8217;t know much. I signed up for there service in November 2009 and I&#8217;ve probably went through their entire training library.</p>
<div id="dycy"><a href="http://bit.ly/EmailMarketingSoftware"><img title="AWeber Training Videos" src="https://docs.google.com/File?id=d4fdwnd_551gk3vvmhc_b" alt="" width="633" height="577" /></a></div>
<h2><strong><span style="color: #800000;">How I Use AWeber</span></strong></h2>
<p>I use AWeber for all my online and offline promotions. It also stores all my email lists. I use it to distribute my reviews, e-books, software and even recipes from <a href="http://www.mspiggiessmokehouse.com" target="_blank">my restaurant in St. Louis</a>.</p>
<p>It collects the email address of any person who downloads the free report and I then keep in contact with a series of autoresponse emails. I also collect the details of anyone who submits the contact form for my different real estate offerings and partnership courses, like <a href="http://www.improve-credit-score.info">Improve Credit Score</a>.</p>
<p>AWeber allows me to distribute my business growth tips newsletter to all my subscribers on a week-by-week basis and I can do once-off broadcasts whenever I need to.</p>
<p>The service is not branded either and I have complete control over the presentation of the broadcast emails which makes it superior to almost all the other RSS to email services out there.</p>
<p>I also have various other small lists to keep in touch with certain groups. It makes it a lot easier to control your email contacts. I use to have Top Producer, yet from a scalability point-of-view this is a much more powerful resource because it keeps you connected with your prospects and clients, and it&#8217;s half of what I was paying before.</p>
<h2><span style="color: #800000;"><strong>How Technical Is AWeber?</strong></span></h2>
<p>It took me about 30 minutes to get AWeber up and running. My experience from <a href="http://investmentrealestatecorner.com/2009/03/26/review-of-by-referral-only/">By Referral Only</a> and Keller Williams Realty has helpful. However, AWeber has been built to be with the busy entrepreneur in mind and you certainly do not need to know HTML to implement it. The set-up is simple forms you fill out and once you have a play you will understand how everything works&#8230;</p>
<p>and they have live chat-support and phone support if you need it.</p>
<h2><span style="color: #800000;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>What Could Be Improved In Aweber</strong></span></span></h2>
<p>I just want to tell the folks over there at Aweber they are doing a great job in keeping up with technology and improving their systems. I don&#8217;t have any complaints.</p>
<h2><span style="font-size: small;"><strong><span style="color: #990000;">Who Should Take Advantage of Aweber Web Based Email Software </span></strong></span></h2>
<p>If your an investor, business owner, marketing director or manage a website you should try out this service. I can directly track  over $10,000 of business income from using their software.</p>
<p>You probably don&#8217;t need an extra $10K or an extra 50 to 100 clients, but if you know someone who does you probably have them check out this easy to use newsletter in email software.</p>
<p><strong>Here&#8217;s The Link</strong></p>
<p><a title="AWeber.com" href="http://bit.ly/EmailMarketingSoftware">www.Aweber.com</a></p>
<div id="pkqo"><a href="http://bit.ly/EmailMarketingSoftware"><img title="Get Instant Access To AWeber Information" src="https://docs.google.com/File?id=d4fdwnd_552g7gxcmd6_b" alt="" width="258" height="76" /></a></div>
<p>Happy Investing!</p>
<p>Kendall E. Matthews</p>
<p>www.InvestmentRealEstateCorner.com<br />
Helping doctors, executives, athletes and high-income earners purchase Huge Land Ranches, Luxury Costa Rica real estate and Government Tax-incentive Based real estate using 401K money since 2004.</p>
<p>P.s.What challenges have you had creating email marketing campaigns?</p>
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		<title>How To Review Book Secrets Exposed by Robb Sutton</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 17:06:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kendall Matthews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;My opinions may have changed, but not the fact that I am right.&#8221; ~ Ashleigh Brilliant Name: Ramped Reviews &#8220;How One Man Receive $10,000 in Product in One Month&#8221; URL: www.RampedReviews.RobbSutton.com Purpose: &#8220;To increase your blogs worth past the written articles that you slave over day in and day out&#8230; to bring assets to your [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p><em>&#8220;My opinions may have changed, but not the fact that I am right.&#8221; ~ Ashleigh Brilliant</em></p>
<p><a href="http://bit.ly/RampedReviews"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-550" title="Review of Ramped Reviews" src="http://homeessential.com/investmentrealestatecorner/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/review-guy.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="150" /></a></p>
<p><strong>Name:</strong> Ramped Reviews &#8220;How One Man Receive $10,000 in Product in One Month&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>URL: </strong><a href="http://bit.ly/RampedReviews">www.RampedReviews.RobbSutton.com</a></p>
<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>&#8220;To increase your blogs worth past the written articles that you slave over day in and day out&#8230; to bring assets to your front door and build a profitable business all without costing you one penny out of your bank account.&#8221;</p>
<h2><span style="color: #800000;"><strong>Four Things You Will Learn From This Review</strong></span></h2>
<ul>
<li>The exact chapter outline of the &#8220;7 Steps To Getting Products To Review&#8221;</li>
<li>How I used Some of the Techniques to get $5,000 in products</li>
<li>The Two Things I Like The Most and Do Every time</li>
<li>The One Thing That Really Bugged Me about Robb Sutton&#8217;s book</li>
</ul>
<p>Before I go any further, I&#8217;d like to make a few things crystal clear. I didn&#8217;t get Robb Sutton book for free, I purchased it&#8230; and I&#8217;m happy I did. However, you will learn how you can review products for free, and I&#8217;ve already put his claim to the test. In the past 5 months, I&#8217;ve been able to review over $5,000 worth of products.</p>
<h2><span style="color: #800000;"><strong>Watch Ramped Review Chapter Outline Video of</strong></span></h2>
<p><strong>&#8220;The 7 Steps To Getting Product Sent To Your Door&#8221;</strong><br />
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<h2><span style="color: #800000;"><strong>What&#8217;s The Scoop About Ramped Reviews In A Nutshell</strong></span></h2>
<p>This is not rocket science, but a systematic formula of success. Robb Sutton specifically tailors his information to bloggers who have zero background in sales and those looking to create another stream of income.</p>
<p><a href="http://bit.ly/RampedReviews">Robb Suttons&#8217; Ramped Reviews</a> does not offer an additional coaching program or yes-you-bought-this-but-you really-need-this kind of bait-n-switch. When you visit the website, buy the book and take 30 minutes to skim, review and read it;  You can instantly start reviewing products the right way.</p>
<p>Following this how to review book&#8217;s advice, I was able to get review products of three expensive home study courses:</p>
<ol>
<li>One involved land investing</li>
<li>Another in how to raise private money for real estate and business deals</li>
<li>One in foreclosure investing</li>
</ol>
<p>For you to get the information, you would need to slap about $5k on your nearly maxed out American Express Card.</p>
<p>For me, I sent an email, made a phone call, and got the products sent to my front door.</p>
<p>Like most things in life, it doesn&#8217;t work&#8230; if you don&#8217;t work it.  If you don&#8217;t take the time to go out and find products that match your passion &#8212; Don&#8217;t Bother!  Being authentic in your reviews will come through with your words and proven by dollars in your bank account.</p>
<p><a href="http://bit.ly/RampedReviews"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-1954" title="How To Review book &quot;Ramped Reviews&quot; by Robb Sutton" src="http://homeessential.com/investmentrealestatecorner/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/ramped-reviews.png" alt="" width="282" height="384" /></a></p>
<h2><span style="color: #800000;">What I Like About Ramped Reviews</span></h2>
<p><strong>The Secret Power of Multiple Post Article Reviews</strong></p>
<p>Robb Sutton crafted a clear guide on how to Right write a review.  I created an outline of it here:</p>
<ul>
<li>Introduction Post &#8212; Tell your readers what you have.</li>
<li>Mid-Cycle Post    &#8212; Tell them how&#8217;s it going for you.</li>
<li>Final Review        &#8212; Tell everyone how it went.</li>
</ul>
<p>As an added bonus, he gives you the exact product review introduction letter,  he uses regularly, to send to companies that converts at 85% if it gets into the right hands.</p>
<p><strong>Explained The Importance of Pictures &amp; Videos</strong></p>
<p>When I first started this website, I focused on words. For two reasons, first &#8212; I didn&#8217;t know how to upload pictures; second &#8212; I thought people would rather read what I had to say about different business growth ideas and real estate opportunities.</p>
<p>However, I soon realized most people like to listen, see pretty pictures and moving objects. Anything but reading 900 word depth articles on a computer screen.</p>
<h2><span style="color: #800000;"><strong>What Could Be Improved In Ramped Reviews</strong></span></h2>
<p>Bring on the Pictures. Robb Sutton talked about the importance of pictures, yet in the book it was all text.</p>
<ul>
<li>I would have like screen shots of his mountain bike reviews.</li>
<li>I would have like pictures of the stats and metrics of one of his most popular reviews.</li>
<li>I would have like an audio version so I could have listened to it on my Blackberry.</li>
</ul>
<p>He did offer this picture&#8230;</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://bit.ly/RampedReviews"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1958" title="Ramped Reviews Before and After learning How To Review Products For Free" src="http://homeessential.com/investmentrealestatecorner/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Ramped_Reviews_Before_and_After.png" alt="" width="318" height="502" /></a></p>
<h2><span style="color: #800000;"><strong>Who Should Get A Copy of Ramped Reviews</strong></span></h2>
<p>If your an investor, business owner, or manage a website you&#8217;ve got to get this book. If you apply the techniques properly you can save yourself some serious cash. Instead of buying those expensive coaching and training programs, find out if you can review them, then tell others about your experience.</p>
<p>What I have learned is to apply this process across different industries. I&#8217;ve successfully done product reviews for real estate training programs, online marketing systems, and consumer services.</p>
<p>If you don&#8217;t understand the concept and power of product reviews, you shouldn&#8217;t invest the twenty bucks. Take your twenty and go to happy hour at an Applebee&#8217;s Restaurant.</p>
<h2><strong><span style="color: #800000;">Final Thoughts On Ramped Reviews</span></strong></h2>
<p>Robb Sutton is a very personable guy. I have talk with him inside of the blog forum created by Yaro Starak, and I do appreciate the on-point no-fluff information he provided in his 44 page guide on how to do article reviews.</p>
<p>Even though, I probably won&#8217;t be given any fully-furnished million dollar homes in Scottsdale, Arizona to review (live-in for 90 days), what I have learned from Ramped Reviews is that there are many ways to provide value to your audience&#8230; you just have to take the time and do them right.</p>
<p><strong>Here&#8217;s The Link&#8211;</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://bit.ly/RampedReviews">www.RampedReviews.RobbSutton.com</a></p>
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<p>Happy Investing!</p>
<p>Kendall E. Matthews</p>
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		<title>Dragon Naturally Speaking Typing Software Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 19:22:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kendall Matthews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Speech recognition software is the stealth solution flying under the radar today that will revolutionize all our tomorrows.” &#8211; Grant Fairley What Is It? Who Makes It? Nuance Communications Why Is It A Triple Net Resource? Can you type 60 words per minute or do you slowly peck at your computer keyboard like a chicken? [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p><em>“Speech recognition software is the stealth solution flying under the radar today that will revolutionize all our tomorrows.” &#8211; Grant Fairley</em></p>
<h2><span style="color: #800000;"><strong>What Is It?</strong></span></h2>
<p><a href="http://bit.ly/88sgXL"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1786" title="Dragon Naturally Speaking Review on www.InvestmentRealEstateCorner.com VIDEO Demo" src="http://homeessential.com/investmentrealestatecorner/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/Dragon-NaturallySpeaking.jpg" alt="Dragon Naturally Speaking Review on www.InvestmentRealEstateCorner.com VIDEO Demo" width="280" height="280" /></a></p>
<h2><span style="color: #800000;"><strong>Who Makes It?</strong></span></h2>
<p>Nuance Communications</p>
<h2><span style="color: #800000;"><strong>Why Is It A Triple Net Resource?</strong></span></h2>
<p>Can you type 60 words per minute or do you slowly peck at your computer keyboard like a chicken? Forget taking typing test, Dragon Naturally speaking software allows your voice to control your computer and do the typing for you.</p>
<p>I have been able to use Dragon Naturally Speaking to type upwards of 200 words per minute, with complete accuracy. Using typing software space is about saving time and being more efficient. I am living proof of using technology, so I can get more things done in less time, with few resources, and on a tight budget. .</p>
<p>Their tagline is <em>&#8220;Faster and More Accurate Than Typing.&#8221;</em> However, I did find that it took some getting used to. I noticed that at first it was not faster or accurate.  And I blamed the software&#8230; before I found the below video by John Morrow, associate editor of Copyblogger.</p>
<h2><span style="color: #800000;"><strong>Quick Insider Video Sneak Peak Review</strong></span></h2>
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<p>Speech Recognition for Bloggers &#8212; The Ultimate Guide from Jon Morrow on Vimeo.</p>
<p>With  Dragon Naturally Speaking, you can rule out getting carpal tunnel syndrome and trying to learn how to type 60 words per minute. I used the speech recognition software for this article, it was a no-brainer for me.</p>
<h2><span style="color: #800000;"><strong>Where Can You Get This Typing Test Beater For A Discount</strong></span></h2>
<p>Here&#8217;s the link&#8211;</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://bit.ly/88sgXL">Dragon Naturally Speaking (PC) – discounted at Amazon</a></li>
<li><a href="http://bit.ly/50KRVe">Mac Speech Dictate (Mac) – discounted at Amazon</a></li>
<li>VXI TalkPro Xpress Headset</li>
<li>VXI Full Duplex USB Sound Pod</li>
</ul>
<p>Bookmark this video today as it’ll be something you want to come back to again.</p>
<p>Moving Forward,</p>
<p>Kendall E. Matthews<br />
www.InvestmentRealEstateCorner.com</p>
<p>P.s. Have you used this tool before?</p>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 05:50:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kendall Matthews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every day I get up and look through the Forbes list of the richest people in America.  If I&#8217;m not there, I go to work.  ~ Robert Orben If my goal was to have a high-stressed, lose-your-hair and gain weight corporate job, this would be the kind of job I would qualify for&#8230; Investment banking [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p><em>Every day I get up and look through the Forbes list of the richest people in America.  If I&#8217;m not there, I go to work.  ~ Robert Orben</em></p>
<p><a id="aptureLink_k05BAej7Im" style="margin: 0pt auto; padding: 0px 6px; text-align: center; display: block;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/didbygraham/3621249405/"><img style="border: 0px none;" title="job" src="http://static.flickr.com/2436/3621249405_4fc522f7f9.jpg" alt="" width="423.1543624161074px" height="378.3px" /></a></p>
<p>If my goal was to have a high-stressed, lose-your-hair and gain weight corporate job, this would be the kind of job I would qualify for&#8230;</p>
<blockquote><p>Investment banking firm located in Manhattan is seeking a highly successful investment banker to run our capital markets group.  Individual will be responsible for executing JV equity for advisory and principal transactions.  Substantial deal history required.  Individual should be an established deal maker with excellent equity contacts, including established relationships with high net worth individuals, overseas investors, family trusts, hedge funds, etc.</p>
<p>Candidate should have at least 5-10 years experience and have a successful deal history for completing large transactions.  Extensive industry contacts required.  Excellent guaranteed six figure compensation package with profit participation.</p>
<p>Self-starter competent with promote structures comfortable in a fast-paced environment.</p></blockquote>
<p>What kind of job would you qualify for but don&#8217;t have right now?</p>
<p>Moving Forward,</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1692" title="Kendall Matthews" src="http://homeessential.com/investmentrealestatecorner/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/Kendall-Matthews2.jpg" alt="Kendall Matthews" width="243" height="86" /></p>
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		<title>Want to Run Your Own Business? Read this First!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 13:50:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kendall Matthews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Are you considering the life of a real estate agent? Waking up at 10 am, hopping in the BMW, swinging over to the local Starbucks, ordering a non-fat decaf tall latte, spend the afternoon showing a few houses like on you see on Bravo&#8217;s Millionaire Dollar Listing, then at the end of every month picking [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><h2><span style="color: #800000;"><strong>Are you considering the life of a real estate agent?</strong></span></h2>
<p><a id="aptureLink_JKmK9fKZtG" style="margin: 0pt auto; padding: 0px 6px; text-align: center; display: block;" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAeprWIOQqQ"><img style="border: 0px none;" title="Pushy Real Estate Agent" src="http://i.ytimg.com/vi/HAeprWIOQqQ/0.jpg" alt="" width="340px" height="285px" /></a></p>
<p>Waking up at 10 am, hopping in the BMW, swinging over to the local Starbucks, ordering a non-fat decaf tall latte, spend the afternoon showing a few houses like on you see on <a href="http://www.bravotv.com/million-dollar-listing">Bravo&#8217;s Millionaire Dollar Listing</a>, then at the end of every month picking up a $32,000 check for all your efforts.</p>
<p>A certain image has been promoted of the real estate agent. It’s often glorified as the great dream, leaving your old job, with the long hours and annoying boss in exchange for a flexible lifestyle that you are in control of.</p>
<p>Well, let me tell you – it’s all true!</p>
<p>Well sort of. Real estate is a simple business. It’s not by any means easy to do. You lose many things you might have not realized you valued in your old secure job. Let me point out the things you lose that you might want to think about before quitting your day job.</p>
<h2><span style="color: #800000;"><strong>1. Kiss Reliable &amp; Predictable Income Good-Bye</strong></span></h2>
<p>The are only two jobs that are 100% secure jobs, the funeral director and an IRS agent.</p>
<p>You&#8217;ve heard the argument, &#8220;Avoid downsizing, Control Your Income, start your own small business.&#8221; However, controlling your income doesn&#8217;t feel like that in the beginning.</p>
<p>Jay Thompson announced some interesting facts on his website, <a href="http://www.phoenixrealestateguy.com/how-much-do-real-estate-agents-make/" target="_blank">The Phoenix Real Estate Guy</a>:</p>
<blockquote>
<ul>
<li>At the end of 2008, there were 33,500 agent subscribers to ARMLS.</li>
<li>20,466 of those agents (61%) had at least one sales transaction.</li>
<li>Conversely, that means 39% of agents in the Phoenix area sold nothing in 2008.</li>
<li>7,156 agents (21%) had $1 million or more in sales volume.</li>
<li>Those 7,156 agents had $23.6B of the areas $29.4B in sales transactions (80.1%)</li>
<li>In short, it’s the age-old “80/20 rule” – 20% of the agents do 80% of the business.</li>
</ul>
</blockquote>
<p>The only consistent thing of owning a business is the waves of emotional highs and lows. Even the oldest business in the history of the world still has to hustle for sales.  For most, a check every two weeks<strong> FEELS more secure</strong> than the peaks and valleys of your own business.</p>
<h2><span style="color: #800000;"><strong>2. You Have No Life But Work</strong></span></h2>
<p>For most employees, when they punch-out on the time clock, when the whistle blows, when clock strikes 5 p.m. &#8212; they&#8217;re done physically. Most likely, at 4 p.m. they already checked out mentally.</p>
<p>Small business owners don&#8217;t have a time clock to punch. They live and breath their business. They don’t ever really leave work, like Freddy Kruegar or Halle Berry work follows them into their dreams.</p>
<p>Now I’ve got it pretty good at the moment because I love what I do. It is not necessary for me to work as long as I do. That being said I am trapped to checking my email day in and day out, 24 hours a day, which is not ideal.</p>
<p>Chances are when you start your business you won’t be working 9-5 or even 8-6. Forget burning the midnight oil. At 1 a.m. you&#8217;ll be crushing caffeine pills into white powder, mixing them with Red Bulls and a slice of veggie pizza. Wondering to yourself is this what <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0061914177?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=theinvreaestc-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0061914177">Gary Vaynerchuck meant in his book &#8220;Crush It!&#8221;?</a><img style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=theinvreaestc-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0061914177" border="0" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></p>
<p>You are the CEO, shipping clerk, and janitor.</p>
<p>Until your revenue can justify hiring others your hours will be long and you won’t have a weekend. It took me a long time to realize this, yet it is necessary to set realistic expectations. Life is like a walking balance bar and you don&#8217;t want to rack yourself. If you use the right leverage, systems and technology tools,  running your own business can definitely be like the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001IALA6E?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=theinvreaestc-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B001IALA6E">Timothy Ferriss&#8217; 4 Hour Work Week. </a><img style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=theinvreaestc-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B001IALA6E" border="0" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></p>
<h2><span style="color: #800000;"><strong>3. You Won&#8217;t Make Real Money Until You Sell</strong></span></h2>
<p>Did you know that the majority of small businesses don&#8217;t make much more than an average salary?<br />
Only if you&#8217;re smoking crack should you base your business model purely on financial rewards.</p>
<p>Many small business owners don’t make real money until they sell. When they do make the sale, they will use the money for Norwegian Cruises and doctor bills. Still, the only way to become fat cat wealthy is to start a business and sell a business.</p>
<p>Unfortunately, only a small percentage of businesses make their owner really wealthy. The rest only to take home a few dimes after taxes. The flip side is they still love their lifestyle and only work as hard as they want to.</p>
<p>Running your own business has the greatest potential to make you rich or bankrupt. Even with creditors on your back and customers mad as hell, having your own business is very likely to make you a happier person.</p>
<p><strong>Keep your goals simple.</strong></p>
<p>Aim for lifestyle of substance over riches. In America, anyone can get rich. Look at Warren Buffet, for over forty years the wealthiest man on the planet, has lived in the same non-Mcmansion home in Omaha, Nebraska. Contented people are rich without needing material wealth.</p>
<h2><span style="color: #800000;"><strong>4. A Quick Look At Pension, Paid-Time-Off &amp; Sick Leave</strong></span></h2>
<h2><span style="color: #800000;"><strong>5. Got Colleagues?</strong></span></h2>
<p>There are no colleagues for the solo-preneur. You are going to be alone. You can hire employees that may hopefully become friends, yet your still the boss. You are going to be alone.</p>
<p>Do you remember the time when you worked in a busy, lively, talkative office sharing war stories and weekend triumphs? Do you remember Friday afternoon strawberry margaritas, team building events at Putt-Putt and shared time complaining about the loser boss who doesn&#8217;t know anything? You can kiss all this goodbye. You are going to be alone.</p>
<p>Okay, that’s not entirely true.</p>
<p>There are many small businesses that have great working environments. The difference is as the boss you have to create your own social network. Create an amazing business culture with clear goals and an open-book policy and you&#8217;ll see the office is like a disco party that happens to get work done too.</p>
<p>Or if you do not require employees, which is my preference, make sure you don’t turn into a lonely Scrooge McDuck. Swimming by yourself in a pool of gold coins is only fun once-or-twice.</p>
<p>Even if you operate out of your home, get out!</p>
<ul>
<li> Stretch your networking muscles.</li>
<li> Organize fund-raising events and blood drives with other business people.</li>
<li> Stay actively involved in gun-shooting groups and cooking clubs.</li>
</ul>
<p>Stop reading this article, leave the home office now and interact in real, not digital life. Much like everything else with running your own business, you are in charge of your social life too.</p>
<p>Now you are familiar with what you lose when starting your own business.</p>
<p>Moving Forward,</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1692" title="Kendall Matthews" src="http://homeessential.com/investmentrealestatecorner/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/Kendall-Matthews2.jpg" alt="Kendall Matthews" width="243" height="86" /></p>
<p>Ps. If you still want to get into real estate, let me know, I can refer you in the right direction.</p>
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