Archive for the ‘Business Tips’ Category
Thursday, November 19th, 2009
Tracked, a site that makes it very easy to track people, businesses and news online, has a page that tracks the wealthiest business professionals.Below are the top 10 for each category.Highest Compensated Executives (2008)Highest Salaries (2008)Largest Bonuses (2008)
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Monday, November 2nd, 2009
By Dan Daugherty“Most people spend more time and energy going around problems than in trying to solve them.” - Henry Ford“We are too busy mopping the floor to turn off the faucet.” - UnknownWhen asked, "If you had only one word to describe the day-to-day life of a property manager, ...
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Monday, November 2nd, 2009
We recently participated in the NARPM convention that was held in Orlando, Fl. Every year, over 400 property managers from all over the US come together to share ideas, meet with vendors and receive credits for classes. This was Rent Marketer's 4th National NARPM convention. Every year, vendors give away prizes, ...
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Wednesday, January 21st, 2009
Gary's passion is contagious. At the Inman Real Estate Conference he discusses how to develop a community.You can view all of his speeches here.
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Friday, January 9th, 2009
From the Credit Loan Blog:
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Tuesday, January 6th, 2009
I recently read a blog post from SEOMoz where they used an outline of “Predictably Irrational” to help educate webmasters on irrational human behaviors and how to leverage them to improve web marketing. I wanted to take a similar approach and apply ...
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Sunday, December 28th, 2008
You don't need a lot of money to be innovative. Take a look at these amazing Wii hacks for example.
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Wednesday, December 24th, 2008
An opportunist. Closing in on 1 million views.
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Monday, December 8th, 2008
Facebook should take note on how well these American Express Advertisements are doing. I have been watching their videos for more than an hour now with the American Express brand in my face.Since I can't seem to find the actual ad on TechCrunch, I will have to describe it to you.The ...
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Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008
Where exactly is our tax payer bailout money going?From the BailoutSleuth.com."The Treasury Department has hired two big accounting firms to help keep tabs on the government's financial-industry rescue program, and once again certain basic elements of the deals are shrouded in secrecy. That sort of specific detail is lacking in the agreements themselves. ...
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Sunday, October 12th, 2008
"Be greedy when others are fearful and be fearful when others are greedy." - Warren Buffett
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Friday, August 29th, 2008
"Yo. Word. Don't hate the game playa. I mean don't hate the playa, hate the game. Chill." - anonymous banker
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Thursday, August 21st, 2008
- You are never to old to conquer your dreams
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-Records are meant to be broken
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- Never. Ever. Give Up
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Tuesday, August 12th, 2008
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“Here’s to the crazy ones.
The misfits.
The rebels.
The troublemakers.
The round pegs in the square holes.
The ones who see things differently.
They’re not fond of rules.
And they have no respect for the status quo.
You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them.
About the only thing you can’t do is ignore them.
Because ...
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Friday, July 25th, 2008
A remarkable man and a true inspiration to all of us died today after a long battle with pancreatic cancer. You may have seen or heard about Dr. Randy Pausch on 60 minutes and other sources. He recently wrote a book called The Last Lecture.
He offers some important advice:
Be good ...
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Thursday, July 24th, 2008
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Saturday, July 19th, 2008
I believe strongly in how we approach sports, especially golf, and the way we play it can help grow successful businesses or kill them. Tim Moynihan and I recently got back from 36 holes of golf in Rhode Island and then in Denver and it sparked a conversation on how ...
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Saturday, April 5th, 2008
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Friday, February 29th, 2008
Chris Anderson, the author of "The Long Tail", discusses that soon, everything on the web will be free. He shows that the internet has enabled companies the ability to offer free services that were once expensive to make. He says the marginal cost of creating something on the web has ...
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Friday, February 22nd, 2008
Seth Godin recently gave a presentation to real estate agents and he told them "to quit selling real estate." He states:
"The agents who built their business on low interest rates, easy money and speculation (the order takers) have left the building.......In fact, I think this is an extraordinary opportunity for ...
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Thursday, February 21st, 2008
Although this is primarily a rental blog, we occasionally discuss business and business strategy. Many of the companies we write about are real estate related companies that have received funding.
There is one company all VCs should invest in.
It is not real estate related but there is HUGE opportunity in this ...
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Saturday, February 2nd, 2008
Answer. Fire your entire board and replace them with individuals who are internet experts.
Marc Andreessen's post on the New York Times says it all.
Well, given that the Internet is the central force dismantling the company's [The New York Times] business, I'm sure that by now they've stocked their board with ...
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Friday, January 25th, 2008
I ran across this post. If Einstein wrote a business and marketing book, what would be the names of the chapters? Go to the post to review the authors comments on each chapter.
1. "Imagination is more important than knowledge."
2. "A perfection of means, and confusion of aims, seems to be ...
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Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008
According to Steven D. Levitt's calculations, homeowners have lost nearly $720 Billion in 2007 due to the decrease in the value of their homes, which fell 6% last year.
Steven is the author of Freakonomics which every person should read. He makes economics fun and interesting.
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Friday, December 28th, 2007
Would you have invested in this company in 1978? Many of the greatest companies in the world did not have a proven management team or experience. Oh and by the way, if you bought 1,000 shares in 1986 after their IPO, your shares would now be worth over $10,000,000.
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Thursday, December 27th, 2007
Here comes another bubble is a hilarious song about the tech bubble that no one within the bubble thinks we are in. One of my favorite lyrics are:
Blue Shirts, Khaki Pants, looking like a line of ants
If you are part of a start-up or tech company you know what this ...
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Monday, December 24th, 2007
In addition to the 10 Rules to Succeed in Business and in Life, I wanted to add 7 more tips that I learned from Poker. I use these 7 tips in my day to day business life as well.
I just finished a Texas Hold-em tournament and received 2nd place. This ...
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Saturday, December 15th, 2007
Anything you do and want to be extraordinary at, shoot for the moon, if you miss, you will land among the stars......
Whether you are running a fortune 500 company, a real estate business, property management firm, ice cream shop, a charity or are a stay at home mom, these ...
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