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Lead Generation in These Challenging Economic Times (Audio)

Icon Written by Brad Warren on April 26, 2010 – 6:35 pm

Lead generation is the most important part of running your real estate business, because without leads, you don’t have a business! In this workshop, we will cover: – The difference between lead generation, lead follow up, and lead conversion – Why it’s important to do all three – Learn how to plan and schedule these [...]



The Platinum Rule: Treat other people the way they want to be treated! (Videos)

Icon Written by Brad Warren on May 30, 2009 – 1:30 pm

Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4  



Giving Powerful Presentations Video Series (Video)

Icon Written by Brad Warren on April 20, 2009 – 9:17 pm

This is six part video series on giving powerful presentations!



Negotiation Skills: How to get what you want, while giving them what they need (Audio)

Icon Written by Brad Warren on April 20, 2009 – 8:58 pm

This has an hour long audio talk I conducted on Negotiation Skills: How to get what you want, while giving them what they need



Business Planning Workbook

Icon Written by Brad Warren on March 29, 2009 – 1:31 am

Section 1: Mission Statement (WHY) and Economic Model (WHAT) Why should you have a Mission Statement or Big Why for your business?  What does it do for you?  What does it do for your clients? Writing the Mission Statement:     1.  What do you do?           2.  For whom do you do it? [...]



“Pareto Principle” – The 80/20 Rule

Icon Written by Brad Warren on March 29, 2009 – 1:22 am

Italian economist Vilfredo Federico Damaso Pareto observed in 1906 that 80 percent of the land in Italy was owned by 20 percent of the population. Later, he observed this noteworthy ratio seemed to apply to other parts of life, such as gardening: 80 percent of his peas were produced by 20 percent of the peapods. Over time, this concept has come to be known as the “Pareto Principle,” “The 80/20 Rule,” and even “The Vital Few and Trivial Many Rule.” Interestingly, another of Pareto’s most noteworthy and controversial theories is that human beings are not, for the most part, motivated by logic and reason but rather by sentiment.



The Five Stages of a Business

Icon Written by Brad Warren on March 29, 2009 – 1:18 am

Stage 1: Formulation

In this stage, you are doing all of your thinking and planning about your business. You put together business plans, budgets, marketing plans, recruiting plans, economic forecasts, etc. You commit to paper everything you can possibly think of about your business. You basically do a brain dump.