Online Newsletter for the week of March 7

ORDINARY WILL NOT MAKE A

BETTER MARKET CENTER!

ORDINARY WILL NOT MAKE A BETTER YOU!

I NEED YOUR HELP: I now have an electronic signature program but I desperately need your help. When you scan your documents into the Paperless system I need you make absolute certain that all the forms are upright (vertical) and not saved lying on their side or even upside down. The electronic software does not enable me to rotate them and as such the electronic signature WILL NOT WORK. About 1/3 of the documents are submitted incorrectly in this regard.

QUOTE: “Ordinary will not make a better Market Center”, adapted quote of Kevin Carroll from the 2010 Keller Williams Realty Family Reunion Keynote Presentation. Nor will “ordinary” or “average” make a better you; think about it.

FIRST THINGS FIRST: If you are not following me on www.twitter.com/gymbeaux143, shame on you. Get on the band wagon, even Jeffrey Gitomer, John Maxwell and Mo Anderson are following me. If you don’t have a Twitter page, shame on you for that as well; this is where your business will be if not already there. You either start getting involved in social media or you fall way behind. Get on the BUS!  Go to www.twitter.com and start one today!

90 SECONDS OVER THE FAMILY REUNION; Great YouTube video about what KW did in 2009
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2LiC1YTV4o

2011 KELLER WILLIAMS REALTY FAMILY REUNION WILL BE IN ANAHEIM CALIFORNIA.

NEW NUGGET: Thank God It’s Monday, check it out at www.NuggetsForTheNoggin.com

KEYNOTE SPEAKER, KEVIN CARROLL. There was nothing but the highest praise for the Keynote Speaker Kevin Carroll at the Family Reunion. Ordered his books today, will let you know if his books measure up to his performance as hard as that might be.

NOTES ON SOCIAL MEDIA, RESPA AND SPEAKER KEVIN CARROLL. The class notes are posted on www.SlidellCalendar.com in the Document Section under 2010 Family Reunion Notes.

TEST DRIVE THE NEW WWW.KW.COM WEB SITE: http://preview.kw.com/kw/  It may be online by the time you receive or access this newsletter.

MY RED TOOLS. Contact management software 30-day free trial. Only $34.95 a month and is fully integrated with the Keller Williams 33 Touch program. Very impressive and seems easy to use and is team friendly. For your 30-day free trial, go to www.myredtools.com .

MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING IMPORTANT PURCHASING DECISIONS, has been revised to include a brief statement regarding the Good Faith Estimate of 2010 and its related problems concerning the accuracy of the information provided. It has been uploaded to www.SlidellCalendar.com  and inserted in the Sales Forms Binder in the Resource Room. This form is highly recommended to be used with EVERY purchaser of real estate BEFORE they write an Agreement to Purchase.

ELECTRONIC BROKER’S SIGNATURE: I now have the ability to insert an electronic signature on documents via the Internet. This means I can review and sign documents from anywhere there is Internet Access. To make this process run smoothly, you need to group your documents uploaded to the Paperless system by grouping together only those documents requiring the Broker’s signature such the Listing Agreement and Listing Agreement Addendum. Few if any of the other listing documents require the broker’s signature so they should be uploaded separately. Non-paperless documents should be sent via email and I will return them with the electronic signature affixed via email.

FIRST TIME HOME BUYERS TAX CREDIT, Five Tips About the First-Time Homebuyer Credit Documentation Requirements Special Edition Tax Tip 2010-02: http://www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,,id=219518,00.html

IT’S OFFICIAL THE GOOD FAITH ESTIMATE HURTS THE CONSUMER AND THE INDUSTRY: This article appeared on Active Rain. The same topic was discussed as the KW Family Reunion in the RESPA Compliance class. Some states have required a disclaimer be presented by the buyer’s agent to the buyer before the buyer meets with the loan company. This article discusses exactly what was discussed in the RESPA class. http://activerain.com/blogsview/1501377/it-s-official-the-new-good-faith-estimate-hurts-the-consumer-and-the-industry-  If you are NOT on Active Rain, you ought to be.  Go to www.ActiveRain.com and sign up.

CHECK OUT THIS PORTABLE SOLAR POWERED GENERATOR. Not cheap but what a great idea: http://www.mysolarbackup.com/

WHAT A WONDERFUL PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT: http://www.sonnyradio.com/embracelife.html

11 BENEFITS OF BEING POSITIVE, by Jon Gordon. This is GREAT article but the link at the very top regarding a football coach from Thibodaux, LA is even better, please take the time to read both articles: http://www.jongordon.com/newsletter-022210-beingpositive.html

NEW CHEST COMPRESSION CPR, WATCH THE VIDEO, COULD SAVE SOMEONE’S LIFE: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5huVSebZpM

THE LOST ART OF PLAIN SPEAKING: This is an article about sales in general but the premise is ever so true. Check it out: http://www.salesdog.com/newsletter/2010/nl0463.htm

SOCIAL MEDIA ONLINE TRAINING. You can access several classes regarding setting up your Facebook page(s) by going to Keller Connect and searching for “social media”. Facebook has over 400,000,000 users and is adding 1.2 million more EVERY DAY! So where do you need to be?

TWITTER DECK. If you are tweeting, you need to consider downloading a free program at www.twitterdeck.com . Once downloaded you will have access to a very unique page that shows you all the activity on one page. Cool and Free and FREE is usually a good thing.

HOW DO YOU RATE ON TWITTER? Go to www.klout.com  to find out.

GET EMAIL ALERTS FROM GOOGLE WHEN SOMEONE REFERS TO A SPECIFIC WORD OR PHRASE: www.google.com/alerts

WANT TO SEE HOW MANY SOCIAL MEDIA SITES THERE ARE AND IF YOUR NAME OR WORD OR PHRASE IS AVAILABLE? www.namechk.com

WANT TO SEE WHO IS TALKING AND WHAT THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT ON THE NET IN AND NEAR SLIDELL? Go to www.geochirp.com .

WANT TO FIND BUYERS AND SELLERS IN AND AROUND SLIDELL? www.demandspot.com . Leads are delayed several days unless you are a paid subscriber.

ONLINE PHOTOS AND VIDEOS ON ONLINE FOREVER! Talk to your children and grandchildren. Photos and videos they post on line such as YouTube.com, will stay online FOREVER! When they apply for a job, a position or get involved in politics, their history online will be searched and could be used to make a decision as to whether to hire them or not. What could be considered cute or funny as a teenager could come back to haunt them as an adult. Post wisely.

THE VALUE OF STAGING A HOME IN KELLER WILLIAMS AGENT CAROL POCHE’S (BATON ROUGE) OWN WORDS: http://www.homestagingbyamie.com/feb10_newsletter.html

EXCERPT FROM TOMMY NEWBERRY’S BOOK, SUCCESS IS NOT AN ACCIDENT: This pretty much says it all about your future. The book should be in everyone’s personal library and definitely given to everyone’s children. It is a blueprint to help you achieve whatever it is you want to achieve in life. www.SuccessIsNotAnAccident.com

Remember, you can and do – either intentionally or haphazardly - determine what you believe. What you choose to believe about yourself is completely up to you. The important question is this: What should you believe? In light of who you intend to become during your lifetime, what must you believe today in order to achieve the right results tomorrow? We know that beliefs come first and results come second. So what should you believe? An accurate answer to this question requires that you first develop complete clarity about your future. The clearer your vision for the future is, the easier it will be to determine what you must first believe in order to get there.