Online Newsletter for the Week Ending October 22, 2010

QUOTE: “Do not argue with an idiots (especially you-know-who); they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.” Unknown


CONTINUING EDUCATION: Remember you now need 12 hours of Continuing Education credit 4 hours of which MUST be on LA License Law. Check available classes locally and if needed you can also receive credit online at such places as Burk Baker School of Real Estate http://www.burkbaker.com/. If you are also licensed in Mississippi you are required to complete 16 hours of CE courses every two years license period. You can also earn CE credits by going to http://www.proeducate.com/. I used the Proeducate.com site to complete 30 hours of CE training for Mississippi and it was a great experience.

QUADRENNIAL ETHICS TRAINING. December 31, 2010 will be the end of the first two years of the period during which you MUST complete your Quadrennial Ethics training required by the National Association of REALTORS. I have not seen this course offered locally but you can take it online at http://www.realtor.org/ free of charge. You MUST take this class BEFORE December 31, 2012.

NEW ORLEANS EDITION OF “ENTERTAINMENT, THE PERFECT CLIENT GIFT”: You can purchase the New Orleans edition of the book that you can use for yourself or give to your customers that will provide them with discount and/or special offering coupons for businesses, restaurants, travel and hotel accommodations. The cost is only $15.75 per book. This was through an arrangement by NAR. Check them out at www.entertainment.com/NAR Use Customer ID 2033290558.

I’LL HAVE THE CHICKEN PLEASE, SAID THE SALESMAN. How do you measure up to Jeffery Gitomer’s latest article? http://www.gitomer.com/articles/ViewPublicArticle.html?key=ajcdMibak3PC8xM8DjfVFQ%3D%3D

A POSITIVE POINT OF VIEW – PPOV; Jon Gordon has written many great articles and books. I you want to learn from someone with a fabulous perspective, read any of Jon’s writings starting with this short article: http://www.jongordon.com/newsletter-positivepointofview.html

QUALITY PHOTOS ARE ESSENTIAL – TIPS TO GET THE MOST OUT OF YOUR PHOTOGRAPHY. Not mentioned in this article from Lowe’s is that you should avoid taking a photo of the front of the home what includes a lot of the driveway. If the driveway is on the left side of the house, take your photo from the right side and visa versa. http://rismedia.com/lowes/8355/10616

MOTIVATION, another gem from Jon Gordon ALSO there is a link to a free webinar involving leadership, check it out at: http://www.jongordon.com/newsletter-101810-motivation.html

WOULD BE INTERESTING TO SEE THIS GUY’S XRAYS; THIS IS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING: http://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&ik=db5ed59e2e&view=att&th=12bb18262386353e&attid=0.1&disp=attd&realattid=c9a31e564f79da65_0.1&zw

BE A BLAME BUSTER! Great article by John Miller http://outstandingorganization.com/blog/ While you are there, read some of the other articles written by John Miller. He has written a great book entitled The Question Behind The Question, QBQ that I highly recommend. http://qbq.com/books/question-behind-the-question.php

JETMAN FLIES IN FORMATION; another amazing video http://www.tvkim.com/watch/341/kims-picks-jetman-flies-in-formation

PEARL RIVER COUNTY TAX COLLECTOR LINK: A new link has been added to www.SlidellCalendar.com where you can access the Tax Collector’s office in Pearl River County Mississippi to check tax records. It is: http://deltacomputersystems.com/MS/MS55/plinkquerym.html

KEEPING YOUR KELLER WILLIAMS WEB PAGE UP-TO-DATE: If you have not already done it, go to http://www.twitter.com/ and set up an account. Then go to http://www.facebook.com/ and set up an account. Then go to http://www.kw.com/ and update your Keller Williams White Page account to include these two new links. While you are at it, why not also go to http://www.blogger.com/ and create a personal blog page. Once you do, add that to your Keller Williams White Page as well. Then make certain you have links to these sites located at the bottom of each page of your web pages.