Online Newsletter for the Week Ending March 4

QUOTE: “Teamwork costs so little and in time and effort, and it pays huge dividends.” Napoleon Hill

GYMBEAUX UPDATE: This Thursday will be two weeks from the date of my surgery and I don’t think I could be doing any better. Visited the Cardiologist today and he said the same thing, in fact he does not see a need to see me for at least 3 months; that is a good thing. Staples should be removed this Friday. I have been walking and exercising every day. The physical therapy begins next Monday after the staples have been removed. Thank you for all your prayers and concerns and well wishes. They all help!

2011 REAL ESTATE COMMISSION FORMS. We are in March and some agents are still using outdated Property Disclosures and Agency Disclosure (now called Customer Information Form). The revised forms went into effect January 1. I will no longer verify a listing or sales folder as being correct if an outdated form is used. Two months is plenty of time to replace all your outdated forms.  The new forms are in the forms binders in the Resource Room as well as posted on www.SlidellCalendar.com.

GAMBIT CLASSIFIED AD CONSULTANT: Mary Lou Noonan, Classifieds Sales Consultant, 3923 Bienville Street, New Orleans, LA 70119, Direct: 985-809-9933, Fax: 985-809-1335, maryloun@bellsouth.net www.bestofneworleans.com

WHAT DO YOU DO TO MAINTAIN SUCCESS? Article by Jeffrey Gitomer on what HE does to stay atop of his business. You will have heard these things before because they are known to work. The questions is, how many of them do you do on a regular and consistent basis? http://www.gitomer.com/articles/View.html?id=15998

11 BENEFITS OF BEING POSITIVE, great article by Jon Gordon. Rate yourself using the 0 to 10 scale with 0 being you do not do it and 10 you always do it. The score will be very revealing. http://www.jongordon.com/newsletter-022811-11-benefits-of-being-positive.html

WISE MOVES by George Ludwig. This is a really cool FREE ebook that was posted to www.SlidellCalendar.com in the eBook folder in the Document. It would make a very inspirational daily reader as each “move” is on only one to two pages.

LISTING AND SALES PACKETS HAVE BEEN UPLOADED TO WWW.SLIDELLCALENDAR.COM.

NABOR AWARDS LUNCHEON INFORMATION: The Awards Luncheon will be held at the beautiful Tchefuncta Country Club on Thursday, March 24, 2011. Please download a copy of your luncheon reservations form on the NABOR website www.nabors.org. Cash bar begins at 11:30am. Lunch and program begin at 12:15pm. Tables are rounds of eight (8) seats each. Reserved seating is only available if you purchase an entire table. All other non-reserved seating is subject to availability upon arrival. Tickets purchased before March 15 are $29 each. Non-NABOR guests are invited for $35 each. All tickets purchased after March 15 are $39 each. Save $10 on your ticket and purchase it before March 15 ! Sorry, but no tickets are available at the door.

MARKET CENTER AWARDS LUNCH, FRIDAY MARCH 11 AT TODD SCHAEFFERS. Watch for details posted in the Market Center.

TEE OFF FOR SCHOLARSHIPS GOLF TOURNAMENT, FRIDAY MAY 20TH, check out www.TeeOffForScholarships.com.

HOW CAN YOU USE THE TEE OFF FOR SCHOLARSHIPS TO BENEFIT YOUR BUSINESS. The annual Tee Off For Scholarships Golf Tournament is conducted to raise sufficient funds to provide SIX $1000.00 college scholarships to the areas 6 high schools. The $1000 amount is a goal, the actual amount will be determined by the amount of funds raised.

Inform your sphere of influence what YOU are doing to give back to the community. Use the post card and/or flyer posted on http://www.slidellcalendar.com/, Document Section, Golf Tournament Folder. Ask for their participation as a player, sponsor or donor of prizes to be given away at the event.

Market your listings by indicating that a portion of the proceeds of the sale will be donated to the Tee Off For Scholarship Fund to provide area students with college scholarships. The actual amount donated is entirely up to you.

Let people know that you care about your community. A good friend of mine would use the Christmas Card season to send out cards to people in his sphere (including me) to both wish them (me) a Merry Christmas and to let them (me) know that a donation was made in their (my) name to (he would then name the charity, such as, Tee Off For Scholarships.)

WE NEED YOUR HELP IN MANY WAYS:

1. Personal donation of money

2. Personal donation of your time

3. Encouraging local businesses to become sponsors and/or donating door prizes.

4. Encouraging golfers to sign up and play in the event