Joey Poltor

Just like the title says it, I have just begun a campaign to build quite a web presence. My thoughts are that if I am able to build a strong enough web presence, my marketing will be more on autopilot. I would like to get to a point of 100,000 twitter followers, readers, hits to my blog monthly. I started yesterday and have done pretty good so far. Let me tell you what I have done so far and what my plans are.

First of all, I went out and bought a couple of books from Barnes and Nobles. I am sure that all of this information can be found online but I wanted it all in a centralized place. That seems more beneficial to me than searching the web for half true information. I bought the book from Problogger, not sure what it is called right now but a great book. I also bought building a Wordpress blog and Getting noticed on Google. Havent read all of the last two but basically they are what they say they are.

I was building on the premise that the bigger web presence I have and bigger audience then my real estate business will grow due to leads, I will get more feedback and maybe in the future I can make some money off of pay per clicks on my blog. I have even been writing a book for about three years with some great stuff in it that Id love to publish one day. The book is a journal and it is very interesting to see me go from not knowing anything about real estate to where I am now, knowing enough to really get myself in trouble. Ha, actually I am very confident in everything I do now because I have been lower than many people who quit and I have dug myself out. Also, I have been in the position where I have made friends with the presidents of banks and have made $40k plus in a week. Back on subject though.

I converted my current free blog into this blog that is hosted and that I have plenty of freedom to change how I want. I started really getting into SEO and downloaded web ceo as stated in the getting noticed on google. I learned the importance of keywords (very important), built a sitemap, and did all of that stuff. One thing that made so much sense to me is to have your keywords in your URL. My blog is now www.InvestingRocks.com and my website has changed to www.CharlestonRealEstateInvesting.com, I know it is long but a much better site than www.BSOHome.com . This is because go into google and search for real estate investing in Charleston, what would you put? I have also learned how to make that logo in the top left corner a link to my business site and add the donations per paypal. If you wanted to send me like $1, I would be super stoked as I just want to get my first donation.

I also grew from 76 twitter followers to 760 in less than 24 hours. I started looking at all of these programs you can buy and all of that but all I did and I think it is the best way

To see the rest of this blog and how I jumped from 76 to 760 followers in one day follow this link

www.investingrocks.com

Not a sales pitch, just trying to grow my personal blog.

Well, I have always thought Twitter was a great program and have been logged in for quite some time. Recently, I have decided to get some more followers for a couple reasons. First of all, I am an aspiring entrepreneur and I thought that if I could get a bunch of followers than when I have something to say more people will listen. I am not going to be a spammer, far from it, but obviously reaching out to more people will help us grow.

I have a lot of good information and am learning constantly. By having a large following, I will learn more from the quality twitterers like you and in turn continue to grow. In my life, it is more about growth than anything else. I feel that as long as I continue to grow in life, I will be successful.

It has been how I have been growing and making mistakes in life that is business. Hopefully curtailing those mistakes with my new friends will streamline this process a bit. Twitter seems to be a pretty big deal these days. I have begun to look at all of these social networking sites in a different manner. No longer do I see these as popularity contests but I see them as a way to show who I am to the world and expose my dreams. Here they are, they are yours for the critiquing but also try to learn something from me.

So follow me and check out my blog as we are becoming a great business. These are real life experiences as they happen. Help me grow and become successful. I wont pitch to you or try to sell you anything. I will help you if I am able to as that is the type of person that I am.

Check it out.

http://investingrocks.com

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Well, I had a pretty good day yesterday. I am not sure as to what is going to happen as of yet but I am pretty sure that I am going to lose a listing that I just got. I got a listing with a very nice commission on it that a family doesnt want anymore. The Mother and Daughter are in a big fight and both of their names are on the deed. Ideally, we would sell the house and I would help the daughter get into a new one that is considerably cheaper.

When speaking with the family, it was easy to see that they were hysterical. Very upset with one another and not even willing to talk to one another. I calmed the daughter down and made sure she realized everything would be alright. Her Mom owned a bunch of restaurants in the area and she managed a few of them for her. After the argument, she was reduced to managing only one store with considerably less pay. So much less that she could no longer afford the mortgage payment, let alone anything else. We are talking about a nice home here.

At the end of the day I had half of the listing signed from the daughter with the understanding that she was probably going to lose the majority of her portion of the $200k downpayment. I next went to the mom. I think that the mom had finally started to calm down and realized the position of the market. Obviously, she is business savvy for as well as she has done with the restaurants.

She asked me to talk to the daughter as kind of an intermediary and I agreed. Knowing that I am pretty slow right now, I sided with Karma and the universe and may have talked the daughter and mother out of selling. The daughter expressed feelings of needing freedom, to which I concur but who knows what will happen. I dont think I could allow anyone other than my wife to have that kind of control over my life though.

Professionally, I believe that they should sell the house, take a small loss - the daughter taking a large loss and the daughter should buy a preforeclosure in a different neighborhood. One that is more in a realistic price range. That way her mother would not have such a lage influence on her life.

What do you think? With the market the way it is, do you think she should make a change? Is there an ethical dilemma on my part by telling her that selling in her particular situation may be a good idea? She told me that money doesnt matter much to her, cutting the umbilical cord is more important. I guess money doesnt matter too much to those who have it, right?

Would you have done what I did and risked losing a listing by trying to get the mother and daughter to reunite and not sell to stop from losing so much of their investment. I think ethically, it was the right thing to do.

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Well, in this blog I would like to talk about the importance of having a backup plan to your real estate investments. At this point in my life, I have a great backup due to the sporadic nature of this business. Whether or not you make any money in a month, you still need to pay your bills. Credit is also a huge factor in growth in real estate. The ability to leverage, enables you to multiply your returns almost effortlessly, ha!

Personally, I am in the Air Force Reserves. In fact, when I started I was still active duty working full time. I wouldnt recommend anyone getting into the business, to throw away their current job to chase this career. Unless you have a great amount of backup funds , great enough to flip a couple houses and sit on the mortgages for a while, I wouldnt give up my day job just yet. It was a very tough decision for me when I decided to give up my full time job, in fact I was making two thirds of my income in real estate and investments and I still had a difficult time just saying goodbye to the sure paycheck. Well, in today's economy you may not have that same reservation about a secure paycheck with businesses closing constantly and a nationwide 10% unemployment rate. Do you have 10 friends? Do you know 10 families? Somebody is unemployed and can no longer provide for their family. Sad, isnt it? Im sorry if that is you, really I am.

Well, to avoid being in that position, or to get out of the unemployment position, start planning. What if, should always be on your mind. Off the tangent now and back onto what is going on with the backup or no backup. I have often found myself not pushing as hard as I am able to push because I had enough money for the time being. I was content, as much as I hate that word. Being content is the worst feeling in the world. Why on earth would you want to be content with your life? Being content is not being happy, it is just not being miserable.

Without a backup plan you put yourself in a dangerous position, but with a backup plan you sometimes fall into the "I am fine" mindset which takes away from your ability to succeed. What do you think, am I off? Do you feel like this?

So the question that I can come up with is,"Do you sink or swim, or do you wade into the water?" They say that if you pay your bills now, you will pay your bills always, how do you feel about that? I believe it, I know I always figure a way to pay the bills. Should I give up the backup plan? Let me know your thoughts and tell me how you feel.

Look into my eyes. Look deeply in my eyes, not quite anyways. Hypnotherapy is not what you think of when you think hypnotize. It isnt some guy in a creepy suit turning you into a dog or into a chicken. You dont bark or cluck around in a circle for an hour. At least I am pretty sure that wasnt going on when I went through it.

Hypnotherapy at least here in Charleston SC is amazing. I went to Rebecca Shaw down in Mt. Pleasant and Ill tell you she is amazing. Not only is she on a different level of understanding of how the mind worksbut she will blow your mind with the process. She gave up being an engineer for this profession, profound right? She said she had the hypnotherapy and instantly knew that she had to change professions. Trust me if you ever use her services you will KNOW she made the right choice. Well, obviously I endorse her - and she doesnt know about this blog, but lets get onto the experience a bit more (www.charlestonhypnotherapy.com) . What do you think?

So I went to hypnotherapy because I was sitting and talking about life with another Realtor in my broker's class almost a month ago now. We talked about Tony Robbins, and Dean Graziosi, Rich Dad Poor Dad and everything else under the sun. I mentioned I would like to quit smokingunderneath the premise that it will bring me closer to peak performance. Obviously, if I didnt smoke my body would be cleaner and able to run better. So she suggested Rebecca, I said I would try it out.

I called her up and set up an appointment. Once I arrived at the appointment, I was very skeptical because I didnt believe in "those types of things" much like you I imagine? We started off by just talking a bit, me being very reserved at first until I realized she was only there to help me. We talked a bit and she helped me to understand what "hypnosis" is all about.

Hypnosis is a realization with the subconcious mind and thoughts. It is taking you down to where your core beliefs are, below the defense mechanisms and making changes to your core. Are you thinking that wouldnt work for you? Is that a defense mechanism making you think that? I am telling you that is exactly how I felt. We are not that different are we?

In the first session, we talked about quitting smoking and in my imagination she made me talk to my younger self about smoking and whether or not I should start. I told my younger self Id kick my own ass if I started but I guess I was lying. She had me talk to my new unborn child and offer my baby girl a pack as she got older. She made my new baby tell me not to smoke, and that made me feel horrible. Needless to say when I left I felt pretty bad about smoking, but only for the rest of the day. Would you call that a failure, I wouldnt, Id call it a start.

At our next session, I asked if we could talk a bit more about success in entrepreneurship. I wanted to talk about peak performance and how smoking is a barrier on my progress to reach a better life. In this session we began relaxing by her setting my mind on a beach on a Carribean island,a place that I frequent and have family, St. Croix. I could see this like I was standing there. No one on the beach, white sand, crystal blue water, pure bliss. The wind blew softly against my skin and sun warmed me perfectly. As perfect as you can imagine.

She had the younger me and the present me talking once again. I explained the future to myself, my family, our wants and needs. On the beach that day, I felt my body change and my life change forever.

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