NO this blog is not about sports. It's about YOU and your business. The BIG picture. The vision. And getting there.
A couple weeks ago when I was listening to a tele-seminar hosted by BRO (By Referral Only) Joe Stumpf, guest speaker Pat Larson showed step-by-step how she successfully hosts a 1st-time buyer workshop each month. One of the key things she said was that she has a TEAM for this event. Her team includes: (1) her real estate company (2) a mortgage lender (3) a home inspector & (4) a title company rep. Each team member speaks at the workshop, AND is required to support the monthly workshop. Both financially and by inviting guests.
Pat's words of wisdom were, "You need a TEAM to complete your DREAM." In other words, if you don't have a team, you'll never fulfill your dream -- because a DREAM is bigger than just 1 person.
So who's on your team? Any small business owner or entrepreneur should have the following TEAM MEMBERS:
Assistants/Contractors:
Vendors:
Advisors:
Who is a good workout partner? Someone to whom you are accountable to. Someone who makes you grow and stretch. Someone that shares your ambition. Not necessarily in the same profession, but certainly not your spouse! ;)
Even if you can't go out and hire an executive assistant, maybe you can use a Virtual Assistant or a Transaction Coordinator? Be creative and find mentors who can steer you towards other visionary people to complete your TEAM!
Regina P. Brown
Broker, Realtor®, e-Pro
Author of eBook "Stop Foreclosure Fast: Solutions to Save your House"
Author of forthcoming book, "Virtual Office Guide for Business Professionals: Work & Profit from Home"
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Got a stack or 2 of business cards sitting around? Waiting to get entered in your database?
But -- let me guess -- you don't have time to sit at the computer entering all the info from the stacks of business cards you've collected.
Get your contacts' names, phones, & emails entered into your database with CardScan.com. Put them into Microsoft Outlook, ACT!, TopProducers, or any contact database management system you prefer.
Turn your business cards into digital contacts. Find out Which CardScan business card reader is right for you!
What about contacts you receive via email? You can use CardScan for that too! Simply highlight the contact information in an email signature, web page or other text file and drag it over to the CardScan software. It's instantly placed into the correct fields. It can't be much easier than that!
If you're syncing to Outlook, you now have your contact data there too, all with one click of the mouse. CardScan is the business card reader with online back-up, web access and an updating service. Your data is safe & you can access it anytime.
Virtual Office TIP: CardScan Personal is MOBILE -- it's designed to take on the road, so it's ideal for scanning in your hotel room, on the plane, train or at a tradeshow.
Click below to get a GREAT coupon!
Now, you'll have more time.... 5 extra hours to write more AR blogs, right!
Regina P. Brown
Broker, Realtor®, e-Pro
Author of eBook "Stop Foreclosure Fast: Solutions to Save your House"
Author of forthcoming book, "Virtual Office Guide for Business Professionals: Work & Profit from Home"
Join my NEW group for professionals who work from their home office at http://activerain.com/groups/virtualoffice
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Text copyright © 2009 R.P. Brown, All Rights Reserved
Okay, YES it's true that online backup is a cool tool that you can get FREE from several sources. BUT the free service only gives about 2GB, which is NOT enough storage space for anyone I know! So I recommend Mozy's $4.95 per month, which is unlimited backup & storage.
Mozy Unlimited Backup - $4.95/Month
Mozy is a simple and safe way to back up all the important stuff on your computer. A copy of your data is stored in a secure, remote location for safekeeping, so that in the event of disaster your data is still retrievable.
Mozy says, "Chances are you have a lot of important stuff on your computer like financial documents, email, digital photos, music and more. Unfortunately, computers are vulnerable to hard drive crashes, virus attacks, theft and natural disasters, which can erase everything in an instant. Current statistics show that one in every ten hard drives fail each year. The cost of recovering a failed hard drive can exceed $7,500, and success is never guaranteed."
Other online data storage solutions:
Need more secure or large-scale data protection solutions? Try Iron Mountain!
Iron Mountain's comprehensive suite of Data Protection and Recovery services reduce the costs and information risks associated with compliance, litigation, disaster recovery, and preservation. Iron Mountain delivers the most reliable, battle-tested, data protection and data recovery solutions available - from offsite tape vaulting and archiving to server and PC data backup, email continuity, and disaster recovery.
Here's a link to an Iron Mountain webinar "Key criteria in selecting a PC backup solution", free webcast(a complimentary on-demand webcast): http://digital.ironmountain.com/forms/IMD0903IDCConnectedWebcast1?elq=183E0BC30DBC41EBB71313EA791ADA9F
Enjoy! Please let me know if you have any other sources that you can't live without!
Regina P. Brown
Broker, Realtor®, e-Pro
Author of eBook "Stop Foreclosure Fast: Solutions to Save your House"
Author of forthcoming book, "Virtual Office Guide for Business Professionals: Work & Profit from Home"
Join my NEW group for professionals who work from their home office at http://activerain.com/groups/virtualoffice
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Text copyright © 2009 R.P. Brown, All Rights Reserved
By now, you know how I love cool tech tools. And how I especially love FREE software and e-tools. I even like cheap bargain tools that aren't free, as long as they're great deals.
Here's a LONG list of free cool tools for you on my web site:
http://www.VirtualOfficeBizPro.com and click on "Tools" on the left.
You'll see:
And much, MUCH more!!
I compiled this list of recommended tech tools for you after trying out a lot of the BEST tools and researching so many tips.
ENJOY.
Regina P. Brown
Broker, Realtor®, e-Pro
Author of eBook "Stop Foreclosure Fast: Solutions to Save your House"
Author of forthcoming book, "Virtual Office Guide for Business Professionals: Work & Profit from Home"
Join my NEW group for professionals who work from their home office at http://activerain.com/groups/virtualoffice
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Yes, I'm talking about e-Fax! If you don't have it yet, you need to get it. Why?
Looking for incoming & outgoing faxing from your computer?
1. www.MyFax.com - With no hidden fees, your customers will be impressed with this award-winning faxing solution! www.MyFax.com allows you to send and receive faxes using email, the web or a handheld device.
Plus, there is NO setup fee, NO hardware or software to download and each customer receives a FREE toll-free number upon sign up! These benefits, coupled with the low cost of just $10 per month, make www.MyFax.com a successful industry leader!
Special Offer: Buy 2 Months Get the 3rd FREE
2. OR, try www.Fax2Mail.com. They are a preferred vendor for CAR (CA assn. of Realtors) so I'd like to give them a plug from the CAR site:
Premiere Global Services offers their innovative Data Communication services Fax2Mail. Turn Faxes into Secure E-Mail Communications. Even with today's mass adoption of electronic communication, many industries still rely heavily on hard-copy communications. With Premiere Global Fax2Mail solutions, you can:
- Convert all your paper documents to electronic files.
- Send documents from your desktop, eliminating the need to print, collate and fax.
- Prevent sensitive documents from being lost or exposed on a fax machine.
- Easily document audit trails and log your documents for easy tracking and confirmation.
- Receive and print documents while you travel, from laptops and PDAs, with PremiereAnywhere, a feature of Fax2Mail.
Fax2mail is extending a special rate to Realtor(R) members, see if this offer is still valid: www.premiereglobal.com/CAR2007. The cost of $7.95 per month includes 350 outbound/inbound pages and an $0.06 per page overage, with special offers for Realtor members.
3. www.RapidFax.com is also a great service.
Phone PLUS e-FAX
1. For a Virtual Office incoming phone & fax system, my1voice - my1voice is a complete Internet voicemail system accessible by phone, email, or the web. It works with your current phone system and offers an auto-attendant that acts as your virtual receptionist.
With my1voice you can also create virtual mailboxes for your employees and departments and streamline your communication with voicemail call forwarding, call transfers, call routing, voicemail notifications, and much more....
Try My1Voice FREE for 30 days!
2. Refer to my previous blog post at: http://activerain.com/blogsview/801297/vo-tip-1-ditch-the-cell-phone-for-a-virtual-office-phone-fax-system. (NOTE that www.GotVmail.com has changed their name to www.Grasshopper.com & with the same great service.) The one downside of this company is that you cannot use their service to send outgoing e-faxes from your computer, so you'll still need to subscribe to an e-fax service, listed above.
3. Also I'd like to recommend a new company, www.RingCentral.com
Regina P. Brown
Broker, Realtor®, e-Pro
Author of eBook "Stop Foreclosure Fast: Solutions to Save your House"
Author of forthcoming book, "Virtual Office Guide for Business Professionals: Work & Profit from Home"
Join my NEW group for professionals who work from their home office at http://activerain.com/groups/virtualoffice
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ePro Realtor® and Broker, R.P. Brown Real Estate, California's Central Coast. Also an author, trainer, and consultant.
Regina P. Brown, a leader in her community, is a licensed Real Estate Broker in California since 1988. Her passion is helping families create a legacy through financial education. She offers real estate seminars and consults extensively with clients one-on-one. She's experienced 2 full real estate economic cycles and has successfully solved many challenging situations.
Ms. Brown is a strong advocate for families, consumers, and her clients. Her mission is to:
· Raise the bar for real estate and mortgage industry professionals
· Educate consumers, be an advocate, and help bring positive change to our economic system
· Assist families to increase their financial knowledge, economic independence, and wealth freedom through individual counseling and published resources
Educated with a degree in each Real Estate and Small Business Management, and armed with a Technical Writing Certificate, Ms. Brown uses her skills to advise her clients; but also as a contributor to the community and professional associations. Her experience includes Habitat for Humanity board member and volunteer, ePro Realtor® certification, active member and participant with the local Realtor Association, and monthly Broker Chat participant.
Ms. Brown attends continuing education classes and stays abreast of the ever-changing real estate industry. She is trained as a Loss Mitigation Consultant. She also teaches a seminar to real estate agents which is approved by the Department of Real Estate for Continuing Education credit. Ms. Brown looks forward to helping shape the future of the real estate industry and American family economics. Thank you for the opportunity to serve you!
CA Real Estate Broker
Our NEW eBook, "Stop Foreclosure Fast: Solutions to Save your House" helps homeowners who are behind on their mortgage loans and worried about foreclosure. Our newest eBook, written by Real Estate Broker and business expert R.P. Brown, is now on bookshelves and available HERE!
This special report reviews the best ways that borrowers behind on their mortgage loans can keep their home from foreclosure. It offers practical hands-on help for homeowners who are stuck but want to make a smart choice for their family. The eBook shows how to save or surrender your house, and what the consequences are for each option.
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