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November 17, 2008

Part 2 of 4: Tracking Goals in google Docs.

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Instigator, anthill kicker.

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Setting goals: whatever gets measured gets improved. So, if we want to get after it, live a life of splendor, we want to track some of our inputs, the 2.0 way.

It’s lightweight, it’s custom, and it utterly rocks.

We want to track stuff so we live in reality. Ask failure agents and they always never know quite how much business they’ve done. They always rounded up, and I call that agent math. This takes that excuse away and lets you create the reality you will live in.

We’ll soon know what pace we are on. This one’s short, the next one is longer. It’s recorded on viddler at 800×600 res, and i think you can pop it out without leaving the site. Thanks to SnapZ pro for making the video:

The way to do it in the cell is =SUM(OTHERSHEET!C2:C200) where ‘other sheet,’ is the other sheet you are messing with by name. I rename them because of minor glitches across browsers.

July 19, 2008

Project Bloodhound: What’s A Little More Change? Choosing a New Broker Based on Social Media Involvement!

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Real Estate Broker

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I made the decision a few months ago, that even though I could afford to maintain my current office space through this winter, that I really didn’t want to spend a fortune doing so! I’m paying a pretty pricey rent for about twice as much space as we really need.

After a little discussion with my top agents, my search began for smaller office space. I thought I had found the perfect space, only to find out that the telephone service that I wanted (that reduced my office phones cost from $350 a month to $150 a month) wasn’t available and would not be for quite a while! So, I started really looking at my/our options:

  • I already gave notice – I have to move by 7/31/2008
  • I hate the affordable space that is available
  • I hate to admit it, but I really miss being part of a franchise somedays

I put out a feeler to another franchise broker in town and he jumped all over it: “Come on over, bring your folks, and be part of our team”. Oh h*ll what have I done now races around my mind. After being a managing broker for 7 years of a large franchised company and an owner/broker of a small independent office for 4 years, this feels really weird! Sure enough, in a few days I’m being recruited – I forgot what that feels like – not by 1 but by 2 of the companies in town! I had a gut feeling, but decided to “google” my potential new brokers – one of them is at least on Facebook! Whoo Hoo – I think I’m going to choose my new broker to affiliate with based on his being on Facebook.. some research and my gut. Some of you know how I feel about Facebook, and other social networks, so it may be no surprise that I would never go to work for/with someone who had least didn’t somewhat embrace the Read more

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