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home inspector raleigh: Fall Down 7 Times, Get Up 8 by Dave Park "The Maverick Builder" - 02/20/10 06:21 PM
When I am invited to speak at events I always prepare myself for the same questions.What is tht formula for Success?I smile and they frown."It's quite simple" I say, really. "Double your rate of failure." I then pause for effect as they hem and haw.
"You are thinking of failure as the enemy of success. But it isn't at all. You can be discouraged by failure - or you can learn from it." I finish with "Go ahead and make mistakes. Make all you can. Because, remember, that's where you will find success."
So here are a couple quotes on mistakes:
"If I … (1 comments)
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home inspector raleigh: Right! - 07/12/09 09:30 PM
Last week I made an early morning trip to a seminar/book promo breakfast. After breakfast I decided to check out other areas of the facility and I caught a few moments of a morning with Jack Welch, the former CEO of GE.
As I stepped through the door, a question and answer session was in progress. A woman stepped up to the microphone and asked "Is the client always right?"
Jack smiled and said, "You might not think so, and they may believe so, but if you don't make it so, you're dead!"
That is a pretty strong consequence. . . … (2 comments)
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home inspector raleigh: Find Your "Groove Thing!" - 06/08/09 04:42 PM
Many inspection businesses are in an awful "groove" these days.
They don't know the steps it takes to tap into "bad economy wealth." There's much more economic activity going on, even now, in the midst of what many are calling the worst economic downtown since the 1930s.
I am going to share with you 7 ideas, real things that successful businesses are doing in order not just to ride out the recession but to grow and flourish as never before.
•· Break down your numbers. Not just month to month, year to date, and year to year, but also into categories … (0 comments)
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home inspector raleigh: Marketing ABC's - 03/05/09 07:27 PM
Winning Sales Strategies You Can't Market Without!
1. Attention-Getting Ads Get Results
Think about it...how many advertisements do you hear every day...how about every hour?
Let's face it, we're bombarded with magazine ads, newspaper ads, TV ads, radio ads, and the Internet is plastered with ads on every site. Not many of the astronomical number of advertisements stick with us, and make an impact. How can you make your ad STAND OUT FROM THE CROWD?
* Make a dramatic statement: "Even my dog knows ...."
* Surprise them with the unexpected: "Use for 30 days totally free..."
* Ask a thought … (0 comments)
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home inspector raleigh: Monolopy Money - 12/28/08 04:20 PM
Today you can buy "clicks" to increase your customer base, buy "Ad Words" to boost your search engine optimization, and you can place "embedded" marketing to trigger a website view, but none of these IT gimmicks can help you make the right financial decision when researching for your home mortgage.
At a time when we seem to be paralyzed by the economic hype on the mortgage war front, direction can be found in a select few.
Experience, integrity, and trust lay a great foundation for any company. Believing in these traits is one thing, acting each one out daily is another.
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home inspector raleigh: Don't Blame it on the Butler - 12/21/08 03:05 PM
During slow economic times, times they also call lean, you can be so busy managing and coordinating marketing, sales, prospects, and projects that you have no time to work on your actual business.
Financial matters always need to be correctly interpreted and analyzed in order not to compromise quality.
Most small business owners are good at the marketing and sales side of the business. Some are very good at prospecting and service. But not many are doing a good job of keeping accurate accounts, reviewing financial reports on a regular basis, and establishing benchmarks.
Sales is sales is the answer I … (0 comments)
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home inspector raleigh: Secret Agent Man! - 12/19/08 07:05 PM
"There's a man who leads a life of danger, To everyone he meets he stays a stranger.
With every move he makes another chance he takes, Odds are he won't live to see tomorrow.
Secret agent man, secret agent man, They've given you a number and taken away your name." Johnny Rivers
That is just what the next evolution of the Real Estate agent is starting to look like . . . . a number without a face. And thanks to the online services, real estate information has spread from agents to customers. The buyer is now a semi-pro stalker of … (4 comments)
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home inspector raleigh: The Matrix - 12/13/08 01:42 PM
Client Service
Your client's expectation is determined by past experiences and their prediction about future experiences. Of course this is a directly drawn from interaction with either your business or the preceding situation. Also public information, expert opinions, and the neighborhood "bunko" group.
These experiences create a sphere of future expectations for results, reliability and requirements, which within this MATRIX the future of your service will be predetermined by the client.
This MATRIX establishes a measuring tool and the foundation for the perception that your client has input into their need.
Now comes the reverse discernment with this MATRIX. The Higher … (2 comments)
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home inspector raleigh: Holiday Enteraining - 12/10/08 04:37 PM
Holiday Entertaining
It's ALL about Creating an Experience . . . . .
We all have certain friends whose parties we never dare to miss. The food is always fabulous, the people are always interesting and the hospitality is over the top. They understand that a successful party is all about creating a great experience for their guests, as well as actually being a guest at their own parties.
Sounds a lot like business to me.
Party Planning Secrets
It is never too early to start planning your party, especially the guest list. (translation: do you have a plan for your … (4 comments)
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home inspector raleigh: Larceny on the Water - 12/10/08 12:32 PM
So you want to quit the Real Estate business and make a living on the water. Who doesn't? But let's say you have a little larceny in your soul as well, what then? The life as a Captain Nemo might not scratch that special itch. Something a little more on the edge might be more fitting you style.
Sound intriguing?
Want to make some big money and have some real excitement? Then I have a job for you. Now I am not condoning them, but I will trust you will make the right choice.
Or maybe not!
PIRATE - This is … (2 comments)
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home inspector raleigh: Crash and Burn - 12/08/08 11:19 PM
Maverick Builder Rule of Failure
The Maverick Rule of Failure is that failure is probable and usual in success!
The main cause of failure is a conflict in agenda between business and ego. Too many companies try to correct structures and platforms rather than just letting go. Business feels the need to "reorganize" to pull out of the nose dive.
It would be better to pull the eject cord by recognizing failure early, cutting losses, and moving on!
Some businesses try to manage or make decision with numbers. Big decisions - many people - one tribe. Let us gather around the … (11 comments)
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home inspector raleigh: Pick Your Own! - 12/05/08 07:09 AM
Low Hanging Fruit
Who devised this term? It is applied to easy money, reachable markets that are ripe and short people.
No not really short people, but the words have been put together as defining business opportunities that are right in front of us and effortless generated financial fortunes.
Open your eyes to the easy money!
Let's examine how to uncover this "Easy Fruit" in business.
First you will need to profile people you have a business relationship.
Next ask the questions:
•1. What do the need?
•2. What do they want?
•3. What do the have to have?
•4. What … (13 comments)
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home inspector raleigh: Don't be Green with Envy! - 12/03/08 10:10 PM
What Color are You?
I am so tired of hearing the word "Green" this and "Green" that.
Have we already forgotten the "Jolly Green Giant"? What about a "Green Thumb", or the "Green Hornet" or the "Green Lantern". Or the dreaded "Gangrene" or "Green Bananas" or "Green with Envy".
What about the color or money or sea sickness "Green".
These "Green's" are pale now in comparison with the New Power of Green!
So what color are you?
Light Green? You recycle!
Green Green? You recycle, but you are conscious in Green" details (programmable thermostat, eco-friendly household products, light bulbs, etc.)
Dark Green? … (4 comments)
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home inspector raleigh: Whats Your Story? - 11/30/08 12:55 PM
Sometimes people believe to be on the edge actually come back off the cliff and relate to our time and today's business. Hugh MacLeod is one of those people. Some consider him a deviant, some positive and some negative.
Back in 2004 Hugh hit marketing on the head! A real truth will remain after they clear out all the dead presidents. He wrote:
"THE MARKET FOR SOMETHING TO BELIEVE IN IS INFINITE."
We are here to find meaning. We are here to help other people do the same. Everything else is secondary.
We humans want to believe in our own … (1 comments)
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home inspector raleigh: Play It Again Sam! - 11/30/08 12:05 PM
Play it again Sam!
Haven't we've been here before? I am sure you have seen it before. I'll bet you will see it again. It's in all the papers. Covered by all media.
Like a broken record.
Our business cycle is wavering, wavering on recession, depression, food lines, unemployment records, welfare, research, development, investment and charitable contribution
I've seen it before and I'm sure I'll see it again.
But who is really wavering? Big businesses, small business, freelancers, universities, and entrepreneurs. Which organization?
Why do people and organizations start to pull back? Are they being cautious? Is this prudent? Is … (4 comments)
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home inspector raleigh: The WOW Strikes Again! - 11/29/08 10:32 PM
The Maverick Builder Rule of the Pitch.
In order to get your prospects and clients to see you or your business as offering them a superior benefit or gain that no other competitor offers them is the heart of a "WOW".
The Maverick Builder Rule of the Pitch without a WOW you are an unwanted sales call at an inconvenient time
Your challenge is to determine the most influential and powerful benefit or advantage you can possibly offer. The offer to an existing or future client must be a WOW, so it will be ridiculous for them to choose to do business with … (2 comments)
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home inspector raleigh: Maybe . . . . . Maybe Not - 11/25/08 08:00 PM
Advice. If I give it will you take it? Maybe. Maybe not.
So I have to ask you what is that one thing that you can do tomorrow that will create the biggest impact on your business? Don't think about it, you know what it is. You don't need my advice. If you need 10 minutes, take it and ask yourself the question. What is it?
Have you got it? No buts. You don't want my advice, so take your own. Take you own advice now and do not stop until it is done. Commit to it. Go do it!
If … (7 comments)
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home inspector raleigh: Success Examines All Ideas! - 11/24/08 10:04 PM
The Maverick Builder Rule of Ideas
In 2001 I went from having millions to owing millions (17 of them to be exact). People would ask me how did I sleep? I told them I slept like a baby. They would say "you slept like a baby with that kind of debt?" I told them I went home, had a glass of milk, went to bed and cried all night.
The Maverick Builder Rule of Ideas is Success examines ALL Ideas!
And ideas lead the way to greater success both personally and financially. So let's stimulate idea building whether in a team … (0 comments)
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home inspector raleigh: You Can Do the Math - 11/22/08 12:42 PM
3 Ways Down the Highway
There are an endless number of unmade connections that exist today in the business world. You are surrounded by simple, obvious solutions that can dramatically increase your income, power, influence, and success. The problem is you just can't see them.
We are going to explore over the coming months hidden assets, untapped opportunities, and overlooked possibilities that are not producing maximum results for you.
Your business is going to change!
First let's focus on the 3 ways to increase your business. Yes only three.
•1. Increase the number of clients
•2. Increase the average size of … (0 comments)
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home inspector raleigh: Now and Later! - 11/22/08 12:06 PM
Buyer Behavior Change Now and Later
In business and in life, we do have a choice. And the choice really boils down to this...either we manage change, or it will manage us.
The truth, of course, is that change can be a wonderful gift. In fact, it is the key that unlocks the doors to growth and excitement in any organization.
Then why is it so hard? Why...because we are all creatures of habit and unchartered waters are scary!
A big part of your success, as a leader, will be your ability to inspire your team to get out of their … (0 comments)
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Dave Park "The Maverick Builder"
Raleigh,
NC
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Advantage Inspection Raleigh
Address: 4020 Wake Forest Road #111, Raleigh, NC, 27609
Office Phone: (919) 850-2526
Cell Phone: (919) 796-1141
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