These days everyone is looking for new ways to bring in extra dollars.   For many extra dollars are pretty scarce.  Even a few more dollars per week can really help the bottom line at the end of the month.

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Thanks. Sincerely, David Langford

What's all this talk about negative reverse selling???   What is negative reverse selling?  

It stems from the belief that clients use sales people to provide information, run all over town for them and waste time serving clients who have not intention of buying etc. etc..    The aim of negative reverse selling is to put the power back in the hands of the agent and remove it from the client.   In effect it's peaking the client's interest by not being too eager to sell to him.

It's a little like telling your spouse "I don't love you any more" to gain a sense of urgency and in the end greater affection.....or perhaps taking something away (of little value) to increase the perceived value of the purloined item in the mind of the offended party.

It's reverse psychology.....and it's something that I personally don't care for.    To me it smacks of dishonesty and playing head games with clients.

There's a fellow named David Sandler who wrote a book about it a few years ago.

Perhaps I'm old fashioned, but I believe in listening carefully to the customer's desires, laying out the facts and letting the client decide. 

I just seems wrong to me to add pressure to a sincere client by threatening to walk away, rather than working through problems and concerns.   I don't believe for a moment that gamesmanship has any place in legitimate selling.

Playing hard to get is for teenagers hoping to make an impression at the high school dance....and has no place in professional selling.

There's a great deal to be admired about being open, transparent and available.  You may sometimes say things the client doesn't want to hear...but at least you're honest about it in dealing with unrealistic expectations.

In my world the customer may not always be right......but he's still the customer.   Honest, patient education will win you more points than psychological gamesmanship any day.

Thanks.  Sincerely, David

www.TailGateTags.com

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I've been peering into my Crystal ball again about the economy.   This blog is being written to clear things in my own mind as much as to relay opinion.

The health care debate rages on....but there will be some sort of compromise solution which will make nobody happy in the vey near future.    Once that hurdle is out of the way Obama will likely turn his attention to solving the unemployment situation.   It's something he must get a handle on before mid-term elections next November or lose a lot of Democratic seats to the Republicans. 

The unemployment rate is now at a little more than 10%, not counting those who have given up looking for work.   Some analysts predict it may top out at 13%.

I believe increased productivity by industry will have an effect on the number of layed-off employees being recalled.  The permanent downsizing of many manufacturing industries such as GM will also impact the need for re-hiring workers.

Store owners are eagerly looking forward to the Christmas shopping season hoping to see a turn around in their fortunes.   However, the American public is not in a buying mood.   They're banking cash and paying down debt.

This is good news....and it's bad news.  It's good news that Americans are being more financially responsible, but bad news that personal financial responsibility (not spending) is dampening the engine of private enterprise.....which is needed to get the economy moving again.   Look for a lot of store closings early in the New Year, putting more people out of work.

I'm expecting a tax hike for the rich will go into effect sometime next year, but tax increases for the rich won't reduce the deficit alone.  I believe "Joe average" will also see an increases in taxes shortly after that.    Federal, state and city governments will likely cut services and jobs as they try to stay afloat.   Look for school closings, fee increases and more user pay services.

As the dollar declines in value, foreign debt holders (like China) may pressure the FED to raise interest rates.   When that happens the dollar will likely rise in value which will dampen exports, make imports less expensive and lead to inflation.

As interest rates rise this will have an impact on home sales and the real estate crisis in many parts of the country could remain in place for years to come.  Commercial real estate will likely take a big hit.

The US economy may have grown by 3%, but I don't see this as sustainable as the increase was propped up by government make work programs,   Once the incentives are gone, we'll see another dip in the economy.

I predict that just about the time a degree of stability is returning to the land (and the world) oil prices will take a great jump and the price of oil will continue to rise fuelled by increased demand in places like China, India and Brazil.

In years to come I believe China will take over as the world's economic superpower, although incomes there will lag far behind those in the US for decades.  

Trillions of dollars in US debt will weigh heavily on the backs of your children and their children.   The baby boom generation is headed for retirement within the next decade and are living longer lives than ever before.    Baby boomers make up the largest age demographic in America.   They will no longer be in the work force.   Their spending will be less, their tax payments will be less and their demands on the health care system, pensions etc. etc. will need to be underwritten by "Generation X" of which there are far fewer than baby boomers.  It will be a case of the few supporting the many, while paying off a huge debt load at the same time.   US manufacturing ans services will face greater competition from emerging nations.   The imbalance in working age Americans may lead to more immigration of younger age people.

And the beat goes on....and on...and on.

But.......then again, what do I know!!?  :-)

Thanks. Sincerely, David

We're always promoting TailgateTags.   The promotion never ends.   By now everybody knows what they are...but most of my blog readers figure.....   "AW!!!!    WHO NEEDS 'EM!!    MY BUSINESS ISN'T THAT GREAT, BUT I'LL BE DARNED IF I'LL PLACE A NAMEPLATE ON THE BACK OF MY BEAUTIFUL CAR!!!!"

Some time ago I received an email from someone who said much the same thing to me.  I wrote back to him with a nice thank you note and wished him well.   A few months later he wrote to me again saying he wished he had ordered TailGateTags.    His beautiful car has just been repossessed.

TailGateTags may be a simple product.....BUT, THEY DO WHAT WE PROMISE.

Our customers are Real Estate people just like you.   They're our most ardent promoters.

Realtor Holly Alturk told us....  "I use TailGateTags on the back of my BMW which looks A LOT more professional than a magnetic sign.   It is a great marketing tool especially when I am at a stop light so the person behind me looks at the back of my car and sees my information.    Even if I don't get a call right away my name is remembered.    Thank you David."

Realtor Haley Hwang wrote..  "I love my TailGateTags.  They're subtle and tasteful, yet clearly advertise my name and my Web site.  I would recommend them to all of my fellow agents, and I have!"

Realtor Charlotte Howard..   "I've used your auto plates for about 3 months and have noticed an increase in business growth.  It's well worth the small investment.   If people don't invest in your TailgateTags they are certainly missing out on business growth at an unbeatable rate.   Thanks so much for the professional look and improved business.   I will be ordering more of these for my other vehicles."

We've received dozens of emails just like this.   Our customer satisfaction rate is virtually 100% and our service is superb.

Isn't  it time you started getting the benefit of Tailgatetags?

Click on the blue.  www.TailGateTags.com  Order securely online.

TailGateTags are Tax Deductible.  Save your receipt.

Kathy Toth is pleased as punch with her TailGateTags.  She sent us this photo.

A few minutes ago I wrote a blog about finding simple solutions to complex problems.   Example: saving lives in highway accidents..  Answer: Seat Belts.   Getting a fresh grease stain out of a good shit sleeve.  Answer: Cheese Whiz.    Stopping chimney cinders from setting the house next door on fire.   Answer: A screen or baffle over the chimney top.

These are all simple low tech, low cost methods of resolving serious problems.   Uncomplicated, low tech, inexpensive solutions are right in front of you if you only do a little thinking and research. 

Branding your name and driving business to you door every day can be accomplished without complicated high tech solutions.   TailGateTags are a perfect example of non-invasive marketing.

Where on the planet can you get your name, or website URL, or company name, or business telephone number seen by thousands of people every day for years for only $39.95?    TailGateTags always look classy.  Many of our customers say they look like they were installed right at the factory.  They show your good taste, unlike bulky magnetic signs.

Here's what Realtor Charlotte Howard had to say about her TailGateTags.

"I've used your auto plates for about 3 months and have noticed an increase in business growth.   It's well worth the small investment.   If people don't invest in your TailgateTags they are certainly missing out on business growth at an unbeatable rate.   Thanks so much for the professional look and improved business.  I will be ordering more of these for my other vehicles."

Did you know that TailgateTags are TAX DEDUCTIBLE?   KEEP YOUR EMAILED RECEIPT AND SUBMIT IT AT TAX TIME.

Here's the website...   Click on the blue. www.TailGateTags.com   Order securely online.

Your TGT's will be shipped to your door.

It amazes me why people sometimes search for complicated answers to problems.    There is a simple answer to just about every problem if we only use our noodles.

Here are a few examples to major problems that were overcome with simple solutions.  

How to save lives and reduce injuries in auto accidents!   An extremely major problem some years ago.   How to resolve it????     A common, ordinary SEAT BELT!!   How simple is that.   It's cut road accident deaths and injury dramatically.

Problem:   Flying cinders from a wood burning fireplace chimney setting neighboring buildings on fire.   The answer!!   A screen or baffle over the chimney top.   

Problem:  Traffic calming.    The answer speed bumps or winding roadway.

These are only a very few of the simple solutions to major concerns.   They're ultra low cost, uncomplicated, definitely low tech ideas which work.    

Most difficult problems have simple solutions.

The other day I accidentally got some grease on the sleeve of a favorite shirt.   Not knowing how to remove it I checked the internet.    Someone suggested slathering Cheese Whiz generously over the fresh stain and tossing it into the washer....then letting the shirt air dry, rather than putting it into the dryer.   It took two washings, but the stain is gone.  The shirt has been saved.  AMAZING!!

Easy answers to difficult questions are out there if you only think simple...and do a little research.   There is no problem that you're encountering that hasn't been encountered by someone else at one time or another.  The internet is a good place to search for answers.

THINK SIMPLE..

Thanks.  Sincerely, David

www.tailgatetags.com

To this humble scribe it appears as though we bloggers are a victim of Active Rain's success.

Anyone who's written a blog lately will know that it will last only a matter of a few short minutes on the main blog page, before disappearing into the nether regions of blogdom..

A blog is barely posted before it's #4 on the list of blogs.....and not long after that it's gone forever into pages hidden from immediate sight.

I'm not blaming ActiveRain for their success.....and I'm not blaming other bloggers....In fact I'm not casting any blame at all to anyone.   What I am doing is stating an obvious fact that blogs which require serious though and take some considerable time to write are here......and then gone in a flash.   The result is reduced readership....which is a key purpose of blog writing.

In actual fact I write blogs on other websites besides Active Rain.   These sites are not nearly as busy, but the number of readers to my blog is substantially higher because of slower blog turn over.

Has anyone else noticed what I've noticed about Active Rain?    If so, let me hear from you.

Thanks.  Sincerely, David

There are many tools for real estate marketing... a website, business cards, a lawn sign with your name on it, but nothing gives you the kind of marketing and branding exposure the way TailGateTags does.   I mean NOTHING.. And TailgateTags are tax deductible, which is kinda nice when tax time rolls around.

Where on the planet can you get your name, or website URL, or company name, or business telephone number seen by up to thousands of people every day for years for only $39.95?

TailGateTags always look classy . Many of our customers say they look like they were installed right at the factory.  They show your good taste, unlike bulky magnetic signs.

Here's what Mike Purcell of www.High-ImpactTraining.com had to say about his TailGateTags.

"I ordered my first TailGateTag about a year ago and I love it!  I get comments on it constantly, and it is awesome to know that, as I travel all over the U.S., there are thousands of folks seeing my weblink information every day. This is great advertising at an unbelievable price!"

The hardest task we have is getting Realtors to order their first TailGateTags.  Once they order they can't say enough about how well TailGateTags perform for them.  Initial orders are usually followed by more orders for the entire team.

I remember buying my mom her first microwave oven back in the '70's..  She neither wanted a microwave, nor understood how it would be of benefit.  My mom was a stubborn woman....but within a week she couldn't operate her kitchen without the aid of this new appliance.  She loved it!!!  It's like that with TailGateTags.

Realtors have no idea how good TailGateTags are until they actually start using them.  Suddenly even the most adrent skeptics are sending us testimonials as Mike Purcell did.  Mike has ordered again and again.  Why???   Because they bring him business.

Now..... If we can only get you over the first hurdle to try TailGateTags I'm sure I'll be hearing positive things from you as well. Here's the website...

Click on the blue. www.TailGateTags.com Order securely online.

Your TGT's will be shipped to your door.

What does leaving a footprint mean?  I suppose it means different things to different people.  The most obvious is the muddy trail of boot tracks across a newly washed kitchen floor.  Or an imprint in soft ground left behind by hikers along a wooded path.    There are other kinds of footprints as well.

The one I'd like to address is the footprint you leave behind when a sale is completed....or a long career is at an end.   In this case a footprint is the stamp you have left on your work, satisfaction in your accomplishments and the indelible mark you've ingrained on others.  We all want success and to be held in high regard by our peers.  We all want to leave some memorable legacy behind that defines who we are and what we've accomplished.

Here's a clue on how to achieve a well textured, positive footprint.  Think of your successful upcoming home showing or career retirement as though it's already happened. 

Think as though you have achieved all of your life's dreams and everything you ever wanted has come to pass.   Place yourself in that mental state and remain locked into that position.....then work backwards step by step formulating your plans to make that vision come true.

The concept is not a new one.   It's tried and it's true. 

Instead of working your life out in a forward direction, start from a successful culmination and apply the steps in reverse order that took you there.   It's a little like retracing your steps to find a lost set of keys.

Get into the habit of writing ideas down.  When you write something down, it not only stays in your mind longer....it's always there to refer to.  This creates a permanent blueprint for your journey from where you want to be.....to where you are now. 

For good or bad, we all leave footprints behind us.  The kind of image we leave behind is largely up to us.  It has little to do with luck and everything to do with focus.

Dreams can and do come true when we orchestrate our lives with care. Knowing what we want out of life and how we wish to be perceived by others is much easier to achieve when an end vision is clear in our minds.

Thanks. Sincerely, David

www.tailgatetags.com

What does leaving a footprint mean?   I suppose it means different things to different people.   The most obvious is the muddy trail of boot tracks across a newly washed kitchen floor.   Or an imprint in soft ground left behind by hikers along a wooded path.

There are other kinds of footprints as well.   The one I'd like to address is the footprint you leave behind when a sale is completed....or a long career is at an end.   In this case a footprint is the stamp you have left on your work, satisfaction in your accomplishments and the indelible mark you've ingrained on others. 

We all want success and to be held in high regard by our peers.   We all want to leave some memorable legacy behind that defines who we are and what we've accomplished.    

Here's a clue on how to achieve a well textured, positive footprint.   Think of your successful upcoming home showing or career retirement as though it's already happened.   Think as though you have achieved all of your life's dreams and everything you ever wanted has come to pass.   Place yourself in that mental state and remain locked into that position.....then work backwards step by step formulating your plans to make that vision come true.   

The concept is not a new one.   Instead of working your life out in a forward direction, start from a successful culmination and apply the steps in reverse order that took you there.   It's a little like retracing your steps to find a lost set of keys.

Get into the habit of writing ideas down.   When you write something down, it not only stays in your mind longer....it's always there to refer to.   This creates a permanent blueprint for your journey from where you want to be.....to where you are now.

For good or bad, we all leave footprints behind us.  The kind of image we leave behind is largely up to us.   It has little to do with luck and everything to do with focus.

Dreams can and do come true when we orchestrate our lives with care.    Knowing what we want out of life and how we wish to be perceived by others is much easier to achieve when an end vision is clear in our minds. 

Thanks.  Sincerely, David

www.tailgatetags.com