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The first quarter is counting down - 03/31/09 10:51 AM
In the closing seconds of the first quarter of 2009, do we have any special plays we'd like to run to make another score? Maybe just something to get some points on the board?
I think many of us were looking for better economic weather than we received during the first quarter. There were plenty of sunny days, but there were many cloudy and stormy days as well - probably more than we had counted on or been prepared for. Well, that's late winter and early spring for you.
Now to prepare for the second quarter. We have a little momentum. … (14 comments)
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It takes two ... - 03/31/09 10:13 AM
Ever notice how much better things work out when there's someone else involved?
For instance, it takes two people (you and at least one other person):
- to play catch (without just tossing the ball and catching it yourself)
- to have a conversation (unless you enjoy talking to yourself)
- to throw and catch a frisbee
- to have a relationship
- to achieve cooperation
- to exchange referrals and information
- to request and receive help
- to have a customer to work with.
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Motivational Monday - "Looking Back to Look Ahead" - 03/30/09 07:17 PM
No, I haven't confused my seasons. I know it's spring. So do the trees. These colorful leaves that are unveiled in the fall are what is hidden under the green outside of spring and summer. It would be a gorgeous site to see the color starting now, but we might grow tired of it and not anticipate the coming of fall. Anyway, the leaves have a job to do producing clorofil to aid in photosynthesis to provide growth and sustenance for the plants and trees. Motivation - doing what we are capable of and expressing what lies within us because … (23 comments)
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Speechless Sundays - "A Restful Rest" - 03/29/09 03:55 PM
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For more information on my coaching and educational programs and services, visit my website stevehoffacker.com or go to my other blog homesalesinsights.com for additional sales tips, insights, and commentary. You can also listen to my free podcast messages at Steve Hoffacker's Happenings. © Steve Hoffacker, 2009. All Rights Reserved.
Photography displayed is original composition and artistic expression of Steve Hoffacker, and as such is copyrighted. Photos are in their original digital image state and have not been cropped, edited, or enhanced in anyway.
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One of Dothan, Alabama's newest neighborhoods - 03/28/09 10:28 AM
For a great opportunity to live in a new home in Dothan, Alabama, visit the exciting designs at Longleaf Green, part of the Grove Park neighborhood. In addition to be located so close the Flowers Hospital, parks, shopping, and other major attractions, Longleaf Green offers just 34 very special homesites for the discerning buyer - and is an Energy Star neighborhood.
There are 3 floor plans available: Magnolia, Dogwood, and Willow, and home range in size from 1,185 - 2,946 for a 2/2 to a 4/4 and begin at $399,000.
Here is the largest plan - Dogwood, a 3 … (16 comments)
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It's a good thing we have computers - 03/28/09 09:16 AM
As I sit here composing my 600th Active Rain post, I'm thinking just how hard this would have been had I been limited to a traditional typewriter - manual or electric. I'm not a great typist. I am a pretty good speller, but not when I'm typing. The ideas and my fingers get ahead of my spelling.
If it were possible (and of course we know that it isn't without scanning, uploading, and several additional steps) to type a post and then publish it - much like copywriters and reporters at newspapers used to do before computers came along - I'm … (22 comments)
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California one-ups Henry Ford - 03/27/09 01:05 PM
Back when Henry Ford started revolutionizing the auto industry with the manufacturing of his Model T, he reportedly told consumers that they could have any car color that they wanted - as long as it was black.
Now, California is reversing that thinking and considering a proposal that come 2012 would make any car color except black (and maybe some other dark colors as well) acceptable.
Ford did it for economic reasons. California says it is considering it for energy reasons.
What does this do for basic black? Classic black?
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I lost my cyber voice - 03/27/09 09:04 AM
When I went to bed last night, I had a funny feeling that things weren't quite right in the internet world, but I thought that maybe no one wanted to reach out to me. Still, there had to be some spammers, phisers, and junk emailers who wanted to reach me - even if people that I wanted to hear from were not contacting me.
Then the reality set in this morning - no email. I was cut-off. I couldn't talk. I was was feeling inadequate. I was feeling almost claustrophobic. Panic! What to do?
After several agonizing minutes, reboots, and other … (13 comments)
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More Wordless Wednesday (Thursday edition) - "Orchids for Everyone" - 03/26/09 12:03 PM
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For more information on my coaching and educational programs and services, visit my website stevehoffacker.com or go to my other blog homesalesinsights.com for additional sales tips, insights, and commentary. You can also listen to my free podcast messages at Steve Hoffacker's Happenings. © Steve Hoffacker, 2009. All Rights Reserved. This is original, copyrighted photography and the property of Steve Hoffacker and may not be copied or reused without permission.
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It's a good time to be in the sign business - 03/26/09 10:23 AM
This is a good time to be in the sign business - no, not for the typical signs that businesses want and use. There is still a demand for those signs, and sign businesses will undoubtedly see an uptick in their business as existing businesses expand, ones that have folded need to have new signs in those locations for the businesses taking their place, and just the normal updating and replacement of signs that occur.
The real opportunity for sign businesses is printing and installing signs about the economic recovery. Just think of the thousands of highway miles in this country … (19 comments)
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Wordless Wednesday - "Pretty in Pink" - 03/25/09 04:57 PM
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For more information on my coaching and educational programs and services, visit my website stevehoffacker.com or go to my other blog homesalesinsights.com for additional sales tips, insights, and commentary. You can also listen to my free podcast messages at Steve Hoffacker's Happenings. © Steve Hoffacker, 2009. All Rights Reserved. This is original, copyrighted photography and the property of Steve Hoffacker and may not be copied or reused without permission.
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Avoiding deja vu - 03/24/09 06:04 PM
Remember the movie "Groundhog Day" with Bill Murray? He keeps repeating February 2nd until he gets it right.
At first, he is irritated by the prospects of repeating the same day continuously until he realizes that he can use it to his advantage. He decided to test out ideas and learn things throughout the day that will enhance his performance the next day when he relives the same day again - only this time with a little more information that he had the previous day.
While this is an entertaining movie, the message is that we need to build upon the … (24 comments)
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Motivational Monday - "Rain Is Necessary for Growth" - 03/23/09 01:15 PM
It's springtime, and we so want to go outside and enjoy the warm temperatures and the sunshine. However, the days are not always sunny. So it is with life. Nevertheless, the rain provides life-giving nourishment and sustenance - and a change of pace from the sunshine - so that the sun is all the more welcome when it returns.
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For more information on my coaching and educational programs and services, visit my website stevehoffacker.com or go to my other blog homesalesinsights.com for additional sales tips, insights, and commentary. You can also listen to my free podcast messages at Steve Hoffacker's Happenings. © Steve … (32 comments)
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Florida regains top spot in business survey - 03/23/09 11:13 AM
Kudos again to Texas!
In the 2009 survey by Chief Executive Magazine on the best and worst states for jobs and business growth, Texas retains its top #1 position that it has held the last 4 years. North Carolina moved up one spot from 3rd to 2nd.
Florida regained its #3 ranking from 2 years ago that it had lost last year.
Rounding out the top 5 are Georgia (4) and Tennessee (5) - both up at least one position from 2008.
The bottom of the chart didn't show much change at all. California continued to rank last (the same for … (10 comments)
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Speechless Sundays - "Budding Springtime" - 03/22/09 10:37 AM
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For more information on my coaching and educational programs and services, visit my website stevehoffacker.com or go to my other blog homesalesinsights.com for additional sales tips, insights, and commentary. You can also listen to my free podcast messages at Steve Hoffacker's Happenings. © Steve Hoffacker, 2009. All Rights Reserved.
Photography displayed is original composition and artistic expression of Steve Hoffacker, and as such is copyrighted. Photos are in their original digital image state and have not been cropped, edited, or enhanced in anyway.
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Attitude favors the underdog - 03/21/09 11:46 AM
The NCAA men's college basketball tournament is in full swing. From the original 64 invitees that began on Thursday, the field has been reduced by half. After today's and tomorrow's second round games, another half of the field will go home.
The question is how many of the heavily seeded teams have survived and how many were "upset" by smaller schools, lesser known schools, or ones with a less impressive record?
I'm not looking for an answer, and the definitive answer to my question is not the point. The real point is that in any athletic contest (not to mention many … (21 comments)
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Forget spellechecker, how about a meaning checker? - 03/21/09 11:14 AM
Spellcheckers (I know it's "supposed" to be two words, but literary license lets me make it all one word) are OK - as far as they go. There are certain words that they don't catch, and there are others that they don't recognize. At least once a week, I have to Google a word or go to dictonary.com to find a word that I thought I was using and spelling correctly just to verify that I was.
Then there are words that seem to go better together than apart, but spellchecker doesn't seem to care. "Everyday" is OK but "everytime" is … (14 comments)
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Spring is a state of mind - 03/20/09 05:31 PM
Spring officially arrived this morning. Maybe it doesn't look or feel very spring-like where you are. That's OK. It's nice to have the warm temperatures, the final bit of snow melting away, the fresh smell in the air, the colorful flowers blooming, and the trees budding out. Those are the outward, visible signs of spring.
However, spring is state of mind also. In fact we didn't have to wait until today to begin our springtime attitude.
Spring is for new starts, optimism, new projects, and renewal. Spring is refreshing. It motivates us to formulate new ideas and strategies and to let … (28 comments)
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All signs point to spring - 03/20/09 09:21 AM
It's official. Spring is here. It arrived today. We've already had the time change - that started putting us in the spring spirit. Flowers are beginning to grow. Snow and really cold weather is mostly behind us. March Madness is here. Major League Baseball is getting ready for the season.
Easter is still 3 weeks off, but other than that, all the signs are pointing to spring - to a resurgence, a renewal. Let's use this freshness and newly acquired energy to have a great selling season.
Winter is behind us, it's spring. Let's celebrate and prosper.
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Focus on the big prize - 03/19/09 09:12 AM
I think that "focus" is one of the most important words to use in business - and in life for that matter. Whether it's working on goals or daily tasks, focus gets us directed toward the finish line.
Success often is not measured - or even accomplished - just by the length of time someone pursues an activity, but by how diligent and on-point they were along the way. In a word, this is focus.
With today's NCAA men's basketball tournament getting underway - "March Madness" as it is called - there are 64 hopeful entrants. Some have more physical talent … (22 comments)
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Hope x 64 - 03/19/09 08:22 AM
Today is March Madness - the start of the men's college basketball tournament to determine the national champion for Division 1. Since this time last year, every coach, every player, every team, every fan, every president, and every athletic director at the schools that play men's basketball have been focusing on this day. They have hoped to be good enough - or in some cases lucky enough - to get invited to take one of the 64 spots for the tournament starting today.
This isn't a perfect system - it's single elimination and some teams with very good records didn't get … (10 comments)
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Wordless Wednesday - "Center of Attention" - 03/18/09 02:40 PM
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For more information on my coaching and educational programs and services, visit my website stevehoffacker.com or go to my other blog homesalesinsights.com for additional sales tips, insights, and commentary. You can also listen to my free podcast messages at Steve Hoffacker's Happenings. © Steve Hoffacker, 2009. All Rights Reserved. This is original, copyrighted photography and the property of Steve Hoffacker and may not be copied or reused without permission.
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Wearing of the green - 03/17/09 09:41 AM
If you meant to wear something green today and you found yourself leaving home this morning without wearing anything green that people might see and notice, don't worry. I have a quick, fun solution for you. Take a dollar bill (or larger denomination if you want to be sporty) and fold it into an interesting shape and pin it to your collar, lapel, placket, or shirt pocket.
What says green more than money?
Happy St. Patrick's Day!
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Motivational Monday - "Don't Get Distracted by the Scenery" - 03/16/09 12:35 PM
On our road to success, the pathways are often rocky, uneven, and full of ruts. We have to rise above the challenges and keep our goals in focus. It's easy to fall over the edge or run into the rocks if we are looking at the pretty distractions or aren't totally focused on where we are going.
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For more information on my coaching and educational programs and services, visit my website stevehoffacker.com or go to my other blog homesalesinsights.com for additional sales tips, insights, and commentary. You can also listen to my free podcast messages at Steve Hoffacker's Happenings. © Steve Hoffacker, 2009. … (27 comments)
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Speechless Sundays - "Liftoff of the Space Shuttle Discovery" - 03/15/09 07:43 PM
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For more information on my coaching and educational programs and services, visit my website stevehoffacker.com or go to my other blog homesalesinsights.com for additional sales tips, insights, and commentary. You can also listen to my free podcast messages at Steve Hoffacker's Happenings. © Steve Hoffacker, 2009. All Rights Reserved.
Photography displayed is original composition and artistic expression of Steve Hoffacker, and as such is copyrighted. Photos are in their original digital image state and have not been cropped, edited, or enhanced in anyway.
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Speechless Sundays - "That Tree Is Hard as Stone" - 03/15/09 06:20 PM
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For more information on my coaching and educational programs and services, visit my website stevehoffacker.com or go to my other blog homesalesinsights.com for additional sales tips, insights, and commentary. You can also listen to my free podcast messages at Steve Hoffacker's Happenings. © Steve Hoffacker, 2009. All Rights Reserved.
Photography displayed is original composition and artistic expression of Steve Hoffacker, and as such is copyrighted. Photos are in their original digital image state and have not been cropped, edited, or enhanced in anyway.
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A week of milestones - 03/14/09 07:39 PM
I achieved 2 blogging milestones this week. The first one you already know about, but the second one you don't.
On Thursday, I reached the 300,000 point level and noted that in my post that day. That was the first one and is a great milestone.
Now for the second one. You might know that I maintain an outside blog at homesalesinsights.com on blogger. Many of you read my posts there, and I appreciate your support and following. Well, between that blog and this one here on Active Rain I have made a combined total of over 1,000 posts since the … (38 comments)
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Get ready for the perfect storm in real estate that is coming - 03/14/09 08:33 AM
We’re not there yet; however, the storm clouds are showing signs of forming on the horizon. Hold on, this is not a weather report – it’s a sales analogy.
For the past several months many people who have wanted to list and sell their homes have held off putting them on the market because they were waiting for prices to drop on replacement homes (either existing or new construction), and they needed more for their homes than they thought they could get.
All the while interest rates have been quite low, yet only a few people have participated in the transactions … (40 comments)
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Some people just aren't getting the message - 03/13/09 02:28 PM
Forget about what home prices mighta, coulda, or shoulda been. Forget about how much a home was worth in 2004 or 2005. Forget about trying to get a higher price for a particular home than someone else with a similar home did a couple of years ago - because this home is much nicer than the one that already sold. Forget about just asking the 2005 price - thinking that this will be enough to offset a decline in market prices.
Let's face it. It might be an owner that is just too attached to their home, really has too much … (24 comments)
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Yippee, that 200,000 icon rolled over - 03/12/09 03:50 PM
Can you believe it? It's now 300,000 points and counting. Nice to have reached this level - certainly couldn't have done it without all the support of my many readers and followers. The comments, the new friendships, and the information sharing thus far have been incredible.
Active Rain has changed a lot over the past 300,000 points, and I'm sure there's plenty in store as the adventure continues. This is really a great platform, and I've been able to introduce the Rain to many others who also are benefiting from it.
Thanks for sharing this moment with me, now on with … (52 comments)
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Lou Ludwig to present workshop tomorrow on listing strategies - 03/12/09 12:33 PM
Anyone who has ever heard Lou Ludwig speak or taken a class from him - or read his daily dose of inspirational power quotes - knows how dynamic his message is. If you are anywhere near Boca Raton, Florida, tomorrow morning, you will get a boost in your real estate sales and listing business.
If it fits your schedule, it's not to late to sign up for the morning event.
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For more information on my coaching and educational programs and services, visit my website stevehoffacker.com or go to my other blog homesalesinsights.com for additional sales tips, insights, and commentary. You can … (10 comments)
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Don't Do as I Do, Do as I Say - 03/11/09 05:38 PM
In keeping with the proverbial advice offered by many a parent, President Obama is certainly setting a poor example according to his words. He says - and made a campaiagn issue out of it - that he wants no more earmarks. This after he already signed several pieces of legislation with them boldly entrenched in there - including the Stimulus Bill (Pork Spending Extravaganza). Now, he signs the Omnibus Bill laden with earmarks and vows to work on eliminating them. Do as I say?
How many chances do you need, Mr. President? George Bush couldn't veto the excessive spending. You can … (7 comments)
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Wordless Wednesday - "Reaching for the Sky" - 03/11/09 12:31 PM
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For more information on my coaching and educational programs and services, visit my website stevehoffacker.com or go to my other blog homesalesinsights.com for additional sales tips, insights, and commentary. You can also listen to my free podcast messages at Steve Hoffacker's Happenings. © Steve Hoffacker, 2009. All Rights Reserved. This is original, copyrighted photography and the property of Steve Hoffacker and may not be copied or reused without permission.
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Your opinion is needed, please help out - 03/10/09 02:54 PM
Please help me. There are no right or wrong answers here. I want to know your opinion. Probably others would as well.
I am planning a series of webinars, in large part from the support and requests I've been getting here through the Rain. Topics will include effective blogging, social networking, podcasting, lead generation, rating traffic, entrepreneurship, and others.
These are webinars - not podcasts, vlogs, or web conferencing - with powerpoint and an audio presentation. They may or may not be interactive (see below).
I need some direction in three main areas. I don't know if a survey can be … (26 comments)
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Congress, what part of "secret ballot" don't you understand? - 03/10/09 02:08 PM
It didn't pass last time around, so the bill to erode one of the most fundamental of American rights was introduced in the Congress yet again today. What right is that? The right to vote by secret ballot. The "Employee Free Choice Act," or "Card Check" bill, is anything but what it proclaims to be. There's no free choice. There's someone looking over your shoulder helping you vote. There's someone moving the paper while you hold the pen.
Americans are giving up a lot of freedoms, but we have to draw the line on this one.
What is Congress even thinking … (36 comments)
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Motivational Monday - "There's a Song in the Air" - 03/09/09 01:22 PM
With the time change going into effect yesterday - marking for some the unofficial beginning of spring - it's as if the birds were proclaiming the beginning of spring today. I don't recall when I've heard so much singing and chirping (possibly last spring), and they were all doing it at the same time.
We need to join in the chorus and make our own voices heard in our markets.
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For more information on my coaching and educational programs and services, visit my website stevehoffacker.com or go to my other blog homesalesinsights.com for additional sales tips, insights, and commentary. You can … (36 comments)
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Speechless Sundays - "Leafing Out" - 03/08/09 12:02 PM
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For more information on my coaching and educational programs and services, visit my website stevehoffacker.com or go to my other blog homesalesinsights.com for additional sales tips, insights, and commentary. You can also listen to my free podcast messages at Steve Hoffacker's Happenings. © Steve Hoffacker, 2009. All Rights Reserved.
Photography displayed is original composition and artistic expression of Steve Hoffacker, and as such is copyrighted. Photos are in their original digital image state and have not been cropped, edited, or enhanced in anyway.
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Join us St. Patrick's Day for a blogging workshop in Palm Beach County - 03/07/09 10:35 PM
It's still a week off, but Tuesday, March 17th (St. Patrick's Day), I will again be conducting a workshop at the Realtors Association of the Palm Beaches (RAPB) on getting started with blogging - "Basics & Benefits of Blogging." Many people have already begun, but there are several who would like to get started or know more about this exciting platform.
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For more information on my coaching and educational programs and services, visit my website stevehoffacker.com or go to my other blog homesalesinsights.com for additional sales tips, insights, and commentary. You can also listen to my free podcast messages at Steve Hoffacker's Happenings. … (3 comments)
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Expanding your reach with podcasting - workshop for Realtors - 03/07/09 09:04 PM
This Tuesday, March 10th, I'm conducting a workshop at the Realtors Association of the Palm Beaches (RAPB) on creating a podcast to use as part of your social networking. For anyone who is going to be in the West Palm Beach area on Tuesday morning, I'd love to have you attend.
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For more information on my coaching and educational programs and services, visit my website stevehoffacker.com or go to my other blog homesalesinsights.com for additional sales tips, insights, and commentary. You can also listen to my free podcast messages at Steve Hoffacker's Happenings. © Steve Hoffacker, 2009. All Rights Reserved.
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What is that strange sound? - 03/07/09 03:44 PM
All day I've been hearing banging off in the distance. No, it wasn't firecrackers or anything like that. More like hammering. Oh my goodness, that's the sound of construction at a new home community not too far away. I haven't heard that in a while - almost didn't recognize what I was hearing.
Strike (pardon the pun) another blow for our recovery. Home construction. What a nice sound.
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For more information on my coaching and educational programs and services, visit my website stevehoffacker.com or go to my other blog homesalesinsights.com for additional sales tips, insights, and commentary. You can also listen to … (18 comments)
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You think your schedule is tight now ... - 03/07/09 01:42 PM
If you think you're having trouble getting everything done now within your 24-hour day - even to the point of giving up on or reducing the amount of sleep you need or should have - just wait until tomorrow (except in Arizona and maybe a couple of other places). That's right, tomorrow, they take away an hour. So if 24-hours are not enough to get everything done, try doing it in 23. After a few days it will seem like 24-hours again, but there still will be an hour missing from your day.
Since we only had standard time during November, … (24 comments)
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Choose the correct 4-letter word when driving - 03/07/09 07:43 AM
We have to drive. We have meetings to go to, the office, schools, the gym, the store, and any number of other places. Most of these trips require the use of our vehicle.
However, we have a choice. We can let the pressures of the road get to us, or we can make sure that we are part of the solution and not the problem. Which is more important, being right or being safe?
There are two words, both of them containing four-letters, that describe opposite responses that we can have to driving.
The first is rage. This describes an aggressive, … (12 comments)
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Discover the Difference Between Winning and Losing - 03/06/09 07:33 PM
This is a double does of inspiration: Walt Disney's original quote and Lou Ludwig expansion of it.
Via Lou Ludwig CRB, CRS, CIPS, GRI, SRES, TRC, e-PRO, (Ludwig & Associates):
Inspirational Power Quotes
Discover the Difference Between Winning and Losing
"The difference in winning and losing
is most often. . .
is not quitting."
Walt Disney, Animators, film Producer
As I see it. . . . . . . .
The difference between winning and losing becomes a very thin line.
The vision of winning becomes a powerful motivator; that vision keeps us focused and motivates us … (2 comments)
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It's becoming the "must have" skill - 03/06/09 06:28 PM
Go back with me 20 years or so (or more). Remember in high school when you were given the option of taking typing class? Typing class? Are you kidding me? If I need typing done, I'll hire someone to do it it. That was then.
This is now. Type? Who isn't capable on some form of typing? Conventional typing, one-finger typing, thumb typing, stylus typing - depending on the format and size of the keyboard. It's how we communicate today. Everyone types. Anyone who emails or texts is a typer. Same with bloggers. Cops, nurses, doctors - anyone who fills out … (42 comments)
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Drive safely - 03/06/09 05:02 PM
I just completed about a 50-mile round-trip on the expressway, and I couldn't believe the number of accidents and incidents. OK, so it's Friday afternoon and everyone wants to get home. However, there are more important things than making it home in a hurry - like making it home in one piece along with your vehicle in that same condition.
I witnessed the aftermath of 3 accidents - including a 4 car smashup that we had to drive onto the shoulder to pass and crunch over all the debris. I heard on the radio of 4 others that occurred along the … (4 comments)
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Market forces are still working - 03/05/09 10:08 PM
At a time when price controls are being discussed and Congress has even suggested mandating the maximum a gallon of gas can be sold for, it's a real pleasure to see market forces actually controlling gas prices in our area.
In recent weeks, they've been lower than they are now, and they've been a little higher, but they seem to have found an equilibrium for the moment. This, of course, is subject to change from outside forces such as reduced supply, interruptions in delivery, or surging demand. Barring any of those, we have a stable market for now.
I'm not talking … (18 comments)
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Opportunities to meet people abound - 03/05/09 05:45 PM
If you have been following my posts here or on my Home Sales Insights blog, you know that I am a huge advocate of proactive self-generation of leads. In addition to several posts on the subject, I have written books about this topic and conducted workshops on it.
I got to experience again just how easy this is to do today - but you've got to be receptive to it in order to take advantage of it. If you are open to meeting new people and are willing to strike up conversations with them, new leads will materilaize fairly easily. They … (13 comments)
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Wordless Wednesday - "On Top of the World" - 03/04/09 03:43 PM
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For more information on my coaching and educational programs and services, visit my website stevehoffacker.com or go to my other blog homesalesinsights.com for additional sales tips, insights, and commentary. You can also listen to my free podcast messages at Steve Hoffacker's Happenings. © Steve Hoffacker, 2009. All Rights Reserved. This is original, copyrighted photography and the property of Steve Hoffacker and may not be copied or reused without permission.
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This is what gives us all a bad name - 03/03/09 01:55 PM
I got an unsolicited call earlier today. The readout on my phone said "Unknown Number." This usually (but not always) is not a good sign about it being anyone that I would want to talk with. In this case it definitely wasn't someone I wanted to talk with.
He said he was with a web company working with foreclosures and asked whether I doing much with foreclosures - I'm not. But did that deter him? Oh no. He switched gears into another way he could help me, except that this didn't apply either.
Then he made me the offer that I … (40 comments)
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Motivational Monday - "Follow Your Calling" - 03/02/09 09:52 AM
Anyone familiar with butterflies and their habitats knows that the milkweed is one of their favorites. Aside from being a beautiful, quite tiny flower it allows us to see the wonder of propagation as the seed pod bursts open and several little wispy parachute-shaped seeds launch into the wind to land and start another plant.
Each seed has a job to do, as do we. They are simply following their pre-programmed calling. We need to determine our calling and follow it as well.
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For more information on my coaching and educational programs and services, visit my website stevehoffacker.com or go … (22 comments)
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Words of Wisdom from JFK - 03/01/09 08:43 PM
This is not as familiar as his speech with the "ask what you can do for your country" remarks, but it is great advice. Thanks, Karl.
Via Karl Peidl (Superior Mortgage Corp):
"Let us resolve to be masters, not the victims, of our history, controlling our own destiny without giving way to blind suspicions and emotions."
- John F. Kennedy
I came across this quote today and had to share it. We are truly facing difficult times. Times like these create our greatest leaders. We can wallow in self-pity and harp on the challenges we face in this market or we … (12 comments)
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Speechless Sundays - "What Big Eyes You Have" - 03/01/09 01:28 PM
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For more information on my coaching and educational programs and services, visit my website stevehoffacker.com or go to my other blog homesalesinsights.com for additional sales tips, insights, and commentary. You can also listen to my free podcast messages at Steve Hoffacker's Happenings. © Steve Hoffacker, 2009. All Rights Reserved.
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Steve Hoffacker - Sales Trainer/Coach, Sales Books Author, Photographer
Steve Hoffacker
West Palm Beach,
FL
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Hoffacker Associates LLC
Office Phone: (561) 685-5555
Cell Phone: (561) 685-5555
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