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Selling Smarter in the New Year
This newsletter is designed to share ideas and information proven to help small, growing enterprises. Please circulate it to business owners and managers you think would find it of interest. This time of year companies of all sizes and trades are focusing on how to achieve their sales goals in the new year. Top consideration [...]
Continue reading...Speechworks – “What do I do with my hands?”
10. January 2012
One of the most common questions I get is “What do I do with my hands?” To which I say: “Forget about your hands. If you’re engaging your audience with a strong message and energy, no one will notice your gestures.” I understand why people are worried about gestures. Hands and arms have a full [...]
Continue reading...Back to Basics – How to Keep Your Teen Drivers Safe
30. December 2011
Back to Basics – How to Keep Your Teen Drivers Safe If you’re like most parents with a teen about to begin driving, or who has been driving for a short time, you’re probably concerned about safety. And with good reason. New teen drivers are involved in four times more crashes than any other age [...]
Continue reading...December in Real Estate
12. December 2011
One of the key drivers of homes sales, the employment rate, is beginning to show promising signs of a turnaround. The four-week average for jobless claims, as of November 19, was 394,250, a drop of 3,250 from the previous four weeks, and at the lowest levels since April. Consumer confidence also rose 15 points in [...]
Continue reading...No Regrets
12. December 2011
Let’s Move Your World Regret: to feel sorrow or remorse for (an act, fault, disappointment,etc.): He no sooner spoke than he regretted it. To think of with a sense of loss: to regret one’s vanished youth. Bronnie Ware worked as a palliative nurse. She turned her book, The Top Five Regrets of the Dying into [...]
Continue reading...November 2011 Market Update
1. December 2011
While home sales in September were down slightly from a relatively strong month in August, they were up from a year ago, giving encouraging signs of a strengthening market and potential for stabilizing, if not appreciating, home prices. These signs include an increasing demand, shown by the number of people shopping for homes, and the [...]
Continue reading...Your Financial Edge
30. November 2011
Your Financial Edge The Principal Financial Group® is a leader in offering businesses and individuals a wide range of financial products and services, including retirement, investments, and insurance through our diverse family of financial services companies. Looking for an edge? I can help! Features • Do You Need a Debit Card? • Understand the Need [...]
Continue reading...Hidden Benefits of Buying a Home
29. November 2011
Written by Ilyce Glink on November 11, 2011 When weighing your options for buying a home, you may hear the same criteria: Have you saved enough money for a down payment? Can you afford the expenses associated with owning a home? Are you going to stay in the home for a short period of time [...]
Continue reading...Three Tips for Selling Your Home from Keller Williams
28. November 2011
Check out this great video. It has some really helpful tips on selling a home. Enjoy! Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post
Continue reading...How Stuff Works
28. November 2011
The Providence Group welcomes Guest Blogger James Munson of Munson International. The Problem Solving Industry You’re in the problem solving game. Your clients depend on you to fix what they can’t. Sometimes, our tried and true methods of solving problems deteriorate. What do you do? Here are five ways to get the synapses firing. 1. [...]
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25. January 2012
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