“What would you do if you were to get started in Real Estate today?…with a limited budget?”  This is a question I hear a LOT, and with the current state of the economy I’m not totally surprised.  This is often followed up with questions about where should I advertise, is Facebook advertising effective in Real Estate, and how do I find leads?

Well, I decided to put together an article that should help the newest investors launch their businesses on a limited budget.  I won’t focus on the questions concerning advertising and getting leads in this article, but may come back to address that issue.

So the answer to the great question of how to get your business started is simple:  treat it like a business.  Read the rest of this entry

Ok, I apologize for my lack of attention to writing my thoughts of late, but as they say…”I’ve been really really REALLY busy and well time flew by!”

So here is a quick update as to what I’ve been working on:

Websites for partners and clients

I have been working feverishly to get several websites launched.  Some are partnerships, some are just friends, and others are just clients.  Be sure to check out some (read some as all of them) and let me know what you think.

Real Estate Sites:

www.WholesalingGenius.com

This is a site that I am working feverishly on with my good friend Capt. Pete Gauthier.  He has created an incredible system (one that me and my partners use in our real estate business) to get you started in wholesaling real estate.  The site is not only a storefront for his products but also a link for anyone who wants to hear him speak and keep tabs on where Pete is hiding out.  To go with it, we have also created the Wholesaling Made Simple Online Training intro package as a sort of intro to Pete and his methodology in wholesaling.

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Want to know what upsets me.  Well, a lot of things really, but seriously it’s when people get taken advantage of.  When predatory “experts” prey upon people’s hopes.  Honestly I am not talking about any specific guru out there in this instance, yet I continuously hear the horror stories of people putting their trust in “Gurus” who have the solution for a price making every promise they can under the sun to make the sale…then coming up short (often way WAY short).

Now I used to be one of those types who might have followed the P.T. Barnum approach to business (“A sucker born every day…”) but not anymore.  There are a LOT of people going through rough times right now.  Rough times often equates to people in search of hope, willing to spend their last dollars or even worse sacrifice paying their bills in hope that they might get rich as the “Guru” promises.

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The title kind of says it all.  I realized today, well yesterday, that the month of March is not very friendly.  Essentially, as per my post from last week White Death 2009, we had snow at the beginning of the week yet by the weekend we had near 80 degree weather.  Crazy Maryland weather!

But that’s not why the month of March has been a flurry of activity.  No, it’s because I realized yesterday that billing for our phone service hasn’t been done (our assistant who does that has been on holiday).  Why did it take so long to notice? Well I have been working on updating my course “Basic Training: Affiliate Profits and YOU!” for my event on March 15th (yes that is a shameless plug).

Tie in the writing of the course, preparation for the HUGE event that Pete Gauthier and I are running in April (The Exponential Wealth Conference is coming! More info will be coming soon I promise!), meeting with clients, cycling in near 80 degree weather, setting up Affiliate Programs for local gurus, supporting friends opening their local clubs, writing my book on Living in Balance, and making sure that we have everything ready for Sunday.  And I didn’t even go into monitoring the various businesses that K and I have.  Oh, and putting together this month’s Newsletter

Don’t get me wrong.  I am not whining, no actually I’m tickled pink and running at full speed right now.  I am totally elated with the way things are traveling!  While I do want to slow down to take time to enjoy the nice weather and start riding with my buddy Ernest (feels like an eternity since we rode together…), I know those days are coming.

Anywho, I just wanted to let all my readers know that I haven’t forgotten you, nor have I forgotten your Newsletter (it’s in the works, but may be a bit late this month).  I have a lot of exciting things moving forward right now that I will be sharing with everyone…just not right now

Hopefully I will be seeing some of you (not all of you as seating is limited) at my event!

Dan

One thing that I am often asked by my clients is how they can increase the number of leads coming into their business.  No matter what your industry, I hope that you realize that new leads or customers are the path to growing your business.  This does NOT mean that you should ignore your current customers by any means, instead it simply means that if you were to not generate any NEW business, you would eventually either be OUT of business (as your current customers move on, or leave you) or at the minimum your business would remain stagnant or in decline.

So here are four quick ways to increase your business right NOW online using my favorite method, pay per click (Online Marketing, Paid Search, etc).  Please note that these will get customers to your site, it is still up to you to convert them once they arrive!

1.  Create Ads for your Pay Per Click Campaign with your Telephone Number

I started doing this with our Real Estate Investing business by simply recreating the Bandit Signs that K had made.  I ran several different versions, including the standard “We Buy Houses” but below is a sample Read the rest of this entry