http://www.articlealley.com en-us editorial@articlealley.com As a licensed and professional real estate agent, your main aim is to ensure a healthy listing of buyers and sellers. Short sale listings can be a major part of that process and a good source of income. Mortgage lenders who hold titles to properties which... http://www.articlealley.com/article_245225_33.html 14th November 2007 This model of business planning and goal setting for Small Business Owners breaks the process down to five sections and fourteen steps.SECTION A: The Big WHYIt is important to first look at who you really are and what your core va... http://www.articlealley.com/article_245240_15.html 14th November 2007 My smart Real Estate Moms understand that it’s not how much we do, but what we get done that counts. Top producing Real Estate Moms understand that if they are clear about what they have to do to hit their goals and concentrate on those things, they wil... http://www.articlealley.com/article_240488_33.html 06th November 2007 Blog is actually short form for web log and then it was coined as “weblog” by Jorn Barger in 1997. It was until 1999 that the term “blog” got its popularity as both a noun and verb by Peter Merholz who broke “weblog” into we blog at his blog P... http://www.articlealley.com/article_235994_13.html 02nd November 2007 Time Management is consistently mentioned as one of the top three things my Real Estate Moms want to work on with a coach. So isn't it ironic that once we get into the process, what I hear week after week is that 'they didn't have the time' to work on the... http://www.articlealley.com/article_235995_24.html 02nd November 2007 Coaching is at an all time high demand lately. With so many flourishing Small Businesses, entrepreneurs know that it takes more than just a good idea and some business loans to make a lasting impression in the business world. Coaches can help you grow you... http://www.articlealley.com/article_232065_15.html 22nd October 2007 A lot of times we forget about all of the different sales niches that are right under our fingertips. We get bogged down by the market slowing down and we think that our methods of sales to new prospective clients isn't working. Get yourself out of this c... http://www.articlealley.com/article_228078_33.html 15th October 2007 We all have only 24 hours in a day, but in Real Estate, effective time management can be especially difficult. There is always so much to do but no one is there to tell you what to do next. How do the most successful Real Estate Agents turn their business... http://www.articlealley.com/article_205110_33.html 22nd August 2007 We all have only 24 hours in a day, but as a small business owner, effective time management can be especially difficult. There is always so much to do, but no one is there to tell you what to do next. How do the most successful entrepreneurs turn their b... http://www.articlealley.com/article_205105_15.html 22nd August 2007 Customer service is one of the most important parts of maintaining strong customer relationships and ensuring repeated business for small business owners. Although some clients may be easy to relate to, and some may seem very difficult to handle, you and ... http://www.articlealley.com/article_199040_15.html 08th August 2007 There is no underestimating the potential success of an organization that has good leadership. The definition of good leadership in the workplace has changed over time, as the workforce itself has shifted into a more diversified and less hierarchical orga... http://www.articlealley.com/article_195919_15.html 02nd August 2007 One of the biggest challenges for women who run their own businesses while raising a family is keeping their marriage alive. It can be very difficult to find the balance between your work life and your home life, particularly while nurturing your marriage... http://www.articlealley.com/article_195918_41.html 02nd August 2007 The DiSC Classic 2 Plus Personal Profile System is the only way to grow as a small business owner, manager, or employee. An expanded version of the DiSC Classic 2.0 learning... http://www.articlealley.com/article_192923_15.html 26th July 2007 It has been said repeatedly that parenting is the hardest job that you will ever have. In reality, an office job is easy compared to how tough parenting is! Kids don’t come with an instruction manual, and there will be many days where you will wonder wh... http://www.articlealley.com/article_192913_35.html 26th July 2007 It can feel very isolating sometimes when you run your own business. Often the moms that you meet as you pick up your children do not understand the challenges that you face on a daily basis. Your neighbors may look at you like you’re crazy when you tak... http://www.articlealley.com/article_189809_28.html 24th July 2007 We’ve all been there. You wake up with a toddler jumping on your bed at six in the morning, and instead of popping out of bed, you slowly drag your achy and sore body out from under the covers. Your head is stuffed up, your throat is raw and you feel li... http://www.articlealley.com/article_187402_27.html 20th July 2007 Just as Forrest Gump says, “Change Happens.” Ok, that might not be the exact quotation, but I’d like to interpret it this way for all of you Real Estate Moms. Change is unavoidable. It happens. We’ve all learned that we can’t stop it from hittin... http://www.articlealley.com/article_186477_33.html 14th July 2007 You rush from your office to pick up the kids at school, and then you quickly drop off your children at their various extracurricular activities. By the time you get home, you have to hurry to get dinner on the table, fly through the homework and just whe... http://www.articlealley.com/article_186468_28.html 14th July 2007 It’s not easy to run a successful Real Estate Business, raise well-rounded children, and stay sane if you’re doing it all on your own. We all know how overwhelming the Real Estate Industry can be; sometimes it feels like we even have to coddle our cli... http://www.articlealley.com/article_180630_28.html 01st July 2007 If you are like most moms who run their own business, you have trouble saying “NO!” Working moms and saying no can be almost an oxymoron. There are often people demanding or asking things of you all of the time. Whether it is the office that needs som... http://www.articlealley.com/article_180126_28.html 01st July 2007 It's fairly obvious that a new generation has emerged. Watching your children sprint to the computer after school has become a daily occurrence. You've probably already learned to appreciate this ritual as a form of much needed exercise. Why are they so i... http://www.articlealley.com/article_180077_15.html 01st July 2007 You’re in a business network, you go to meet and greets, you’re a part of the local chamber of commerce, but are you maximizing all of these networking possibilities to your full potential? If you’re like me, follow up is one of the hardest things t... http://www.articlealley.com/article_180062_64.html 01st July 2007 Do you ever wish that you had a mirror like the one in Snow White? Maybe a mirror that could show you the future, not just who the fairest one of all is? Well it’s possible. If it seems too good to be true, it’s not. You can actually map out your life... http://www.articlealley.com/article_179541_15.html 29th June 2007 It's never easy to juggle everything going on when you're a working mom; there always seems to be something to keep you on your toes and ready for anything. By default, as working moms, we always have a plan B, a plan C and sometimes even a plan D. When t... http://www.articlealley.com/article_179525_28.html 29th June 2007 Life is definitely a balancing act. Have you ever been in the situation where your child has a concert at school, you've promised to help with the community fundraiser, you are needed at the office, and you completely forgot about the dinner date with you... http://www.articlealley.com/article_179516_28.html 29th June 2007 When you’re a working mom, particularly when you have your own business it can be difficult to draw the line between working and family. In fact, most of the time, that line can be down right fuzzy! The key is creating No-Work Zones in your house. This ... http://www.articlealley.com/article_178355_28.html 29th June 2007 When you’re at work, you get feedback if you’re doing a good job or not. Clients might tell you if you did well, or if they think you messed up. If you didn’t finish a project on time, you’ll hear about it. And if you landed a new client, obviousl... http://www.articlealley.com/article_177825_27.html 26th June 2007 Sometimes it’s easy to become so wrapped up in running your business that you forget about everything else in your life that should be important. You might find that your role as a mom gets pushed to the background because you’re so busy at work. If y... http://www.articlealley.com/article_177808_28.html 26th June 2007 A lesser known condition related to parenting, Guilty Mother Syndrome commonly arises the minute that you hear you’re pregnant. Everything from what you eat while you are pregnant to the way you sleep at night may cause you guilt. But if you think that�... http://www.articlealley.com/article_177792_27.html 26th June 2007 Do you worry about your children? Of course you do. We all do! As a parent, a little bit of anxiety is natural. In addition to the stress of being a parent, as a working mother, you have the additional stress of "working mom worry," and that type of worry... http://www.articlealley.com/article_177760_27.html 26th June 2007 Once you have chosen your primary childcare option, your job is not done yet. As a mother, you know that surprise is one of the key elements in parenting. It’s inevitable, we learn to deal with it, and sometimes we use it to our advantage. It’s diffic... http://www.articlealley.com/article_176712_27.html 20th June 2007 When you run your own business and you find yourself pregnant, you are definitely in a unique situation. On one hand you are probably able, to some degree, to create your own schedule. This makes it easier of course when you have to go to doctor appointme... http://www.articlealley.com/article_176675_40.html 20th June 2007 One of the advantages of running your own business is that you have flexible child care options. In fact, for many women, that is one of the big incentives for running their own businesses. When you are a working mom you have a lot of childcare options av... http://www.articlealley.com/article_176243_40.html 19th June 2007 A home office is a great option for busy moms, particularly when you are trying to balance everything. However, a home office can also become a problem if you don’t set some ground rules too. If you have a separate office with a locking door, lock it... http://www.articlealley.com/article_176242_15.html 19th June 2007 Sometimes it might feel that your business is taking up all of your time. It can be very common to feel as though all you do is work on your business, answer calls, talk to clients and put out fires at the office. In fact, sometimes you may feel as if you... http://www.articlealley.com/article_176241_15.html 19th June 2007