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#Connect With Your Clients--Embrace Digital Social media is here to stay, and as a professional in the financial field, you must learn to navigate the digital realm to stay in-step with your clients and potential clients. But there are regulations. Rules. Compliance. How do you remain within the lines to which you are constrained and really rock social media platforms to connect with your target clients and prospects? Social media guru Sheri Fitts reveals the strategies that will empower you to do both. Follow along in DECONSTRUCTING DIGITAL, where Sheri Fitts will provide you with the resources to: -Understand the digital world. -Clarify your messaging. -Communicate with a new generation of financial clients. -Learn how to make social media work for you.

INVE$T FOR SUCCESS DISCOVER SECTION 8 Finding the best category in which to invest your money is a tough--perhaps terrifying--decision, but in Cash from Day One, Antoine Gendre puts minds at ease by revealing what is perhaps America's best-kept investment secret: Section 8 housing. Gendre delves into the pros and cons of Section 8, while offering tips on becoming a dynamic, entrepreneurial, nonemotional investor so as to best launch your career in property management. You can invest in government housing, even with very little resources, to generate astounding returns, and Gendre guides you along by covering how to: choose what real estate to buy navigate the system work with Section 8 tenants manage the financial aspect of your investment

Discover a better way to plan, design, and build your ideal dental office. As a dentist, your days are packed with patients, leaving you little time to consider the appearance of your office. But patients immediately judge you and your practice the second they see your office. A dated office can ruin your reputation, and an inefficient layout will increase stress and lower productivity. In Making the Right Impression, the nation's leading dental project consultant, Jason Drewelow, shares years of experience renovating and building dental offices. Whether you're updating your current office or building a completely new office, Jason walks you through what you need to consider and who can help along the way. Learn how to take the stress out of your office project and make an amazing impression.

Your Personal Guidebook To FINANCIAL PEACE OF MIND--FOR A LIFETIME Financial uncertainty accompanies us at every stage of life--not just in the years surrounding retirement. But it doesn't have to be that way. Eric Hutchinson knows money is a key factor in maintaining a level of comfort and peace of mind, regardless of age. In The Financial Briefing, he reveals distilled wisdom based on over thirty years of professional experience and provides an overview of many of the financial and life issues everyone will face at some point. With the quick and easy-to-understand answers in this book, you will have the knowledge and resources needed to make money a positive force in your life. Put your money worries to rest, and learn tactics to: - develop a blueprint for your financial future - navigate critical money decisions at each stage of life - hold meaningful money conversations with family

Eliminate Your Workload and Reach Prosperity Running a business right is not about working hard or long hours; it's about working smart. So many business owners today feel the need to stay busy, and they overlook the critical things needed to improve their business. In The Less I Do, The More I Make, highly successful real estate guru Ron LeGrand offers the secret to enhancing your business and life. You can become a decision-maker by following Ron's tactics and advice, including how to: ¿ Change habits and improve organization ¿ Manage your time more effectively ¿ Grow your business painlessly through marketing

WHY DO THE BEST RUN COMPANIES OFTEN HAVE THE HARDEST TIME GROWING? Are you running a highly successful company that just doesn't seem to be growing? You may be so operationally focused that you've ignored one of the most important aspects of an expanding business--working from a market-based perspective. In The Growth Gears, Art Saxby and Pete Hayes share their linear method of transforming into a market-focused organization. This book provides a simple framework as well as tools and action steps for identifying and adding these "gears" to give your company a set of repeatable behaviors and processes to fully capitalize on your market potential. Pete and Art bring their years of executive marketing experience, and their years of building a national management consulting firm, to lead you from insight to strategy to execution. In these pages, you will learn how to: - Determine if your business is operationally oriented or market oriented - Identify opportunities for business growth - Understand why marketing execution is sometimes not effective - Assure ongoing market relevance - Increase the returns on your marketing programs Align your organization and your employees behind your market-focused initiatives to lead your organization to new levels of growth!

In survey after survey, executives list attracting and retaining top talent as their #1 issue. Is it your top concern? While the people puzzle isn't easy to solve, this book features compelling research, specific personal and client stories, and key perspectives from top business leaders and experts-all in a format that's easy to read and prompts readers to act. Kathleen Quinn Votaw has years of experience working with CEOs who understand that traditional staffing methods don't work for today's companies, and in this book she offers advice on how to: keep "A Players" engaged, boosting retention and reducing turnover; attract people who will thrive in a demanding, uncertain, entrepreneurial environment; and Always Be Cultivating (ABC) by thinking of recruitment as a sales process.

DISCOVER THE PATH TO FINANCIAL FREEDOM After a life of hard work, it will finally be time to settle down and enjoy the freedom of retirement. But how do you know you'll be able to realize that dream? In Your Personal Retirement Machine, Richard Cella explains strategies that help you develop and accomplish your financial goals for a successful retirement. Richard refers to this as financial freedom--the ability to do the things that you enjoy doing while living the lifestyle you prefer and having the freedom to do that without concern for money. First, you must adjust how you view your finances to ensure you make solid financial decisions. The book provides simple yet powerful analogies that help you do this and may provide you with a clear path to accomplishing true financial freedom. You'll learn how to: - View your income and finances correctly - Think differently about retirement planning - Understand the impact of your financial decisions - Learn simple equations to calculate savings and retirement goals - Establish investment allocation strategies - Learn about "distribution strategies" during retirement. Armed with the know-how in Your Personal Retirement Machine, you'll have the information you need to help generate, sustain, and protect your wealth throughout your retirement years and beyond.

U.S. LBM was founded in 2009 with the vision to become and remain a progressive organization that promotes a unique culture dedicated to success. The U.S. LBM family strives to engage others in contributing to the community at large. In line with that mission, all proceeds from The Story of US will benefit the U.S. LBM Foundation to be allocated among the charitable organizations it partners with. These organizations include: Wounded Warrior Project, ALS Association, National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Habitat for Humanity, Make-A-Wish Foundation, and Team Joseph.

TAKE THE fear and loathing OUT OF FIRING EMPLOYEES-FOR YOUR GOOD AND THE good of your company Employees--you respect, value, and care about them, which makes terminating them one of the hardest things you have to do in business. Faced with this heart-wrenching problem in his high-growth law firm, Isaac Hammer developed a system to alleviate much of the turmoil associated with the actual act. You cannot control your employees' emotions, but you can control yours. Inside, learn how to confidently: - Manage the environment and the final conversation - Take precautions to safeguard sensitive materials - Ease the company through the sensitive days after a termination No one likes to terminate employees, but with the proven techniques in We're Going to Have to Let You Go, you can decisively navigate the process and keep your company focused and growing.

YOUR ESSENTIAL GUIDEBOOK FOR GROWING YOUR REAL ESTATE BUSINESS How to Avoid Getting Your Ass Kicked in the Real Estate Business shows you--the real estate agent--how to have a profitable business and a balanced life. Willie Miranda, president and founder of Miranda Real Estate, Inc., combined his experience in the insurance business with solid real estate principles, resulting in a very successful and highly profitable real estate business. In this book, you will learn the importance of: - Essential lead generation pillars to maximize lead fl ow and consistent growth. - Having proven operating systems and plans to help leverage time, money and people. - Becoming less of a Transactional agent and more of a Career agent.> Take action, and grow personal relationships with clients. By engaging in Willie's referral and real estate systems, you have the power to build a more profitable repeat and referral business.

About the Author Foreword INTRODUCTION: A Model for Growth and Fulfillment SECTION ONE: New Awareness A Simple Question The Pursuit of Purpose SECTION TWO: Twelve Lessons for Life and Business Lesson 1: Nothing Lasts Forever Lesson 2: Setbacks and Problems Can Become Sources of Growth Lesson 3: It Is All About the Stories That You Tell Yourself Lesson 4: Find Flow to Be Happier Lesson 5: Dare to Put a Shark in Your tank Lesson 6: Eating a Frog a Day Is Healthy Lesson 7: Asking Is Powerful Lesson 8: If You Want to Have Friends, Start by Being One Lesson 9: Make Networking a Habit Lesson 10: Don't Fall in Love with Your First Ideas Lesson 11: Know When to Quit Lesson 12: Use SMART Goals and Rhythm SECTION THREE: The Three Challenges Challenge 1: Mastering Yourself First Challenge 2: Mastering Your Company's Direction Challenge 3: Mastering Your Company's Performance FINAL THOUGHTS: It All Starts with You RESOURCES: Recommended Reading Other Resources ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

I had the pleasure of coordinating the writing of this book andhand selecting this group of leading elder care attorneys from acrossthe United States. It was an honor to work with these leading lawyers,and I want to thank each of them for sharing their knowledge andexperience with the readers of this book.-Julieanne E. Steinbacher,Certified as an Elder Law Attorneyby the National Elder Law Foundation

RELATIONSHIP CAPITAL ISN'T AN ASSET; IT'S A PRIVILEGE. WHY THE biggest threat TO OUR BUSINESS IN YEARS IS COMING...AND HOW YOU CAN prepare your practice FOR IT NOW Once in a while, a book comes along that defines the key issues in an industry and offers appropriate strategies and ideas to solve those issues. This is that book. With the threat of robo-advisors growing every day, financial advisors need answers to two critical questions--fast. HOW DO I RETAIN MY CLIENTS? HOW DO I BUILD THAT IMPORTANT BRIDGE TO THE NEXT GENERATION--MY CLIENTS' CHILDREN? GRATITUDE MARKETING(TM) IS THE ANSWER. Traditional marketing speaks at people. Gratitude Marketing(TM) engages and connects with people. Gratitude Marketing(TM) taps into the wisdom of proven professionals who have used these cutting-edge, real-life ideas to build their businesses. You'll discover how a well-run Gratitude Marketing(TM) system will put you in control of your clients' business consistently as change occurs and their need for your services arises or increases. When you combine relationship-building ideas with consistent nurturing, you create clients for life. The ideas I'll share with you have done one thing for me and the financial advisors who have used them--they have consistently produced results. GROW YOUR PRACTICE THROUGH GRATITUDE. LET'S GET STARTED NOW! Visit www.GratitudeMarketingBook.com.

Successfully Transition YOUR BUSINESS TO THE NEXT OWNERYou have spent a lifetime building and safeguarding your business. Now it's time to retire. If you are like most business owners, you have more questions than answers."What is my business really worth?" "Can I afford to retire?" "How can I safeguard my net worth and protect my family?" "How can I reduce taxes on the sale?" "Should I keep the business in the family, or sell it to someone else?"And the biggest question of all: "How do I get started?"Gary Pittsford has answered these tough questions for business owners in all 50 states and now wants to share his 50 years of financial experience with you. Your Family Business, Your Family Net Worth is your definitive guide to take the appropriate steps to confidently secure the best future for you, your family and your business.

VINCE LOMBARDI'S LEADERSHIP PRINCIPLES: - Envision a successful future -- then chart a course to get there. - Communicate your vision with passion and conviction. - Know the people you lead; find out what motivates each one. - Lead with character and integrity. - Inspire confidence through your competence and success. - Lead boldly, act decisively, don't second-guess yourself. - Don't just be a boss -- be a servant to your people.

Discover What Island Life is Really About Island Journeys crisscrosses the globe and explores the real beauty and innovative spark that unites island states and the diasporas that struggle to maintain their connection to their native lands. Whether you come from a country of billions or an island that disappears on a world map, you'll find invaluable insights for understanding the world you live in, including how to: - Stay close to your roots, whether you are in your homeland or working far away. - Embrace common bonds and preserve what is important amidst rapidly changing cultural, economic, and geographic environments.> Let Carlisle Richardson, an islander and economic affairs officer for the United Nations, share decades of stories and discoveries from islands around the world to help him establish the Island Foundation, an organization that aims to promote education, the arts, sports, and innovation while preserving island culture and heritage.

Whether you are an individual searching for solutions, or a business professional looking to empower your employees, The Power of EQ can show you how to create the life you deserve. Successful businesses know that the key to success is having a team of qualified, happy, and confident employees. In The Power of EQ, corporate and lifestyle skills coach Karen Nutter systematically shows you how to create the future you envision by helping you achieve higher levels of performance; enabling you to express your inner purpose and passion through your goals and actions. After reading this insightful and thoughtful book, you will enjoy becoming more focused, organized, and motivated in all aspects of your personal and professional life.

Dr. David Moffet is an international expert in dental practice management. With over 32 years of dental experience, he has developed a simple, practical, and incredibly effective way of increasing the number of patients you see... the amount of money you charge...and the percentage of large case revenues your patients will happily accept. In some cases, Moffet's strategy has resulted in over $100,000 in additional cash flow in just weeks. All you need is a decent team and his secret weapon, "The Ultimate Patient ExperienceTM." The UPE is a unique, low-cost system of unique patient engagement that is incredibly easy to put in place. In fact, one of Moffet's strategies costs less than $40 to implement, and you can have it up and running by the end of business, today. The Ultimate Patient Experience has allowed Dr. Moffet to: - Sell his dental practice for a cool $2.75 million - for which he collected 80% in cash, 20% in stock... - Consistently increase his prices (10.55% per year, on average) while retaining over 90% of his patients...> Inside these pages, you'll discover exactly how Dr. Moffet accomplished each of these things, and how you can, too.

You're in the drivers seat, take the wheel and ignite your selling potential! Experience results within 90 days. In Ignite Your Selling Potential, Author Susan A. Lund reveals a practical roadmap with 7 Accelerators(TM) to inspire, equip and empower you, your team and your organization to drive profitable revenue and results fast. You will gain access to proven strategies and principles that work to bring about the growth you desire and catapult your organization to greater success. You will learn how to: § Avoid hazards and navigate around challenges to your desired destination § Realize and maximize your selling potential and your teams' selling potential § Get everyone on the same page to create a consistent, repeatable client experience § Transform activity into productivity(R) to gain a competitive advantage § Gain visibility and accountability and fuel stronger relationships Regardless of your challenges and where you are, you will gain access to proven strategies and steps to navigate around your challenges to your desired destination. When you apply what you learn and practice the fundamentals, as an individual, team or organization, you will realize sustainable results. This book is for anyone who aspires to grow, succeed or partner with sales to generate predictable, sustainable revenue and results. Ignite Your Selling Potential has a companion website, www.igniteyoursellingpotential.com, to include an assessment, access to courses and online learning with powerful productivity tools to accelerate your success. See inside for details.

Want to make millions over the phone? Just say Hello to Chris Noon. In Chris Noon's expert hands, a simple cold call becomes a masterpiece of deal-clinching salesmanship. This book tells you exactly--and in unstinting detail--how he does it. Starting out, Chris learned business in the produce-or-perish pressure cooker of major Madison Avenue ad agency TBWA\Chiat\Day. As a young account exec, he worked on high-profile campaigns for such goldplated companies as Nissan, Absolute, Kmart, and Meridian. But the experience only fueled his ambition to strike out on his own. He partnered with his brother and founded the lawn and landscape companies in the Boston area that bear their name. With a whirlwind of innovative sales ideas, a natural in-born enthusiasm, and a love of competition and winning (he still plays soccer, the sport he played in Division 1 at Seton Hall University) Chris quickly helped propel the Noon companies into a thriving, multi-million-dollar, nationally recognized success. Recently, Chris has turned his talents and attention to sharing his unique pathways to winning. He launched the Green Light Consulting Services to coach other landscape companies. And now this inspiring new book; it's a personal tour of his sales philosophy, invaluable experience and methods-- including how he turned the standard sales phone call into a One Step Sales sure-fire payoff. "Never stop learning," is one of Chris's mantras (it's also the reason he's enrolled in Harvard's OPM Business Program).Learn from Chris and get ready to say hello to 'Making Millions'! PART INSPIRATIONAL SELF-CONFIDENCE BUILDER. PART ROAD MAP TO BLOWOUT SALES GAINS.

The Rules for Admission Have Changed! Getting IN by Standing Out will show you exactly how to discover, develop, and present your authentic high school journey to get noticed by Admissions among the thousands of other student applicants, and get ACCEPTED at your top schools.

ARE YOU READY TO HIRE YOURSELF? WHO hasn't had the inkling--or even the outright conviction--that we could be more successful, more fulfilled, and more satisfied if we could invest in ourselves? HOW MANY of us have given our time, our knowledge, our energy, and our loyalty to corporate careers, only to discover that our contributions don't guarantee gratitude, upward mobility, or even job security? WHY consider franchising? Franchise investors reap all the rewards of entrepreneurship--self-determination, personal and professional freedom, unlimited potential for profitability--without all the risks of going it alone. WHAT'S the difference? In franchising, someone has already dreamed the big dream, figured out how to make it work, marketed it well, and sold it to create a well-defined niche. And now, that person is looking for an investor and partner to help build on that success. HIRE YOURSELF WILL HELP YOU: - Leverage your expertise and resources to build a bridge out of the corporate world and into entrepreneurship - Learn how to choose a franchise concept that's the right franchise for you - Understand how to capitalize your investment and minimize your risks - Recognize and avoid common mistakes and traps - Know that franchising is all about working for yourself, but not by yourself

Implementing Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Software Can Be One Of The Most Important Decisions A Growing Company Can Make. In Your Surefire Guide to CRM Success, Matt Mountain and Randy Davis- Salesforce.com gurus and industry leaders-explain how your business can properly implement this software to receive a high return on your investment. In this book, Matt and Randy discuss the following: ¿ How to define your company's goals for proper CRM implementation ¿ How to align employees to your vision ¿ How to use software for not only sales but also marketing, operations, and customer service ¿ How to use CRM to benefit your customers ¿ How to continue maximizing and expanding your software in the future Many companies struggle in incorporating new software technology into their business model, but there is high potential for success if used correctly. If your company is considering the leap to CRM, this book is for you!

A Proven Coaching Process... Greater Success & Balance... More Freedom & Fulfillment! Are you a business owner, franchisee, manager or self-employed? If you want your business to flourish, you have to equip yourself to take the right steps now and make strategic moves quickly to ensure your company thrives without you, as if on autopilot. INSIDE THESE PAGES, YOU WILL DISCOVER A PROVEN METHOD TO: - Work on your business, not in your business - Create, audit and evolve your company's vision, with passion and purpose - Lead authentically, setting the example for your team to aspire to - Act like a CEO, not an employee; focus on strategy, not execution> Your ultimate goal? To design a highly profitable business that runs smoothly while you own it and is worth a fortune when you sell it!

Are You and Your Business Ready to Succeed in the FAST FUTURE? The Fast Future isn't coming - it's already here. Over the next 25 years, grand-scale, "uber" change will profoundly transform virtually everything in our world. Amazing opportunities lie ahead for forward thinking and agile organizations, while killer threats await those unprepared or unwilling to change. Businesses in every sector, industry, and market must take action now to define new enterprise goals, strategies, and action plans - or face the likely consequences. John Doehring's timely, eye-opening book reveals the top ten uber-trends that are already revolutionizing our world and explores the implications that business leaders and entrepreneurs must consider for success in the 21st century, Fast Future ahead.

"From his humble childhood selling fish to passersby in China to accepting the 2013 Tibbetts Award at the White House for small business excellence, Ken Kuang's inspiring story and insightful tips will empower you to take your business to the next level. Inside, you'll learn how to: establish credibility; anticipate customer needs; turn challenges into opportunities; build a winning team; get more by asking for less. No matter what industry you're in, From Start-Up to Star provides stimulating ideas, useful stratagems, and winning tactics for businesses of all sizes."--Amazon.com description.

When it comes to investing, what you don't know really can hurt you. Knowing the difference between tricky financial concepts can help you steer clear of dangers and onto the road to a comfortable retirement. Investing Simplified is designed to give you - the average investor - the know-how and the confidence to choose the right financial advisors and the right investments to support you for the rest of your life. Author Chuck Price, also known as The Financial Doctor, has made it his mission over the last 40 years to educate and advise his clients so they can make the best decisions to reach their financial goals. Now, he wants to help you. Inside these pages, Chuck and his team of experts will teach you how to: ¿ Look beyond the numbers that your advisor is giving you to see the whole story ¿ Investigate the investment products that the financial world is selling you ¿ Ask the right questions to get the most out of your CPA ¿ Design an investment portfolio that's right for you ¿ Plan for your future including retirement, long-term care, estate planning, and more If you want to invest for yourself or with an advisor, Investing Simplified is a must-read.

If you're retired or on the way, meet Marty Higgins- your guide for the journey through what he calls DistributionLand, a place of lovely landscape but undeniable dangers. He'll show you how to enjoy this new world-but he wants you to be well-armed. As founder of Family Wealth Management LLC, Higgins is a specialist in helping families to build and preserve their savings to last the rest of their lives and beyond. In DistributionLand, he takes you into retirement territory, where you distribute the gains of your working years. Be warned: You need to adjust to a new set of rules here, or you may not make it, as many have sadly learned. This isn't Accumulation Land anymore, that youthful place where you built for a future far away. You need new strategies to fend off the beasts that lie in wait-among them, taxation, inflation, the cost of medical and long-term care, and an unpredictable market. You need not live in fear. Higgins has the tools that can help you do far more than survive in DistributionLand. He can show you how to create an income that will endure as long as you do, supporting the retirement of your dreams. An important first step is to define those dreams. Marty Higgins has the answers to the questions that he has heard retirees ask during his many years of practice. If you are to sleep well, you need to be confident that your money is secure and that you will be all right, no matter what. But he knows that you want and deserve more than that. You want to explore these new vistas and enjoy this new phase of life to the utmost. With Higgins at your side, you're in for a joyous journey. "We are entering unchartered waters and fortunately Marty Higgins has done the work of a cartographer in Distribution Land that will enable you to both survive and thrive in the times ahead." -Mitch Anthony, Author, The New Retirementality "Kudos to Martin Higgins for creating a guidebook to help boomers navigate the largely unchartered territory of Distribution Land. A readable, fun and informative book." -Moshe A. Milevsky, The IFID Centre, York University, Toronto "A must read for anyone within 10 years of retirement or recently retired. I've been a financial advisor for more than twenty-nine years, and I found the content of this book invaluable even at this stage of my career." -Jay Van Beusekom, RHU, LUTCF; President &CEO of Jay Van Beusekom Financial Advisor, LLC