Posts by Nicole Mangina
How To Make Money This Summer
July 4th is next week. Weather you are taking off a day, the weekend or the entire week, it’s play time. I have grand visions about taking the entire summer off to do nothing but travel and play, but the reality is that I need my business to keep running. If you are like me,going…
Read MoreOpportunity Is Knocking. Open The Door
June is a wonderfully busy month. Business is booming, kids are graduating, farmers markets have started and the sun is out. Yet with all of this activity going on, does it ever feel like you’re missing out on something? Maybe it’s just me, but I can spend an inordinate amount of time looking at the…
Read MoreBusiness Is A Contact Sport
Actually all of life is. Yesterday, I was interviewed for the Live Rich, Spread Wealth tele summit. She asked me what is one thing I wanted to share with people about what it takes to be successful. Life is a contact sport Not in the aggressive, competitive sense, but in the you can’t get results…
Read MoreIt’s Not What You Do For Your Client It’s How You Make Them Feel
Maya Angelou has a great quote: “I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” It plays out in so many areas of our lives. The other night I woke up at 1am to hear Alex calling for me.…
Read MoreWhat’s The Right Networking Event For You?
There are endless networking events out there. You can easily fill your calendar morning, noon and night going from one event to another. Many of them are a lot of fun, but you still need to give yourself time to actually work. So how do you filter through the endless list to know which are…
Read MoreBuilding Your Internal Network
As I head out to teach a class in Oregon today and then Washington DC next week for the Women’s Council of Realtors meetings it seems like the perfect time to focus on building your internal network. Your internal network is the one within your own industry. Whenever I bring this up it seems to…
Read MoreStaying Productive When You Are Surrounded By Distractions
It’s spring! The real estate market is heating up and chances are, so is your social schedule. Both of our boys play baseball and between their game schedules, vacations, conferences, local events and the general spring fever of wanting to get out and enjoy the weather, life is getting busy. You may not have kids…
Read MoreWhen An Opportunity Arises, Take It
I was reading the Wallace D Wattles book,” Promote Yourself” yesterday and this line really stood out. If you are not familiar with Wallace D. Wattles, he wrote the book, “The Science of Getting Rich” over 100 years ago and is still quoted today for the wisdom available in his books. You can download a…
Read MoreMake It Easy To Say Yes
Rule #1 in Sales: Make it easy for them to say yes to you. Before someone buys anything: a house, a car, a pair of shoes, they hire someone to work with. Yes, even in today’s online shopping world this is still relevant. Buyers are choosing a sales person, a web site, or a brand…
Read MoreLeverage Sounds Great, But How Do You Do It?
Leverage is a major buzz-word in business. It usually means hiring more people so that you can serve more clients, get more done and make more money. On the one hand it’s a no brainer. On the other, it’s one of the biggest sources of stress and stagnation that businesses face. Why is that? Leveraging…
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