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Are They For Real or Is This Some Kind of a Viral Marketing Strategy?

Founder — Fri, 21 May 2010 16:49:44 +0000

I had to take a picture of this and share this with you. When my wife pointed it out to me in the store, I laughed really hard. It made my day and I figure I share this with you to hopefully make you laugh and make your day.

Question: How do you keep America healthy?

Answer: See the picture! By the way, this is a 100% REAL, untouched photo taken at a big chain store you’ve probably visited at least once this week. I took it with my iPhone and haven’t made any changes to it. Enjoy!

Jay Leno, where are you? This can be your next Tuesday headline! lol

Anyway, here’s the photo:

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What is The Only Business in The World Where 80% of The Costumers Don’t TRUST & The Business is Still In Business

Founder — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 18:04:46 +0000

I don’t normally talk about politics but I had to write about this. Why? Because if this was you or me, we would be out of business LOOOOOONG TIME ago. Let me ask you a simple question:

What business can you run where 80% of your customers don’t trust you and still run that business?

I’ll tell you what business.

The US government!

Better yet, what business can you run where 80% of your customers don’t trust you, you spend money like crazy on stuff that you can’t track it’s results, get into a huge debt because of that, your customers can almost never reach you, and the people who run that business are NOT even a businessmen, they’re politicians?

I’ll tell you what business. The government!

How does this work I ask you?

Even better, what business can you run where 80% of your customers don’t trust you, you spend money like crazy on stuff that you can’t track it’s results, get into a huge debt because of that, your customers can almost never reach you, people who run that business are NOT even a businessmen and here’s the best part, the customer can’t say: “I can’t believe how badly you are running your business. I’m taking my business elsewhere.”

I’ll tell you what business. The government!

Now, I hear that they are putting new laws into place that can seriously make business harder for those investors who run their business doing short sales. Did any of these “policy writers” bother to actually talk to an investor to see if the new rules will help the economy?

What’s your take on this issue? Like I said, I don’t normally get into politics but I couldn’t pass this up. I would love to hear what you think.

By the way, here’s the rest of the story. It’ made the front page

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100419/ap_on_go_ot/us_government_distrust

Here’s my favorite quote from that article. “”Politics has poisoned the well.”- said Andrew Kohut, director of the nonpartisan center that conducted the survey.

Now,’we’re talking. I strongly believe that the government is a business entity and should be run like one. As of right now, I don’t believe it even comes close to that type of a system. When your end customer, in this instance, the American public doesn’t trust you, wouldn’t you make a big overhaul to change things? Change the way the business is run, talk to the end user, the American public, ask them what they don’t like, ask them what they want to see happen, what they want, what they need and stop doing things you THINK are going to help.

That’s all from me. Now, it’s your turn, let me know what you think!

One last thing, spread the word. Tell your friends about this. I don’t think it’s a hige shock for anyone to hear this news but maybe, just maybe, when majority of public takes action on this business, they’ll do something about it. Please click on the retweet green button at the top of this blog post to share with others. Thanks.

To Your Success,

Peter Kolat

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How To Make 2010 Your Best Year Ever- Powerful Free Videos Inside

Founder — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 17:54:16 +0000

2010 is here!

Looking back at 2009, I cannot believe how fast that year went and how much I have accomplished during that year in my life. But that’s not what this post is about today. Today’s post is ALL ABOUT YOU. That’s right.

I want YOU to have the best year ever and I want you to go ALL OUT.
I want you to take 2010 by the horns and lead it to where you want it to go.
I want you to go the distance and let nothing, and I mean nothing get in a way.
I want you to get laser focused and let nothing and I mean nothing get you distracted from what you want to accomplish this year.
I want you to be motivated beyond your wildest dreams, so much that accomplishing your goals will be as easy as writing them.
I want you to be everything that you can be, and more.
I want you to take yourself to the next level.
I want you to show the world how powerful you are.
I want you to blow your competition out of the water.
I want you to blow yourself out of the water. I know that you have that in you. You just need to realize it.
I want you take massive action because that’s where you’ll see massive results.
I want you to visualize yourself achieving your biggest goals.
I want you to be the best “YOU.” I know that you will be.

I hope the above sentences will strike a chord with you. I hope that the above sentences will give you the motivation you need to make 2010 the best year ever. However, to make sure that you will make 2010 the best year ever and that you are motivated as much as you can be, I found the following videos to help you along the way.

If you do nothing else today, I hope you watch these videos. While watching, think about how this applies to you and your business. Bookmark these videos, bookmark this page because if you ever need some motivation, you can watch them again.

Video #1 – You can achieve things beyond your wildest dreams.

One of my friends send this video over to me. It’s from a movie but I think it is extremely powerful. If you don’t think you have what it takes to succeed, then you DEFINITELY HAVE TO WATCH this short clip.

Are you motivated yet? Do you still think you can’t accomplish what you have set out to accomplish? You better Not Don’t let your mind stop you from what you can accomplish.

Video #2 – Anthony Robbins talks about focus.

I know that some people are not big fans on Anthony Robbins. I am because I think this guy is 100% right on why people are not successful. In this short video, Tony talks about focus. Why? Because not being focused is one of the biggest success killers out there.

Video #3 – Why the Best are the best!

I think Al Pacino is a one heck of an actor. In this short clip, Pacino gives an speech to his team before a game. How would you like to have a coach like that in your business corner.

Video #4: One of the best speeches I’ve ever heard.

Have you heard of a guy named Steve Jobs? I mean, who is this guy? He never graduated from college, had some out of this planet goals and what happen?

Who knows, maybe you can be the next Steve Jobs.

Now, I hope you enjoyed these videos. They’re extremely powerful. Are you pumped? Are you motivated? Are you ready to take massive action?

Then go and do it. There is nothing in this world that can get in your way. Just do it.

And to help you out, I created this short list. I want you read it out loud to yourself. At first, it might sound odd but once you keep repeating it over and over again, you’ll believe more and more in yourself. This stuff is extremely powerful. I’m giving you the “secret sauce” here.

I WILL have the best year ever and I WILL go all out.
I WILL take 2010 by the horns and lead it to where I want it to go.
I WILL go the distance and let nothing, and I mean nothing get in my way.
I AM laser focused and let nothing and I mean nothing get ME distracted from what I set out to accomplish this year.
I AM motivated beyond my wildest dreams, so much that accomplishing my goals will be as easy as writing them.
I BELIEVE that I CAN be everything that I want to be, and more.
I AM taking myself to the next level.
I WILL show the world how powerful you are.
I WILL blow my competition out of the water.
I WILL blow myself out of the water. I know that I have that in me.
I AM going to take massive action because that’s when I’ll see massive results.
I AM achieving my biggest goals with precision and ease.
I BELIEVE in “ME.” I am unstoppable!

To Your Best Year EVER,

Peter Kolat

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How You Can Learn The Secrets That Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, Apple, Adobe & Starbucks Paid Millions Of Dollars for 100% FREE!

Founder — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:05:54 +0000

Hello my fellow Real Estate Black Book readers,

I hope your day is going great. Mine is going great and really busy I was about to post my second part of the 11 ways to drive traffic to your real estate website when I remembered that I had to share the following resource with you asap. Why? Because I strongly believe that this resource, when used, will help to change your real estate business FOREVER!

Let me ask you a question:

How would you like to learn the secrets many Fortune 500 companies such as Google, Apple, Adobe, Microsoft, Yahoo, Starbucks and more paid millions of dollars for FREE! That’s right! I know. It’s pretty crazy. Obviously, you are not going to learn every single secret because these companies probably had those mentors/masters in their companies for for days, weeks and maybe even months or years. What you will get though is their expertise on webinars.

Here, check this out. Watch this short video and then click on the link right under the video.

RealEstateBlackBook.com/recommends/minds

or click on the image

I registered myself and I hope to see you on the call.

To Your Success,

Peter Kolat

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How My Subscriber Appreciation Webinar Will Change the Way You Run Your Real Estate Business On The Internet

Founder — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 23:18:50 +0000

Yesterday, I posted the info for my subscriber appreciation webinar where I will coach people how to find thousands of buyers & sellers on the internet. I also sent a short email to my list telling my subscribers about it and how they can access the info for the webinar. I went ahead and allocated 100 seats for the webinar. Boy was I wrong!

Shortly thereafter, all 100 seats were taken!

Now, since this is a subscriber appreciation webinar, I went ahead and upgraded the webinar to 300 seats. Why? Because if a subscriber of mine wants to be one the “Subscriber Appreciation Webinar,” he/she should be able to get in on it.

I have a question for you: Would you like to be on the “Subscriber Appreciation Webinar” where I will coach, that’s right coach you, on how to find real estate buyers & sellers on the internet?

I’m not talking about a powerpoint presentation. I’m talking about me going out on the internet and showing you, step-by-step, how to find real estate buyers & sellers.

The strategies I am going to share on this webinar are the same strategies I shared on a 3 hour presentation I did at a $2000+ PAID bootcamp. In fact, the strategies were so powerful, that people wanted me to share more. Don’t believe me, check out what one of the bootcamp attendees had to say about what I was teaching at the seminar:

As you can see, just one of the strategies I shared at the bootcamp will take Christy’s business to the next level. You can get the same strategy by joining me on the webinar. All you have to do is be on my list. I will send another email tomorrow telling you how to get on the webinar.

Join my list right now at the top right corner of this blog. Once you sign up, make sure you confirm your email by clicking on the link inside the confirmation email you’ll receive within minutes of submitting.

That’s all for now and I hope to see you on the webinar.

To Your Success,

Peter Kolat

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Real Estate Audio Podcast Name & Contest Winner Released

Peter- REBB Founder — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 17:01:50 +0000

On Wednesday, I ended the 3 day contest I did on my blog to name my short 5 minute podcasts. I received over 25 entries and it was a tough choice. You guys are very creative

Without wasting anymore of your time, the new name for my audio podcasts is:

Real Estate Internet Marketing Mastery (audio podcasts)

Therefore, the winner of the contest is:

Send me your email Patrick.

By the way, everyone who entered the contest will receive a cool prize as well. It’s going to be a tutorial from one of my other courses. I know you’re going to enjoy it. Again, thank you and I wish you guys much success.

To Your Success,

Peter Kolat

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Today is the day!

Peter- REBB Founder — Mon, 25 May 2009 17:47:01 +0000

This blog post is going to be very short. I just wanted to say that today is the day to:

relax!

If you are living in the United States, then today is Memorial Day for you. I hope you are taking some time off

Relax, spend some time with your family and friends and enjoy this day. You deserve it!

To Your Success,

Peter Kolat

P.S.

Remember those close to you.

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Happy Mother’s Day! How to Create a Video Your Mom Will Love, Laugh & Cry All At The Same Time

Peter- REBB Founder — Sun, 10 May 2009 17:28:19 +0000

Hi everyone,

I’m not going to write a big blog post today because I need to round up my 3 kids to help them show my wife how great of a mother she is. In fact, I’ll need to do that same

For all the wonderful mothers we have, I wanted to send a warm and genuine Happy Mother’s Day greeting. I hope that today is a perfect day for you, one where you get exactly what you wish for and do exactly what you want to do.

I am always extremely impressed with the amount of work my wife does on daily basis for our family. If it wasn’t for her, this household would not be in a very good shape Taking care of 3 kids (all under 6 years old) is not an easy task, plus there is me

Therefore, I wish you the best. You Deserve this special day more than anyone else!

Now, for those of you who are still looking to do something for your mom, I have something that will make her laugh and cry all at the same time (depending on how you put the video together). Don’t worry, it won’t take long, I promise.

Couple of weeks ago, I wrote a blog post about a service that will create videos from pictures. That post was designed to help you market your real estate properties. But today, I want you to go back to that post, read it and create that special video for your mom. If you already have your pictures lined up, it shouldn’t take you more than 10 minutes to do the video. That service is really cool. Here’s the post: How To Take Pictures of a Property & Turn them Into a Killer Real Estate Video

However, if you just want to go straight to the site I discussed in that post, here’s the link to that service:

Animoto.com

One of my readers went over to that site, created a free account and did a short video (along with music which is automatically added to your new video) of his family. He emailed me the link to that video and it was great. So check it out, you’ll love it.

That’s it! I hope you are having a wonderful day even if you are not a mom

To Your Success,

Peter Kolat

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How To Build A Squeeze Page For Your Real Estate Website

Peter- REBB Founder — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 19:34:44 +0000

In my last blog post, I spoke about Real Estate Investor Website Design- 5 Critical Questions You Need To Answer-Part 2. I have received some emails about that post and few comments on the blog itself. One of the comments on the blog was asking me about uploading squeeze pages to the website. I know that some people are not very tech savvy so I decided to write a post here on the different tools you can use and how to upload your own squeeze page on your website to start building your own list.

So let’s get going here. Before you can upload your own squeeze page on the internet, you have to create it on your computer or outsource it to someone to do it for you. Here are the steps you’ll need to take to design and upload your own real estate squeeze page on your real estate website.

Step 1- Use a WYSIWYG Software

Some of the tools you can use to design your own squeeze page, and even the entire website are as follows:

Free Website Design Software Programs

Kompozer.net I’ve recommended this software before. Actually, this software is inside my RealEstateBlackBook. It’s a great software to use if you don’t want or can’t spend any money.

NVU This is another great software that you can use. It’s fairly easy to use so check it out and see which software you would prefer better.

Paid Website Design Software Programs

Dreamweaver This is a paid program but it is one of the best WYSIWYG programs out there. Actually, I prefer this program over Microsoft Frontpage. I’ve used this many times. It’s fairly easy to use after you play around with it for a while. You can also find ton of tutorials on the internet on how to use Dreamweaver.

Frontpage Another really good but paid WYSIWYG program. I’ve used it in the past but prefer Dreamweaver over it. I’ve got enough Microsoft products on my computer don’t you?

So there you go. Look through the above programs and pick one out. I believe that Dreamweaver has a 30 day trial version that you can check out. If you have any other questions, drop me a line in the comments below and I’ll answer it for you.

Step 2- Designing Your Real Estate Lead Generation Squeeze Page

Now that you have a WYSIWYG program installed on your computer, you need to start designing your squeeze page. For that, read over my past blog posts on squeeze page tactics including To squeeze or not to squeeze? That is the question… Part 1 and You need to Squeeze your Real Estate Investing Leads…Part 2.

Those 2 blog posts should give you a good idea on how to design a winning squeeze pages. There is a lot more to it when it comes to designing squeeze pages, but that’s outside of the scope on this post.

Step 3- Getting Your Domain Name and Web Hosting in Place

Now that you have created your squeeze page, you’ll need to upload it to your website. If you don’t have a website, you’ll need to get a domain name and a web hosting provider. To purchase a domain name, I would recommend using Namecheap. They are the only company I use. I used to be on Godaddy but I switched for reasons I won’t discuss here. If you would like to know, email me and I’ll personally tell you why I switched.

For web hosting provider, there are thousands of website hosting companies. So to nail down the list to just a few, it can be pretty hard thing to do. Anyways, here are a few choices for you:

For a low end, cheaper but reliable hosting company, I would suggest you check out Hostmonster. You can get some really good hosting for as little as $6/ month there. They give you unlimited hosting space, bandwidth and domain names on your account. It’s worth checking out. If you are just starting out, this might be a good option for you.

For a mid level hosting, I would recommend going with Hostgator. They have several great packages there as well. Personally, I would recommend going with the baby package but it’s entirely up to you to see which package will fit your needs the best.

That should be enough to get you started for a hosting company. But if you need a dedicated server where you’ll be driving ton of traffic to your site, let me know and I’ll give you some ideas of who you can use for your hosting solution.

Your Final Step- Uploading Your Squeeze Page On Your Website

Let’s recap. By now, you should have a squeeze page and a hosting company with a domain name of your choosing. Your next step is to get that squeeze page uploaded to your website. For that, you’ll need an FTP software. FTP stands for file transfer protocol and its a small software that you use to upload or download files from your computer to your website. Here are some choices for you:

My top recommendation is to use the Firefox FTP plugin. It’s 100% free and I use it all the time for my own uploads. Some other choices can include FileZilla, SmartFTP and CuteFTP. While the firefox plugin is completely free, the other 3 ftp software products have paid versions.

Before you can upload your files to your website, you’ll need to setup your FTP account. The easiest thing to do is to contact your website hosting provider and ask them for your FTP information. They should provide them for you with no problems.

Once you get that setup, you are now ready to upload. All you’ll do is drag your squeeze page file from your computer to your website html folder. Once the upload is complete, you can type in the squeeze page address on the internet and it should show up on your computer.

That’s it! You are done. See how easy it was? Now if you have any other questions in regards to this topic, drop me a line below in the comments area. I’ll make sure to answer that for you.

To Your Success,

Peter Kolat

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Happy 1 Year Anniversary Real Estate Black Book!

Peter- REBB Founder — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 05:28:41 +0000

Well, it’s been a year since I launched RealEstateBlackBook.com. I can’t believe it. This year has been unbelievable and and I am so greatful for everything that has happened to me.

So today, I wanted to write a post that’s a little different. This post is all about what you have done for me this year. If it wasn’t for you, my loyal reader and/or subscriber, I wouldn’t be here writing and sharing my real estate marketing knowledge with you.

From the bottom of my heart:

THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!

Before I dive into today’s post, I really need to thank several more people. But bear with me, I have a sweet little list of my best blog posts that I want to share with you.

There have been so many people that were instrumental in my success and I can’t thank them enough. First of all, my wife and my kids. Laura, you have been so supportive and understanding. You have helped me so much over this past year. I don’t know how to thank you for everything you have done for me. How do you keep up with me

I also want to thank Steve Cook, JP Moses, D.C. Fowler, Richard Roop, and William Tingle. You guys took a chance one me and I am so greatful for what you have done for me back in December of last year. I don’t think I would be in the same position as I am today. Thank you so much.

And you, my subscriber and/or loyal reader. Without you, without you reading my stuff, (even though I sometimes write without the proper English grammar), without you commenting on my posts and interacting with me, I wouldn’t be here and I wouldn’t have this blog. So again, thank you so much. I have so many things planned for this coming year. Stick around with me and you’ll be pleasantly surprised. I have lots of great stuff for you.

Now, let’s move on to the post. Since today is the anniversary of this site, I wanted to share with you the top 10 posts from the entire year. It wasn’t easy picking these posts out but I’ve managed to nail them down. These top 10 posts are on the top because of you. You commented on them and told me how much you liked them. You made them successful and I wanted to bring them up here to refresh our minds.

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How To Make 2010 Your Best Year Ever- Powerful Free Videos Inside

2010 is here!

Video #1 – You can achieve things beyond your wildest dreams.

Video #2 – Anthony Robbins talks about focus.

Video #3 – Why the Best are the best!

Video #4: One of the best speeches I’ve ever heard.

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Today is the day!

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Animoto.com

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How To Build A Squeeze Page For Your Real Estate Website

Step 1- Use a WYSIWYG Software

Free Website Design Software Programs

Paid Website Design Software Programs

Step 2- Designing Your Real Estate Lead Generation Squeeze Page

Step 3- Getting Your Domain Name and Web Hosting in Place

Your Final Step- Uploading Your Squeeze Page On Your Website

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