Real Estate Marketing Strategies

Real Estate Marketing Strategies - Are You Sabotaging Your Own Success?

2008-04-08T10:44:00.000-07:00

Have you ever felt like you had reached a plateau and could go no higher? If so, you're not alone, many people sabotage their own success. This article teaches you how to reverse self sabotage. In my work as a real estate business coach for the past 12 years, I have had many people present a similar question, "Why can't I be more successful? Why do I stop myself? I feel like I am my own worst enemy."

If you've ever felt this way, you're probably suffering from a pattern of self sabotage in which you get in your own way. While on the one hand, your conscious mind is saying," I want to be more successful," your subconscious mind is caught in a "Fear of Success syndrome".

There are several things that cause people to be afraid of success:

1. They associate success with Stress:

It's a prevailing idea in our society that if you want to be successful, you have to work hard, struggle and strive. Many of my clients have done that and reached a place of "burnout". Then they are faced with the dilemma of wanting to move forward, but having a very unpleasant memory of what it was like before.

They need to work hard at reprogramming the self limiting belief, "To be successful you have to work very very hard," and replace it with an Empowered Belief, such as "I am committed to working smarter not harder."

2. The next self limiting belief that stops people from success is "I'm not worthy or I do not deserve."

Usually we are not scripted to be successful when we were growing up. Rather we were scripted to fit in and not bring too much attention to ourselves.

We often incurred criticism when we felt too good about ourselves and heard things like, "Who do you think you are?" Being boastful was considered conceited and a definite "no no". Many of us over generalized and made the mistake of thinking that we shouldn't think too highly of ourselves, and if we did someone would shoot us down.

The truth is that a healthy level of self-confidence is necessary to be successful. In addition, happiness is feeling good about you. If you've been carrying any of the old beliefs that make you feel unworthy, I urge you to replace them with empowered beliefs, such as:

I am more than worthy of prosperity
I am highly deserving of an abundance of all good
It is now okay for me to feel good about myself
I give myself permission to feel pride in the work that I do
As I share my expertise I am worthy of being amply rewarded

Practice these Empowered Beliefs frequently to raise your level of deservingness.

3. The "gung ho" vs. " comfort zone" conflict

Let's face it; in order to be successful you do have to leave your comfort zone. Moving forward always involves some risk.

However what many people fail to realize is that staying stuck in your comfort zone also involves risk. What risk? It's the risk of not fulfilling your potential, the risk of staying at a low financial level, the risk of never reaching your dreams.

It all of us there is an inner struggle between the part of us that wants us to dream big, and the part of us that wants us to settle for what we have. Usually some inner "conflict resolution" will help you to realize that you can have a win-win between both parts of you.

The "gung ho" part needs to realize that you need a balanced life with plenty of time for self-care and self maintenance. The "comfort zone" part needs to realize that the comfort zone is not safe, and that sensations that are labeled fear can just as easily be labeled excitement as you find the growing edge of your comfort zone and move beyond it.

To reinforce the balance of these two parts of us, I recommend these empowered beliefs:

It is now safe for me to grow and expand
I'm committed to creating success in a balanced way

Here's one of my favorites, "In an easy and relaxed manner, in a healthy and positive way, I create total financial success, for the highest good of all".

Let this be your mantra and allow yourself to grow into your full potential with ease and grace.

Real Estate Marketing Strategies - 7 Mistakes Real Estate Agents Make With The Law Of Attraction

2008-04-01T08:40:00.000-07:00

The Law of Attraction is potentially one of the most powerful tools you'll ever have as a Real Estate Agent. Why? Because it helps you to train your mind into a successful and prosperous mindset. In other words, if you practice the Law of Attraction you're always looking at the opportunities for growing your business rather than the obstacles.

If you're not getting the results you want with the Law of Attraction, it's possible that you might be making these common mistakes:

1. Failure to switch focus

It may be that when you start looking at what you don't like about your business, i.e. the difficult clients, the “fallen transactions”, and the continual need to prospect, you may be focusing on what you “don't want”, instead of what you do want. The Law of Attraction states that you get what you focus on. Focus on the difficult clients long enough, and that's what you will bring more of.

2. Failure to identify what you “do want”

You may be spending so much time and energy trying to eliminate what you don't want, like unqualified clients; you may not be getting clear on what you do want. If you don't want unqualified clients, then what are the characteristics that you really want in prospective clients?

If you're like most people, you want prospective clients to be qualified, committed, and motivated. Then focus on that. Whenever your mind wanders, keep coming back to what you want to create.

3. Focusing on current circumstances

According to the Law of Attraction, current circumstances do not have to define you. They are based on your old decisions and your old beliefs. Now that you are learning the Law of Attraction, you have a chance to start fresh.

Never mind your current conditions, instead ask yourself, “What do I want to create?” Set your intention and don't waver.

4. You get worried about the “how to”

According to the Law of Attraction, “how to” is the domain of the universe. You don't have to know the details. You just have to know what you want, and why you want it. Let the Universe figure out the “how”.

5. You take “frantic action”, rather than “inspired action”

Frantic action is fear-based. You are being reactive rather than proactive. ‘Inspired action” means that you're listening to your intuition, rather than on your linear mind. Intuition will come to you in the form of “Ah Ha” and gut instincts. Inspired action will feel good and it will feel right.

6. You may be forgetting to “visualize”

In the Law of Attraction, there is the saying, “whatever you visualize, you will materialize.” It may be that in your business, you haven't taken some quiet time to visualize your desired outcome, for example, earning $500,000 a year on a steady basis (or whatever your ideal income is).

When you take time to visualize yourself having the prosperity you desire, then you can create the feelings of having it now. Since like energies attract like energies, whatever you radiate comes back to you multiplied. It pays to visualize.

7. The biggest mistake people make

The biggest mistake that people make with the Law of Attraction is that they fail to do it consistently and effectively.

For example, after watching “The Secret”, you may be inspired for a while to wake up focusing on gratitude. Then when the inspiration of the movie wears off, you may get busy and forget to be grateful for what you have. This is an example of an inconsistent use of the Law of Attraction.

Another and more serious mistake people make in implementing the Law of Attraction is that they “wing it”. They have no systematic, step-by-step procedure to follow.

To effectively and successfully use the Law of Attraction, use a solid 5 step process;

• Identify what you don't want,

• Identify what you do want,

• Find a feeling place of having what you want,

• Clear your opposing beliefs,

• Take inspired action.

If you follow these 5 steps, perhaps with the help of a mentor or a coach, you will maximize the effectiveness of the Law of Attraction. No longer will the Law of attraction seem like a mystery to you!

Practice these 5 steps consistently, and you will be building a solid foundation for the Law of Attraction to work for you.

Real Estate Marketing Strategies: Are you sabotaging your own success?

2008-03-25T13:27:00.000-07:00

Have you ever felt like you had reached a plateau and could go no higher? If so, you're not alone, many people sabotage their own success. This article teaches you how to reverse self sabotage.

In my work as a real estate business coach for the past 12 years, I have had many people present a similar question, “Why can't I be more successful? Why do I stop myself? I feel like I am my own worst enemy.”

If you've ever felt this way, you're probably suffering from a pattern of self sabotage in which you get in your own way.

While on the one hand, your conscious mind is saying,” I want to be more successful,” your subconscious mind is caught in a “Fear of Success syndrome”.

There are several things that cause people to be afraid of success:

1. They associate success with Stress:

It's a prevailing idea in our society that if you want to be successful, you have to work hard, struggle and strive. Many of my clients have done that and reached a place of “burnout”. Then they are faced with the dilemma of wanting to move forward, but having a very unpleasant memory of what it was like before.

They need to work hard at reprogramming the self limiting belief, “To be successful you have to work very very hard,” and replace it with an Empowered Belief, such as “I am committed to working smarter not harder.”

2. The next self limiting belief that stops people from success is “I'm not worthy or I do not deserve.”

Usually we are not scripted to be successful when we were growing up. Rather we were scripted to fit in and not bring too much attention to ourselves.

We often incurred criticism when we felt too good about ourselves and heard things like, “Who do you think you are?” Being boastful was considered conceited and a definite “no no”.

Many of us over generalized and made the mistake of thinking that we shouldn't think too highly of ourselves, and if we did someone would shoot us down.

I am more than worthy of prosperity
I am highly deserving of an abundance of all good
It is now okay for me to feel good about myself
I give myself permission to feel pride in the work that I do
As I share my expertise I am worthy of being amply rewarded

Practice these Empowered Beliefs frequently to raise your level of deservingness.

3. The “gung ho” vs. “ comfort zone” conflict

Let's face it; in order to be successful you do have to leave your comfort zone. Moving forward always involves some risk.

However what many people fail to realize is that staying stuck in your comfort zone also involves risk.

What risk? It's the risk of not fulfilling your potential, the risk of staying at a low financial level, the risk of never reaching your dreams.

It all of us there is an inner struggle between the part of us that wants us to dream big, and the part of us that wants us to settle for what we have.

Usually some inner "conflict resolution" will help you to realize that you can have a win-win between both parts of you.

The “gung ho” part needs to realize that you need a balanced life with plenty of time for self-care and self maintenance. The “comfort zone” part needs to realize that the comfort zone is not safe, and that sensations that are labeled fear can just as easily be labeled excitement as you find the growing edge of your comfort zone and move beyond it.

To reinforce the balance of these two parts of us, I recommend these empowered beliefs:

It is now safe for me to grow and expand
I'm committed to creating success in a balanced way

Here's one of my favorites, “In an easy and relaxed manner, in a healthy and positive way, I create total financial success, for the highest good of all”.

Let this be your mantra and allow yourself to grow into your full potential with ease and grace.

Real Estate Marketing Strategies: How to stay positive in today’s market

2008-03-19T09:40:00.000-07:00

So many real estate professionals today are wondering, “How can I stay positive in today's market?” Like any discriminating real estate professional, you realize the value of a positive mental attitude. Here are 8 ways that you can create and maintain a positive mental attitude in today's market.

1. Avoid toxic people

What does this mean? Who are the toxic people?

Toxic people can be well-meaning people but when they talk to you, they are coming from a negative attitude about money, finances, and especially about the current real estate situation.

They may be fellow real estate professionals who want to gather around the water cooler, they may be relatives who are just trying to protect you; they may even be friends and family.

You will know if you've been around a toxic person, because you will begin to feel deflated.

Here's your job: either change the subject or walk away. Better yet, speak up for yourself and mention that you want to think positively about yourself and about your business.

If you see one of them coming your way find a way to avoid the interaction because it does not serve your highest good (or theirs).

2. If you've tried everything and exhausted ways to avoid toxic people, then you may have to set an internal boundary.

You can do this very simply by having your own inner conversation if someone is saying something negative to you on the outside.

A great example of an inner conversation when someone is complaining about their business or about the marketplace is to say to yourself, “that may be true for you but it's not true for me.” This can become your inner mantra.

3. Avoid the media

Why? Remember that the intention of the media is to sell newspapers and magazines. The more they can paint a negative and fearful picture, the more their sales go up.

In fact there is a saying in the newspaper business, “If it bleeds, it reads.” That may seem harsh, but pick up any newspaper and you'll see what I'm talking about.

Why subject yourself to slanted, negative spins on the economy when you can find just as much information to point to the positive?

4. Successful real estate professionals do well in any market.

Were you aware of that? Knowing that fact, none of us can continue to use the excuse about the market being bad.

In fact, I am coaching several clients right now who in the last six months have doubled and tripled their incomes.

In addition to the right marketing strategies and regular lead generation activities, you could help yourself with this empowered belief:

“I now draw to me clients who are ready, willing and able to make a transaction in the next 30 days.”

5. Look for the opportunity in today's marketplace

There are many opportunities in today's market and successful real estate professionals are taking advantage of them.

Did you know that Donald Trump is buying up as much property as he can? Why do you think that is? He is a smart businessman, to say the least, and knows that this is the best time to buy.

Let your prospective clients know this and then say to them, “Let’s get you a deal.” Few could resist this invitation.

6. Remember that your success depends on your mindset, not on the outer conditions of the market.

“If you believe you can or you can't, either way you are right,” Henry Ford.

What mindset do you choose to nurture inside yourself? Do you want to believe,

“I can “or “I can’t”. Your beliefs create your reality so whatever you choose to believe will become true for you.

7. Remember to engage the Law of Attraction as one of your most powerful tools

The law of attraction states that you get what you focus your attention on. Furthermore, your beliefs create your reality so choose your beliefs carefully.

Here’s a tip: instead of saying “I can't possibly succeed in today's market,” choose instead to focus one of these beliefs:

“I achieve whatever I set my mind to”

“I am a money market in any situation”

“I attract clients who appreciate and respect my expertise”

“My success depends on my attitude, not on any outer circumstances”

8. Be proactive

In any marketplace there are always people wanting to buy and sell homes. They need your help and they need your expertise.

Your job is to become visible to them. In today's market, they are not likely to fall in your lap.

However with a good system of lead generation, you can contact them and use your intention to attract your ideal clients.

Clear out any self limiting beliefs that stop you from picking up the phone.

Follow the suggestions mentioned above and you'll be happy to notice that are only are you staying more positive, but also your income is increasing as well.

Real estate Marketing Strategies: Why is it that even the very best receive coaching?

2008-02-18T12:10:00.000-08:00

Have you ever wondered why even the very best, in any profession receive coaching? Have you ever thought about why a top-notch athlete, like Tiger Woods, would need coaching?

Why is it that so many successful real estate agents have used coaching to get to the top?

There's a saying that “7% of all the agents do 93% of all the business… and the rest don't have coaches.” What do the top 7% know that the 93% don't know? This article will answer this question and many more about why even the very best receive coaching.

What is coaching?

When coaching first became a profession about 15 years ago, people didn’t know what it meant to have a coach. If you told them you had a coach, they would ask, “What sport are you in?”

In 1995, Newsweek ran an article that predicted that coaching would become the fastest-growing profession. Not only that, but instead of people asking, “What’s coaching?” they would be asking, “Who is your coach?”

That prediction has come true. Coaching has become the fastest growing profession.

Why do real estate agents often work with Business Coaches?

Having been a real estate business Coach for over 10 years, I have noticed the profound need that real estate agents have for a Business Coach. Why is this?

• Real estate agents, always need to be “on”, they are always selling to the public. If you are real estate agent, you know this to be true. Your level of confidence needs to be continually high to attract clients.

• You are aware of how easy it is to get distracted. There are always multiple demands on your time. Many agents come to me complaining that they are feeling scattered and they want my help to get focused and stay focused.

• Prospecting is a big part of your work, and unless you are a natural extrovert. It takes a lot to pick up the phone and start calling people. I am amazed at how many agents, when they first come to me, are even scared to call up their former clients or their sphere of influence.

• Using the right marketing strategies is imperative. If you are spending a lot of time and money on the wrong ones, you’re in big trouble and a coach can spot that mistake right away and help you make the right decisions.

• With the changing market, mindset has become more important than ever. A negative view of today’s current market will lower your confidence significantly, reducing your sales and overall income. Now more than ever, real estate agents need coaches to help them see the opportunities in every market.

• If you are a seasoned agent, you know how easy it is to fall into a slump or “hit the wall” as someone was telling me today. When you hit the wall, it’s somewhat like being in quicksand. Try as you might, you can’t pull yourself out.

• Last but not least, there is the issue of support. As a real estate agent, think of how many people you support on a daily basis. You are the support for all of your clients, all of your former clients, all of your prospects, and if you have kids, you are their support as well.

Who supports you? Who can you count on to lean on for yourself? This is where coaching fills a big need. When you have a coach, you have a committed ally, someone who is in your corner from week to week and is rooting for your success. How supportive do you think that feels? In addition, the coach can help you to see your “blind spots” and move past them.

Why do some people “resist” receiving coaching?

A reason that people often give is “I can't afford it.” This actually turns out to be bogus, for the simple reason that coaching pays for itself. I ask my clients to think of how many transactions they need to close to pay for coaching. The answer is always the same. “The coaching pays for itself.” Why? Because one transaction will cover the cost of coaching many times over.

So if money is not the real reason, then why do people resist something that would help them?

In my 10 years of coaching, plus my 20 years before that of being a psychologist, I have noticed that the real reasons people resist coaching are issues that they are unaware of. Here’s what I have discovered:

• Most people have a hidden belief that goes like this, “I have to do it alone.” The idea of having someone help them does not fit in with their mindset. They think it means that they are not as good as they should be. I always remind these people that even Tiger Woods has a coach. Why? Because he has blind spots and we all have blind spots.

• Many people unknowingly have a block about “receiving.” Have you noticed that some people cannot even receive a compliment? These same people pride themselves in being givers. There’s nothing wrong with being a giver, but unless you can also receive, you are not in balance. Stephen Covey advises us, “Make sure that every interaction is a win/win.” In other words, you should be giving and receiving and being open to receiving guidance.

If your business is growing steadily, year after year, you probably don’t need a business Coach, unless you feel unbalanced between your personal and professional life.

On the other hand, if you’ve been struggling with getting more clients, getting more listings, and having a balanced lifestyle, then it’s time to let go of the belief that you can do it alone. It’s time to receive help from a coach or a mentor.

Be sure that whoever you choose, has plenty of experience, and specializes in the particular issues that are currently a challenge for you.

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About the author: for more information on powerful marketing tips and tools, please visit Dr. Maya's website: www.90daystomoreclients.com <http://www.90daystomoreclients.com/> while you are there, get your Free Audio mentoring session and Free Report, “7 simple strategies to more clients in 90 days” or call Dr. Maya at 707 799-5412.

Real Estate Marketing Strategies - Seven Simple Steps to More Clients in 90 Days

2008-01-29T09:58:00.000-08:00

In my work as a business coach I meet with people every day who have dreams of creating success in their business. Sadly, most of them are saying the same thing, “I hate marketing, I just want to do what I’m good at without having to market myself. “ The truth about getting more clients is that it’s not that difficult, it just requires following some simple steps.

• FOCUS: How do you get to where you want to be unless you know where you are going? I always teach my clients a visualization in which they imagine where they want to be professionally in 1 year from today. How much money do you want to be earning? How many hours a week do you want to work? What kind of clients do you want to work with?

• STRATEGIES: Once you’re clear about where you want to be, you need to create strategies to get there. I tell people, “if you already knew what strategies to use, you’d probably already be there.” Strategies help you to chunk big visions into tangible, bite size action steps

• ACCOUNTABILITY: How accountable are you to yourself? Most people I meet in business for themselves, find it far too easy to slide in keeping their agreements with themselves. The magical thing about coaching is that when you have a witness to your accountability, you are much more likely to do what you said you’d do. Just knowing that someone cares and will ask you every week, “How did that action step go?”, is huge incentive to staying on track.

• DISCOVERY: As a former psychologist, one of my passions is helping people discover how they block them themselves and get in their own way of success. What I find is that everyone needs to reprogram some self-limiting beliefs, like “I don’t have what it takes to succeed” or “I don’t deserve to have a lot of money”. Another block is that most people suffer from subconscious sabotaging strategies, like procrastination . These need to be reversed. Finally , everyone I’ve ever met has a monstrous , overly developed inner critic, which I call the Gremlin. In discovery you learn to identify the voice of you Gremlin and learn to tame it way down.

• PERSPECTIVE: We all spin our wheels and get caught up in our narrow perspective. The best investment we can make in getting more clients is to have people around us that give us the option of another perspective

• SUPPORT: If you are in business for yourself , you need all the support you can get. As you put yourself out there to get more clients, you are assuming the responsibility of helping these clients. Who helps you? Who do you lean on? It is invaluable to have a support team or a committed ally in your corner.

• CELEBRATION: How often do you celebrate yourself? As a coach who teaches people how to get more clients I find that learning to celebrate not only your successes but also your efforts is the way to a long a healthy career. By learning to stop, pause and validate yourself for what you’ve done keeps this process light , fun and exciting. Also, think of how impossible it is for your gremlin to beat you up, if you are busy celebrating yourself! It is one of the joys of my work that I get to help people truly celebrate themselves.

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About the author: for more information on powerful marketing tips and tools, please visit Dr. Maya's website: www.90daystomoreclients.com while you are there, get your Free Audio mentoring session and Free Report, “7 simple strategies to more clients in 90 days” or call Dr. Maya at 707 799-5412.

Real Estate Marketing Strategies: Using the Law of Attraction to Create Your Ideal Income in 2008

2008-01-14T11:37:00.000-08:00

Did you know that your thoughts and intentions play a big part in your success in 2008? Not only that, but what you choose to focus on determines what you'll attract?
This article describes the Law of Attraction and why it's so important to master this Law. By learning how to implement the Law of Attraction you'll be able to create your Ideal Income In 2008.

The 5 steps:

Step 1: Get clear on what you don't want

It sounds strange doesn't it to focus on what you don't want? However, that's what most of us do all the time, unconsciously. In my 30 years of empowering people to reach their goals, I have discovered that most people are focusing on what they don't want. So, for example, if they have a pile of bills, they'll focus on their pile of bills and their lack of money. What do they get? More of what they are focusing on.

Step 2: Get clear on what you do want

For everything that you don't want ask yourself, "So what do I want?" By doing that, you are sending signals to your conscious and subconscious mind to bring you more of what you do want. If money is your concern and there is a big contrast between the money you have and the money you want, put your focus on the money you want.

Step 3: Create your desire statement

So after you begin focusing on what you do want, write a paragraph describing what you desire. If it's about money, then write out a Desire statement describing your Ideal Money Situation as if it were happening right now. For example, "I now have an abundance of prosperity. Every month there is more coming in than going out. I am happily buying what I need and I have money left over......" and so forth.

Step 4: Clear your beliefs

What would block you from manifesting the prosperity that you want? When I ask my clients that question, I usually get answers like, "I don't deserve it". "No one in my family makes that amount of money." "If I have that money everyone will want some of it and I'll never know if people like me or they like my money." "I don't' have what it takes to succeed at that level".
So what self-limiting beliefs do you have? What stops you from having your ideal income? What self sabotaging strategies do you use?

Step 5: Allow it to come to you

In other words, suspend all doubt and just trust that you'll be guided into inspired action. By following your hunches and keeping your focus on what you want, you become increasingly magnetic.
A tip: Read your desire statement each day out loud and feel what it feels like to have it. Really allow yourself to experience it so that you magnetize it to you.
With her 30 years of psychological expertise, Dr. Maya Bailey specializes in helping Real Estate Professionals who want more clients, more free time, and a better lifestyle to create confidence, a positive mindset, and a step-by-step blueprint for success.

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Dr. Maya Bailey, author of "Law of Attraction for Real Estate Professionals", integrates 20 years of experience as a Psychologist and 12 years as a business coach with her expertise in the Law of Attraction. Her powerful work creates a success formula for Real Estate professionals ready to double and triple their incomes. Get Dr. Maya’s free report “7 Simple Strategies For More Clients in 90 Days” by visiting www.90DaystoMoreClients.com

Real Estate Marketing Strategies: 3 Simple Tips to Creating Your Ideal Income this Year

2008-01-07T14:11:00.000-08:00

Most of us start off the New Year with the best of intentions. And we all have a deep longing in our hearts for this year to be the best year yet. We even make resolutions.

Sadly, however, most resolutions are forgotten by January 30th. Before we know it we are caught up in the same reactive cycle as we were before. This article shows you how to create a new paradigm for success.

1. Use the Power of Your Imagination

Einstein once said, “Imagination is more important than knowledge”. Have you imagined how your want your professional life to look in 12 months from today?

If you haven’t already, try this: close your eyes and create your Ideal Professional Life.

a. See your self doing work you love and see how many hours a week you are doing it.

b. Ask yourself what kind of people your want to be working with. Who are your ideal clients and colleagues?

c. What are your ideal physical surroundings for your work environment?

d. What is your ideal income in 12 months?

So far, so good. Now put yourself into this visualization and feel what it feels like to be in the picture of your Ideal Professional Life. What positive feelings are you experiencing? Most people report such feelings as peaceful, calm, excited, confident, satisfied, etc. What are your unique feelings? Can you allow yourself to experience them now?

The more you can feel these feelings and practice them every day, the more you will magnetize the events leading up to the feelings to land in your lap. You get what your focus on. Focus on your Ideal Professional Life and that’s what you’ll get.

2. Become aware of your obstacles, challenges, self-limiting beliefs and self-sabotaging strategies

Now that you’re clear on where you want to be professionally in 12 months from now, and you know exactly what you want your income to be, ask yourself this question: What would I have to overcome to reach this goal. What would need to be dissolved? What blocks would you need to remove?

After 30 years of coaching people to be more fully empowered, I can honestly say that most people realize that they are the ones holding themselves back.

To become aware of how you may be holding yourself back, look at your self-limiting beliefs, your self-sabotaging strategies and the tone of your self talk.

a. When you’re able to identify the self-limiting beliefs, like, “I don’t have what it takes to succeed”, and more, then practice reprogramming those beliefs to Empowered Beliefs like “I have all I need to succeed”.

b. You’ll be able to recognize your self–sabotaging strategies because they will show up as avoidance or procrastination. Usually with the help of a good coach or mentor you can learn to reverse those self-sabotaging strategies into ones that will serve you.

c. What is the tone of your self talk? If you judge yourself or berate yourself, then your Inner Critic (also known as the Gremlin) is in charge. Your Inner Critic thinks it’s trying to help you to be successful, but actually it’s destroying your Confidence. I highly recommend learning how to tame your Gremlin if you’re committed to your own success.

3. Have a plan to reach your goals

So far we’ve explored how you need clarity about your goals, next you need to clear away negative beliefs and anything that would get in the way. Now we need to explore where “the rubber meets the road.”

a. Ask yourself if you have a crystal clear action plan?

b. Do you have a time management system to implement your plan?

c. Do you have a plan for accountability? This is where coaching comes in handy. You have a witness for your accountability. Do you have any idea how much more accountable to yourself you become when someone is meeting with you week after week and saying, “How did that action step go.”

d. Do you know your unique selling point?

e. Do you know your niche and your target market?

f. Do you have a tangible plan to reach your target market, identify their problem and provide a solution?

In summary, to create your Ideal Income, you must know where you want to be, clear away the obstacles getting in your way and know how to get there.

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Dr. Maya Bailey, author of "Law of Attraction for Real Estate Professionals", integrates 20 years of experience as a Psychologist and 12 years as a business coach with her expertise in the Law of Attraction. Her powerful work creates a success formula for Real Estate professionals ready to double and triple their incomes. Get Dr. Maya’s free report “7 Simple Strategies For More Clients in 90 Days” by visiting www.90DaystoMoreClients.com

Real Estate Marketing Strategies: 5 Tips to Turning a Resolution into a Reality

2008-01-03T13:09:00.001-08:00

Do you know that 90% of Americans break their New Years Resolutions by January 31st? This article tells you why this is so, how you can prevent this from happening, and how you can turn your Resolutions into a Reality.

Tip 1: Be Clear and Specific

People are always coming to me and telling me “I want to be more successful.” Is this your goal for the New Year? If so, then start to think in specifics. What does success mean to you?

Here's a guideline to get you started. Imagine yourself doing work you love and be specific. Do you want to work with buyers or sellers or both? Imagine yourself working with your Ideal Clients. What characteristics do you want them to have? Do you want them to be decisive, motivated, and up beat?

What income you want to make in the next year? Be specific. How many transactions you want to do this coming year? How many transactions per month?

Now you have a more clear idea of what it means to “be successful.” Every person's definition of success is different. All you have to do is be crystal clear about your own personal definition of success.

Tip 2: Know your Blocks and Obstacles

Ask yourself, what blocks and obstacles you will have to overcome to reach your goals. Take an inventory of your own self limiting beliefs. Here are some that I find common in my clients:

“I don't have what it takes to succeed in today's market”

“I'm not assertive enough to market myself”

“I'm not educated enough to be successful”

“Who am I to have an abundance of prosperity?”

Dig down and find out which self limiting beliefs have been stopping you. With the help of and mentor or a coach, these can easily be changed. If you don't change them, they will continue to hold you back.

Do you feel stuck? People often report feeling like “I have one foot on the gas and one foot on the brake”. That's a pretty good indication of self limiting beliefs or self sabotaging strategies.

What is a self sabotaging strategy? This is a pattern that never allows you to move forward. Procrastination is an easy example of this. This is one way that people often sabotage themselves. Getting caught in marketing avoidant behavior is another way.

To turn your Resolutions into a Reality, resolve to replace self limiting beliefs with empowered beliefs and reverse self sabotaging strategies.

Tip 3: What Areas do you need to Develop?

In my 10 years of coaching real estate agents to double or triple their incomes, I always find that there are areas that need to be developed. For example a lot of my clients have never mastered the art of prospecting. This may have not been such a big issue in the last 10 years, but in today's changing market; you need to learn how to become an expert in prospecting.

What holds you back? Are you afraid to make calls? Some of my clients were even afraid to make calls to their sphere of influence before they received some coaching to find out how easy that can be. I find that when we know what to say, making the call is easy.

How confident do you feel about your buying presentation? How about your listing presentation? How about speaking in front of a group? Do you find there are areas that need to be developed? Set some specific action steps to help you get the training you need, whether it's a coach, a mentor, a training group, books or CDs. Don't let those areas slide if you want to turn your Resolutions into a Reality.

Tip 4: Have a Timeline and a Plan

So you want to be successful? By what date? Stephen Covey suggests that we “begin with the end in mind.” If you project your success out to a year from today, what action steps do you need to take?

Start by noticing the areas that you want to have as your main focus. For most real estate agents, the areas they want to focus on are: confidence building, marketing, and time management. What are your main focus areas? Once you determine them, create your strategies.

How will you build confidence, learn to market yourself and improve your time management?

A huge factor in the success of your plan is to build in some accountability. As a real estate agent, you know how easy it is to let itself slide. After all, you are your own boss.

That is the big reason why people hire coaches, mentors, or join a master mind group. They want some help in holding themselves accountable. If you create a set of action steps for the week, you are much more likely to do them, if you are reporting to somebody at the end of the week. That person should ask you, “how did your action steps go?” Do you think you will be more likely to do them if you know that someone else cares?

Tip 5: Visualize the End Result

Did you know that most top athletes mentally rehearse and visualize themselves performing at their best? If you're really serious about manifesting what you want this year, take advantage of this important strategy.

Picture yourself in a year from now having all the money you want. See yourself living in the house of your dreams, driving the car that you always desired. Visualize yourself being appreciated by your clients and your family. Feel the positive feelings that this gives you. Do you feel calm, confident, and empowered? What other feelings come up for you?

Follow these 5 Tips and you are guaranteed to turn your Resolutions into a Reality.

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Dr. Maya Bailey, author of "Law of Attraction for Real Estate Professionals", integrates 20 years of experience as a Psychologist and 12 years as a business coach with her expertise in the Law of Attraction. Her powerful work creates a success formula for Real Estate professionals ready to double and triple their incomes. Get Dr. Maya’s free report “7 Simple Strategies For More Clients in 90 Days” by visiting www.90DaystoMoreClients.com

Real Estate Marketing Strategies: Seven Powerful Tips to More Confidence

2007-11-26T12:10:00.001-08:00

A client asked me recently how I would define confidence. I paused for a moment and replied, “Confidence is the inner knowing that you can achieve whatever you want.” What is your definition of confidence?

In my 30 years of coaching people to be successful, I have found that at the core of everything is confidence. Call it a belief in yourself or whatever you want, there is no sense in creating a marketing plan without it. Confidence is not necessarily something you are born with, rather, like a muscle, it is developed over time with practice. This article will give you some key tips on how you can gain more confidence.

Tip 1: Focus on What You Want

Where do you put your focus most of the time? Here’s a hint: if you feel happy, grateful and hopeful, then you’re probably putting your attention on what you want. If you’re feeling discouraged, depressed or anxious, then you’re focusing on what you don’t want.

One of my clients today discussed her increasing feelings of anxiety as she was working with her clients in selling their house. When I asked her, “So what are you focusing on?” she admitted that she had been thinking about the possible failure of the transaction. When she changed her perspective and focused on the transaction closing, her feelings immediately changed into hope.

Here’s a tip: Whenever you find yourself focusing on what you don’t want, just ask yourself, “So, what do I want?” Most likely you’ll choose positive thoughts, images and feelings as you focus on your desired outcome. Not only will this brighten your mood and give you more confidence, but also, it will increase your chances of the deal closing.

Tip 2: Tame your Inner Gremlin

Have you ever noticed that there is a part of you that picks on you, beats you up, expects you to be perfect and is very hard on you if you make a mistake? That voice is called your

Inner Gremlin, also known as your Inner Critic, or Inner Judge. We all have one. The question is whether it’s running you or whether you are running it. Does it have power over you? Guess what? It only has the power that you give it. Stop listening to it and over time, it will be tamed.

So how do you tame it? Here’s a simple technique: When you notice that there is a voice in your head either putting you down, or berating you in any way, use a simple STOP technique. First, interrupt the pattern of thoughts by saying to yourself, STOP. Next, take a deep breath. Finally, use this opportunity to put in a positive new thought. For example, if your old thought was, “I don’t have what it takes to succeed”, stop it, breathe, and put in your new thought, “I have all the resources I need to succeed.”

Tip 3: Clear your Inner Conflicts

How do you know if you have an inner conflict? Most of my clients aren’t immediately aware of their inner conflicts but it becomes revealed through resistance. How many times have you told yourself “I need to get on the phone and call my sphere of influence”, and then you don’t do it?

That’s a typical example of how an inner conflict would be noticed. You’ll notice resistance to what you told yourself you should do. In this example, one part of you is saying, “Make the calls” and the other part of you is saying, “I don’t want to intrude. I don’t want them to think I am soliciting.” The reasons could go on and on.

Whenever you find yourself in resistance and you just can’t force yourself to do something no matter how hard you try, do a little introspection, and identify the voices in your head that are in conflict. Then assume the role of the mediator. Just as you mediate in your business between two or more people, do the same within yourself and find a solution that pleases both parts.

Tip 4: Create a Successful Future Self

Often when I work with a client who needs more confidence, I help them create a successful future self. They visualize what they are going to look like in the future, having accomplished their goals. Then they practice feeling what it feels like to be that future self. As they sink deeply into the feelings of accomplishment, contentment and confidence, they are creating a vision that inspires them.

You can be in business either pushing yourself to succeed, which creates “burn out” or you can allow yourself to be pulled towards success by a vision. Creating your future self is one way to have a vision. Perhaps you can picture your future self on a vacation, lying on the beach. Now, that’s inspiring.

Here’s a tip: to reinforce this idea of a successful future self, make a collage. Get several magazines and take out photos that inspire you. Photos that you’d like to see happen in your future.

See yourself having outlets for all that money that you’ll be making.

Tip 5: Only engage in interactions that are win/win

How many times have you gone into a situation with a prospective client while at the same time a voice in your head was saying something like, “Don’t do it. This doesn’t feel right”?

Here’s a tip—trust your hunches. If you have doubts about a client or a situation, most likely you’re right.

I’ve had dozens of clients who are recovering from burn out because they forgot to ask themselves, one thing, “Is this going to be a win/win?” According to Dr. Steven Covey, it’s either win/win or no deal. Next time your gut feelings are telling you to back out, listen to them. It’s better to back out in the beginning than to get involved in a situation where you can’t back out later.

Tip 6: Practice extreme self care and self maintenance

Think about it for a moment. What is your most valuable asset? Is it your home or your car? No, it’s your health. Yet I see so many people who try to be successful but then neglect their basic physical needs for rest, for sleep and for healthy foods.

Remember you are your business. Your most important asset is you, your health and your personal production capacity. The healthier you are, the more energy you’ll have and the more you’ll produce. What are the areas you need to improve in self maintenance?

Dr. Steven Covey talks about “sharpening the saw”. He recommends taking an hour a day for making sure that your physical, emotional, mental and spiritual needs are met. Maybe taking an hour a day is beyond your reach at the moment. Then what small steps can you take to improve your energy level and vitality?

Tip 7: Know that what you have to offer is valuable

Effective marketing is based on the idea that you know your services are valuable and you are willing to communicate that in the marketplace on a consistent basis. So, how valuable are your services? What is your unique selling point? What do people get when they work with you that they can’t get anywhere else?

When someone asks you what you do, what do you say? Let me demonstrate a “so so” response compared to a response that will get someone’s attention. Suppose you’re a real estate agent and someone says, “So, what do you do?” A “so so” answer would be, “I am a real estate agent with_______________________ company. “Compare that to this. Someone asks you what you do and you say, “Well, you know how people get stressed out when they are buying or selling a home? Well, I take care of all the details and make sure that the process goes smoothly so that my clients can relax. I am a real estate agent with _________________ company.” Which real estate agent would you like to work with?

Here’s a tip — This kind of answer will only work if you totally believe in yourself and know your services are valuable.

There are many aspects to becoming more successful. These seven powerful tips are just the beginning. Before you create your next marketing plan, check inside and take a reading of your confidence level. If it needs a boost be sure to take care of that before you do anything else.

Real Estate Marketing Strategies: How You Can Survive and Thrive This Holiday Season!

2007-11-19T15:40:00.000-08:00

Do you go through the same slump every year? It begins somewhere in November. Your business slacks and you realize that your income is going to come way down at the very time when you want to be spending and buying. You get sad and then you get scared and before you know it, you’re in a full blown depression. Somehow the thought, “Desperation doesn’t sell” finds a way into your already crowded brain. How can you turn this around, or better yet, nip it in the bud? Here is a way to survive, even thrive this Holiday Season:

Think outside the box:

Here’s an example:

It’s Tuesday afternoon and I’m giving a coaching session to one of my clients, Sandy. I ask her how she is doing and she admits to not only being nervous about money but being downright panicked. Her fear was real. She wasn’t even sure how she was going to cover her rent in January.

Sandy is a new real estate agent and had planned to have some escrows to get her through the holidays which never materialized. When I questioned her on marketing strategies she said, “I really think I’m doing everything I can do.”

The voice of fear:

When we dialogued with the nervous, scared part of her, we found out some useful information. Basically this was a very practical part of her. It wanted bottom line results. Nothing vague would do. It said loud and clear, “Show me the money!”

Now Sandy had something valuable to work with—the only solution to calming down her fear was to manifest money and do it quickly.

She looked at me, stumped. “I’m using every real estate strategy that I know and I’m getting desperate. “ So I asked her what other skills, talents and abilities she had. “Well, I used to do waitressing in the past.” So I asked her about doing that temporarily to get her through the slump. “Oh, I can’t possibility do that, because everyone in my town would see me and think I was a failure in real estate.” When I suggested that she find work out of her immediate vicinity she remembered she had some restaurant connections in a nearby city.

Transforming fear into action:

Her mood lightened and the worried expression changed to a smile. “Yeah maybe I can do that but how do I keep from feeling like I’ve failed at my major career?” So I asked her, “How many actors and actresses do you think waited tables in Hollywood before becoming famous?” We put our heads together and figured more than 80%.

So I said, “What if they looked at their waiter or waitress job and labeled themselves as failures because they had to do so called menial work to survive?” Sandy carefully considered what I said and decided that she would adopt the same attitude. Further she decided that this meant she really was successful because she was committed to success. She was willing to do whatever it took to succeed in her chosen career.

Look for immediate feedback:

When our session ended, Sandy was looking quite pleased with herself and I knew she was on the right track. What I wasn’t expecting was immediate feedback. She called me about 10 minutes after the session, and very excitedly told me, “I did it, I called my restaurant connections and I already have 3 jobs at 3 parties. They all sound like a blast! The last one is a masquerade party and I’m really looking forward to it.”

She proved my point, you can always turn fear into action. Furthermore, if you focus on what gives you joy, you’ll find a way to get paid for what you love to do.

Real Estate Marketing Strategies: How to Make Sure You Get the Money You've Earned

2007-11-12T12:56:00.001-08:00

In the past 10 years of coaching real estate agents to market themselves, I’ve noticed a simple mistake that can cost you a transaction. Do you know which one I’m talking about?

Imagine you’re working with a prospective buyer? What is the first thing you make sure to do? This article reveals the secret steps that can save you thousands.

Step 1: Invite the prospective buyer into your office

Why is this important? You need to establish a working relationship with this buyer. They need to know how you work.

Step 2: Ask them detailed and specific questions about what they are looking for

Take notes and don’t be afraid to delve. You need to know their specifics, their motivations and their time lines. Do active listening with them and repeat back some of their key phrases and words. It will inspire confidence in them when they feel heard.

Step 3: Tell them all the wonderful things you are going to do for them

For example, tell them that you’ll be previewing houses, you’ll be taking them out to look at houses, you’ll be advertising, you’ll be going to MLS meetings, etc.

Step 4: Tell them what you expect from them

A simple way to phrase this is after you have told them what you’ll be doing for them is, “All I need from you is an agreement that we’ll work exclusively together.” They probably won’t know what that means, so get specific. “This means that you won’t work with another agent, if you see a name and number on a For Sale sign, you’ll call me instead of the name on the sign and bottom line it means, I’m the one who is handling the transaction and my name will be on the escrow with you.”

Step 5: Clarify what you just said

They will probably have a questioning look on their face. Say, “It looks like you might have a few questions about what I just said, what can I clarify for you?” Keep pursuing and discussing it with them until you are sure they are in agreement with your policy. Their body language is probably the best way to tell if they really mean “yes”.

Step 6: Reassure them that they are not “locked in”

After all that, be sure to tell them they are not “locked in”. In other words, if they don’t like working with you or you don’t like working with them, then there needs to be a discussion. If the issues can’t be resolved and you’re not a good match, let them know they can be released from the agreement providing there is a discussion and mutual agreement.

If you’ve followed all the steps above, you’ll save yourself a lot of grief later. I can’t tell you the number of agents I’ve coached who have come to the session extremely angry because a client they were helping decided to go with another agent. Let’s make sure that doesn’t happen to you.

Real Estate Marketing Strategies: How to Attract Your Ideal Client

2007-11-05T10:06:00.001-08:00

Wouldn’t it be nice to know that you had the power to attract only those clients that you really love to work with? Imagine the joy and satisfaction you’d feel getting up in the morning knowing that your day would be filled with people you like to be around! What feeling does that give you that you didn’t have before?

Steps to Attracting your Ideal Client:

Knowing who’s right:

Have you clearly defined the qualities of your ideal clients? In coaching people for the last 30 years, I have found that most people are fuzzy when it comes to knowing who they really most desire to work with.

To assist you in doing this, think back at some wonderful people you had the pleasure of doing business with. What did you like about them? Most of my real estate agent clients and coaching clients report the same qualities: someone who is positive, committed, motivated, educated, and responsible and just a joy to be around. How good are you at attracting these clients?

Avoiding who’s wrong:

How do you know who is the wrong client for you? Just start by listening to your body. Your body always tells the truth. Do you feel relaxed around this person or tense? How is your breathing? If you tend to hold your breath around this person, your body is telling you to beware. If you want to avoid contacting this person, even thought it’s essential, again you’re being given a signal.

Get in front of your ideal clients:

Once you know the characteristics of who you want to work with, find ways to meet them and connect with them. Where do they hang out? Do they go to certain health clubs in your area? Then go to those clubs. Do they belong to certain community service organizations? Join them.

Remember, before people will do business with you, they need to KNOW, LIKE and TRUST you. So follow your basic word of mouth strategies to be in contact with them. Remember they are your target market now, so you need to join the networking organizations they belong to, speak at places where they will be listening, write articles that they will read and form cross referral relationships with other professionals that work with them.

Use the Power of the Law of Attraction:

The Law of Attraction is simple. It basically says to put out the energy that you want to attract back. It’s based on the idea that “like attracts like”. So guess what? If you want to attract your ideal client, you need to express the qualities that they express. So, if you’re ideal client is positive, motivated, committed, educated and a joy to be around, practice being that. Not only will you have fun in the process, but you’ll become a magnet for your ideal clients.

Hate to Make Cold Calls? 5 Tips to Make it Easier

2007-10-29T09:54:00.000-07:00

Have you often avoided making those “dreaded cold calls?” Do you dream of how much better your business could be but just can’t bring yourself to pick up the phone?

You’re not alone. In the 10 years that I have specialized in coaching real estate agents, I have noticed the same avoidant patterns in each of my clients. This article gives you 5 tips to make it easier.

Tip 1: Change the name

I’m not kidding. Do the words “cold calls” send a chill up your spine? It’s no wonder. Whoever created that term didn’t know what they were doing. So, change the term, because it’s inaccurate. First of all, many of the people you’ll be calling are leads. Second, why would you think cold? Are you cold? Is the receiver of the call cold? Not likely if you’re living in a human body.

So maybe I’m exaggerating a bit, but the point is, call it something different, call it what it is, “direct response calls”. My clients do much better when they realize they are making direct response calls.

Tip 2: Be in the right mindset

Are you calling to sell something? If so, put down the phone and start again. No, you are actually calling to give something and that is your time and expertise. Would you be scared if you had a gift you wanted to give someone? Unlikely. In the same way, be in the mindset that you have a gift and you are it.

Why is this so? Well, think about the fact that you have something to offer. You know much more about real estate than Ms. Jane Doe. So if you call to let her know what properties have sold in her area that is valuable information. Likewise, if you want to offer her a Free Comparative Market Analysis, that’s a gift of your time, energy and expertise. You should be proud to offer that. Guess what? If you are proud to offer that, she’ll most likely feel appreciative of the offer. Our energy and mindset is transferred to our prospective clients.

Tip 3: Use a permission based approach

For example, when I do direct response calls, the conversation goes something like this, “My name is Maya Bailey and I work with real estate agents who want to double their income. If you’d like to take 30 seconds, I’ll be happy to tell you what I do.” Notice that I didn’t barrel my way through. I said as little as possible until I got their permission to continue.

Use this script as a template to make your own direct response calls. For example,” My name is ____________ and I’m your local real estate consultant. I have some news about the value of properties in our neighborhood. If you’d like to take 30 seconds, I’ll be happy to…..” Is this getting clearer? The latest trend in marketing is permission based marketing.

Tip 4: Get excited about the relationships you’ll make

If you approach this in a permission based way, people will be much more open and friendly to you. Instead of focusing on the occasional rude person at the other end of the line, focus instead on what you want.

Most likely what you want is to make some connections with a person, in which you can follow up, convert them in prospective clients and then convert them into transactions. Let yourself feel how good it’s going to feel to close those deals. Pat yourself on the back because it all started with the courage it took to make direct response calls.

Tip 5: Remember to reframe a “no” into a “yes”

What do I mean? First of all a “no” does not mean that you are being rejected. Neither does it mean that your service is being rejected. What it means is “No, not now.”

Secondly, do you realize that every “no” brings you one step closer to your “yes”? It’s a numbers game and you need a certain number of “no’s” to get a “yes”. Just remember to have thick skin and not take it personally.

My experience as a coach to real estate agents has shown me that it’s all about attitude. If you are sold on yourself and your service and you convey that with pride and enthusiasm, the other person will be glad you called. They may even become a client. It pays to know that you are valuable and what you have to offer is equally valuable.

With her 30 years of psychological expertise, Dr. Maya Bailey specializes in helping Real Estate Professionals who want more clients, more free time, and a better lifestyle to create confidence, a positive mindset, and a step-by-step blueprint for success.

Real Estate Marketing Strategies: Release the Struggle and Start Attracting

2007-10-25T09:08:00.000-07:00

Having been a business coach for more that 10 years, I often hear my clients say things like, “Why does this have to be a Struggle?” or “I’m feeling desperate, I need more clients.”

They try the right marketing approaches, they manage their time and it looks like they are doing everything they can. However most business owners are missing the key ingredient: The Law of Attraction.

In this article, Part I, I will give an overview of the Law of Attraction and how it can make all the difference in your success or failure. In future articles, I’ll go into more detail on each step.

The Five Steps of the Law of Attraction:

Be aware of what you don’t want. Believe it or not, it is essential that we all know what we don’t want. Why? Because it helps us identify what we do want. What don’t you want in your life? Make a list and write it down.

Be aware of what you do want. So after making your list of don’t wants, go back to each item. Write next to it a list of what you do want. It’s helpful to take one page and divide it into 2 columns, the left column is “Don’t wants” and the right column is “Do wants” After you have your "Do Wants", just scratch out your “Don’t wants”. That's right, just scratch them out. If you really want to get rid of them, burn them, both in your mind and literally.

So what do you want in your life and/or your business? If you’re like most of my clients you list off "Do Wants", reads something like this: I want an abundance of clients, I want a full bank account, and I want a 6 figure income", and so on. Please be detailed in your list of your “Do Wants”.

Clear your beliefs. What does that mean? It simply means to do a little soul searching and find the self-limiting beliefs that get in the way of your success. Here are beliefs I often hear:

• “I don’t have what it takes”
• “I’m not smart enough”
• “I’m afraid of failing”
• “I can’t find any joy in my work”
• “If I succeed, I’ll have to give up my family life”

What are your Self-Limiting Beliefs? Here’s the crucial thing to know, even if you are doing all the right marketing strategies, you would sabotage your success as long as these beliefs are hidden away in your consciousness or unconsciousness. What are your self-limiting beliefs? Write them down.

Feel what it feels like to have your ideal professional life. Simply put, when you “act as if”, you send an energy out to the universe that magnetizes the results to you that you want. I will elaborate in detail on future articles.

The last step is the most understood. It’s called “Allow”.

In other words, allow your desires to come to you. What does allow mean? It means to suspend doubt and assume that what you want is on the way.

This is only the overview of the steps. I hope I have whetted your appetite to know more. Practiced correctly, the Law of Attraction is your best Ally on your path to success.

INSTANT 'I am a Money Magnet' RECORDING

2007-10-17T08:32:00.001-07:00

In this TELESEMINAR RECORDING, "I am a money magnet ", you'll
have a chance to hear Judy M., a real estate professional, and a
client of mine tells how she TRIPLED her income!

There was a technological glitch, so the seminar is
divided into 2 recordings.

The first link is the first 15 minutes and the second link
is the last 45 minutes:

http://90daystomoreclients.com/audio/100407-1.mp3

http://90daystomoreclients.com/audio/100407-2.mp3

Listen as I interview Judy.

She will share with you her adventure into personal
transformation.

She began the journey when her business was in a slump.

What she didn't realize was that she was in a slump because of
her self limiting beliefs.

**** Here are a few of the self limiting beliefs that I helped
her reprogram ***** in the 6 months Law of Attraction coaching
program:

=> I'm too old, I can't possibly be successful

=> I don't have what it takes

=> it's not okay to ask for what you want

=> it's selfish to want too much

Once we found out where those self limiting beliefs came from and
helped her to see that they no longer served her, she was able
to release them and replace them with Empower to Beliefs such as:

=> I don't "do age" and I'm just the right age to be successful
in whatever I set my mind to do.

=> I have all that it takes to succeed

=> it's perfectly okay for me to ask for what I want

=> I always remember to be grateful for what I have and allow
myself to attract more of the prosperity I deserve

********* What are yours?********

=> what self limiting beliefs hold you back?

=> what inner conflicts are keeping you stuck or keeping you at a
plateau?

=> what will it take for you to move to the next level?

Find out the answers to all of these questions in this AMAZING
and inspiring
teleseminar recording in which I interview Judy, who once did
not believe in herself at all.

Now she has TRIPLED her income and has unwavering FAITH in her
ability to succeed.

Listen and find out how that happened!

Best,
Dr. Maya

Maya Bailey, Ph.D.
Professional and Personal Coach
http://www.90daystomoreclients.com
drmaya@90daystomoreclients.com

To apply for a 'Sky Rocket Your
Business with the Law of Attraction'
Coaching session,
visit www.coachmaya.com

'All achievements, whether in the business,
intellectual, or spiritual world, are the result of
definitely directed thoughts.....'
James Allen
As You Think

Real Estate Marketing Strategies: Do You Find It Easy or Difficult to "Toot Your Own Horn?"

2007-10-16T12:26:00.000-07:00

One of the biggest concerns I hear from my clients, almost on a daily basis, is “How can I market myself without being pushy?” or “How can I be assertive without being aggressive?”

A client’s story:

One of my clients, Shelley, came to the session bewildered. “I didn’t know approaching people and giving out my cards was going to be so difficult. I’m afraid I’m imposing on people and they won’t like me.”

As we explored further she began to remember that whenever her mother was assertive, she was judged by her father and terrible arguments would ensue. To protect herself, she decided she would be safe by not asking for what she wanted. That worked beautifully in her previous job, she explained, because she was a waitress and all she had to do was act charming and serve people.

“I like serving people and I like putting them at ease. I just feel anxious about approaching people and trying to sell them on my service.”

Reframing marketing yourself:

Shelley was making the mistake that a lot of entrepreneurs make which is to feel like they are sales people trying to manipulate a client into buying something. When I point out to my clients that it isn’t their job to “sell”, they start to wonder what to do. “Your job, “I explain, “is to approach a prospective client with the attitude of giving, not taking.”

Ask yourself how you approach a prospective client? Do you get anxious, thinking “I have to make the sale” or do you approach with the attitude of “Wow, this person can really use my service, and I want to give them the gift of offering to help them.” Whether you’re a real estate agent helping others to buy and sell homes or whether you’re a coach helping your clients to live their dreams, in either case, you are giving of yourself.

Shelley’s story had a happy ending:

Once Shelley understood that her job is to give, not take, she started to give herself permission to be assertive. She released the old belief that it wasn’t safe to be assertive and realized her safety now depends on her success and her success depends on being able to “toot her own horn.” She concluded the session that there’s nothing to be nervous about. All you need to do is realize that what you have to offer is valuable and being willing to communicate that in a consistent way.

Questions to ask yourself:

§ Am I convinced that what I offer is valuable?

§ Am I willing to communicate that on a consistent level?

§ What is my "Unique" selling point?

§ How can I be assertive without being aggressive? (It depends on whether you see yourself giving or taking)

Real Estate Marketing Strategies: Are You Sharpening Your Saw?

2007-10-01T11:41:00.001-07:00

What does it mean to “sharpen your saw?”

According to Dr. Steven Covey, “sharpening your saw” means increasing your personal production capacity by daily self-care and self-maintenance. Why is this important? In my 30 years of working with clients to help them maximize their success, it is so clear that those who neglect this will never reach their goals.

For example, one of my clients, Sandra, (all names have been changed) struggled with a sugar addictions for years. Her business was always in chaos, as she had roller coaster moods that would never allow her to focus on her business. Another client, Jane, never wanted to look at how her addiction to alcohol affected her business. Once she made the decision to limit her alcohol intake, she regained energy and strength and her business took off.

The four levels of “sharpening your saw”:

1. The physical level — How good are you at getting enough rest, sleep and exercise? Is your diet healthy or do find yourself relying on fast foods? What about your water intake? Are you drinking 2-3 quarts a day? Very important: are you allowing yourself to breathe deeply? So many of my clients were in the habit of shallow breathing and depriving themselves of the needed oxygen for energy. How well do you take care of your physical body? The answer to this will determine not only the health of your body but also the health your business and your ability to wisely market yourself.

2. The mental level — What kind of thoughts do you entertain? Are you focused on what you don’t want or what you do want? Your thoughts create your reality, so what thoughts are you thinking right now? Whenever you catch yourself in negative self talk, use the STOP Technique. Just say STOP, take a deep breath and change that thought to a more positive one.

3. The emotional level - Are you doing things that make you happy? Are you around people and activities that bring you joy? So many times in our focus to achieve success, we deprive ourselves of a balanced life. Guess what? You attract the energy that you radiate. So if you want to attract happy appreciative clients, become happy and appreciative. Before you know it the business you had been struggling to have is now drawn to you like a magnet. Everyone wants to do business with people who are positive and uplifting.

4. The spiritual level - What are you doing each day and each week to nourish yourself spiritually? Whether you are religious or not, I have never met anyone who didn’t sense that there is a Diving Intelligence that created this universe. And this Divine Intelligence is abundant, just look at the trees and the flowers. The more you are aligned with this essence the more your have a solid spiritual foundation. Maybe your spiritual nourishment is church; maybe it’s the trees or the ocean. Find that place where you are in a state of awe and wonder and visit there often.

Real Estate Marketing Strategies: Are you Proactive Enough?

2007-09-24T11:30:00.001-07:00

What does it mean to be proactive?

Many people come to me without a full understanding of the word proactive. What does it mean to you? Does it mean not procrastinating? Does it mean “getting on the ball? “ If you answered “yes”, you’re right but there’s a lot more to it.

Are you the “cause” or “effect”?

If you get caught up in the idea that you’re at the effect of outside forces, which we all do sometimes, then you are not viewing your life or business from a proactive perspective. What do you do when you don’t have enough clients? Do you blame it on the economy, the interest rates, your boss or your environment in some way?

We often don’t want to look inside and claim our own empowerment. Most of our training is to blame someone or something outside ourselves, to be at the “effect”. In my 30 years of coaching people to maximize their success, I find that a profound turning point comes when my clients decide to take charge and become the “cause”. So next time you have a shortage of clients, for example, ask yourself what action you can take? If you’re not sure, find a book, a tape, or a coach that can help you know what to do. Turn your worry into action and you’ll find that you have the power to attract the clients you want.

Do you let outside circumstances control your response?

Let’s say that one of the escrows you’ve been working on falls through or a client you were counting on decides to cancel? How do you react to such circumstance? It’s natural to feel disappointed, but I’ve seen far too many people devastated and depressed when they know they have to start all over again. The problem is that when you are controlled by the outside to the point where you can't function, your productivity suffers. Then the very thing you’re afraid of, usually not having enough money, becomes a reality.

Here’s a tip from the Law of Attraction: You get what you focus on. Focus on the lack of escrows and what do you get? You’re right, less escrows. Focus on the lack of clients, and what do you get? Right again, not enough clients. The solution? Switch focus and do it fast. As soon as you notice that your focus is on lack, quickly think of how you want it to be.

A full bank account? A lot of clients? Escrows that stick? Whatever it is go there in your consciousness and make the switch. Then ask yourself, “What action steps am I inspired to make?” Inspired action will feel good; you’ll feel a pull from the inside. Frantic action will feel scattered and “out of sync. “

Being proactive means you choose your responses. Next time you fumble, ask yourself:

• Am I being proactive or reactive?
• Am I being the “cause” or the “effect”?
• Am I focusing on what I want or what I don’t want?

Real Estate Marketing Strategies: 7 Ways To Overcome The Myth That You Have To Be "Pushy" To Succeed

2007-09-17T19:13:00.001-07:00

Haven’t we all been told that the ones who succeed are aggressive and pushy? Isn’t this why so many people are scared of marketing themselves? In my 30 years of coaching people, I have found that almost everyone has an aversive reaction to marketing. In other words, they would rather do anything but market themselves and that’s what they usually do.

Tip 1: Look at your old concepts of marketing:

What images come up for you when you think of marketing?

Do you visualize a pushy salesman at your door? Do you think of telemarkers calling you at night?

Tip 2: Do you equate marketing to “sales”?

Most of my clients have always worked for someone else and in their own business, they are scared about whether they succeed or fail. So they begin to believe consciously or unconsciously that marketing means “sales”.

Tip 3: Do you think you are” taking” when you are offering your services?

Over many years of helping people get more clients, I can honestly say that most people believe they are taking from another when they market themselves to another. Instead, start thinking of yourselves as giving whenever you tell anyone what you do.

Tip 4: Have a very comfortable, non pushy “elevator speech”.

An “elevator speech” is a memorized version of what you say when anyone asks you “What do you do?”. Always answer the question with a question. For example, if you are a real estate agent, instead of saying “I’m a real estate agent,” say “You know how most people get stressed out when they buy or sell a home? Well my job is to help them to relax and enjoy the process. I am a real estate agent.”

Tip 5: Always ask permission to continue.

For example, if you are making a “cold call” to someone in business, get their permission to continue. For example, if you are a coach and you say your name and what you do, like “I help People succeed in business,” then say “If you’d like to take 30 seconds, I’ll be happy to tell you what I do.” The receiver of the call will feel like their time is respected.

Tip 6: Always give before asking for the gift of someone’s time and attention:

For example, if you’re a real estate agent, and you want to go door to door, have something in your hand to give the person. For example, “I’m your neighbor and I have a list of the properties that have been sold in our neighborhood. Would this be of interest to you”?

Tip 7: Your prospect needs to know, like and trust you.

Any attempts at being pushy with a prospect will turn them off. Remember to focus on building a relationship so they can know, like and trust you.

Real Estate Marketing Strategies: 7 Tips to Thrive in Today's Market

2007-09-11T10:22:00.001-07:00

In today's changing market, many real estate agents are wondering what to do. Some have gone through a cycle of shock, disappointment, fear, and now confusion. What seemed to work in yesterday's marketplace isn't working today, so what to do?

The truth is that there are many opportunities in today's market for success. This article will give you 7 tips to thrive in today's market.

Tip 1: Listen to the media with discernment

As you know, the media likes to paint a negative spin on everything to get more sales. There's a saying, "if it bleeds, it reads." Lately you've been hearing a lot of scare tactics from the media. When you're buying into the ideas that are presented, notice how you feel. Do you feel motivated and raring to go?

No, you probably feel demoralized, unmotivated, and downright scared. Guess what? As you feel these feelings, you are radiating energy to prospective clients that stop them from wanting to move forward. "Whatever you give out comes back to you multiplied."

That might explain why your phone isn't ringing.

Tip 2: Look at the facts

The economic forecast is actually quite different than what the media is spinning. Here's what you need to know to get you motivated, and in action:

interest rates are still at an all-time low

we've gone through the worst of the dip

indications are that prices will start to rise

In other words, the worst part is over, and you can start to sell houses again.

Tip 3: Put up boundaries on negativity in your environment

You probably know what environment I'm talking about. I'm talking about being around other real estate agents.

Many of the clients that I'm currently coaching are busy creating a positive mindset. How do they do it?

They tell me, "I don't hang out with real estate agents who are negative. I would rather write in my own car than hear the negative buzz."

Well done, I say. Don't let anyone rain on your parade.

Tip 4: Monitor your own self talk

No one knows how to create negative chatter in your mind, more than you do. With the flip of a switch, you can turn off negative self talk and give yourself positive and encouraging self talk.

Here's how you can spot negative self talk. It will sound something like:

"I don't know if I can succeed in today's market"

"I don't know if there's enough business to go around"

"maybe it's time for me to get a 'real job"

After working with real estate agents for the past 10 years to help them to double and triple the incomes, I have found an easy technique to intervene and create a positive mindset.

The next time you notice any negative self talk, just say STOP! Then take a breath and put in some positive new thoughts. Here are some examples of positive thoughts I have helped my clients create:

"I have what it takes to succeed in any market"

"there's more than enough to go around"

"the bottom line is - no matter what, people will always need to buy and sell houses"

"I do work I love and I’m richly rewarded"

What does this do? This creates a positive, affirming mindset so that instead of asking the question, "can I do this?” you ask, "how can I do this?"

Tip 5: Find and educate buyers

With an abundance of homes that need to be sold, and interest rates still low, what a wonderful time for buyers to get a great deal.

Your job is to find them, and educate them on this rare opportunity. Use all your prospecting methods, but direct yourself to reaching the buyers. When you do reach them (or they reach you), only give energy to the ones who are highly motivated and have to move. Be sure to have a buyer’s agreement with you, so you'll be compensated for your hard work.

Tip 6: Be clear on what makes you unique

As you begin to market yourself to buyers, be sure to present reasons to them as to why they should work with you instead of another real estate agent.

When I present this idea to my clients, they often go blank. Does this ever happen to you? If so, then with the help of a mentor or a coach, have someone help you discover your strengths.

For example, one of my clients did not realize how much she had going for her. She was a great negotiator, very attentive to details and at the same time was very personable. She would bend over backwards to be sure that her clients felt comfortable. When she realized her uniqueness, her business grew, as she realized how much she had to give.

Tip 7: Use the Law of Attraction to attract your ideal clients

The best way for your business to grow and your income to triple is to be attracting your ideal clients. Your ideal clients will be pleasurable to work with, they will appreciate your service and will demonstrate that to you with a full commission, and they will refer people to you.

The Law of Attraction would say: visualize clients you want to work with, see yourself working with them now, and feel what it feels like to have an abundance of ideal clients. If it gives you joy to serve them, then radiate that joy and watch how it magnetizes those ideal clients to you. This is the difference between having work you tolerate and work that you love.

Follow these tips, and you'll be thriving in any market.

Dr. Maya Bailey, author of "Law of Attraction for Real Estate Professionals", integrates 20 years of experience as a Psychologist and 12 years as a business coach with her expertise in the Law of Attraction. Her powerful work creates a success formula for Real Estate professionals ready to double and triple their incomes. Get Dr. Maya’s free report “7 Simple Strategies For More Clients in 90 Days” by visiting www.90DaystoMoreClients.com

Real Estate Marketing Strategies: 7 Tips To Make Public Speaking Easier

2007-09-05T13:00:00.000-07:00

A survey was recently taken showing that the top fear is public speaking. The fear of death was later on down the list. Do you know what that means? It means most people would rather die that speak in public!

How about you? How do you feel about public speaking?

Having coached thousands of people in the last 30 years, I can assure you that there is hope. Many of my clients were terrified of speaking in front of a group of people, and then as they learned the 7 Tips they start to relax and even become exceptional at public speaking. I remember one client in particular who did such an about face, that by the end of the coaching, she decided to become a professional speaker!

Now you can learn the 7 Tips:

Tip 1

Normalize your fear. In other words, be aware that just about everyone shares this fear. It is normal in our society.

Tip 2

Remember that your thoughts create your reality. If you tell yourself, “I am a terrible public speaker,” then you’ll become that which you think.

Tip 3

Remember to visualize how you want to see yourself being. How would you ideally like to feel when speaking in front of people? Would you like to be calm and relaxed? Start visualizing yourself as a calm and relaxed speaker, and step inside of the picture and feel the feelings as if they are happening right now.

Tip 4

Give your self a positive verbal suggestion, such as “I am a calm, confident, and dynamic public speaker.” I personally used that one and within a short period of time I became what I affirmed.

Tip 5

Ask yourself why you are afraid? Did a negative episode happen in your life where you where ridiculed or judged? If so, a part of you decided, “I’ll never do that again.” It became your survival strategy. Healing that wound will require that you ask the scared part what it would need to feel safe. A client of mine, the other day said just that to her scared part. It became clear that her scared part would only be willing to speak up if it was being heard by a friendly, supportive audience, where mistakes were allowed.

Tip 6

Find a person who will listen with support and encouragement, like a coach or a mentor. Then role play with that person until you feel comfortable speaking.

Tip 7

Speak from your heart. Realize that your speaking is a gift. It is benefiting the listener. Become passionate about what you say. Focus on them, not you. This is about them and what you have to give to them.

A personal note: at one point I was nervous about public speaking. I followed all of the suggestions that I mentioned above. In addition, whenever I speak, I carry some 3x5 cards in my hand with sufficient notes. That way I know that if I get lost or distracted, I have something to bring me back on track.

How is the Law of Attraction working for you?

2007-08-29T15:06:00.001-07:00

As you probably know, I am a Law of Attraction Coach specializing
in coaching Real Estate Professionals.

My passion is helping people to lead Empowered lives, both
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I am curious how the Law of Attraction is working for you?

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* Do you believe that the law of attraction can help you?

* Are you ready to receive success and prosperity today? Right
now?

* Do you usually feel like you are the Deliberate Creator of
your life, rather than the Victim?

* Have you made a list of what you want to attract using the
Law of Attraction?

* Have you identified the self limiting beliefs that you need
to release?

If you answered "no" to even one of these questions, you may be
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Do you know how to visualize 'Success'?

2007-08-21T12:25:00.001-07:00

Do you know how to visualize SUCCESS?

More importantly, do you know how to visualize yourself
successful?

Surprisingly, most real estate agents who contact me for
coaching, haven't learned how to visualize their own success.

In the Law of Attraction, it's important to get clear about what
you want, to know you can have it, and visualize it clearly

Here are some tips to make your visualization easier:

Tip 1 Take a few minutes every day to "see" your desired outcome

Tip 2 Do not worry about the "hows". The "hows" are the domain
of the universe.

Tip 3. Visualize your desired outcome as a "moving picture"
rather than a static picture.

Here's an example:

If you want to see yourself with an abundance of completed
transactions, it's tempting to visualize your success as a
snapshot in which you are looking at a very full bank account.

Try this instead:

Create a moving picture in which you see yourself :

=> taking inspired action steps,
=> having Ideal clients seek you out and call you up, => taking
clients to homes, => seeing the looks on their faces as they
agree to buy, => taking the keys of the house to your buyers, =>
watching them smile as you shake their hands and congratulate
them.
=> Next visualize yourself holding your new commission checks in
your hand.

How does that feel?

You'll find that if you practice your visualization as a moving
picture in your mind, you will stay more focused and you'll be
able to hold the focus of your desired outcome as if it's
happening right now - The Key to the Law of Attraction.

If you want to find out how Law of Attraction Business Coaching
can help you learn to visualize success, then apply for a
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If your application is selected, I will be in touch with you.

Good luck in visualizing yourself "successful."

Best,
Dr. Maya

Real Estate Marketing Strategies: 7 Tips to Creating Success from the "Inside Out"

2007-08-07T15:41:00.000-07:00

Tip 1: Build a strong foundation

What do I mean by a strong foundation? Would you consider putting a roof on a house unless it had a strong foundation? Of course not! Yet you would be surprised at how many people try to market their services without believing in themselves.

Tip 2: Identify and reprogram your self-limiting beliefs

Here are some typical examples of actual beliefs I have heard over the years:

“Life is a struggle”

“It’s selfish to want more money”

“It’s not safe to toot my own horn”

Can you see why any of these beliefs would stop a person from succeeding? What are your own self-limiting beliefs?

Tip 3: Reverse your self sabotaging strategies

Did you know that we all have a saboteur? We all have our dreams and we all have a part that tries to sabotage them, for our “own good”. For example I was working with a client today, who realized that even though she had a good business plan, she was never able to work her plan because of the resistance form her Self saboteur.

What are your self sabotaging patterns? How do they show up in your life?

Tip 4: Use your mind and emotions to create your empire

How many times do you find yourself focusing on what you don’t want? There is something called The Law of Attraction. It basically teaches that like energy attracts like energy and you get what you focus on.

So, what do you usually focus on? The lack of clients, the lack of income, the lack of time? Guess what? That will bring in more of the same. So, instead ask yourself, “So, what do I want”? For a fuller explanation of the Law of Attraction, please see my article called, “Marketing Advice: Stop struggling and start Attracting.”

Tip 5: Learn ways to release your fears

Fear is not real. It is False Evidence Appearing Real (F.E.A.R.). To create success from the inside out, use a powerful tool like the STOP Technique. The way to do it is to notice whenever your mind goes into a fear thought, after noticing, take a deep breath and the put in an Empowering Thought, like, “I have all I need to succeed.” What positive new thoughts do you need to hear?

Keep a journal and note how many times a day you use the STOP technique. Congratulate yourself for your vigilance.

Tip 6: Know the value you offer

This may seem hard to believe but in my coaching of coaches, real estate agents, and other professionals I have seen time after time how people fumble with this concept.

Instead, identify your value, i.e. your unique selling point. What are you really good at? Write a list of what makes you stand out among the competition

Tip 7: View marketing as “giving” not “taking”.

I suspect a lot of us are giving and generous and because of that we don’t want to impose on anyone. However, you will experience a big shift when you realize that what you have to offer is a gift. Spreading the word about yourself is not “selfish” or “taking”.

It would actually be selfish to deprive humanity of your gift. So what are you here to give humanity?

Be a 'fly on the wall' as you double your income!

2007-08-01T11:51:00.001-07:00

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=> How JoAnn went from sweaty palms and sleepless nights to a
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Real Estate Marketing Strategies: 7 Tips to Becoming a Money Magnet

2007-07-30T11:56:00.001-07:00

Did you know that most people block prosperity because of hidden beliefs about money? This article gives you seven tips to create yourself to be a “money magnet”.

Tip 1: Identify your Money Type

According to Deborah Price, author of Money Magic, we all identify with certain money archetypes. For example, when money issues come up, do you bury your head in the sand, like an ostrich? Then most likely your type is called The Innocent. If you’re not The Innocent, you might be The Victim, The Tyrant, The Warrior, The Martyr, The Fool or The Magician.

Tip 2: What was your conditioning about money?

What old beliefs did you receive from your parents, teachers and the society around you about money? Many of my clients report that their old beliefs include:

--“earning money means punching a time clock”
--“money is scarce”
--“money is evil”

Which of these have you struggled with?

Tip 3: What are your updated beliefs about money?

Since nature abhors a vacuum, then after you release your old Beliefs about money, put in some empowered beliefs that cause you to become a money magnet. These beliefs might sound something like this:

--“I am increasingly magnetic to money”
--“My income always exceeds my expenses”
--“I am highly worth of being prosperous”

Tip 4: Create a New Money Type for Yourself

According to “Money Magic”, the ideal type to strive for is the “magician”. Why? Because the “magician” claims his/her own power and manifests his/her own financial reality.

Tip 5: Use the Law of Attraction

The Law of Attraction simply states that you get what you focus on. So if you focus on the lack of money, the difficulty of paying bills and the fears about whether you can support yourself, then You will receive more of that in return. The solution? Easy, every time you find yourself focusing on what you don’t want, stop yourself and say, “So, what do I want?”

Tip 6: Tame your Inner Gremlin

Do you have a voice that berates you? Do you find that it’s impossible to please that voice? Then undoubtedly, you are dealing with your Inner Gremlin, also known as the Inner Critic.

It’s busy telling you that you aren’t worthy of having money.

“Who are you to be prosperous?” it will say. It will probably badger you until you turn this voice into an ally who will say, “You deserve an abundance of prosperity.”

Tip 7: Plan your work and work your plan

When you have finally let go of your old beliefs about money, you will find it much easier to create an effective business plan. More importantly, you’ll be much more able to implement that plan and manifest prosperity when you are a money magnet.

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Real Estate Marketing Strategies: 7 Steps to Make It Easier for You to Be Resilient

2007-07-23T16:32:00.001-07:00

Did you know that every successful professional has one thing in common? They all possess a strong level of emotional resilience. We’re they born with it? No, in most cases they learned it as an ability necessary for survival in business.

What is emotional resilience?

It is the ability to quickly return to a state of poise, confidence and ease no matter what curves are thrown your way. How do you get there?

Here are the 7 Steps:

1. Have a strong level of belief in yourself:

Know that whatever happens, you are offering to the marketplace something that is extremely valuable. Know your uniqueness and communicate it clearly.

2. Have strong boundaries:

You don’t need emotional walls in business but you do need to set and maintain strong boundaries. This especially includes the ability to say “no”.

3. Always go for a win/win:

Give yourself permission to know what you want and go for it. Make sure it is a win/win. Rule of thumb---if the interaction is not going to be a win/win, refuse to be involved in it.

4. Keep an attitude of high intentions and low attachment:

When you’re in negotiation, you need to be strong and assertive with a high intention to succeed. It may sound paradoxical but you must be detached from the outcome, knowing that you did your best.

5. Remain focused on the task and keep your emotions in check:

In your personal life, live it up! Have a ball! Allow yourself to laugh, cry and get angry. It’s good for your soul. However, in your business life, keep cool and keep your emotions in check. This will make it easier for you to attend to the task at hand.

6. Stop trying to make your clients into your friends:

If you really want to be emotionally resilient, don’t create dual relationships. They tempt you to get emotionally involved and then take everything personally. To be resilient, you need to stay impersonal, i. e. centered and calm.

7. Create positive self-talk:

Don’t let your Inner Critic run the show. Develop the voice of your Inner Ally so that you are always tuned into positive self talk. You’ll hear statements like: “Good Job” or “Don’t sweat the small stuff”.

How good are you at keeping your Inner Critic at bay and filling up your mind with positive self- talk, like “I’m proud of myself for…”?

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2007-07-17T10:45:00.001-07:00

Do you want to use the Law of attraction but find that you
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"I am in awe of the law of attraction and how well it works for
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"After you introduced the Law of Attraction to me, I started
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real estate agent

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

=> Would you like to get the RESULTS that they are getting but
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Real Estate Marketing Strategies: 7 More Law of Attraction Tips

2007-07-17T10:21:00.000-07:00

Have you seen the movie The Secret yet? If not, I highly recommend it. It's an inspirational documentary on the Law of Attraction. It's becoming a real “buzz” in most businesses now.

Why? More and more small business owners and success minded professionals are beginning to discover what most successful real estate agents have known all along. They are beginning to discover the “secret” to success.

What do successful real estate agents know that others don't? After interviewing some of the top producers in the real estate field, one thing stood out over and over and over. The “secret” to their success was their mindset and they were happy to talk about it.

How can the Law of Attraction change your mindset?

There are 7 ways:

Tip 1: The Law of Attraction tells us to dwell in the state of “gratitude”

“How”, you might ask, “is feeling grateful going to help me sell homes?” First of all, according to several well-known authors “gratitude opens the way for more good to come into your life.” Secondly, have you noticed how an attitude of gratitude put you in a good mood? Gratitude shifts your thinking from problems to what you feel good about, and that brightens your mood. Have you noticed how people are more attracted to you when you are in a better mood?

Here's a tip:

When you get up in the morning focus on what you have and what you are grateful for. It could be that you are healthy enough to get up and do your work. As you go throughout your day keep thinking about what you're grateful for. Watch how more and more people are attracted to you.

Tip 2: Another tip that was mentioned in “the secret” was the process of “visualizing.”

Did you know that athletes mentally visualize their performance? The theory is that when you visualize, you materialize. Be sure to make the visualization so real that you can feel what it feels like to have what you want.

Here's a tip:

Before you go into a listing appointment, take a few minutes to visualize yourself with a positive outcome you want. Visualize the owners looking at you and smiling at you as they sign their name to the contract. Feel what you feel in your heart, knowing that they trust and appreciate you. Talk about maximizing your success…

Tip 3: Know what you don't want

Why is it important to know what you don't want?

We get what we are focused on. Focus on the lack of something, and that's what we are guaranteed to get.

When you make a list of what you don't want in terms of clients, you are using that list to clarify what you do want.

How else are you going to know what you want unless you've experienced what you don't want?

Here's a tip:

Make a list of what you don't want in terms of clients, like you don't want “undecided, unmotivated and uncommitted clients,” so scratch out all those qualities on a piece of paper. Flip to the opposite, using your don't want list to discover what you do want. The trick is to “observe your don't want list very briefly and then discard it.”

Tip 4: Get clear on what you do want

Here's where we get to the bottom line of the Law of Attraction. The Law of Attraction tells us to only focus on what we want. Some people need help to break the

“want” barrier. These people have been conditioned with self limiting beliefs like “it's selfish to want.” Or “it's not okay to ask.”

However, according to the Law of Attraction, “wanting is the necessity of life.” In the book, “Excuse me, your life is waiting,” the author Lyn Grabhorn asks “what are your smallest, your biggest, your oldest, your newest, and your most deeply hidden desires… the ones that are so impossible that you never have so much as whispered them out loud to anyone? We came to learn how to create our desires, fulfill our dreams, and prosper.”

Here's a tip:

Keep your focus on what you want. If you are feeling anything less than wonderful, your mind has probably drifted to focusing on what you don't want. When that happens, ask yourself, “so what do I want?”

Tip 5: Get into that feeling state of having what you want

In other words, visualize yourself having what you want, let's say an abundance of “happy, appreciative, ideal clients.” Now instead of feeling bad that you don't have those clients yet, act as if you do. Put yourself in the situation where you visualize your ideal clients calling you, your transactions increasing, your bank account going up, and having more time to spend with your family.

The key to having what ever you want is finding a way to feel good about your want, even before it arrives. Use whatever device you want. Feel free to pretend, “act as if”, and imagine. Remember, Einstein once said that, “imagination is more important than knowledge.”

Let your imagining be from your heart, not just from your head. What does it feel like? Deep down in your heart and in your body to have happy, appreciative clients calling you and want to do business with you?

Do you feel cooler or warmer, do you feel calmer or more excited, and do you feel lighter or heavier? Once you get the hang of it, it will be easy for you to identify the feelings of “having what you want.”

Here's a tip:

Take a few minutes every day to relax and visualize yourself having your desires fulfilled. As an added bonus, speak into a recording device and tape yourself, giving yourself a visualization. That way, when you're done, you can't sit back and listen to it over and over and over, creating a positive energy vortex.

Tip 6: Clear your opposing beliefs

As I have been coaching real estate agents for the last 10 years in doubling and tripling their incomes, what I have found is that the Law of Attraction works great when there are no opposing beliefs. It doesn't work at all when opposing beliefs are still in place.

For example, you may have all the talent and skills that you need to be a top producing real estate agent, but you could be stuck in a nonproductive mode because of Self Limiting Beliefs.

Here are some examples of Self limiting beliefs that I run into all the time:

“It’s not okay to be pushy”

“If I call someone, that means I'm bothering them.”

“It's not okay to compete”

“Other people's needs are more important than my own”

Imagine trying to be successful, while any of these beliefs may be operating at a subconscious level. How do you know whether you have subconscious self limiting beliefs? One surefire way to know is to practice the law of attraction and see whether you get results. No results == The presence of self limiting beliefs (probably on a subconscious level).

These self limiting beliefs are also called “our blind spots.” Why do you think Tiger Woods always has a coach? Because he can't see his blind spots, and neither can we.

Here's a tip:

After you have visualized yourself having what you want, and taken time to feel what it feels like, ask yourself what voices in you have any resistance to you having what you want. Usually you'll hear some voices inside that have concerns. They may be afraid, for example, that if you're successful, then you won't have any time for your family. That would indicate a self limiting belief, something like, “in order to succeed, I need to work hard, struggle and stress myself out.”

Here's the good news: you are not stuck with your self limiting beliefs. As soon as you recognize that you've got them, you can change them. For example, the one above could be changed to, “I create success using the Law of Attraction, which allows me to attract my ideal clients easily and effortlessly.”

Tip 7: Take Inspired Action and Allow it to come to you

What does this mean? Here's the difference between Inspired action and Frantic action: frantic action is the fear-based, and just like it sounds, it is frantic and reactive. Usually you're banging against the problem, and the problem gets worse, which of course makes you more fearful and then you begin attracting what you don't want instead of attracting what you do want. This is a common tendency if you just had a transaction fall through.

However, Inspired action, means action that is guided by your intuition, your heart and your gut feelings. You are more likely to get ideas for inspired action when you are feeling good, that's why it's important to dwell in gratitude. Next, it's important for you to follow your hunches. Trust your hunches, and don't worry about the “how”. According to the Law of Attraction, the “how’s” are the domain of the universe.

Once you start following your Inspired Action, it's important to Allow yourself to receive what you have asked for. Notice I said the word “Allow”. To allow, you need to suspend your doubt. Choose “Faith” over “fear”. Fear is often disguised as doubt and skepticism.

Here's a tip:

Practice finding ways to feed your “faith.” Self honoring statements, like “if they can do it, I can too” are helpful. Take the self limiting beliefs that you noticed and turn them into Empowering beliefs like:

“I can be assertive, without being pushy”

“I have a pleasant approach and people are happy to hear from me”

“I can be co-operative, rather than competitive”

“My needs are as important as anyone else's”

In summary, practicing the Law of Attraction is the fastest, easiest, way to capture a positive mindset. You will be following the top producers before you, who automatically practiced this way of thinking. All you need to do is follow in their footsteps.

Take your focus away from what the media is saying, stop focusing on what you don't want, start focusing on what you do want and take a good look at the possibilities that are available to you now in this market.

Here's what one of my clients had to say,

“I see business potential everywhere. Doors are opening, and I am constantly feeling that anything is possible.” It's fascinating to me that I could turn these self limiting beliefs around in such a short time. I see my business prospering and I know that ‘I deserve success.’

The Secrets to being a Money Magnet...

2007-07-10T11:26:00.001-07:00

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Real Estate Marketing Strategies: 5 Tips to Use Your Sphere of Influence to Double Your Income

2007-07-09T14:14:00.000-07:00

Real Estate Marketing Strategies: 5 Tips to Use Your Sphere of Influence to Double Your Income

By Maya Bailey, Ph.D.

I find that so many of my clients are marketing avoidant when it comes to their sphere of influence. And yet statistics show that your sphere of influence can be the greatest source of referrals. This article show you how to dig in and get the “gold.”

Tip 1: Define and Rate your Sphere of Influence

When is the last time that you took a good look at your sphere of influence? What is the total? What are the categories in that group? Do you have past clients, friends, acquaintances, people you hardly know? Before you do any thing else go into your data base and group your sphere of influence in categories.

Do you know who in your sphere is likely to refer to you? Do you know who in your sphere already works with another agent? How many have moved away? Start deleting the inappropriate ones.

Be sure to ask all of them this question at some point: “If you were buying or selling a home do you have a real estate agent that could help you?" If they say “yes” delete them. There is no point in continuing, they are not prospects. By keeping in touch With your sphere of influence as we will describe below, you’ll begin to find out who is an A, B, C, or D.

A = someone likely to refer to you
B = someone who with a little more contact with you, would refer to you
C = Questionable
D = Delete

Tip 2: Send an Item of Value to your sphere each month

In my 10 years of coaching Real Estate agents to double their incomes, I am amazed at the fact that sometimes their sphere never gets a mailing. Or sometimes the mailing is not well thought out. I worked with a client today who admitted that the material she was sending to her sphere was standard and boring. We brainstormed about Items of Value that would be interesting, fun and unique. So far she has come up with recipes and inspiring quotes. What do you send to your sphere of influence?

Is it something you would want to receive and find valuable? If so, then I guarantee that your sphere will like it too. How many creative Items of Value can you come up with?

Tip 3: Overcome your blocks to calling your sphere

Everyone I have ever worked with resists calling their sphere. They tell me things like

• “I don’t want them to think I want something from them”
• “I’m afraid they won’t like me”
• “I don’t want to be like a telemarketer”

The list goes on, but I think you get the idea. What you need to understand is that you’re a giver. When givers give to other givers, they get back. So, in other words, if you send an Item of Value , you are giving, when you chat with them and listen to what’s going on in their lives, you’re giving again. So at the end of the call, say something like, “Oh by the way, if you hear of anyone even whispering about buying selling a home, please give me a call with their name and number.” Then say, “I’ll be happy to send referrals to your business, as well. Guess what? You’re giving again.

After doing these calls monthly (after your mailing of Items of Value) you’ll begin to know your sphere of influence and they’ll know you. You’ll begin to learn which ones are you’re A’s, B’s, C’s and which ones to delete. Then what will happen is that you’ll be in their stream of consciousness. So you’re the first one they’ll think of when they think of real estate. Don’t be surprised if you get referrals in the first few weeks.

Tip 4: Be in the right mindset

Don’t make these calls if you’re feeling anxious, upset or desperate. Remember, desperations doesn’t sell. So psych your self up in the right mindset. Think of your self as a giver and how happy they are going to be to hear from you. Tip: if you have been thinking negatively, switch your focus to what you are grateful for. That usually puts you in a much better mood to pick up the phone.

Tip 5: Make it a daily ritual

Just like brushing your teeth, calling some people out of your sphere of influence is essential. Even one a day is OK. Only call several times a day if you want your income to raise quickly.

Decide when to make your calls and keep at it until you’ve reached the people you were trying to call. Expect that several weeks after doing this; it will feel a lot easier. An extra perk is that you’re going to be deepening some great relationships and you’ll experience the same pleasure of calling them us as you would with a good friend.

'The Secret' to getting started?

2007-06-26T14:38:00.000-07:00

Have you ever wondered how to get started with the Law of
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----- What are their qualities and characteristics?

----- How do you want to FEEL around these people?

----- Do you want to feel uplifted and appreciated?

4. In 12 months from today see yourself making your ideal income
$_________

---- Let it be a figure that is realistic and also optimistic.

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Real Estate Marketing Strategies: 5 Tips to Feng Shui Your Mind and Get Your Listings Sold

2007-06-25T16:11:00.001-07:00

Is Your Mindset Working For You?

In today’s changing market where the predominant energy is fear, your challenge is to be extremely vigilant about what you focus on. Why is your deliberate focus more important now than ever?

What are you giving attention to? If you’re giving attention to what you don’t want, such as lack, that is what you’ll be getting. It may also show up for you as attracting unmotivated, indecisive, and uncommitted clients. However, change your mindset and you’ll be attracting your ideal clients – clients that are appreciative of your services.

The Panic Problem

In my 10 years of experience empowering real estate agents to reach their goals, I’ve coached many clients who were subconsciously attracting unwanted outcomes. They came to me feeling panicked and worried about market conditions and slowing sales.

They were diligently working to get their listings sold. But their tried-and-true marketing activities were no longer working. What was the problem? Their focus had shifted with their fearful state of mind.

Are you, as they were, preoccupied with things like:
• How tough the market is.
• How there are too many houses for too few buyers.
• How unlikely it is for your listing to sell.

If you are, you will be creating the very thing you don’t want, which is that your listing won’t sell. So what do you do?

The Power Solution

Sustaining a positive, high energy mindset is key to attracting your desired outcomes. Because it directly impacts your thoughts, beliefs and feelings, you need to work on your mindset daily to ensure that is working in your favor.

What are you doing for your mind? And did you know that you can create a feng shui for your mind to get your listed houses to sell?

Just as a house is more likely to sell when the energy has been positively enhanced with feng shui, your mind is more likely to create a positive outcome when you have been practicing the Law of Attraction. This powerful tool gives you a step-by-step procedure to become magnetic for abundance, sales, prosperity, and so forth.

Ready to go from panic to power? Here are 5 tips for using the Law of Attraction to help you do just that.

Tip 1: Create a Clear Focus

Too often I hear my clients say, “I want my listings to sell” without being clear on what their desired sales scenario looks like.

I suggest visualizing your ideal sale. See yourself placing the SOLD sign and declare the number of days the home has been on the market. Ask yourself how the purchase price compares to the asking price. What is your income?

You get the idea. Be clear, detailed, and specific about what you want. Once you are, then choose to focus on only that. Channel your energy with the intention of attracting what you want.

TIP 2: Create Harmony Between Your Energy and Your Desires

Feel what it feels like to already have what you want. When you do, the energy vibrations you send out into the universe match what you desire, attracting it back to you.

To create that matching energy, visualize in an “as if” mode. In other words, use the power of your imagination to feel “as if” your listings have already sold as quickly, easily, and profitably as you wanted.

What positive feelings are you experiencing? Most agents who do this activity say that they feel confident, satisfied, elated, exhilarated, just plain good, etc.

Whatever your unique feelings, know that the more you experience them, the more you magnetize the events leading up to these feelings to fall into your lap. So practice this “as if” mode every day

“My current house sells and I feel elated, happy, and ecstatic. I have two transactions that close in the coming month and I feel accomplished, successful, and prosperous.”

Tip 3: Clear Your Mental Clutter

Your energy needs to flow freely without encountering harmful obstructions so that the Law of Attraction will work for you. So clear away all self limiting beliefs. How? You’ll need to do a little soul searching, usually with the help of a professional coach specializing in this area, to uncover your subconscious opposing beliefs. They are our blind spots. They are below the surface of our awareness.

After you have identified these self limiting beliefs, reprogram them to become Empowering Beliefs that are in alignment with what you want. Here is an example of one of the self limiting beliefs that I often hear from my clients, followed by what it sounds like after I helped them reprogram it into an Empowering Belief:

Self limiting belief: “I don’t have what it takes to get my listings sold in a market as tough as this one”

Empowering belief: “I have everything I need to succeed at getting my listings sold in any market”

Now, just how important is it to clear your mental clutter through this transformation of beliefs?

Think about it this way. You wouldn’t risk sabotaging a sale by inviting clients to view a home that was cluttered with boxes or furniture that block freedom of movement. Yet you are probably trying to invite business into a mind that is cluttered with self-limiting beliefs that constrict the flow of energy into your business and block you from getting the very business that you want.

Tip 4: Take Inspired Action and Allow It to Come to You

Replace action based on fear with action based on intuition. There’s a very good reason for this. When you follow your inspired thoughts with inspired action – steps you are motivated to do by your inner nudgings or hunches – you feel good, energized and joyful. These feelings positively raise your energy vibrations and you become even more magnetic for what you want.

Here’s a tip: Find a way to quiet your mind so that you can listen to your inner nudgings. Chances are you’ve already experienced what intuition feels like, and you probably have acted on that intuition. That’s an example of inspired action. Begin to appreciate all of your thoughts and feelings so that you are more aware when you do get a hunch. Then act on it. What is your intuition telling you to do?

Tip 5: Follow the Formula

Properly practice the Law of Attraction to get the results you want. Similar to feng shui, practicing the Law of Attraction requires understanding and consistent implementation on a day-to-day basis.

If you find this challenging to do on your own, know that you are in the good company of many others. Most of my clients find it much easier and more effective to have the ongoing guidance, support, and encouragement that a professional business coach can offer.

Whether going solo or with a coach, the bottom line is that you want to make sure you are correctly following the step-by-step process for the Law of Attraction. Why? Because with the Law of Attraction, “like attracts like” whether wanted or unwanted. To successfully become the deliberate creator of your sales success, become a master of the Law of Attraction.

As a review: Remember to work on your mindset every day to ensure that positive energy flows to make good things happen. Take care not to let external conditions control your mindset. Keep a positive, success mindset and expand the flow of energy into your business. The future of your business depends on your prosperity mindset, not the outer conditions, which are constantly changing.

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Dr. Maya Bailey, author of "Law of Attraction for Real Estate Professionals", integrates 20 years of experience as a Psychologist with her expertise in the Law of Attraction. Her powerful work creates a success formula for Real Estate professionals ready to double and triple their incomes. Get Dr. Maya’s free report “7 Simple Strategies for More Clients in 90 Days” by visiting www.90DaystoMoreClients.com

Real Estate Marketing Strategies: 3 Simple Steps to Creating Your Ideal Income

2007-06-19T08:53:00.000-07:00

Are you interested in creating your ideal income this year? Are you tired of waiting for things to get better? Are you feeling like you have so much more potential than you are currently using?

Imagine for a moment reaching your ideal income this year. What would that look like and feel like? What would you be able to do that you can’t do now?

Ask yourself what are the things you need to be doing right now to manifest that? Do you need to find a way to raise your motivation? Do need to stop procrastinating? Do you need to stop avoiding marketing? Do you need to be more accountable to yourself?

If you want to learn a simple way to create your ideal income, then read on…

Step 1: Get clear on what you do want.

Do know exactly where you want to be professionally in 12 months from today? To achieve even more clarity, I invite you to this simple visualization.

Sit in a comfortable place where you won’t be disturbed. Ask yourself the following questions:

- In a year from now, what kind of work do you want to be doing?

- How many hours a week do you want to be doing it?

- Who would be your ideal clients and colleagues?

- What kind of people do you want to be around?

- What would be your ideal physical surroundings for work?

-Finally, ask your self what would be your ideal income? Pick a figure that is realistic but optimistic.

Here’s an example from one of my clients of what your visualization might look like, “In one year from today, I see myself doing real estate, working mostly with listings, and being surrounded with people I like, people who are upbeat, responsible, committed and motivated. I have my own office, and I am looking out of a big window, looking at a garden. My income is $150,000 net.”

How close is that to what you want to create?

Step 2: Overcoming the obstacles, challenges, self limiting beliefs, and self sabotaging strategies.

In Step 1, you got clarity on your ideal professional life. In Step 2, you identify the blocks you’d need to overcome to get there. So ask yourself what is stopping you? What are your self limiting beliefs? What are your self sabotaging strategies?

In my 30 years of coaching people to become successful, the self limiting beliefs that I hear the most are:

• “I’m not good enough”

• “I don’t know enough”

• “I don’t have what it takes to succeed”

• “I can’t do marketing”

• “If I market myself, I’m afraid I’ll be rejected”

Take a good look at the list and ask yourself which ones resonate with you? Here’s the good news: “These are not facts, these are beliefs and beliefs can be changed”. One of the things I help my clients to do is to reprogram their self limiting beliefs into Empowering beliefs. If you were to reprogram the beliefs above into Empowering beliefs what would they sound like? Anything like,

• “I am more than good enough”

• “I know all that I need to know and I can always research and find the answers”

• “I have all I need to succeed”

• “I’m learning to become a Master at marketing”

• “Since I have something of value to offer my prospective clients, most likely I’ll be accepted”

How would it feel to have those beliefs as your foundation?

Step 3: Create your script

Once you have clarified what you want and reprogrammed your self limiting beliefs, the next step is to create your script. What is the area that you need to develop the most? Is it marketing, is it time management, is it confidence building? Whatever you decide, you need a script to achieve it.

Why do I recommend a script rather than a plan? A business plan is a written document outlining a series of logical steps that lead to the realization of a goal in business. A business plan follows specific guidelines and requires certain information. A script, on the other hand, comes from your imagination. You can write what you want and not have to follow guidelines set by someone else.

Einstein once said, “Imagination is more important than knowledge”. Imagination is an integral part of ourselves and our intuition. When we write a script, we feel what we are writing and those feelings create physical sensations that connect our body to our imagination. When we are free to imagine and feel what we want, not only do we become like magnets to draw it to us, but also we are guided by “inspired action”.

What is the difference between “inspired action” and “frantic action”? The difference is between faith and fear. As you have probably heard, “Desperation doesn’t sell”. And yet, many of my clients have come to see me in a state of fear and panic. They have been taking action steps, frantic action, based on their fear and then they wonder why their marketing isn’t working. Fear doesn’t attract clients, it repels them.

“Inspired action” on the other hand are action steps that you feel inspired to do. What inspires you? Your vision, the reason why you’re doing what you are doing. Here’s a tip, if you really want to be successful, focus on the service you’re giving to others, not on the money. The money will follow if you are making a contribution and doing what you love.

One final thought on Faith vs. Fear. Here’s a story that illustrates the message: a student goes to his teacher and says, “I’m having a terrible struggle between my fear and my faith. My fear is represented by a black dog and my faith is represented by a white dog. They are battling all the time and I don’t know which one is going to win.” The teacher says, “Why, the white dog, of Course.” The student says, “How do you know?” The teacher says, “Because that’s the one you’re going to feed.”

Here’s a tip: How many creative ways can you find to feed your white dog?

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Dr. Maya Bailey, author of "Law of Attraction for Real Estate Professionals", integrates 20 years of experience as a Psychologist with her expertise in the Law of Attraction. Her powerful work creates a success formula for Real Estate professionals ready to double and triple their incomes. Get Dr. Maya’s free report “7 Simple Strategies For More Clients in 90 Days” by visiting www.90DaystoMoreClients.com

Real Estate Marketing Strategies: 3 New Listings, $30,000 More in Commissions

2007-06-11T14:43:00.001-07:00

How to Magnetize Your Ideal Clients

Are You Getting the Results You Want?

If you are working long hours, feeling exhausted, and not getting the results you want, you are not alone. Having been a business coach for real estate agents for over 10 years, I often hear my clients saying things like,

“Why do I always seem to get clients that run me ragged?”
“I’m tired of working with clients who aren’t really motivated.”
“Why am I attracting the wrong kind of clients?”

The Problem

Are you spending valuable time and precious energy working with your less than ideal clients?

You will know by the way you feel. Do you feel drained of energy, driven to distraction, and discouraged because your efforts are not bringing you a financial return?

If you’re feeling any of those feelings in working with your clients, then most likely your clients are indecisive, unmotivated, unqualified, and unappreciative of your services. This article will tell you how to attract your ideal clients.

The Good News you have the power to attract your ideal clients – those that you love to work with – using a powerful tool called the Law of Attraction. Just how powerful is it?

Here is a real-life example of the power of the Law of Attraction at work:

When one of my clients, Marsha, and I first started working together, she was afraid to be assertive. She also had subconscious self-limiting beliefs that were keeping her from reaching her desired goals and income. I helped her transform her beliefs to build a strong foundation for the Law of Attraction to work. The results? Here is what she recently wrote to me:

“Since learning the Law of Attraction from you, I find it easy to set boundaries and speak up for what I need. Using the Law of Attraction principles, I am able to attract my Ideal Clients with ease. But most importantly, when we started, I had zero business. Now I am averaging five transactions a month. That’s an increase of about $30,000 a month.”

If you too want to become a magnet for what you desire, achieving financial success in an easy and relaxed manner, then read on. You’ll learn the 5 steps of the Law of Attraction and how it works, plus get tips on you can apply it.

The 5 Steps of the Law of Attraction

Step 1: Get Crystal Clear on What You DON’T Want.

The Law of Attraction teaches that like energy attracts like energy and you get what you focus on. Given that, it seems odd to focus on what you don’t want, doesn’t it? However, in my experiences of empowering others to reach their goals, I’ve discovered that this is what most people do all the time, unconsciously.

How many times have you caught yourself preoccupied with a lack of desired income, ideal clients, etc? Notice that you’re focused on the lack of something. What are you attracting? More of the same. Get clear about what you don’t want and you can deliberately stop giving it attention. What don’t you want in your real estate career? Make a list and write it down.

Step 2: Get Crystal Clear on What You DO Want.

Now that you know what you don’t want, it’s easier to get clear on what you do want. Look back at your list of “don’t wants” and for each one, develop a strong, detailed statement of what you desire. For instance, you might write something like: I want a six-figure income; I want to work with clients who are ready, willing, and able to close quickly, and so on.

As you write, challenge your status quo. This is about attracting your big dream. Go for it. And when you’re done, cross off everything on your “Don’t Want” list. You only needed to focus there long enough to get clear on what you do want.

Step 3: Get Into the Feeling Place of What You Want.

To attract what you desire, find a way to feel good about your “want” rather than frustrated at the lack of having it. Writing a desire statement helps you do that. This paragraph (about 2-3 sentences) describes what you want as if it were happening right now.

To write your desire statement, get into the feeling place of what you want. How? Ask yourself what serving your ideal client looks like? Visualize holding your dream commission check in your hands. Imagine receiving your desired income easily and effortlessly.

Now write your desire statement and read it aloud. How do you feel? Elated? Grateful? Energized? That’s how you should feel, and it’s how you know you are sending out the positive energy that attracts more of the same.

Step 4: Clear All Your Opposing Beliefs.

Remove all of your self-limiting beliefs so that the Law of Attraction will work for you. This means re-programming self-limiting beliefs and resolving inner conflicts that are not in alignment with what you want.

Don’t worry if you find this challenging. Most people do. Our self-limiting beliefs are usually subconscious, living in what I call a “blind spot.” Most of the time it requires the skill of a therapist or a coach to help identify these self-limiting beliefs and transform them into empowered beliefs. Even Tiger Woods has a coach to help him get past his blind spot.

What do self-limiting beliefs sound like? Take a look at some typical examples of actual beliefs I’ve heard:

“Maybe I don’t deserve success”
“It’s selfish to want more money”
“I’m not sure I want to be in real estate”

Step 5: Take Inspired Action and Allow It to Come to You.

Take Inspired Action and detach yourself from the outcome. In other words, do what feels inspired based on your intuition and inner nudges. Avoid Frantic Action that comes out of fear and a reactive mode. Once you take action, suspend your doubts and believe that what you want is on the way to you. This puts you in a state of joyful anticipation where your vibrations are high and you are magnetic for what you want.

Practical Tips for Applying the Law of Attraction Everyday

Practice Gratitude. Open the door for more good to come to you. Start each morning thinking about all that you are grateful for. Keep a gratitude journal; write in it daily; read it often.
Visualize. The more you visualize what you want, the faster it will come to you.
Observe Your Own Self-Talk. Stop giving energy and attention to that pesky inner voice that brings your energy and vibrations down. Replace self-sabotaging thoughts with empowered ones.
Ask Yourself Throughout the Day, “What Do I Want?” By doing that, you are focusing your conscious and subconscious mind on what you want to attract and you are increasing your magnetism.

Do What Brings You Joy! I have two rules here:

Rule 1: If it gives you joy, do it!

Rule 2: No, really, if it gives you joy, do it!

A Quick Recap: Remember that everything is energy – every thought, belief, and feeling – and that like energy attracts like energy. So, focus on what you want, tame your inner critic and send out what you want to attract to become magnetic for your ideal clients, new listings, more in commissions… whatever your professional heart desires.

Here is a letter I recently received from one of my client, Paula, a real estate agent:

“Dear Maya,

In the last week I have been really focusing on the Law of Attraction. I have been practicing stopping my negative thoughts, and asking myself, “So what do I want?” In addition, I verbalized out loud positive affirmations of having my business succeed.

Out of the blue I have 3 new listings in one week. I know that it’s my practice of the Law of Attraction. I have been putting out a very positive energy, and expecting results to come to me, and they have.

By the way, all of my new clients are my Ideal Clients. When I work with them I am uplifted to a higher plane. I know that they appreciate the service that I give them, and that makes my work a pleasure, because that makes my work a win-win. I can’t thank you enough for helping me implement the Law of Attraction into my everyday life.”

'The Secret' to Explosive Growth in today's market

2007-06-05T13:20:00.001-07:00

In today's changing market, with so many real estate agents
struggling, why do some SUCCEED?

Have you ever wondered why successful real estate agents are
successful in any market?

Here's some tips for you:

*********** MINDSET ************

All of the top producing real estate agents that I interviewed
said the same thing to me," what helped me get to the top was my
mindset."

They all pointed to having a mindset with these characteristics:

=> optimism
=> positive mental attitude
=> prosperity thinking rather than scarcity thinking
=> a clear definition of their Ideal Clients

Did you know that all of these mindset qualities are the same
qualities that the Law of Attraction teaches?

**** do you want to learn more about the Law of Attraction***

Here are the main steps:

1. Get clear about what you want

2. Visualize having what you want

3. Clear your opposing beliefs

4. Take inspired action

Do you need help in any of the above areas?
If so, you could benefit from a Complimentary Coaching session

***Complimentary Coaching Session***

This 45 minute session from me personally, is designed for real
estate agents who are:

=> passionate about implementing the Law of Attraction

=> willing to invest in themselves and their business

=> eager to reprogram all self limiting beliefs

=> even more eager to install Em-powered beliefs

=> desiring to receive an abundance of Prosperity

If you have been looking for a Law of Attraction Business coach
who specializes in real estate agents,
then apply for a Complimentary Coaching Session today.

Go to:

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**** here is what former clients are saying ****

Dr. Maya Bailey coached me on improving my business and here are
the results:

=> my income tripled to nearly $20,000 a month

=> I regained my direction with my business and my life

=> I became more integrated with my personal life

Tim Martin, financial planner

"I can't thank you enough for how the coaching is helping me.
When I first began coaching with you, I had hardly any business.
Now after just a short time I have
4 new listings!"

Marcia McDonald, real estate agent

"Coaching has helped me in so many unexpected ways.

I feel happier, lighter, and richer.

I consider this a great investment because I FEEL SO GOOD."

Anne Fagan, real estate agent

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If you are serious about growing your business and want to do it
with the help of a Law of Attraction Business Coach.
Go to www.coachmaya.com

I have 3 spaces left in my schedule and they are going fast.

Respond now while it you are thinking about it.

I look forward to supporting you in creating a Prosperous and
Successful Business.

Best,
Dr. Maya