What?s a few murderous protests between friends anyway?
The Muslim Brotherhood?s Mohammed Morsi, the recently elected president of Egypt, will be a featured participant at the eighth annual meeting of Bill Clinton?s Clinton Global Initiative in New York next week.
Clinton?s welcoming of Morsi to his high-profile event in New York City is surprising and may undermine the tough-on-terror image the Democratic Party is trying to cultivate ahead of the November elections.
This is also not the first high-profile Muslim Brotherhood figure embraced publicly by the Clintons. During the 1990s, Abdurahman Alamoudi?later convicted of laundering money for an al Qaeda assassination scheme?was the Clintons? chief liaison to the Islamic community. Alamoudi?s brother has been a large donor to the Clinton Foundation.
Upon winning his election for the presidency, Morsi pledged to work for the release of terror mastermind Omar Abdel Rahman (the Blind Sheik), now serving a life sentence for the 1993 World Trade Center bombing and other attempted attacks in New York City.
But wait folks, that?s all.
Master of Ceremonies Bill will be bringing you some of the finest elected Jihadists from around the world. Direct from Libya, Libyan President Mohamed Magariaf will also be on the scene and he may just burn the place down once he gets there. For a Global Initiative, CGI seems to feature a lot of Muslims and hardly any Japanese or Chinese guests. They must not have donated enough to the Clinton Cigar Fund.
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First of all, let?s get that question out of the way. Yes, I know what you?re thinking. Is there an expected return on investment using social media marketing in property management?
Well, it?s like this. Creating a Facebook page, or creating a social media presence, won?t mean that you are automatically going to be sent cheques or that its automatically going to grow your rent roll every month. You do have to work to achieve a result.
Social media is about focusing on building relationships. If you do the right things, then the return on investment will come. You actually need to consider what the ROI is of not using the latest, greatest, and best technologies available to you as a business.
In the short term, not being on social media may not affect you, however long term it could see you working hard to play catch up. Let me put it this way ? remember when nobody had a website ? remember when no one had a mobile phone? Technology advances and then people play catch up.
Now let?s talk about why you should use social media in your property management division. What are the advantages?
A word of warning though ? remember when you have your clients, friends, and followers on display for everyone to see on social media ? you are also on display. Always be responsible for your own reputation. Don?t outsource your status updates as this outsources your reputation. For example, there have been numerous cases of intoxicated people making posts they thought they were making on their personal page, onto their business page. Those posts have gone viral and once it?s out there, your company is at the mercy of the public scrutiny. Be careful who manages your social media ? it?s your reputation and your business.
Social media is fun, its free, its effective and there is a lot of training and tips out there, I encourage you to get in there and have a go.
This article appears care of? Sold Magazine and Leased Magazine- Lisa Tremolada is a regular columnist in Sold -? The column is called ?Tech in the City? ?In this article Lisa turns her attention to how social media can be used as a marketing tool in Property Management.
Lisa Tremolada helps agents to become superstars online, make more money and work less hours. Email Lisa: lisa@dominatetheinternet.com.au? For more information? www.dominatetheinternet.com.au
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Do you freak out when you hear the word negotiation?
Does your gut turn, palms sweat, and heart pound when it comes down to talking price? Do you self-medicate with Tums and a tumbler of Wild Turkey?
Trust me. I understand. I?m not a natural born negotiator. I hate conflict. I hate rejection. But if writing is your business I?ve learned this: you have to know how to negotiate.
Making a living depends on it. But it doesn?t have to be hard.
As a web writer and direct-response copywriter I?ve studied negotiation. I?ve studied persuasion. I?ve read the best books on influence and listened to the best podcasts.
In my twelve years as a writer I?ve also participated in hundreds of negotiations ? small and large. I?ve used them successfully, and I?ve used them poorly. So I?m not an armchair business philosopher here just spouting advice.
I?m a solider who?s seen combat. And lived to tell about it.
What you?re about to read are thirty-seven negotiation moves that can help you make more money. These are negotiation moves that I?ve used in my career as a freelance writer.
They are easy to understand. The hard part is having the guts to use them (see negotiation move no. 36).
And get this: you don?t have to be a writer to use these tactics. Everyone ? no matter their station in life, career or desires ? has to negotiate. And it?s a lot more fun (and profitable) when you know how to do it.
So, let?s get started.
Negotiation is not a zero-sum game. It?s not a way to manipulate and fleece people. And it?s definitely not a way to make you filthy rich at the expense of other people.
If that is how you view negotiation, then you will not last long.
Negotiations are about building a relationship, so if either side is not happy at the end, then it wasn?t a negotiation. Negotiate until both sides are happy (see no. 30 for an alternative move).
Never enter a negotiation without first establishing a position you will be satisfied with.
However, this should NOT be an absolute number. Instead, it should be a range ? $2,400 to $2,800 ? with an itemized list of essential (read: non-negotiable) and non-essential (I?ll tell you why that is important in a minute) requirements.
Write these down if it helps you to remember.
Your first task as a negotiator is to show people what you can do. They need to see the value.
For example, say a potential client asks for the cost to write a 1,000 word sales letter for a landing page. Instead of whipping out the cost, explain to her everything you will do: research, dig through analytics, gather testimonials for proof, write a rough draft, present for evaluation, revise and so on.
Make the image in her head of what you do grow, because there is a really good chance it is tiny.
After you?ve built the value, next you?ll want to ask: ?How much is that worth to you?? If she tells you ? good. You know where she stands. You can work with that.
More than likely, though, she?ll tell you she doesn?t know. Either she won?t honestly know because she didn?t do her homework, or she does know but doesn?t want to name her price first.
She wants to see where you stand. So she?ll tell you to go first. If that happens, use the next negotiation move.
When you are facing a negotiator who refuses to name a price, shrug, and simply go high.
Really high.
And then wait for her response.
Sometime a negotiator will be the first to name a price. And if she is a good negotiator she?ll low ball you.
She wants to draw you out. See your financial position. Don?t give in. Instead, flinch.
?Flinch? is the classical term used. I wrote ?Suck in Your Teeth? because most of my negotiations happen over the phone or email where people can?t see you. So they need to hear your shock.
In an email, you can simply tell them their offer sounds pretty low. Or tell them they?ll have to do better than that. Then wait.
Silence will eat most people alive.
The silence makes them uncomfortable so they keep talking. And when people are talking they are bound to say something you can use ? like their price range.
Another way to flush out someone?s financial position is to simply ask them if they have a budget.
Yeah. We have a budget.
Okay. What is it?
We have $1,250 set aside for copywriting.
Your job is to decide what work ? if any ? you will do for that amount.
Legend has it that a shady Brooklyn optician would sell eye glasses piece by piece. He?d get the buyer to agree on the frames and the price, and then go to ring up the order. The buyer would then ask about the glass and nose piece.
?Oh,? the optician would say, ?those cost extra.?
The trick is to get a client to agree on all items before you disclose the final price. Once they are committed it?s hard to say no (see move no. 33).
I don?t like this gambit. I don?t like it used on me and I don?t like to use it. However, I?ve found this move to be effective when a client starts to nibble ? you know, ?Hey, do you mind adding X while you?re at it??
Your response: ?Sure, I can do it for Y. Are you okay with that??
If you can get someone on your side from the other party during a negotiation, then you?ll have a little leverage, if not a lot.
To be honest, almost all of my work has come from knowing someone on the inside. But how exactly do you go about recruiting that champion? It?s a long-term strategy where you use a combination of tools like blogs, Twitter, conferences, and the phone.
And patience.
You might get a regular follower on your blog. You trade emails, tweets, meet him at a conference. He introduces you to someone else. You do a little work for him. And then he introduces you to someone else.
Bingo: work out the wazoo.
You?ve seen this tactic in action ?
News about a particular political action is ?leaked.? The goal is to get the public?s reaction to the idea. NY Governor Cuomo did this recently with gas drilling.
Some speculate that Google?s Glass Project, which amounted to a video concept, was a trial balloon. They?re basically looking to see if there is mass appeal.
Have an idea you?re not sure how a potential client will react? Float a trial balloon. Just say, ?Hey, what do you think about X?? Then wait for their reaction.
Early in my career I used to approach companies and offer to re-write their web content. Not many people bit, but when they did, they always asked about price. Happy to have someone interested, I?d build value and then drop the bomb on them.
Most of the time they flinched ? and never called or emailed back.
I learned instead to slice the project down into easy-to-swallow chunks. This enticed them to hire me. As I delivered on my smaller promises and built trust, I simply asked for more.
And it came.
Remember when I said from the start that a successful negotiation was a win-win situation? Well, this is a strategy that can help you overcome that relationship-spoiling gridlock.
The idea is to demonstrate that you?re willing to concede the balance of a difference.
For example, if your gig requires travel, offer to split the difference of those expenses, keeping the deal alive.
If it is worth it, go half way.
The more working parts to a negotiation means the more options you have when it comes to conceding.
Bulk up on conditions. However, the trick is knowing what?s essential and what?s not.
For example, ?I can?t do this job without direct access to your data. Oh, you don?t allow that? Well, while it?s not my normal policy, I guess I can be hand fed that info.?
Keep this in mind: you are only conceding on non-essentials. Don?t budge on the essentials (see move no. 2).
Imagine you get a mover and shaker on the phone. She wants to talk to you about a writing project. You are stoked! You say hi, she says hi, and then jumps right into the negotiation.
You can tell this will be a short phone call. A very short one.
Never negotiate under that kind of pressure. False deadlines will trip you up. Instead, politely interrupt, point out that you can tell she?s busy and ask if there is a better time to talk when she has more time. Or just ask for more time.
Say she says, ?No, there isn?t a better time.? She?s polite, but firm. She?s a great negotiator.
You shrug, go on with the call. You make an offer, she counters immediately and you are not sure what you should do next. Is that a good offer? Are you missing something?
Probably.
All you need is more time to think. Tell her you need to use the bathroom. Your dog is on fire. Or pretend like the call is breaking up.
Whatever you do, get space to think before you agree to anything.
Another way to deal with a difficult negotiator (which can also mean superior negotiator) is to reset the rules by speaking to someone else.
This works great if you are dealing with a start up or small company where there are two founders. If one is proving impossible, ask to speak to the other.
Ever had a potential client trot out their perfect solution ? and it wasn?t you? In fact, it?s your competitor.
But who or what they trot out doesn?t matter. You?ve been given valuable information. They?ve just shown you their standard to which they judge all others.
Your job is to change that standard. ?You know that guy knows nothing about online marketing, don?t you? Zero experience. I?ve got twelve.?
This tactic works lock-step with the one above (no. 18). If you can trot out a fact or evidence that questions their claims or backs up yours, then you are on your way to turning the tables in your favor.
Listen: I?m not suggesting you approach this like a jerk. Don?t laugh or taunt. You?ll shut them down. How you trot out these specific facts is just as important as what you trot out.
Oh, I can totally understand why you would believe that. But did you know that if you look into their data, X doesn?t actually do what they say? There was a huge scandal in TechCrunch ?
Objective facts will change the game in your favor. Do your homework.
There is more than one way to skin a cat. And there is more than one way to spoil a good negotiation.
Anarchy is one of them.
Anarchy is what you get when nobody is in control of the meeting. Recently I was involved on a project with a team of really smart people. Unfortunately, we accomplished little because there was no agenda.
The next time we met, however, I volunteered to take the meeting notes. And demanded we determine what we wanted to accomplish in the next ninety minutes. Once that was determined, I held them to those goals.
It was an efficient and effective meeting because I established rules that we were all expected to follow.
Hands down, if you have two candidates with equal experience, skills and education, but one has a degree from Harvard and the other one from a small college in Montana, the person from Harvard is going to get the job.
This may not seem fair, but it?s life.
Live with it, and get those endorsements.
Deadlines are great tools for getting people off of their duffs. It works in copywriting, and it also works in selling yourself in a negotiation.
Pretend you just finished a project and you?ve got about three weeks before you start your next one. Email some past clients and say, ?Hey Name, now might be a good time to write that sales page we talked about. I?m free for the next three weeks. After that I won?t be able to get to it for four months.?
You?re bound to get a bite or two.
This is just a variation of ?Ask for Time.? Most people in negotiations want out of the situation as soon as possible. They?re busy or hate the conflict.
Whatever the reason, use that momentum.
There is an exquisite example of the effective use of delays in the book You Can Negotiate Anything. The author, Herb Cohen, is working against a presumed deadline?his flight leaves at noon on Monday. The other party knew this and delayed until the eleventh hour. Cohen is exasperated at this point and basically gives away the farm.
The lesson: get a new flight home.
This is a variation of the Pain-Agitate-Solve formula. Identify with their pain point, and then tell them how awful it?s going to be if they don?t do anything about it.
You know, I can totally understand your desire to preserve your cash in this economy. But freezing your marketing budget will only dry up your pipeline, and that?s not what you want to do when your current customers start bailing because they can?t afford your service.
At that point connect the dots for him: you are the solution to his problems.
Your favorite uncle hears you?re a copywriter. He?s got a business. He recycles road kill fur into fun little hats for children. He doesn?t understand why, but he?s not making any money. He hears you are a copywriter and offers to hire you.
What do you do?
You refuse him. But you do it politely. ?Uh, yeah, you know I just can?t help you. That?s out of my field. I don?t have the knowledge.?
See, it?s not about desire. It?s about ability. You just don?t have it.
This is technical and minor, but it works.
When discussing projects with clients I always use the word ?we? and not ?I.? My goal is to demonstrate to them that I?m in this for the long haul. I?m not a hired gun. I?m a partner.
This changes the scene from a win-lose to a win-win. My buy-in proves that my success equals their success, which communicates that I?m going to work hard for them.
If you open the right hand drawer of my desk one of the first things you?ll see is a box of old business cards.
Open the box, pull out a card and you?ll see on the front the standard fare: name, address and so on. Flip the card over and you?ll see this tag line: ?I can make you rich, powerful or famous.? I then list ways in which I can do that.
My wife hates that business card. Thinks it?s tacky. But it works. Look at Ramit Sethi?s I Will Teach You to Be Rich. He?s built an empire in teaching people how to solve their financial problems. And so can you.
Okay. This is a cheap trick. But it works. And to be honest, people know it works ? and they don?t care. They like their egos stroked.
Point out how beautiful the website is.
Compliment her on her name or her nose (okay, maybe not her nose).
Just say something nice. It will go a long way.
This is a basic building block to negotiations. You should say this throughout the process until you reach a point you can accept, and both sides are happy.
But you can also use this after the negotiations are over and you?re plowing through the work.
You know, this is taking me a lot longer to do because of X, Y and Z, which were added later. I?m not making any money now. We need to revisit our terms.
Notice I didn?t actually come right out and say ?I?m not happy.? I just stated the facts. Not a single whiff of emotion.
Sneaky people like to trade on promises of paradise.
You know, we can?t pay you now. But if this works out, we?ll have a whole lot more work for you. Like a lifetime?s worth. And plenty of champagne and lobster for an army.
Run away. Run far, far away (see move no. 37).
Parents will recognize this ploy instantly. Child complains that dad is being mean. Mom tells dad to stop being mean (this can go either way ? mom being mean and so on).
Any power the parents had together is effectively diminished. This works in the business world, too.
If you are dealing with two or more people on the side of negotiation, introduce information that might get them quibbling with each other. Could be statistics or a study that demonstrates one of them is wrong. You gain position when the other side is divided.
Before you begin negotiating ask, ?Will you be the person making the decision on this??
If they say no, then ask who will be making the decision. Then ask if you can talk to that person.
If that?s not possible, then you may just have to deal with it. But that?s okay. You?ve got 36 other moves you can use.
Commitment is a strong negotiation tactic. It?s one of the six principles of influence Cialdini taught us in his book.
Here?s how it works: start with a small commitment. Just make it a simple yes or no.
?Do you want this by Friday??
?Do you want me to write a companion Facebook post??
?Do you want this in Word??
All of these smaller commitments will lead to an easier larger commitment when it comes to closing the deal.
Why does this work? People who start something do not like to appear inconsistent. They want to finish what they started.
It takes effort and humility to break off a commitment. What will the other side think of you? The trick is to not care (see the second-to-last tactic).
Not really.
The point is to avoid getting stiffed on the back end by asking for payment up front. Just make it part of your non-negotiables (see no. 2)
If asking for all of the moula up front is too strong, request half.
One of the best ways to lose a negotiation is to be insecure. You?ll either get taken advantage of or you?ll agree to terms you don?t like because you are too scared to state your terms.
Plus, your objections or statements may not instill confidence if the other party senses you are insecure. They?ll wonder if you can even pull off the job.
Raise your chin and your voice. Look people in the eye. State clearly and concisely want you want. And don?t flinch (unless it?s appropriate).
Remember the last time you were a nervous wreck? Maybe it was before a first date or first interview. More than likely you really wanted this date or interview to work out.
You really cared about it.
Now think about the last time you sauntered into an interview, ate all the peanuts from a jar on the table and stared at the ceiling. The outcome didn?t matter to you. So you were relaxed and confident.
That sort of indifference will not only help you to think clearly, but it will also allow you to pull off one of the best negotiation moves ever.
See the last move ?
In the end, after all options have been exhausted and you?re still not happy, exit the negotiation.
Get up, and walk away.
Of course, this means you have to have options. If you?re desperate, then walking away will not help. If you?re emotionally tied to the outcome, then the other party has a hook in your nose. You can?t walk away.
I cannot tell you how powerful it is to be able to shrug your shoulders and say, ?Well, I guess this isn?t going to work out. Talk to you later.? It?s a good place to be in.
Let me make a suggestion to you: print this out. I know it?s long, and will eat a lot of paper, but it will pay you back anytime you find yourself on the other end of a negotiation.
And trust me. That can happen at just about any time.
You could find yourself working through a blog post, look down and see a client?s name show up on the screen. You pick up and start talking. And you realize he?s just made you some kind of offer. That?s happened to me more times than I can count.
And let me repeat: while this advice is directed towards writers, anyone can benefit. Entrepreneurs. Accountants. Mothers. School principals. You name it, we all have to negotiate.
Now it?s your turn. Share your favorite negotiating move in the comments ?
About the Author: Demian Farnworth is a freelance writer who hustles the finer points of web copy at the blog The CopyBot. Follow him on Twitter or Google+.
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Being knowledgeable about how to repair, install, and maintain heating, air conditioning, and ventilation systems can land you a really good job in the future. There are some places available where you can learn such skills and use them for such a purpose. You can enroll in an HVAC trade school to give you the skills the need to become an efficient technician.
Aside from such schools, there are some states as well that have their own HVAC training center where you can receive the same training as you do in trade schools. The skills that you will learn will revolve around everything about heating and cooling systems including refrigeration. Their work deals with keeping indoor environments as comfortable and as healthy as possible.
The lessons will also tackle skills on how to properly install energy-efficient technology for both modern and old establishments. The jobs that are in this field have been in demand for recent years. This is because the importance of conserving energy has also heightened.
In this career you will be able to interact with many people. There are many who end up working for service companies that provides aid to commercial and residential establishments. You also get to encounter several circumstances which will help you enhance you skills for the better.
These schools teach their students mostly on how to properly diagnose the problems that their clients are experiencing with their systems. They are also given problem-solving skills which enables them to find the best possible solutions. They will also be taught on how to properly create systems that can reduce the use of energy while giving the best quality to their customers.
There are many who wish to learn such skills that enroll themselves in an HVAC academy where they will be able to learn more about such skills. Here there are more trainings and lectures. The education provided in such places are more formal and applicable for those that want to have a degree in this field.
This career is best if you are interested in electronics and different kinds of technologies. Some also get to secure certificates from vocational schools that teach them as well. But, many employers actually prefer that they hire those with higher degrees.
Many kinds of programs for such are available when you enroll in institutions like an HVAC trade school. Some classes last for at least six months until two or four years. This will depend however on the kind of degree that the student takes. When you graduated from such programs then you can definitely rest assure that your employment prospect is definitely higher due to the high demand of such jobs.
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