Although we are still in June, time has a way of flying by. 

What are your thoughts moving forward?  Will you be able to survive if things change?  Will our senior clients be forced into more foreclosures?  Will the new burden of entitlements be stretched to the point of bankruptcies to our entire social system as we know it today?  Will downward home prices continue to spiral?  Will taxes,  insurance and higher rates rear their ugly heads in 2011?

Our current times continue to be very interesting.

Your thoughts?

What is your biggest challenge moving forward into 2010?  Let me know!  Just post  your opinions on RT.

Below are 5 questions that you need to answer to keep yourself back on track
for 2010:

1.  What are the top 3 things you want to achieve during 2010?

2.  What has prevented you from doing this so far?

3.  What are your top 3 fears that are preventing you from your goals?

4.  Why is it a must to attain your outcome?

5.  Brainstorm and come up with all the actions you must complete to
     come up with your outcome.

Please print out these out and write your answers down.  

What is your next move to get back to the basics in 2010? I have
developed a complete Strategic Planning Package to help you with
you goals.

Did you know that when you post a comment on ReverseTalk, your post will also appear on your Twitter page.  Yes, all you have to do is include your twitter account information on your account. 

Here’s what you do?  When you log on as yourself, just go to the settings tab.  On the left side you will see your Twitter.com account.  Just update your information here, and all your comments automatically go to your Twitter page. 

Pretty neat!

Just kidding, I have many friends on ReverseTalk.com.  How did I get so many?  Simple, I asked them.  You can do the same thing.  Just go click on the RT member and send them a message asking them to be your friend.  Each RT member can ask anyone to be their friend.  Go ahead, check the RT members and add your members today!

Why worry or even concern yourself with social marketing sites?

You’ve probably heard quite a bit about “social networking” lately. But what is it?  Through sites such as Facebook, Linkedin,  Twitter you can network with others who are in your field, as well as business contacts, customers, and potential customers.  Thus, the creation of ReverseTalk.com  just for the reverse mortgage community.

Groups

- Each group will have a custom group URL (example: http://reversetalk.com/groups/profile/GROUPNAME)

- Group statistics such as group members, total group messages and creation date

- Group RSS feeds

- Ability to post messages in groups

- Members who are subscribed to a group will be able to receive messages when other users post messages to the group

We already have several groups set up in reverse talk.   If you want to do your own group among your company, go ahead!

What is a Tweet?  Many term tweets as talking on the web in short blasts to a wide variety of tweeters.   

So. what is different about Reverse Talk?   Reverse Talk tweets are sent to a specific community, specifically senior professionals who are interested in connecting with like mindedness professionals and service providers, and not to a wide spectrum audience. like twitter.     The advantage is simple;  you are able  to communicate, sound off, ask questions, get resources, and make friends all across the  country.  

The question is, do I want to friend my competitor down the street?  The answer is yes and no.    You see, your neighbor down the street is trying to make a living in this business just like you.  Getting to know your neighbor puts you in a position to know both some of the good and not so good things.  That old saying, “keep your friends close and your enemies closer,” is very wise advice.

ABOUT ME:
I noticed that many RT members sign up, but never go back to complete their profiles.  This is your option  and is not a requirement, however, if I am going to ‘friend you’ on RT, then I want to know something about you, ie. where you do business, your interests in the reverse mortgage business, etc.  So, if you haven’t completed your profile, then take about 2 minutes to do it. 

Here is where you go to complete the “About Me”:
1.  Login to your member account
2.  Click on “Settings” on the top tab
3.  Click on “About Me” under the My Account menu
4.  Next just fill in  the About Me information (you can add as little or no info here)
5.  Next on the  blue tab “save changes”
6.  You can go back and change your “About Me” at any time

Tweet:  Did you know every time you do a public post in RT, it can get posted to your twitter account?

Make sure your Twitter account is updated in your Settings.:  Did you know google threads through your tweets and it can increase your SEO?

While you at it why not “invite friends”?  Do you have a colleague or other professional who would like to be part of our community.  If so, simply go to your “invite friends” tab and send them an email.  We have it all done for you.

Did you know you can use your sticker to keep your reverse mortgage fans in touch with you?

Here is how simple it is:
1.  Login in to your Reverse Talk account
2.  Open your “Settings” tab
3.  At the very bottom you will see “My Layout” and directly under that is 
      “My Sticker”  -> click on my sticker
4.  Next you will see your “sticker” with your latest post.
5.  Under that you will see a box that says: Paste this code into your website/Blog:
6.  Copy and paste the code below into your web site or your blog, just like I have done
with my Sam Collins Marketing web site and REMALO Association site.
7.  Here is a sample of what it will look like…

Go ahead get your sticker onto to your web site or blog site.

I was curious to find out how long Twitter had been around, how it got started, and the reason for its success.  I was surprised to find out that Twitter was started 3 years ago.  The concept was a phenomenon and the idea has flourished to become a huge success.

Success did not come until the idea was public and folks began to invite their friends and associates to join in this unique form of communication.   The introduction of API pushed the concept over the top.  Now there are millions using Twitter and connecting with friends and assoicates around the world.    The whole story about Twitter can be found here!

Would you like to hear the story about how Reverse Talk  was born?  To be honest, it actually came from the concepts adapted by Twitter.  From my own experiences, I knew that most of us have little time to do what we want, plus dozens of places to go to for answers, but I felt the common known sites such as Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn, just did not relate to the issues, challenges, and things going on in my senior world and that of reverse mortgages.   I knew there had a be a way to get everyone togethter and in a way that was affordable and not majorly time consuming.    I guess free was good enough! 

Thus was born ReverseTalk.com  Here in 140 characters (micro blogging) or less you can connect with like minded folks.  For you to get the most from your RT experience, consider inviting a friend.  There are really no trade secrets, only opportunities and guess what, you might meet a friend or learn how you can push yourself to a higher degree of success.  Short and direct messages are the future and the way to absorb a lot of information in a short time.   Also, did you know your Reverse Talk public posts automatically goes to your Twitter account, saving you time and connecting you with more folks.

Go ahead invite a friend.  Just click this link to INVITE FRIENDS

Have you ever made a purchase, for example a car, and wish it had that little extra something?  Well, when I put together Reverse Talk, I tried to keep it simple, but useful.  However, sometimes the most  obvious just gets overlooked.

Today Christine Herman from PRClosings and Gary Packman brought to my attention the very obvious.  The “Register” button for new members joining was too obscure.  Once I checked it out, I agreed, so we are working on changing it to be more pronounced.

Also, William Bach brought to my attention a  ”direct message”  issue.  We are working on fixing.  Seems like the issue is resolved, but early members have been affected the most.

Now the good news.  The feedback for Reverse Talk has been really positive and I hope to see more folks take advantage of this great means to communicate among each other, within your company, and with other service providers.

Please let me know if we can help any way, just send us an email:  support@reversetalk.com

In the meantime, go ahead invite friends and associates.  The link is available on top tab:
http://www.reversetalk.com/invite

The more we talk reverse, the more we can improve our industry image and help more seniors!