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Contributed by: Christian Beebe
Christian Beebe Properties
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Some frickin smart guy with sweet hair once said, "GREAT spirits have always encountered violent OPPOSITION from mediocre MINDS" and dangit, he's right.
You want to get somewhere in this business? You want to make a splash turn into a tidal wave? THEN STOP being like everyone else, stop following the other lemmings off the cliff (which I found out the other day, they don't do....ruined my whole day). This business is about attracting people, it's about bringing people in, setting up deals from the start even before you talk to them. You gotta
think man...keep moving...but stay on course. Floating like butterfly but stinging like a frickin' bee who's been pumping iron for 20 years and just found out his woman left him. I'm talking savage but sweet marketing, the essence of this business.
You want leads...I'LL GIVE YOU LEADS! But you have to do something first. You have to go over to the mirror....come on, not kidding, go over to the mirror. Now look at yourself, check out your hair, your makeup and then very calmly start out with this, "I'm a Real Estate Investor and I'm a Nut....I'm a Real Estate Investor and I'm a Nut" Say it louder people! "I'M A REAL ESTATE INVESTOR AND I'M A NUT!" Start prancing around the room, act like a monkey, bring your kids in....did they get scared? Good, you're doing everything right then. Wife calling the lawyer? Sweet, it's all coming together.
You see, as tough as it is you have to learn how to break out of your shell and make a fool out of yourself in order to go somewhere. The sooner you realize that things around don't matter, that people will always be pulling you back into "their" reality, the better. Thinking outside the box doesn't take a genius; it doesn't take years of marketing school or clown college (sometimes one in the same). What it takes is being able to do something you never were programmed to do.
You see, I was the shyest boy all my life, always picked on, always made fun of. But when I got to college, I saw a campus ad for learning to be a male cheerleader (stop laughing). I actually sat there with this stupid grin on my face, because I was thinking how cool this would be (plus where my hand would always be). I knew it would be so hard for me to yell in front of 60,000 people and make a fool out of myself, but I knew I had to do it. It was like the cheerleading god who touched my shoulder and said, "It's time, you have to go now". I spent the next five years of college ;) cheering for thousands of fans, making a fool out of myself, and you know what....people started to talk to me and actually respected me. Guys loved me because I knew the hottest chic’s, girls loved me because I was in touch with my feminine side. I broke my mold, I faced my enemy and slapped it like a pimp.
So I have this car, this 2002 Mitsubishi Eclipse and I was sitting around the other day, thinkin' about Tahiti dream when all of sudden it hit me. If I could really come up with something great to put on my car, some sort of ad that wouldn't cost much and would attract attention, it would be perfect. So I hooked up with a local sign firm and we developed a simple but effective vinyl lettering for the car. And I mean ALL OVER the car. It doesn't look trashy, but gets attention. Has my message, but doesn't overdo it. Plus...PLUS it's permanent advertising...done, don't have to pay for it anymore. Even if I go broke, it's still there. It's perfect, but here's the catch. I have friends, I have a girlfriend, and I have parents...all people who love me...but after they saw the car...they questioned my sanity.
You hear the quotes, you see the posters with great sayings on them, but I swear the hardest thing to do is what you think you can't do. I push the box because I know what my box is made of...my fears. So when you get out there to advertise and market your service or product....what is your box made of?
Oh yeah, the car has receive more attention and calls then most of my advertising.
And No, I can not be hired to do personal cheers for your parties.
Christian Beebe
The Solutions Kid
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