Top Agent Magazine
HOW TO NOT LOSE A CLIENT IN 10 DAYS
While we won't be serenading a Carly Simon song or tugging on the heartstrings of a Hollywood heartthrob, we will be sharing ten essential tips for agents, the key pitfalls to avoid and the most common mistakes agents make that can cost them a client.
5 min |
Southern Florida November 2024
Top Agent Magazine
MYLO DRAVEN
\"If you want a house, then we're going to help you get it.\" This is the foundation of Mylo Draven's approach to mortgage lending.
2 min |
Texas Mortgage November 2024
Top Agent Magazine
There Goes the Neighborhood: How to List High When Neighbors are a Nuisance
How do you diffuse difficult neighbors that could lower your bottom line or embarrass you in front of prospective buyers? It takes tact and a gameplan.
3 min |
Ohio November 2024
Top Agent Magazine
Uncommon Contact: Connecting with Clientele Through Social Media
Social media is one of the newest and most powerful tools in an agent or mortgage professional’s arsenal. With just a few keystrokes, you can stay top-of-mind with buyers, sellers, and borrowers near and far, past and present.
2 min |
Ohio November 2024
Top Agent Magazine
How to Get the Biggest Recharge Out of Your Lunch Hour
When things get busy, it's typical to find a grab-and-go lunch and keep plugging away on the tasks at hand.
2 min |
Texas Mortgage November 2024
Top Agent Magazine
Tips on Being a Good Team Leader
Your business is booming, so much in fact, that you've finally made the decision to start a team. You've made sure it's financially feasible, and you've found the right people, but there is still one other component of a successful team.
2 min |
Texas Mortgage November 2024
Top Agent Magazine
5 Tips to Get New Clients
If you've been in the industry for a while, you've probably built up a healthy percentage of repeat and referral business.
3 min |
Texas Mortgage November 2024
Top Agent Magazine
3 Ways to Make Your Workspace Work for You
Productivity experts agree that a curated workspace positively impacts productivity and mood, but oftentimes we settle for bland desks and cubicles that lack personalized details or considerations for workflow.
2 min |
North Carolina November 2024
Top Agent Magazine
MIRTA ARROYO
Top Agent Mirta Arroyo is a solo agent—recently joining Monarch Group Realty where she serves Cabarrus, Mecklenburg, Rowan, and Stanly Counties.
3 min |
North Carolina November 2024
Top Agent Magazine
Beyond Cleaning and Decluttering: What Improvement Expenses Make the Most Sense?
Decluttering open spaces, emptying cabinets and drawers and removing knick-knacks might seem like obvious – and free – ways to improve a home’s presentability.
3 min |
North Carolina November 2024
Top Agent Magazine
Establishing Yourself as a LOCAL AREA EXPERT
For real estate agents and local business professionals, carving out a reputation as a go-to local expert is invaluable.
1 min |
North Carolina November 2024
Top Agent Magazine
AGENT STRATEGIES TO GROW YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA PRESENCE
In real estate, where connections and maintaining relationships with clients are crucial, having a strong social media presence is essential for any REALTOR®.
3 min |
North Carolina November 2024
Top Agent Magazine
Is Finding A Niche Market Right for You?
A lot of Realtors® take the ‘jack of all trades’ approach to their businesses, and some are extremely successful with doing it all and doing it well.
3 min |
North Carolina November 2024
Fortune US
THE NEW GOLD RUSH
Gold prices have soared amid global uncertainty and a central-bank-driven buying spree. But this time, the gold mining industry looks very different.
10+ min |
December 2024/January 2025
Writer’s Digest
Writing for the People We Hope to Become
Elisa Stone Leahy's new middle-grade novel, Mallory in Full Color, tackles the in-between moments of adolescence, when who we are and who we want to become collide.
5 min |
January - February 2025
Fortune US
A New Season for Giving
As the PGA TOUR kicks off its 2025 season alongside its sponsors in Hawai'i, the organization is continuing to make an impact in local communities.
4 min |
December 2024/January 2025
Writer’s Digest
Mayfly Marketing
How to sell your novel in a short-attention-span world.
9 min |
January - February 2025
Fortune US
TECH POLYMARKET'S ELECTION ACCURACY MADE SHAYNE COPLAN A STAR-BUT AN FBI RAID POINTS TO TROUBLE AHEAD
IN NOVEMBER, Shayne Coplan had a week he'll remember for the rest of his life: He got a phone call from the highest echelons at Mar-a-Lago. He went on TV for the first time. And his New York City apartment was raided by the FBI.
4 min |
December 2024/January 2025
Writer’s Digest
The Idea Factory
Tired of staring at an empty screen? Unlock your inner fiction generator with these surprising inspiration techniques.
9 min |
January - February 2025
Fortune US
WELCOME TO ELONTOWN, USA
The small town of Bastrop, Texas (pop. 12,000), has become a home base for Elon Musk's business empire. What comes next is anyone's guess.
10+ min |
December 2024/January 2025
Fortune US
GLOBAL BUSINESS BRACES FOR TRUMP 2.0
AROUND THE WORLD in 2024, voters chose change: in South Africa, France, Britain, and Japan. But nowhere does the anti-incumbent trend matter more than in the United States.
6 min |
December 2024/January 2025
Writer’s Digest
How to Write in Different Genres
Emiko Jean and Yulin Kuang share tips and strategies for how they successfully write in different genres and mediums.
8 min |
January - February 2025
Writer’s Digest
Seinfeld Was Right: That's a Story
Use mundane moments from everyday life to create stories that pack a punch.
10 min |
January - February 2025
Writer’s Digest
Pat Barker
The Booker Prize-winning author of Regeneration shares the role characters play in developing novel ideas and explains what appeals to her about reimagining mythology.
10+ min |
January - February 2025
Writer’s Digest
Creating Community
Whether hot off the presses or on the shelves for years, a good book is worth talking about.
3 min |
January - February 2025
Fortune US
WHAT PALMER LUCKEY, THE MAN REVOLUTIONIZING WARFARE, IS AFRAID OF
PALMER LUCKEY, the founder of the $14 billion Al-powered weapons startup Anduril, has become the face of change in the defense industry.
5 min |
December 2024/January 2025
Fortune US
100 MOST POWERFUL PEOPLE
Our inaugural, authoritative ranking of the leaders whose innovation and impact have elevated them to the top of the business world.
10+ min |
December 2024/January 2025
Writer’s Digest
What Is Your Story Question?
Revision and editing advice to take your first draft to the next level.
7 min |
January - February 2025
Fortune US
WHAT ARE THE BEST METRICS FOR MEASURING A STARTUP'S POTENTIAL?
IN HIS 2012 ESSAY \"Startup = Growth,\" Paul Graham talks about a 5% to 7% weekly growth rate as table stakes for startup success. If you're growing 10%, he says, you're doing \"exceptionally well.\"
2 min |
December 2024/January 2025
Fortune US
WHY BIG TECH IS THE NUCLEAR INDUSTRY'S NEW BEST FRIEND
OVER THE PAST several years, Big Tech firms like Google and Microsoft have trumpeted ambitious plans to go carbon-neutral, or even carbon-negative, by 2030. But then the generative-AI boom came along and threw a giant wrench in their plans.
5 min |