Ken Brand's (kens411) Blog

Turn soul-sucking TV commercial time into soul-saving personal-me-time. Do you wish you had more time for the important things and people in your life?  There’s a no-brainer way to add hours, days and weeks of quality time to your life.  Stop watching TV commercials. Here’s what I’m talking abou...

I invented the word "Transmedia Anthropologist". What, you don't believe me.  See for yourself.  Google Search For "Transmedia Anthropologist". I imagined the word when I was trying to come up with a description of how sales people modern experience providers must approach our morphing consumer ...

The scarcity happens because so many businesses don't care enough or are too scared to invest the energy in so many seemingly meaningless little bits of being extraordinary.  Seth Godin Scarcity.  ELBs.  Ah Ha. What ever our profession, how people value us is compromised of Exponential Little Bi...

I'd give it to you for FREE if I could.  But Amazon says I have to ask at least 0.99¢ents [caption id="attachment_6129" align="aligncenter" width="490" caption="The future is here, it's just not evenly distributed. ~ William Gibson"][/caption] I've sold a ton of the Kindle/eBook versions for $10,...

Chapter Twelve from the book Less Blah Blah More Ah Ha – How social savvy real estate agents become trusted, preferred, referred and rewarded. Are You Seizing Hiding-In-Plain-Sight Opportunities? “It is a puzzling thing.  The truth knocks on our door and we say, ‘Go away, I’m looking for the trut...

Q&A Self-Sabotage, or Client-Centric Communication? Chapter Eleven from the book Less Blah Blah More Ah Ha - How social savvy real estate agents become trusted, preferred, referred and rewarded. “Who speaks, sows.  Who listens, reaps.” ~ Argentine Proverb They meet. Sam and Ella share their impor...

Chapter Ten from the book Less Blah Blah More Ah Ha - How social savvy real estate agents become trusted, preferred, referred -- and rewarded. Are You Prepared to Reap While Sluggards Sleep? “Spectacular achievement is always preceded by unspectacular preparation.”  ~ Robert Schuller  Every day, ...

I could yammer on and on about what's happening in the real estate market.  But after all was said and done, it might be easy to conclude, especially if I gushed Pollyanna, that because I'm a salesman, my story was mostly fluff or bluff.  So instead, I'll share the information in pictures so you ...

Are Fear and Doubt Strangling Your Success? Chapter Nine from the book Less Blah Blah More Ah Ha - How social savvy real estate agents become trusted, preferred, referred -- and rewarded. “Fear is the highest fence.”   ~Dudley Nichols  If you’re human, from time to time this happens. Prickly need...

Chapter Eight from the book Less Blah Blah More Ah Ha - How social savvy real estate agents become trusted, preferred, referred -- and rewarded.  By Ken Brand On-Purpose and In-Person Contact and Conversations “You are the only person on earth who can use your ability.”  ~M. Kathleen Casey If you...