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Traits Successful People Possess: The CEO's Path to Excellence
Leaders achieve goals in cooperation with and through the actions of the people in their organization. Effective CEOs encourage their employees’ personal success because they understand that personal success translates into organizational success. They know that successful people build successful organizations.Three characteristics of successful people are:• Goal directionThey know where they stand, where they want to go and have a plan to get there.• Self motivationAs self starters, they wind their own clock.• Positive mental attitudeSuccessful people look for ways to complete tasks. They focus on strengths and break self-imposed limitations created by low self esteem.These traits are interrelated. Strengthen one and you strengthen them all. Success breeds more success through increasing momentum.Goal Direction:A much quoted study found that the three percent of the population who created a specific written plan became not only financially independent but out produced those with only general goals by 10 to 100 times.Goal directed action leads to success, which arrives when you make that first step towards a goal, not when you reach your goal. Every action step you take towards your goal is

aths for ages. Hey, the trainer said that all us that are struggling with our maths could stay behind for some extra tuition. I like the trainer! Goes out of his way to help. Good sense of humour too. Homework again? Looks like it’s going to be a daily thing.

Two days gone, had five mock exams already and done ok so far.

Wednesday 9.30 am
Here we go mid week and I’m starting to get the hang of this course and really enjoying it at last. Although it’s not easy, people on the course are starting to make friends, forming groups and socialising. Enjoying today even more as it’s about mortgage products and that what the job’s all about anyway.

Stayed behind last night with a few of the others to get to grips with the formulas. It’s ok for some of the young people on the course as it’s not long since that they left school but me, I haven’t done any serious maths for twenty odd years.

More mock exams today and I think that I am coming to terms with the style of questions and the time allocated. Some of my mock examination marks are starting to improve, including the homework. Missing the family though, not long to go now!

Thursday 9.30 am
This trainer is incredible, cracking jokes and light conversation about some of the homework answers has certainly clarified one or two things that I was a bit shy to ask about, just in case I showed myself up in front of everyone. It’s as though the trainer knows how we think and act in front of other people.

Starting to feel tired today as it is starting to catch up on me. Al

Build As Many Links As You Can
Search Engines in the last couple of years are giving more weight to one way links with a similar theme, these links are a vote of trust and confidence for your website, they are so important that they help your site in the rankings of search engines. One search engine in particular uses link popularity, that search engine is Google. When you improve your link popularity it will eventually move your site up in the serps, this is the goals of every webmaster.Incoming links are votes to your website; more links does not mean you are the most popular, a combination of links and quality links are considered very important. Think of it this way, if you have 1000 poor links pointing to your site compared to 100 quality links they 100 links are more important to haveSearch Engines are changing their algorithms all the time and they are becoming very advanced, now they are able to detect natural and purchased links. Link popularity is very important to most major search engines, so when conducting your link marketing campaign try to concentrate 95% of your time on this.Before you start your link campaign make sure your site is a quality site with good content. A Link exchange is a great way to market your website in a very cost effective manner.Inboun

We all strive for success by studying for university degrees, attend courses and continuously look for a spark for direction in life and it’s not until we see a professional person in front of us that we realise that it’s a job that we would like to do. It seems easy watching that individual working at the height of their career without realising what price they have had to pay to achieve success.

Being in the Financial Services Industry for over 20 years, many people have asked me what it takes to become a successful mortgage broker. As the Marketing Director of Money Marketing Limited, a company that trains hundreds of budding UK mortgage advisers per month, I feel that I am well qualified to answer that question.

“ It takes dedication, focus, hard work and the ability to strive for success.”

So what criteria should you use when deciding on your future career direction? Well, try asking yourself a few of the following questions:

· Do you think that you would enjoy helping people with their finances?
· Would you prefer to be an employee?
· Would you like to be self-employed?
· Are you determined to become a high earner?
· Are you intent on being successful?
· Would you like to be in charge of your own destiny?

A ‘yes’ answer to most of these could mean that you should consider investigating how to become a mortgage broker but before you do, let’s look a little further. The start to becoming a mortgage advisor means is passing a mortgage advice qualification and in my opinion the most recognised one in the UK is the Certificate in Mortgage Advice and Practice (CeMAP)

Do you need to have a degree to pass the exams? You will not need academic qualifications to be able to pass the Cemap exams but one thing you will need is a strong desire to succeed in a highly competitive industry.

If you are looking to start a career in Financial Services as a mortgage advisor but are finding it hard to get your foot in the door, let our dedicated team of industry-experienced CeMAP training professionals lead the way. We have people travelling to our venues from all parts of the country including Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

We successfully help individuals to pass their mortgage advice qualifications in literally days of intensive, fast track cemap training. Having said that, it can be easy for the gifted people who are just natural at passing academic exams. I recently spent a week with a group of 10 delegates on a CEMAP 2 & 3 training course and the range of abilities on the course was extremely diverse. The challenge here for the cemap trainer was to get them all to the same standard by the end of the week and prepare them for their exams, the week after. Nine out of the ten passed their relevant exams.

The challenges of the CeMAP exams are that you need to learn the qualification content and pass the exams at 70% but that is not all. Many people coming into the mortgage industry have not sat exams for years and in some cases not since they left school. Our CeMAP training courses were built for individuals who are new to the mortgage industry and as a consequence, we teach the course content and mock examine you on a daily basis.

The advantage to this system is obvious, not only are you learning the course content but the exam techniques as well. With strengths and weaknesses identified on a daily basis, it is easy to identify the areas that require extra tuition during the week. This proven system allows us to help hundreds of people get through their Certificate in Mortgage Advice & Practice (CeMAP) exams per month.

Do take care, as the route to becoming a mortgage adviser could be fraught with dangers for the unprepared and under researched person, as the journey could be a long and arduous one. Care should be taken when choosing the company for the initial CeMAP training as many organisations are strictly in the business of offering either a two-day revision course or a self-study CeMAP examination course that in our opinion is not enough. Further to this there are unscrupulous organisations that may try to lure individuals into offering cheap CeMAP training courses and then taking ?5,000, ? 6,000 or even ?9,000 off them in an attempt to recruit them into their mortgage business as mortgage advisers or offering them an expensive mortgage franchise.

Have you ever wanted to know before hand how a CeMAP training course might run on a daily basis? Well here is a fly on the wall account of a recent CeMAP 2 & 3 combined training course that I attended in London run by Money Marketing Limited for 10 budding mortgage advisers.

Monday 9.00 am
We all reported to the conference centre of the Premier Travel Inn at Enfield, where the trainer greeted 10 very apprehensive and nervous delegates all looking for our allocated seats and nodding to each other in greetings. The most pleasing thing was the friendly atmosphere that was created by the welcoming trainer and quickly putting us at ease and introducing the week ahead. The most surprising thing was two large folders in front of each delegate, one labelled Course Notes and the other Course Exams.

Well away we go covering the first part of the course and hey, what’s this? Are we being tested so early? Yep, sure thing, mock multiple choice exam questions at the end of each covered section. Not used to this, not done any exams since my school days. Still, must attempt them and see how it goes.

The first day flew by. What? Homework? Not much chance for socialising in the bar tonight then. Still, I had better get my head down and focus.

Tuesday 9.30 am
Later start today, needed that extra half hour to pull myself together. Marked the homework first thing and got 72% not bad. Off we go following the course notes, delegates asking questions to the trainer who shows a high degree of knowledge. Quite liked being able to ask questions and clarify things, certainly couldn’t do that on a self-study course. I’m getting into this multi choice exams system now, usually there are two definitely wrong answers and that only leaves two left to think about.

Some of these questions are rather difficult and I haven’t done formulas and maths for ages. Hey, the trainer said that all us that are struggling with our maths could stay behind for some extra tuition. I like the trainer! Goes out of his way to help. Good sense of humour too. Homework again? Looks like it’s going to be a daily thing.

Two days gone, had five mock exams already and done ok so far.

Starting to feel tired today as it is starting to catch up on me. Alt

Monitor Your Closing Rate
Know Your Closing PercentageThe Closing Rate is a benchmark to measure the performance of marketing activities. A business with a high Closing Rate is less dependent on advertising to drive traffic. As a new business owner you might have to guess at this number. Over time, this measure becomes more precise as you track and compare proposals and sales.Improving your Closing RateSeveral factors can contribute to a low closing rate including misdirected advertising investment or improper sales techniques. You can determine if advertising is properly directed by examining the quality of leads being generated. Are you attracting serious customers? Review your media mix. Be sure you are spending advertising dollars in the right places to attract the right customers. Low conversion rate may also be indicative of poor sales presentations or proposals. Improve you "Closing Rate" by analyzing their sales process. Do you ask potential customers probing questions, and then really listen to their answers? Are you presenting a solution to the customer's needs, or a standard pitch designed to be a "one-size-fits-all" solution?Monitor Your Closing RateWatching this number over time will help you track your progress. Do

one in the UK is the Certificate in Mortgage Advice and Practice (CeMAP)

The first day flew by. What? Homework? Not much chance for socialising in the bar tonight then. Still, I had better get my head down and focus.

Two days gone, had five mock exams already and done ok so far.

Starting to feel tired today as it is starting to catch up on me. Al

Career Management - How to Deal With Failure -The Need to be Resilient
Being topical this time, the England football team has to come to terms with failure, and all those pictures of footballers and fans in tears is a powerful picture of how we can get hurt and disappointed. It would be rare for anyone not to feel similar, but what we need to do is to think about how we will react.There are many ways to deal with disappointment and many times I have spoken with people who didn't get a promotion and their way of dealing with it was to disengage from the company, to moan and do the minimum. Sometimes this would coincide with a new boss taking over their team, into the job they had hoped to get. What sort of impression does this give to their boss - someone who is not interested and helpful in the job and who makes negative remarks? Their chance of another promotion reduces the longer they maintain this approach.I appreciate it is hard but they need to turn the situation around. Companies will sometimes ask me to work with someone who is not being effective at work, but the company wants to help them return to how they used to be. With listening and understanding most of the people I have worked with have been able to turn the situation around, and in large companies this can be through a sideways

he mortgage industry and as a consequence, we teach the course content and mock examine you on a daily basis.

The first day flew by. What? Homework? Not much chance for socialising in the bar tonight then. Still, I had better get my head down and focus.

Two days gone, had five mock exams already and done ok so far.

Starting to feel tired today as it is starting to catch up on me. Al

Reality of Industry Associations
In the United States price collusion and predatory pricing are illegal. Yet if you look out to industry associations you often see groups of businesses beginning together and discussing pricing, sales strategies and method of operations. One could say this is price-fixing. Worse off agencies like the Federal Trade Commission often side with businesses in industry associations to work with them in self policing policies. One would suppose that this helps the Federal Trade Commission watch over an industry without spending much time or costs in enforcement.Unfortunately, for the consumer these industry associations often attack their own; that is to say the industry association and its members will go after the newcomer entrepreneur who comes into the industry gangbusters with low prices. Such a competitive upstart company will make waves in the industry and thus be a target of the association. The association working along with the government agency such as the Federal Trade Commission simply has to have its lawyers who generally are working pro bono as they are already on staff at one of the industry associations members companies turn the Company in on trumped up charges of some rule or regulation.About the only thing that the Federal Trade Commission

e all reported to the conference centre of the Premier Travel Inn at Enfield, where the trainer greeted 10 very apprehensive and nervous delegates all looking for our allocated seats and nodding to each other in greetings. The most pleasing thing was the friendly atmosphere that was created by the welcoming trainer and quickly putting us at ease and introducing the week ahead. The most surprising thing was two large folders in front of each delegate, one labelled Course Notes and the other Course Exams.

The first day flew by. What? Homework? Not much chance for socialising in the bar tonight then. Still, I had better get my head down and focus.

Two days gone, had five mock exams already and done ok so far.

Starting to feel tired today as it is starting to catch up on me. Al

Marketing Managers Need Cover Letters, Too?
Well, yes. If they want to get jobs, that is.A cover letter takes the best of your qualifications professional traits and makes them enticing attractive to prospective employers. It’s a carefully crafted letter that directs the employer to the resume to determine why you are the best candidate for the job.Competition for Marketing Managers is keen. You have to stand out from the crowd in a positive, exciting way to ensure you are the one employers are determined to hire.How do you accomplish this?If you have already written your resume, the words you need are basically prepared for you. It’s much easier to pull from the resume and reflect on your character when you have put the time in to document your professional personal history.The cover letter builds on the resume and leads the employer toward it in an artfu. Its goal is to get the employer excited about the resume. It is a sales tool, just like the resume is. Sell yourself in a compelling and exciting way. Inject energy and let your best qualities reach the employer through carefully written examples and anecdotes. Don’t just state what you are capable of, show the employer with vibrant language that attracts and invites the employer to want to know more.Let your per

Two days gone, had five mock exams already and done ok so far.

Starting to feel tired today as it is starting to catch up on me. Although the exam technique is now ok, the course content is getting a bit much but we are all in the same boat and it’s full mock exams all day tomorrow. Last day to learn about mortgages and things but I must admit that all the insurances are rather confusing. What with Full Endowments, Low cost, Unit linked, Decreasing term, Level term, it’s all a but confusing at the moment. Must stay behind tonight to go through these different policies to better understand them. More homework for tonight, last chance to get the preparation right for tomorrow. Must get a good night sleep tonight, no Stella Artois.

Friday 9.30 am
I don’t believe it, the week has gone so fast, yet I feel so tired. Full mock exams today on both CeMAP 2 and 3 papers. Hope that I do well but it should be a good test today to see if I’m ready or not to sit the proper exam next week. We are all tense and ready for the mocks but don’t know what to expect.

Here we go, start. Hey this is ok, some of the questions are easy and I don’t know what I was worried about. Whoops! There goes that low cost endowment question again. Don’t really understand why they ask questions about endowments as they are not arranged anymore. 85% in the CeMAP 2 mock exam that only took me 1.5 hours of a two-hour question makes me feel good this morning and I’m dying to discuss some of the questions with the others. Not looking forward to the CeMAP 3 exams this afternoon.

Just got through the CeMAP 3 mock exam with a score of 71%. Not good enough as it’s borderline and I need to do more work for next week before I take the proper exam. The good news is that I can take my Course Notes and Course Exams booklets home with me and test myself on a further three mock exams before I sit the actual exams.

This was a fly on the wall interpretation by Joe Kocsis the Marketing Director of Money Marketing Limited who attended a recent CeMAP 2 & 3 combined training course.

Money Marketing Limited is a training school, strictly in the business of training individuals to assist them with their CeMAP exams and then offering advanced mortgage training modules to individuals and companies alike, in their quest to become professional mortgage advisers or even self-employed mortgage brokers.

Visit our website at http://www.cemap-training.org.uk for further information on mortgage advisor courses

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