Thanks to those of you that continue to follow my posts and be avid readers of our journey. It’s been a long time since my last post. I had to name this post, “Behind the Mask,” because in our new Covid World we’re living in, we’re mostly all behind a mask. Who could have known […]
Thanks for your continued support and encouragement along this journey! In my last post, I stated that consistency is key to our success in this business. Another key I have found is surrounding myself with great people – not just in my personal life, but also in business. This is important in our teams. Grand […]
Welcome to another update regarding our team’s expansion (second location). Please click here for my previous articles. It’s now a new year, 2020! Wow – a new decade! As I reflect upon the past year, we’ve made some huge strides, faced some obstacles, some failures – or shall we say, ‘opportunities for growth’ and more. […]
Welcome back to my journey of opening an expansion team in another market. If you’ve been following along, you now know all of the “fun” it’s been so far. If you haven’t been following along, do yourself a favor and at least go read the last few parts to see just how nutty an individual […]
Thanks a ton to those of you that keep coming back to read about my expansion team journey! I last left off in the planning phase, getting into the nitty-gritty of preparing to move (literally) into expanding to a new market—over 800-plus miles away from my current market. I’ve already learned a lot along the […]
I’m super excited to continue my expansion team journey into another market with you. In my last article, I shared how having the systems and processes in place for not only my current team in West Michigan, but also for the expansion team in Charlotte, NC was imperative to my growth plan. Since our decision […]
Welcome back to my tale and journey of entering a new market with an expansion team. By now, if you’ve been following, you know the overall “plan.” We’re now moving to Charlotte, N.C., so I can be hands-on to grow the expansion team the best way I know how: with daily huddles, a clear set […]
If you missed Part 1, it may be worth going back to read it to get caught up to speed first. Click here for part 1: https://rismedia.com/2019/11/04/expand-market-2/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=eNews. If you choose not to, hopefully you can still follow along. Once we decided as a family that this business expansion was worth pursuing, we put the wheels […]
I love to think BIG! That’s who I am. Let’s just say that the “sky is the limit” mentality runs heavily through my veins. That’s why when I was recently approached about possibly opening an expansion team, moving my family across country, and taking over another agent’s business in a totally new market … I […]