With 2016 swiftly coming to an end and 2017 planning well underway, it is inevitable to spend time reflecting on both the positives and negatives of the past year. As with the close of any year, this reflection is typically what drives people to create New Year’s resolutions. While many focus on personal resolutions such [...]
For lenders and service providers, communication is perception. If the last few years have established anything, it is that the perception of borrowers, regulators and, in litigation, judges and juries, have and will dramatically influence not only the outcome of a dispute but, risk assessments, profitability and business practices. Let's take a brief look into how [...]
Data-driven decision making is increasingly valued above the “trust your gut” way of thinking. In the very beginning, there just were no tools and information needed to conceive and measure the effectiveness of our efforts. We all were forced to rely on our guy feelings when it came to assessing the success of our marketing [...]
Applied Business Software Inc. (ABS), developers of The Mortgage Office® and The Loan Office® software, is excited to announce a major update to its signature loan servicing software The Mortgage Office®. The Long Beach based software company, the industry leader in loan servicing software, released this extensive update with dozens of enhanced features to its [...]
The answer most of the time is “NO!” Here’s why: Sharing your list probably breaks the privacy policy you’ve created. When people subscribed to your organization’s email list you probably told them in the fine print (i.e. your terms of service) that the organization would not share any information collected from website users with third-parties. [...]
Small Change is first. FINRA (the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority) has just approved Small Change, the Pittsburgh-based crowdfunding platform, as the nation’s first Funding Portal dedicated to real estate. With a small stroke of a pen, or, more likely, click of a mouse, FINRA has ushered in a new era for real estate investors. Now, [...]
Outbound marketing is not dead. That’s right, those messages sent to an audience through TV, cold-calling, e-mails, direct mail and paid searches is alive and well! Inbound marketing—regarded as the future of marketing—has grown leaps and bounds over the last few years. Marketers across the globe prioritize inbound marketing over outbound. The decline of outbound [...]
The American Association of Private Lenders (AAPL) announced Lima One Capital will be the title sponsor of the 2016 Annual Conference. Linda Hyde, AAPL’s Executive Director, is happy to announce their first title sponsor in the seven-year history of the event. “Lima One has been a supportive members and we are more than excited to [...]
It has been brought to our attention that there are multiple companies contacting our sponsors, claiming to represent the American Association of Private Lenders (AAPL) offering “assistance” with registration and hotel bookings. Two such reported companies that are aggressively cold-calling and spamming companies whose names have appeared on www.AAPLConference.com pages are Exhibitor Housing Management (EHM / ehmtravel.com) [...]
A writer for Fast Company once said, “How you treat project deadlines can speak volumes about your organization’s commitment to the work.” It has inspired these tough love tips to get things moving like a well-oiled machine. A huge factor as to why so many organizations have so much trouble doing what they intend to [...]
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