This could be a great tool to educate your debt counseling or debt settlement customers. Remember educating your customers is the fastest way to get them to a successful debt solution. Debt Help- Mint.com
Confidence Converts Mortgage and Debt Leads
Image by Getty Images via Daylife What is your number one job as a mortgage broker or debt settlement counselor? Build confidence in the customer. Sales is Creating Confident Buyers Does that sound weird to you? It shouldn’t because it is the most critical skill a sales person must possess. You are not there to [...]
Debt Settlement Leads
Image by EmaStudios via Flickr The current recession is making debt settlement leads look more like a common phone book. It seems that nearly everyone is in need of some credit or debt management assistance. That means those debt leads you are buying are increasingly valuable if you have a good marketing plan. Turning Debt [...]
The Internet is Insurance Customers’ Comparison Shopping Engine
Image via Wikipedia The easiest way to save money on gas and avoid the crowds is to comparison shop online for certain goods and services such as insurance. You can enjoy a user-friendly atmosphere and make an informed purchase right in the comfort of your own home. You can research the premiums that various insurance [...]
New York Times Blogger Gets Debt Relief Solicitation
Image via CrunchBase This is an interesting article, written by a New York Times writer, on her personal experience with debt settlement solicitation. Her reaction is to be suspicious of the upfront fees that the debt relief counselor requested for their services. She turns it into a story about the upcoming FTC TSR/Debt Relief public [...]
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) TSR/Debt Relief Forum
Image by Getty Images via Daylife The FTC hosted a public forum on November 4, 2009 to discuss a proposed “advance fee ban” and continued tightening on “disclosures and misrepresentations” related to the debt settlement industry. The meeting was certainly packed with all of the major players in the debt settlement industry from practitioners to [...]
Debt Settlement Gone Horribly Wrong (for the Consumer)
Image via Wikipedia Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott is pursuing Debt Relief USA, who is currently in bankruptcy with $4.6 million in withheld debt relief promised to clients. The press release from the Texas AG cites 2,500 debt customers as victims. There are some definite lessons to learn in this statement to keep your debt [...]
Is the Regulatory Environment Changing Your Business?
Image by Getty Images via Daylife I am curious what the general sentiment is on this topic. I hear a lot of my customers having to make adjustments because of all of the regulatory changes. There’s HVCC, loan modification rule changes, increased mortgage licensing requirements, robocall bans, and a host of other changes that target [...]
Product Knowledge, Do You Know What You’re Selling?
Image by k-ideas via Flickr This almost seems a silly topic, but I think it is often overlooked and regularly kills deals. Your customers come to you or buy from you because of your knowledge. After all if they could do it themselves they probably would. The question is-are you staying competent enough to do [...]
Follow Me on Twitter for More Valuable Info
Image via CrunchBase Are you following me on Twitter? You should be. I am constantly Twittering out ideas, tips, and news I pick up from my stream of daily feeds on debt, mortgage, and loan modification. Here are some recent items you may have missed if you weren’t following me: Reverse Mortgage – Bank of [...]
