There are many properties in this world, which are bought by an owner and after some time they are put up for sale by owner. There can be many reasons for this type of action. There are often the emergencies of situations, which impel the owner to sell their property. The situation is different depending on the person… Some sell their property when they undergo a difficult financial period of their life or when they go through any kind of separation or divorce or even some other major unexpected turn in their life. They also sell their property in order to free the capital in their properties so that they can pay back their creditors.

It is the general practice of owners of properties to sell their properties through real estate agents. However, now-a-days more and more house owners are inclining towards using the service of for sale by owner sites, popularly known as FSBO sites. Selling property through these FSBO sites without the help of real estate agents is becoming a trend in the real estate business. In United States and Canada, the percentage of houses sold through FSBO sites is getting higher and even in United Kingdom people have started using these sites.

People are using for sale by owner sites not only for that reason, but because they offer numerous benefits that are worth the effort. One of the main reasons why people opt for selling their properties themselves from these sites is because in this way they can avoid the really expensive real estate agents. This does not only save you a lot of money, but it also increases the number of potential buyers of your property. However, there are also some buyers who have this idea that owners who sell their houses through these sites generally ask for more than their market rate.

Another benefit that you get by selling your property through FSBO sites is faster sale of your property. If you are in dire need of money you would like to sell your property as soon as possible. However, if you contact a real estate agent it will become a long process. A potential buyer also may not like to wait for so long. And if you wait for too long to sell your house, buyers may being to believe that there is something wrong with the house and avoid buying it.

The other benefit that you get from selling your property through FSBO sites is a convenience. When you sell your property through these sites you are in full control of everything. You decide the rate, the buyer and everything. You will be able to choose the potential buyers and fix appointments with them according to your convenience. You do not have to clean your property everyday expecting a sudden visit from a buyer. You will be less stressed as you are going to be in control and can even plan everything according to your schedule if your house is for sale by owner.

Putting it in perspective

The first thing that comes to mind when we talk about the speaking and training industry is to think about the huge annual seminars, conferences, and conventions usually conducted by industry associations, societies and professional bodies. Added to this are the corporate training by elite universities, polytechnics, colleges, giant consulting firms, and the like. Not far left behind are the global motivational speaking giants and celebrity speakers such as Tony Robbins, Brendon Burchard, Darren Hardy, Jack Canfield, Victor Mark Hansen, Les Brown, Brian Tracy and hundreds and hundreds of other giants. Then you have super-celebrity business moguls such as Donald Trump and Richard Branson that get paid up to $100,000 per appearance. These business moguls are in a class of their own. Some books have spawned global movements such as Chicken Soup for the Soul by Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen, Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki, and Guerilla Marketing by Conrad Levinson, to mention a few. So it’s a huge market out there.

How big is the industry?

Training Industry.com estimated the global market for training expenditures in 2011 was about $287bn. They expected the market to grow to about $292bn by 2012. Market Data Enterprise estimated the Motivational ”Self-Improvement” market to be about $10.4bn. In my opinion these are extremely under-reported figures as they may reflect at best market of OECD countries. Putting all countries in the picture may result in figures three times bigger, so it’s a huge industry, that clearly overlaps with other industries such as ICT, and education, where formal education, certification and the like take place.

Who are the key players?

The key players as we mentioned at the beginning include corporate training arms of almost all universities, with elites such as Harvard, Wharton, Stanford, Columbia, and MIT taking global lead. Then you have global leadership institutes such as INSEAD in France, IMD in Switzerland, and Cranfield in England. Then you have global consulting giants such as McKinsey, Accenture, PWC, KPMG, that don’t only consult and audit, but also train their clients in best practices. In the speaking segment the global leaders are Toastmasters International, National Speakers Association (NSA), and International Federation of Professional Speakers.

How can you belong?

A whole book can be written about how you can become a trainer or speaker. The best place to start is to visit your local library or neighborhood bookshop and look up books on the training and speaking sections. To help you jumpstart, the best place to begin is to decide which niche you wish to serve. While you may play in different niches, the biggest earners are niche players who have developed expertise in their niches to the point of becoming celebrities. To become a trainer, the best place to start is to become an expert or at least, a knowledgeable professional in the area you wish to train on, for example, sales, leadership, and communication. To really gun for the seven figures, seek out the experts, submit to their mentorship and coaching, then join their networks. The best mentors will open up their networks for you.

What can you sell as a trainer and/ or speaker?

The training and speaking industries have overlapped so much so that sometimes it is difficult to say these days where one ends and where the other begins. For all intents and purposes, the two industries are tending in one direction and are coalescing into one huge information industry. For the purposes of this article, however, we will keep the two industries separate, at least for now. To be a trainer, the most lucrative segment to focus on is corporate training. Most quoted companies dedicate huge sums to their annual training budgets, sometimes as high as 10% of their profit before tax, so there is huge money to be made there. As I said earlier, the more focused you are, the better. In the speaking or motivational segment or niche, while you also sell expertise as a trainer, unlike the corporate trainer, you’ll be selling directly to individuals most of the time. So to really succeed in the speaking industry, you need to develop your unique spin of what you want to sell to your target audience. As the saying goes, there is nothing new under the sun. If you look back far into how the industry developed from the days of Napoleon Hill, W. Clement Stone, Earl Nightingale, Jim Rohn, Bryan Tracy to modern day icons such as Tony Robbins, Darren Hardy, Marcia Weider, and Brendon Burchard, the one thing that sets the most successful speakers apart was and remains the ability to develop a unique style that gets you on the radar.

How to make 7 figures

Thanks to technology and the proliferation of media, the training and speaking industries are merging into one huge industry that people now refer to as information marketing industry. When you are selling corporate training, what exactly are you selling? If you look at it closely, you are selling information and ideas. Maybe, how to carry out certain tasks better, how to hone a particular skill, or how to direct a change in attitude or behavior in a more desirable direction. The same applies to the motivational speaking. The outcome you desire is the same, you are conveying ideas and information that your audience can use to better their lives in various areas, such as health, wealth, self confidence, time management and other dimensions. While in the past, an average speaker if he or she was lucky could get ten or twenty people into a hall to listen to what he or she had to say, today you have a global audience, thanks to the internet. So the first step towards your 7-figure earning is to leverage the power of the internet and the associated technologies to your advantage. According to Janet Switzer, there are more than 50 information products you can market. Assuming you have 20 products, and you are able to sell to just 10,000 monthly at the rate of just $20 per person, you can make about $4,000,000 per month. Not bad for a start, but it will not happen overnight. You have to keep at it, and be willing to pay the price. I know celebrities that are making more than that figure per month, so jump in, the water is warmer than you think.

Project Management Professional (PMP) certification is sponsored by the Project Management Institute (PMI), who develops the requirements. It is an exam that deals with the project management field.

Anyone taking the PMP exam for certification will find resource procurement, project charger, general project management, project quality, project integration, cost management, risk, scope, time and other related items featured. Those who want to take this exam apply and must go through training that will prepare them for the certification exam. When a person is certified they are trained as a project management professional and agree to work by a certain code of conduct as well as demonstrating an understanding of the field. A successful PMP certification means the individual will work professionally, fulfilling all field requirements and treat the customer well.

When preparing for the PMP certification exam there are other things to consider aside from the training. A person preparing for the ecam needs to know the formulas of the trade include Earned Values and PERT. It is a good idea to practice these formulas to be completely ready. It is helpful to answer the project management body of knowledge, also known as PMBOK, though first. It is important to know you won’t get marked off if you don’t answer a question so answer all the questions you are confidence you know. You can even take practice exams to help you completely prepare for the exam and experience.

Then if you have time go back over the test and answer any blank questions by making an educated guess. You have studied and trained so you might know the answer. Don’t waste time thinking about a question you aren’t sure about because the test is timed. A good project manager will have a variety of skills so apply all your abilities possible to the test. It is a good idea to read each question carefully. Some of the information in a question might not be important to the answer. Now each question just has one right answer and it should be clear what is correct. Again it is vital to answer the questions according to your PMP training and not what you have learned outside of the training, such as with your other work experience. They are testing your PMP skills primarily.

Once you take the test it will be evaluated to determine if you have learned all the PMP skills needed. Following the review you will learn if you have earned your PMP certification.