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2016

Welcome to the multi-year archive of articles related to and about corporate housing & furnished/serviced apartment information and webinars tied to industry products, services & emerging trends/technology.

#corporatehousingcoach - If you would like to see/read more furnished/serviced apartment news/trends, you will find those stories/tweets here.

December 20, 2016
853. PowerHour Open-Mic #202 on Tuesday, December 20th

For our PowerHour Sales Academy members, our focus this week + call details are below for our PowerHour Open-Mic #201 on Tuesday, December 13th.

We are going to cover:

#1.  2016, the year-in-review.  What was the high point?  What did not go---as planned?

#2.  For Tuesday, let's review the 21 key points/areas from 2016 as we plan for 2017---your best year ever.

#3.  Action step:  what would you add to the year-in-review list?

#4.  "Learn the macro from the micro" a quote by Josh Waitzkin, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_Waitzkin from the book, Tools of Titans, https://toolsoftitans.com written by Tim Ferriss.

Here are the next steps:

#1.  Please listen to the audio recording as many times as you like.  This recording is available for the next 30 days and is 11 minutes long.

#2.  Please make the sales topic for this week, the focus for you and your corporate housing sales team---for the next 7 days.  Brainstorm as a team related to this topic, share ideas internally, practice role-playing and find a way to incorporate the topic for this week in as many creative ways as you can into your sales week.

The Goal: To expand the sales & marketing strategies that you and your team are using to book/fill more furnished apartments with a focus on G.R.A.C.E. [Growing Revenue & Cultivating Excellence].

Plus, we are passionately focused on helping you convert your inbound sales leads/prospects/opportunities into new revenue growth.

--> Join our weekly PowerHour Sales Academy to sell more furnished/serviced apartments & gain more leads from your website.

The Coach,
Ernest Oriente

--> #corporatehousingcoach If you would like to see/read more furnished/serviced apartment news/trends, you will find those stories/tweets here.
--> The author of SmartMatch Alliances,
--> PowerHour, serving the corporate housing & serviced apartment industry since 1995 and the apartment property management industry since 1988.
--> Join our weekly PowerHour Sales Academy to sell more furnished/serviced apartments & gain more leads from your website.
--> Come follow us on Twitter!

Join us on Thursday?

Since 1995, this PowerHour E-newsletter is only available to the CEOs/Presidents/Owners and Vice Presidents of Sales for the leading 1157 corporate housing companies around the world. Annual subscriptions are $1200.

Come join 4,150+ furnished/serviced apartment leaders in our 3 PowerHour LinkedIn groups, http://www.powerhour.com/corporatehousing/training.html

I hope you will join me today/Thursday December 15th.

Details are below~for our 249th free educational PowerHour webcast for the corporate housing industry, since 1995. :-)

Thursday PowerHour, Will 2017 Be Your Best Year Ever?
Please join us and invite others on your furnished apartment sales team to join us, by having them register here:

Join corporate housing & furnished/serviced apartment expert Ernest F. Oriente of PowerHour [ http://www.powerhour.com and http://powerhoursalesacademy.com/ and http://www.powerhourseo.com and http://guest-satisfaction-survey.com ] for our free corporate housing & furnished/serviced apartment PowerHour webcast on Thursday, December 15th at 11:30 p.m. Eastern/New York time---focused on Will 2017 Be Your Best Year Ever?

** Special note:  when you register for the webcast below --- you will receive your December 2016 website score that compares your website visibility and search engine rankings to each of your local corporate housing competitors in your city/area.  My PowerHour team has been tracking your website score and SEO visibility every month --- since 2009 and we have sent 182,278+ inbound sales leads/prospects totaling 1.83 billion in revenue opportunities to our clients over the last 9+ years.

Since 1995, Ernest has spent 36,750 hours coaching/guiding 450+ leading corporate housing & furnished/serviced apartment companies and their sales teams, around the world--is the author of SmartMatch Alliances and the webcast below is his 249 over the last 22+ years.

During this 60-minute corporate housing & serviced apartment PowerHour webcast we will be discussing the points below plus fielding your specific questions:

#1. A step back.  What are you most proud of, in 2016?  What worked best?  What will you stop/discard, going into 2017?  Please send your replies to ernest@powerhour.com

#2.  Planning for 2017, what are the 12 most important areas to work on?  What will you measure, that will make the greatest impact on your revenue and profit success?

#3.  The first 100 days of 2017, what are the steps to make/take to insure the results reach and surpass your goals?

#4.  Airbnb, an update over the last 30 days---what are the trends we are seeing, from around the world?  If you would like to see/read more furnished/serviced apartment news/trends about Airbnb, you will find them here, https://twitter.com/hashtag/corporatehousingcoach

As prep for #2 above---please join our 3 flagship LinkedIn groups with 4150+ leaders around the world, on the urls below:

Corporate Housing Sales Success: http://tinyurl.com/m286tl2
Furnished Apartment Success, Driving More Revenue: http://tinyurl.com/knttxnu
Corporate Housing Professionals: http://tinyurl.com/mn6s9ek

Registration Information

When:  Thursday, December 15th
Please note, the above PowerHour corporate housing & furnished/serviced apartment webcast starts at 11:30 a.m. Eastern/New York/Toronto time, which is
10:30 a.m. Central/Dallas/Winnipeg time
9:30 a.m. Mountain/Denver/Calgary time
8:30 a.m. Pacific/San Francisco/Vancouver time
4:30 p.m. GMT/London time
Fee:  No charge

Please invite others on your furnished apartment sales team to join us, by having them register here:

PowerHour, serving the corporate housing & furnished/serviced apartment industry since 1995 and the apartment property management industry since 1988, http://www.powerhour.com/corporatehousing

PowerHour Recruiting, come see 481+ years of corporate housing sales expertise here: http://powerhour.com/corporatehousing/recruiting.html Many do not have non-competes, all are willing to travel as needed, some are willing to relocate and a select group have 3M, 5M and 10M+ in portfolio relationships they will bring with them.

The Coach,
Ernest Oriente

--> #corporatehousingcoach If you would like to see/read more furnished/serviced apartment news/trends, you will find those stories/tweets here.
--> The author of SmartMatch Alliances,
--> PowerHour, serving the corporate housing & serviced apartment industry since 1995 and the apartment property management industry since 1988.
--> Join our weekly PowerHour Sales Academy to sell more furnished/serviced apartments & gain more leads from your website.
--> Come follow us on Twitter!

For our PowerHour Sales Academy members, our focus this week + call details are below for our PowerHour Open-Mic #201 on Tuesday, December 13th.

We are going to cover:

#1.  Lead sharing with well-connected industry vendors/suppliers is a powerful way to open new prospect doors and increase your selling success---faster than ever before.  What is the best way to select each person/company you are planning to do lead sharing with? 

#2.  Where is the best place to find your ideal lead sharing partners?  What is the best/ideal structure for the way that lead sharing partnerships work? 

#3. What are the 36 best ways to develop great new prospects for those in need of your corporate housing services for stays of 30+ days in your furnished/serviced apartments and to expand your successful business development, with a focus on G.R.A.C.E. [Growing Revenue & Cultivating Excellence] and the power of Thinking Big?  This week, we will cover #8.

#4.  Bonus sales point:  negotiating strategy #97 ==>> What is a reluctant buyer?

The Goal: To expand the sales & marketing strategies that you and your team are using to book/fill more furnished apartments with a focus on G.R.A.C.E. [Growing Revenue & Cultivating Excellence].

Plus, we are passionately focused on helping you convert your inbound sales leads/prospects/opportunities into new revenue growth, http://www.powerhourseo.com/corporatehousing/#leadconversion

--> Join our weekly PowerHour Sales Academy to sell more furnished/serviced apartments & gain more leads from your website.

The Coach,
Ernest Oriente

--> #corporatehousingcoach If you would like to see/read more furnished/serviced apartment news/trends, you will find those stories/tweets here.
--> The author of SmartMatch Alliances,
--> PowerHour, serving the corporate housing & serviced apartment industry since 1995 and the apartment property management industry since 1988.
--> Join our weekly PowerHour Sales Academy to sell more furnished/serviced apartments & gain more leads from your website.
--> Come follow us on Twitter!

Around the world, Airbnb is facing strong headwinds from property owners, city governments, building residents and the hotel lobbyists plus stiff fines for those wanting to rent for less than 30 days.

Below are three recent stories…

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/03/technology/airbnb-ends-fight-with-new-york-city-over-fines.html

http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/SF-deals-major-blow-to-Airbnb-with-tough-10617319.php

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3993300/Airbnb-landlords-accused-turning-needed-housing-hotels-door-
website-admits-thousands-properties-rented-illegally-THREE-MONTHS-year.html

What are the Airbnb trends and news you are tracking? How is it impacting our furnished/serviced apartment sector? What are we hearing from corporate buyers? Come join us on Tuesday to learn more, http://powerhoursalesacademy.com/corporatehousingsalesleaders

If you would like to see/read more furnished/serviced apartment news/trends like the ones above, you will find them here, https://twitter.com/hashtag/corporatehousingcoach

The Coach,
Ernest Oriente

--> #corporatehousingcoach If you would like to see/read more furnished/serviced apartment news/trends, you will find those stories/tweets here.
--> The author of SmartMatch Alliances,
--> PowerHour, serving the corporate housing & serviced apartment industry since 1995 and the apartment property management industry since 1988.
--> Join our weekly PowerHour Sales Academy to sell more furnished/serviced apartments & gain more leads from your website.
--> Come follow us on Twitter!

For our PowerHour Sales Academy members, our focus this week + call details are below for our PowerHour Open-Mic #200 on Tuesday, December 6th.

We are going to cover:

#1.  On permanent video ==>> Let's discuss this important sales principle.  Plus, let's review together how this impacts your brand---and branding/messaging, with your largest major employers, HR directors and relocation companies.

#2.  Feed-forward not feed-back ==>> As a furnished/serviced apartment sales professional---let's discuss the importance of this sales principle and how to maximize your sales and career success with it.

#3. What are the 20 most important sales skills, methods and strategies needed to sell more furnished/serviced apartments?  How will these sales skills plus our 21 negotiating techniques help you sell and close 100% of your best sales opportunities?  For this week, we are going to cover sales skill #20.

#4.  Bonus sales point:  from the book, SmartMatch Alliances ==>> Please read pages 97-98.

The Goal:  To expand the sales & marketing strategies that you and your team are using to book/fill more furnished apartments with a focus on G.R.A.C.E. [Growing Revenue & Cultivating Excellence].

Plus, we are passionately focused on helping you convert your inbound sales leads/prospects/opportunities into new revenue growth, http://www.powerhourseo.com/corporatehousing/#leadconversion

--> Join our weekly PowerHour Sales Academy to sell more furnished/serviced apartments & gain more leads from your website.

The Coach,
Ernest Oriente

--> #corporatehousingcoach If you would like to see/read more furnished/serviced apartment news/trends, you will find those stories/tweets here.
--> The author of SmartMatch Alliances,
--> PowerHour, serving the corporate housing & serviced apartment industry since 1995 and the apartment property management industry since 1988.
--> Join our weekly PowerHour Sales Academy to sell more furnished/serviced apartments & gain more leads from your website.
--> Come follow us on Twitter!

Around the world, Airbnb is facing strong headwinds from property owners, city governments, building residents and the hotel lobbyists plus stiff fines for those wanting to rent for less than 30 days.

Below are three recent stories…

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/03/technology/airbnb-ends-fight-with-new-york-city-over-fines.html

http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/SF-deals-major-blow-to-Airbnb-with-tough-10617319.php

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3993300/Airbnb-landlords-accused-turning-needed-housing-hotels-door-
website-admits-thousands-properties-rented-illegally-THREE-MONTHS-year.html

What are the Airbnb trends and news you are tracking? How is it impacting our furnished/serviced apartment sector? What are we hearing from corporate buyers? Come join us on Tuesday to learn more,
http://powerhoursalesacademy.com/corporatehousingsalesleaders/

If you would like to see/read more furnished/serviced apartment news/trends like the ones above, you will find them here, https://twitter.com/hashtag/corporatehousingcoach

The Coach,
Ernest Oriente

--> #corporatehousingcoach If you would like to see/read more furnished/serviced apartment news/trends, you will find those stories/tweets here.
--> The author of SmartMatch Alliances,
--> PowerHour, serving the corporate housing & serviced apartment industry since 1995 and the apartment property management industry since 1988.
--> Join our weekly PowerHour Sales Academy to sell more furnished/serviced apartments & gain more leads from your website.
--> Come follow us on Twitter!

The negative news regarding Airbnb in NYC this week --- continues…
http://tinyurl.com/jfufwcx

And, we’ve posted/shared lots more stories/news like the one above on Twitter, https://twitter.com/hashtag/corporatehousingcoach

The Coach,
Ernest Oriente

--> #corporatehousingcoach If you would like to see/read more furnished/serviced apartment news/trends, you will find those stories/tweets here.
--> The author of SmartMatch Alliances,
--> PowerHour, serving the corporate housing & serviced apartment industry since 1995 and the apartment property management industry since 1988.
--> Join our weekly PowerHour Sales Academy to sell more furnished/serviced apartments & gain more leads from your website.
--> Come follow us on Twitter!

This is very big news for our sector. Full story …



How are you and your sales team addressing AirBnb with your corporate clients?

We are covering this exact topic during our corporate housing Tuesday PowerHour Sales Academy. 

Join us? http://powerhoursalesacademy.com/corporatehousingsalesleaders 

The Coach,
Ernest Oriente

--> #corporatehousingcoach If you would like to see/read more furnished/serviced apartment news/trends, you will find those stories/tweets here.
--> The author of SmartMatch Alliances,
--> PowerHour, serving the corporate housing & serviced apartment industry since 1995 and the apartment property management industry since 1988.
--> Join our weekly PowerHour Sales Academy to sell more furnished/serviced apartments & gain more leads from your website.
--> Come follow us on Twitter!

Join us on Friday?

As the founder of PowerHour [ http://www.powerhour.com and http://powerhoursalesacademy.com/corporatehousingsalesleaders and http://www.powerhourseo.com and http://guest-satisfaction-survey.com ] I hope you will our free corporate housing & furnished/serviced apartment PowerHour on Friday, October 14th at 11:00 a.m. Eastern/New York time---focused on Strategic Winter Inventory?

Since 1995, Ernest has spent 36,500 hours coaching/guiding 450+ leading corporate housing & furnished/serviced apartment companies and their sales teams, around the world--is the author of SmartMatch Alliances and the PowerHour below is his 247th over the last 21+ years.

During this 60-minute corporate housing & serviced apartment PowerHour we will be discussing the points below plus fielding your specific questions:

#1. What is the composite of your portfolio inventory? What are the strategic inventory decisions to focus on for the upcoming winter months?

#2. Revenue management pricing and leasing terms---what are the key negotiation points? What does it take to gain lease agreement advantages?

#3. AirBnb and the multifamily sector, what changed in the last 30 days? Why are the largest property management companies re-writing their rental lease agreements to remove the AirBnb loopholes? 

As prep for #2 above, please come join 4,150+ furnished/serviced apartment leaders in our 3 PowerHour LinkedIn groups, http://www.powerhour.com/corporatehousing/training.html 

Please invite others on your furnished apartment sales team to join us, by having them register at the url below:
http://www.powerhour.com/corporatehousing/webinars.html

Our PowerHour will be very full and hundreds of corporate housing sales professionals will be joining us from around the world. To make it easy to ask questions before *or* during our PowerHour, please send an E-mail to ernest@powerhour.com and throughout the PowerHour we will work/weave your questions into the presentation.

When: Friday, October 14th.

Please note, the above PowerHour starts at 11:00 a.m. Eastern/New York/Toronto time, which is

10:00 a.m. Central/Dallas/Winnipeg time
9:00 a.m. Mountain/Denver/Calgary time
8:00 a.m. Pacific/San Francisco/Vancouver time
4:00 p.m. GMT/London time

Fee: No charge
To register, please surf here: http://www.powerhour.com/corporatehousing/webinars.html

Since 1995, our 247 PowerHour corporate housing & furnished/serviced apartment webcasts are always free to join/participate live---or can be purchased for $395 next week for 24/7/365 learning and training access.

PowerHour Executive Coaching/Training---since 1995, http://www.powerhour.com/corporatehousing
PowerHour SEO + Internet Marketing White Papers, http://www.powerhourseo.com/corporatehousing
PowerHour Live Weekly Sales Academy, http://powerhoursalesacademy.com/corporatehousingsalesleaders 
PowerHour Expert LinkedIn Training. http://powerhour.com/corporatehousing/training.html
Guest Satisfaction Surveys, http://guest-satisfaction-survey.com

PowerHour Recruiting, come see 425+ years of corporate housing sales expertise here: http://powerhour.com/corporatehousing/recruiting.html

Many do not have non-competes, all are willing to travel as needed, some are willing to relocate and a select group have 3M, 5M and 10M+ in portfolio relationships they will bring with them.

The Coach,
Ernest Oriente

--> #corporatehousingcoach If you would like to see/read more furnished/serviced apartment news/trends, you will find those stories/tweets here.
--> The author of SmartMatch Alliances,
--> PowerHour, serving the corporate housing & serviced apartment industry since 1995 and the apartment property management industry since 1988.
--> Join our weekly PowerHour Sales Academy to sell more furnished/serviced apartments & gain more leads from your website.
--> Come follow us on Twitter!

I hope you and your team --- enjoyed a great summer! Most I have spoken with recently, have seen record summer revenues/bookings.

Wanted to send you a quick note, we have industry sales leaders with 425+ years of corporate housing success, looking to work for a sterling company in our furnished/serviced apartment sector.

Many do not have non-competes, all are willing to travel as needed, some are willing to relocate and a select group have 3M, 5M and 10M+ in portfolio relationships they will bring with them. 

Just a small portion of our select candidates plus job openings are listed here: http://powerhour.com/corporatehousing/recruiting.html 

Plus, many of these sales leaders are at the ERC conference in Washington, DC this week. 

Speak for a few minutes today?

We are always happy to discuss career opportunities and/or the industry, with anyone you refer to PowerHour.

PowerHour is the only recruiting firm in our sector, for the last 21+ years and all conversations are kept confidential.

Would you like to learn more about the 9 steps for hiring corporate housing leaders/superstars, the importance of corporate housing pre-hire sales testing/assessments http://www.powerhour.com/corporatehousing/assessments.html and/or discuss industry best-practices and the trends we are seeing for compensation plans in 2017? 

The Coach,
Ernest Oriente

--> #corporatehousingcoach If you would like to see/read more furnished/serviced apartment news/trends, you will find those stories/tweets here.
--> The author of SmartMatch Alliances,
--> PowerHour, serving the corporate housing & serviced apartment industry since 1995 and the apartment property management industry since 1988.
--> Join our weekly PowerHour Sales Academy to sell more furnished/serviced apartments & gain more leads from your website.
--> Come follow us on Twitter!

Anyone you might refer me to, regarding the open position below?

https://www.linkedin.com/groups/950167/2355651-6179687884996558849 <<== For Los Angeles

https://www.linkedin.com/groups/36805/950167-6179686672398106628 <<== For Charlotte

https://www.linkedin.com/groups/950167/2355651-6179658950242299909 <<== For New York City

https://www.linkedin.com/groups/950167/2355651-6179656384431341568 <<== For Seattle 

https://www.linkedin.com/groups/108135/108135-6179691725360029697 <<== For DC/Virginia 

And, if you know others in our sector who might be a great/perfect fit ---please forward to those you know.

We have the open corporate housing position above, plus another 8 more open positions across the United States plus additional opportunities in Canada, the UK and Europe. 

Which means, we are always happy to discuss career opportunities and/or the industry --- with anyone you refer to PowerHour.

PowerHour is the only recruiting firm in our sector, for the last 21+ years and all conversations are kept confidential.

The Coach,
Ernest Oriente

--> #corporatehousingcoach If you would like to see/read more furnished/serviced apartment news/trends, you will find those stories/tweets here.
--> The author of SmartMatch Alliances,
--> PowerHour, serving the corporate housing & serviced apartment industry since 1995 and the apartment property management industry since 1988.
--> Join our weekly PowerHour Sales Academy to sell more furnished/serviced apartments & gain more leads from your website.
--> Come follow us on Twitter!

Join us on Thursday?

As the founder of PowerHour [ http://www.powerhour.com and http://powerhoursalesacademy.com/corporatehousingsalesleaders and http://www.powerhourseo.com and http://guest-satisfaction-survey.com ] I hope you will our free corporate housing & furnished/serviced apartment PowerHour on Thursday, August 18th at 12:00 p.m. Eastern/New York time - focused on 2017 Budget Selling Season: RFPs, Relocation Companies & Summer Interns?

Since 1995, Ernest has spent 36,350 hours coaching/guiding 400+ leading corporate housing & furnished/serviced apartment companies and their sales teams, around the world--is the author of SmartMatch Alliances and the PowerHour below is his 245th over the last 21+ years.

During this 60-minute corporate housing & serviced apartment PowerHour we will be discussing the points below plus fielding your specific questions:

#1. Your largest corporate clients are actively engaged in their 2017 budget season. What is your state-of-mind this time of year? 

#2. RFPs, how many have you received this year? How does this compare to last year?

#3. Relocation companies: how many asked for presentations in the last 30 days in need of pricing for 2017 furnished/serviced apartments? What presentations to relocation companies do you plan to give in the next 30 days? Do you have in place the 18 key areas to include in every corporate housing sales presentation when meeting with HR directors, relocation companies and key corporate decision-makers?

#4. 2017 summer internship programs are being budgeted for right now, are these programs part of your sales efforts for next year?

#5. 35 specific business development strategies---which one matters most? What is the expected ROI?

As prep for #2 above, please come join 4,150+ furnished/serviced apartment leaders in our 3 PowerHour LinkedIn groups, http://www.powerhour.com/corporatehousing/training.html 

Please invite others on your furnished apartment sales team to join us, by having them register at the url below:
http://www.powerhour.com/corporatehousing/webinars.html

Our PowerHour will be very full and hundreds of corporate housing sales professionals will be joining us from around the world. To make it easy to ask questions before *or* during our PowerHour, please send an E-mail to ernest@powerhour.com and throughout the PowerHour we will work/weave your questions into the presentation.

When: Thursday, August 18th
Please note, the above PowerHour starts at 12:00 p.m. Eastern/New York/Toronto time, which is
11:00 a.m. Central/Dallas/Winnipeg time
10:00 a.m. Mountain/Denver/Calgary time
9:00 a.m. Pacific/San Francisco/Vancouver time
5:00 p.m. GMT/London time

Fee: No charge
To register, please surf here: http://www.powerhour.com/corporatehousing/webinars.html

Since 1995, our 245 PowerHour corporate housing & furnished/serviced apartment webcasts are always free to join/participate live---or can be purchased for $395 next week for 24/7/365 learning and training access.

The Coach,
Ernest Oriente

--> #corporatehousingcoach If you would like to see/read more furnished/serviced apartment news/trends, you will find those stories/tweets here.
--> The author of SmartMatch Alliances,
--> PowerHour, serving the corporate housing & serviced apartment industry since 1995 and the apartment property management industry since 1988.
--> Join our weekly PowerHour Sales Academy to sell more furnished/serviced apartments & gain more leads from your website.
--> Come follow us on Twitter! PowerHour Executive Coaching/Training---since 1995, http://www.powerhour.com/corporatehousing
PowerHour SEO + Internet Marketing White Papers, http://www.powerhourseo.com/corporatehousing
PowerHour Live Weekly Sales Academy, http://powerhoursalesacademy.com/corporatehousingsalesleaders 
PowerHour Expert LinkedIn Training, http://powerhour.com/corporatehousing/training.html
Guest Satisfaction Surveys, http://guest-satisfaction-survey.com

Join us on Friday? When: Friday, July 28th

Please note, the above PowerHour starts at 12:00 p.m. Eastern/New York/Toronto time, which is:

11:00 a.m. Central/Dallas/Winnipeg time
10:00 a.m. Mountain/Denver/Calgary time
9:00 a.m. Pacific/San Francisco/Vancouver time
5:00 p.m. GMT/London time

Fee: No charge

To register, please surf here: http://www.powerhour.com/corporatehousing/webinars.html

As the founder of PowerHour [ http://www.powerhour.com and http://powerhoursalesacademy.com/corporatehousingsalesleaders and http://www.powerhourseo.com and http://guest-satisfaction-survey.com ] I hope you will join our free corporate housing & furnished/serviced apartment PowerHour on Friday, July 29th at 12:00 p.m. Eastern/New York time --- focused on *Airbnb vs Corporate Housing?*

Since 1995, Ernest has spent 36,000 hours coaching/guiding 400+ leading corporate housing & furnished/serviced apartment companies and their sales teams, around the world--is the author of SmartMatch Alliances and the PowerHour below is his 244th over the last 21+ years.

During this 60-minute corporate housing & serviced apartment PowerHour we will be discussing the points below plus fielding your specific questions:

#1. What are the trends, news and legal/litigious information we are seeing/reading and hearing from around the world---tied to Airbnb?

#2. How are corporate buyers viewing Airbnb for their employees in need of a furnished/serviced apartment for stays of 30+ days? How will this impact your September/October budget selling season for 2017 revenue planning/forecasting?

#3. From a sales/selling point-of-view, what does your inside and outside sales team need to know, when fielding sales objections about Airbnb? When is it ok to ask, “with your permission” when comparing your corporate housing company and housing inventory to the Airbnb housing inventory?

As prep for #2 above, please come join 4,150+ furnished/serviced apartment leaders in our 3 PowerHour LinkedIn groups, http://www.powerhour.com/corporatehousing/training.html 

Please invite others on your furnished apartment sales team to join us, by having them register at the url below:
http://www.powerhour.com/corporatehousing/webinars.html

Our PowerHour will be very full and hundreds of corporate housing sales professionals will be joining us from around the world. To make it easy to ask questions before *or* during our PowerHour, please send an E-mail to ernest@powerhour.com and throughout the PowerHour we will work/weave your questions into the presentation.

Since 1995, our 244 PowerHour corporate housing & furnished/serviced apartment webcasts are always free to join/participate live---or can be purchased for $395 next week for 24/7/365 learning and training access.

The Coach,
Ernest Oriente

--> #corporatehousingcoach If you would like to see/read more furnished/serviced apartment news/trends, you will find those stories/tweets here.
--> The author of SmartMatch Alliances,
--> PowerHour, serving the corporate housing & serviced apartment industry since 1995 and the apartment property management industry since 1988.
--> Join our weekly PowerHour Sales Academy to sell more furnished/serviced apartments & gain more leads from your website.
--> Come follow us on Twitter! PowerHour Executive Coaching/Training---since 1995,http://www.powerhour.com/corporatehousing
PowerHour SEO + Internet Marketing White Papers,http://www.powerhourseo.com/corporatehousing
PowerHour Live Weekly Sales Academy,http://powerhoursalesacademy.com/corporatehousingsalesleaders 
PowerHour Expert LinkedIn Training,http://powerhour.com/corporatehousing/training.html
PowerHour Lead Conversion,http://www.powerhourseo.com/corporatehousing/#leadconversion 
Guest Satisfaction Surveys, http://guest-satisfaction-survey.com

Tracking the news in the 4 stories below, related to Airbnb? 

How are you tucking the news below into your sales presentations to corporate buyers, HR directors and relocation companies? What is your plan for the upcoming September/October budget season---preparing for 2017 new revenue opportunities?

How is your inside sales team handling inbound calls/leads---when potential new guests are comparing your furnished apartments to other options in the market, like Airbnb?

Speak for a few minutes, about the trends we are seeing around the world regarding Airbnb and their impact on corporate clients/guests tied to stays of 30+ days?

Join our sales academy each Tuesday --- to learn more about how to handle Airbnb and frequently asked sales objections?

The Coach,
Ernest Oriente

--> #corporatehousingcoach If you would like to see/read more furnished/serviced apartment news/trends, you will find those stories/tweets here.
--> The author of SmartMatch Alliances,
--> PowerHour, serving the corporate housing & serviced apartment industry since 1995 and the apartment property management industry since 1988.
--> Join our weekly PowerHour Sales Academy to sell more furnished/serviced apartments & gain more leads from your website.
--> Come follow us on Twitter!

With SmartMatch Alliances, learn how you can quickly:

==>> Attract better business prospects for your corporate housing sales team in greater numbers and faster than ever before!
==>> Generate an endless stream of new leads + business referrals for those in need of a furnished/serviced apartment, earn more sales commissions and have more fun!

Join us on Wednesday, July 13th at 2:00pm/eastern/New York time to discuss "Position Your PINS" and we will be covering pages 41-62 from our book SmartMatch Alliances.

During this 60-minute PowerHour we will be focusing on the points below plus fielding your specific questions:

==> What are your current and target PINS?
==> How will you get noticed in your PINS?
==> Getting your articles published, what works and what doesn't?
==> Is it essential to have an E-newsletter? What content should go in your E-newsletter?

To register, click here and complete box #2:

The Coach,
Ernest Oriente

--> #corporatehousingcoach If you would like to see/read more furnished/serviced apartment news/trends, you will find those stories/tweets here.
--> The author of SmartMatch Alliances,
--> PowerHour, serving the corporate housing & serviced apartment industry since 1995 and the apartment property management industry since 1988.
--> Join our weekly PowerHour Sales Academy to sell more furnished/serviced apartments & gain more leads from your website.
--> Come follow us on Twitter! P.S. If you would like to order 40+ books as a gift for your clients/customers or for those on your corporate housing sales team, please send a note to ernest@powerhour.com. When you order 40+ books, we'll reserve a free 60-minute PowerHour {a $5000 value} specifically designed for those who are receiving the book from you.Show less

Join our sales academy each Tuesday?http://powerhoursalesacademy.com/corporatehousingsalesleaders/index.html

Join us on Friday?

As the founder of PowerHour [ http://www.powerhour.com and http://powerhoursalesacademy.com/corporatehousingsalesleaders and http://www.powerhourseo.com and http://guest-satisfaction-survey.com ] I hope you will join our free corporate housing & furnished/serviced apartment PowerHour on Friday, July 1st at 12:00 p.m. Eastern/New York time---focused on *Valuing Your Corporate Housing Company, What Are The Key Factors?*

The Coach,
Ernest Oriente

--> #corporatehousingcoach If you would like to see/read more furnished/serviced apartment news/trends, you will find those stories/tweets here.
--> The author of SmartMatch Alliances,
--> PowerHour, serving the corporate housing & serviced apartment industry since 1995 and the apartment property management industry since 1988.
--> Join our weekly PowerHour Sales Academy to sell more furnished/serviced apartments & gain more leads from your website.
--> Come follow us on Twitter! Since 1995, Ernest has spent 35,750 hours coaching/guiding 400+ leading corporate housing & furnished/serviced apartment companies and their sales teams, around the world--is the author of SmartMatch Alliances and the PowerHour below is his 243rd over the last 21+ years.

During this 60-minute corporate housing & serviced apartment PowerHour we will be discussing the points below plus fielding your specific questions:

#1. What are the key factors for valuing your company to be sold for a premium? What are the steps to make/take today that will impact the sale of your company, at some point in the future?

#2. In reverse, what acquisitions might you consider now/today---that would remove a direct competitor and add more revenue, profits and value to your company?

#3. What is the industry formula for how a corporate housing company is valued? How much due diligence is required? What are the unexpected questions that you need to consider now/today---even if you are planning to sell your company 1-3-5 years from today?

As prep for #2 above, please come join 4,150+ furnished/serviced apartment leaders in our 3 PowerHour LinkedIn groups, http://www.powerhour.com/corporatehousing/training.html 

Please invite others on your furnished apartment sales team to join us, by having them register at the url below:
http://www.powerhour.com/corporatehousing/webinars.html

Our PowerHour will be very full and hundreds of corporate housing sales professionals will be joining us from around the world. To make it easy to ask questions before *or* during our PowerHour, please send an E-mail to ernest@powerhour.com and throughout the PowerHour we will work/weave your questions into the presentation.
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When: Friday, July 1st
Please note, the above PowerHour starts at 12:00 p.m. Eastern/New York/Toronto time, which is

.11:00 a.m. Central/Dallas/Winnipeg time
.10:00 a.m. Mountain/Denver/Calgary time
.9:00 a.m. Pacific/San Francisco/Vancouver time
.5:00 p.m. GMT/London time

Fee: No charge
To register, please surf here: http://www.powerhour.com/corporatehousing/webinars.html
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Since 1995, our 243 PowerHour corporate housing & furnished/serviced apartment webcasts are always free to join/participate live---or can be purchased for $395 next week for 24/7/365 learning and training access.

PowerHour Executive Coaching/Training---since 1995, http://www.powerhour.com/corporatehousing
PowerHour SEO + Internet Marketing White Papers, http://www.powerhourseo.com/corporatehousing
PowerHour Live Weekly Sales Academy,http://powerhoursalesacademy.com/corporatehousingsalesleaders 
PowerHour Expert LinkedIn Training, http://powerhour.com/corporatehousing/training.html
PowerHour Lead Conversion, http://www.powerhourseo.com/corporatehousing/#leadconversion 
Guest Satisfaction Surveys, http://guest-satisfaction-survey.com

Would you know an industry leader who would be a perfect fit for the position below?

Compensation is in the range of 140-170K+

Our client has 15+ years of experience serving top 100 major employers across North America and around the world.

They are seeking to hiring a Global Sales leader [who can live anywhere---no relocation required] to join their team with the following experience:

===>> Must have 10+ years of proven corporate housing sales experience.

===>> Must have a track-record with national accounts and ideally, international as well.

===>> Must have proven-success responding to industry RFPs.

===>> Cannot have a corporate housing industry non-compete.

===>> A track-record of attending industry trade shows nationally and ideally, internationally as well.

===>> Able to travel, as much as needed.

===>> Able to work remote, and generate the expected revenue/sales success.

===>> A sterling industry reputation.

===>> Must be able to generate leads from a variety of sources that include: social media channels, cold calling and networking.

===>> The ability to build strong long-standing loyal relationships and implement strategies for expanding the customer base while saturating opportunities with the established client base.

===>> Compensation to be in the 140-170K+ range

The Coach,
Ernest Oriente

--> #corporatehousingcoach If you would like to see/read more furnished/serviced apartment news/trends, you will find those stories/tweets here.
--> The author of SmartMatch Alliances,
--> PowerHour, serving the corporate housing & serviced apartment industry since 1995 and the apartment property management industry since 1988.
--> Join our weekly PowerHour Sales Academy to sell more furnished/serviced apartments & gain more leads from your website.
--> Come follow us on Twitter!

We will cover:

#1. Inside sales: how do we sell the turn-key package of our furnished apartments to our inbound sales calls/leads? How does this handle the objection, "I think I'm going to set-up my own furnished apartment?"

#2. Outside sales: how do we sell the turn-key package of our furnished apartments when giving a presentation to HR directors&relocation companies who want to set up their own suites? [see attached 4 page sales tool] 

#3. What are the 18 most important areas to include in every corporate housing sales presentation when meeting with HR directors & key corporate decision-makers? For this week, we are going to cover #18.

Learn more here ==>> https://www.linkedin.com/groups/950167/2355651-187574791

Your LinkedIn group owner/moderator
Doris Schweppe

--> PowerHour, serving the corporate housing & serviced/furnished apartment industry since 1995 and the apartment property management industry since 1988,
--> PowerHour Executive Recruiting, find/hire corporate housing & serviced apartment sales superstars,
--> Join our weekly PowerHour Sales Academy,
--> Internet Marketing PowerHour White Papers,
--> Furnished/Serviced Apartment News & Industry Trends,
--> PowerHour Thought-Leadership Furnished/Serviced Apartment Webinars,
--> Join our weekly PowerHour Sales Academy,
--> Based on group size...we're #176 of 2,176,785 worldwide LinkedIn groups with 130,000+ leaders who are part of our 20 LinkedIn groups.
--> Come follow us on Twitter!

We will cover:

#1. What is the circle of influence? How does the circle of influence within a large corporation or a relocation team help you book more furnished apartments for stays of 30+ days? What does 4x4 mean?

#2. What is the upside to the circle of influence and what are the potential pitfalls to watch for? How can you use LinkedIn to find additional influencers? 

#3. What are the 35 best ways to develop great new prospects for those in need of your corporate housing services for stays of 30+ days in your furnished/serviced apartments and to expand your successful business development? For this week, we are going to cover #16.

Learn more, here ==>>  https://www.linkedin.com/groups/950167/2355651-187574791

Your LinkedIn group owner/moderator
Patricia McLoughlin
===>>> PowerHour, serving the corporate housing & serviced apartment industry since 1995 and the apartment property management industry since 1988
===>>> PowerHour Executive Recruiting, find/hire corporate housing & serviced apartment sales superstars,
===>>> Weekly PowerHour Sales Academy,
===>>> Internet Marketing PowerHour White Papers,
===>>> Furnished Apartment News & Industry Trends,
>===>>> PowerHour Thought-Leadership Furnished/Serviced Apartment Webinars,
===>>> Based on group size...we’re #176 of 2,176,785 worldwide LinkedIn groups with 130,000+ members who are part of our 20 LinkedIn groups.
===>>> Come join our weekly PowerHour Sales Academy that will help you sell more furnished/serviced apartments, gain better rankings and leads from your website and increase your number of industry referrals.
===>>> Come follow us on Twitter!

We will cover:

#1. What are your unique/specific selling and communication DPMs? What are the DPMs of your guests in need of corporate housing? What are the DPMs of your corporate HR & relocation decision-makers who are booking furnished apartments for their executives & teams?

#2. Your PIAV is showing! Please bring to our Open-Mic the sales/PIAV assessment we completed for you. We keep/store every assessment completed, since 1995.

#3. What are the 20 most important sales skills, methods & strategies needed to sell more furnished/serviced apartments? How will these sales skills plus our 21 negotiating techniques help you sell & close 100% of your best sales opportunities? For this week, we are going to cover sales skill

#2. Join us? http://powerhoursalesacademy.com/corporatehousingsalesleaders

The Coach,
Ernest Oriente

--> #corporatehousingcoach If you would like to see/read more furnished/serviced apartment news/trends, you will find those stories/tweets here.
--> The author of SmartMatch Alliances,
--> PowerHour, serving the corporate housing & serviced apartment industry since 1995 and the apartment property management industry since 1988.
--> Join our weekly PowerHour Sales Academy to sell more furnished/serviced apartments & gain more leads from your website.
--> Come follow us on Twitter!

Your LinkedIn group owner/moderator
Doris Schweppe

--> PowerHour, serving the corporate housing & serviced/furnished apartment industry since 1995 and the apartment property management industry since 1988,
--> PowerHour Executive Recruiting, find/hire corporate housing & serviced apartment sales superstars,
--> Join our weekly PowerHour Sales Academy,
--> Internet Marketing PowerHour White Papers,
--> Furnished/Serviced Apartment News & Industry Trends,
--> PowerHour Thought-Leadership Furnished/Serviced Apartment Webinars,
--> Join our weekly PowerHour Sales Academy,
--> Based on group size...we're #176 of 2,176,785 worldwide LinkedIn groups with 130,000+ leaders who are part of our 20 LinkedIn groups.
--> Come follow us on Twitter!

Your LinkedIn group owner/moderator
Patricia McLoughlin
===>>> PowerHour, serving the corporate housing & serviced apartment industry since 1995 and the apartment property management industry since 1988
===>>> PowerHour Executive Recruiting, find/hire corporate housing & serviced apartment sales superstars,
===>>> Weekly PowerHour Sales Academy,
===>>> Internet Marketing PowerHour White Papers,
===>>> Furnished Apartment News & Industry Trends,
>===>>> PowerHour Thought-Leadership Furnished/Serviced Apartment Webinars,
===>>> Based on group size...we’re #176 of 2,176,785 worldwide LinkedIn groups with 130,000+ members who are part of our 20 LinkedIn groups.
===>>> Come join our weekly PowerHour Sales Academy that will help you sell more furnished/serviced apartments, gain better rankings and leads from your website and increase your number of industry referrals.
===>>> Come follow us on Twitter!

The Coach,
Ernest Oriente

--> #corporatehousingcoach If you would like to see/read more furnished/serviced apartment news/trends, you will find those stories/tweets here.
--> The author of SmartMatch Alliances,
--> PowerHour, serving the corporate housing & serviced apartment industry since 1995 and the apartment property management industry since 1988.
--> Join our weekly PowerHour Sales Academy to sell more furnished/serviced apartments & gain more leads from your website.
--> Come follow us on Twitter!

April 8, 2016
829. Airbnb to Delete Illegal Listings in San Francisco

Like the story below, we are seeing daily and weekly/ongoing stories about Airbnb issues, problems, property damages and litigious pressure coming from city and licensing governing bodies.

Airbnb to Delete Illegal Listings in San Francisco, http://tinyurl.com/zm45t78

For how to address sales objections tied to booking engines, we provide coaching every Tuesday on this topic and 85 specific strategies for closing more new sales. 

Join us? ==>>  http://powerhoursalesacademy.com/corporatehousingsalesleaders/

The Coach,
Ernest Oriente

--> #corporatehousingcoach If you would like to see/read more furnished/serviced apartment news/trends, you will find those stories/tweets here.
--> The author of SmartMatch Alliances,
--> PowerHour, serving the corporate housing & serviced apartment industry since 1995 and the apartment property management industry since 1988.
--> Join our weekly PowerHour Sales Academy to sell more furnished/serviced apartments & gain more leads from your website.
--> Come follow us on Twitter!

The Coach,
Ernest Oriente

--> #corporatehousingcoach If you would like to see/read more furnished/serviced apartment news/trends, you will find those stories/tweets here.
--> The author of SmartMatch Alliances,
--> PowerHour, serving the corporate housing & serviced apartment industry since 1995 and the apartment property management industry since 1988.
--> Join our weekly PowerHour Sales Academy to sell more furnished/serviced apartments & gain more leads from your website.
--> Come follow us on Twitter!

Join us Friday?

As the founder of PowerHour [http://www.powerhour.com and http://powerhoursalesacademy.com/corporatehousingsalesleaders and http://www.powerhourseo.com and http://guest-satisfaction-survey.com ] I hope you will our free corporate housing & furnished/serviced apartment PowerHour on Thursday, March 24th at 3:00 p.m. Eastern/New York time---focused on *OTAs & Booking Services -- What Is The Dark Side?*

Since 1995, Ernest has spent 35,250 hours coaching/guiding 400+ leading corporate housing & furnished/serviced apartment companies and their sales teams, around the world--is the author of SmartMatch Alliances and the PowerHour below is his 240th over the last 21+ years.

During this 60-minute corporate housing & serviced apartment PowerHour we will be discussing the points below plus fielding your specific questions:

#1. What are the trends and questions being asked about OTAs and booking services?

#2. What are the key questions to be asking and what is the dark side of using this kind of service?

#3. What is the impact of using a booking service, tied to the value of your corporate housing company on the day you are ready to sell it? Will you be paid a premium or penalized with a reduced valuation?

As prep for #2 above, please come join 4,150+ furnished/serviced apartment leaders in our 3 PowerHour LinkedIn groups, http://www.powerhour.com/corporatehousing/training.html

Please invite others on your furnished apartment sales team to join us, by having them register at the url below:
http://www.powerhour.com/corporatehousing/webinars.html

Our PowerHour will be very full and hundreds of corporate housing sales professionals will be joining us from around the world. To make it easy to ask questions before *or* during our PowerHour, please send an E-mail to ernest@powerhour.com and throughout the PowerHour we will work/weave your questions into the presentation.

When: Thursday, March 24th
Please note, the above PowerHour starts at 3:00 p.m. Eastern/New York/Toronto time, which is

.2:00 p.m. Central/Dallas/Winnipeg time
.1:00 p.m. Mountain/Denver/Calgary time
.12:00 p.m. Pacific/San Francisco/Vancouver time
.8:00 p.m. GMT/London time

Fee: No charge
To register, please surf here: http://www.powerhour.com/corporatehousing/webinars.html

Since 1995, our 240 PowerHour corporate housing & furnished/serviced apartment webcasts are always free to join/participate live---or can be purchased for $395 next week for 24/7/365 learning and training access.

PowerHour Executive Coaching/Training---since 1995, http://www.powerhour.com/corporatehousing
PowerHour SEO + Internet Marketing White Papers, http://www.powerhourseo.com/corporatehousing
PowerHour Live Weekly Sales Academy, http://powerhoursalesacademy.com/corporatehousingsalesleaders
PowerHour Expert LinkedIn Training, http://powerhour.com/corporatehousing/training.html
Guest Satisfaction Surveys, http://guest-satisfaction-survey.com

The Coach,
Ernest Oriente

--> #corporatehousingcoach If you would like to see/read more furnished/serviced apartment news/trends, you will find those stories/tweets here.
--> The author of SmartMatch Alliances,
--> PowerHour, serving the corporate housing & serviced apartment industry since 1995 and the apartment property management industry since 1988.
--> Join our weekly PowerHour Sales Academy to sell more furnished/serviced apartments & gain more leads from your website.
--> Come follow us on Twitter!

March 9, 2016
826. Join Wednesday, SmartMatch Alliances: Chapter 1

Join us?

With SmartMatch Alliances, learn how you can quickly:

==>> Attract better business prospects for your corporate housing sales team in greater numbers and faster than ever before!
==>> Generate an endless stream of new leads + business referrals for those in need of a furnished/serviced apartment, earn more sales commissions and have more fun!

Join us on Wednesday, March 9th at 4:00pm/eastern/New York time to discuss "Thinking Big" and we will be covering pages 1-29 from our book SmartMatch Alliances.

During this 60-minute PowerHour we will be focusing on the points below plus fielding your specific questions:

==> How do we use an "I wish list?” to more sell furnished/serviced apartments?
==> What is your genius work, when focused on corporate housing sales?
==> How can you assess your alliance-ability?

To register, click on the url below and complete box #2:
http://www.powerhour.com/corporatehousing/smartmatchalliances.html

The Coach,
Ernest Oriente

--> #corporatehousingcoach If you would like to see/read more furnished/serviced apartment news/trends, you will find those stories/tweets here.
--> The author of SmartMatch Alliances,
--> PowerHour, serving the corporate housing & serviced apartment industry since 1995 and the apartment property management industry since 1988.
--> Join our weekly PowerHour Sales Academy to sell more furnished/serviced apartments & gain more leads from your website.
--> Come follow us on Twitter! P.S. If you would like to order 40+ books as a gift for your clients/customers or for those on your corporate housing sales team, please send a note to ernest@powerhour.com. When you order 40+ books, we'll reserve a free 60-minute PowerHour {a $5000 value} specifically designed for those who are receiving the book from you.

Join us Friday?

As the founder of PowerHour [ http://www.powerhour.com and http://powerhoursalesacademy.com/corporatehousingsalesleaders and http://www.powerhourseo.com and http://guest-satisfaction-survey.com ] I hope you will our free corporate housing & furnished/serviced apartment PowerHour on Friday, February 26th at 11:00 a.m. Eastern/New York time - focused on *Post CHPA Feedback & Questions*.

The Coach,
Ernest Oriente

--> #corporatehousingcoach If you would like to see/read more furnished/serviced apartment news/trends, you will find those stories/tweets here.
--> The author of SmartMatch Alliances,
--> PowerHour, serving the corporate housing & serviced apartment industry since 1995 and the apartment property management industry since 1988.
--> Join our weekly PowerHour Sales Academy to sell more furnished/serviced apartments & gain more leads from your website.
--> Come follow us on Twitter!

Since 1995, Ernest has spent 35,100 hours coaching/guiding 400+ leading corporate housing & furnished/serviced apartment companies and their sales teams, around the world--is the author of SmartMatch Alliances and the PowerHour below is his 239th over the last 21+ years.

During this 60-minute corporate housing & serviced apartment PowerHour we will be discussing the points below plus fielding your specific questions:

# 1. As we do every year---we ask for your feedback from the CHPA conference last week.

As prep:

What were the 3 most important things you heard/learned while attending the most recent CHPA conference? I will summarize for the group *every* point submitted below---but will not share your company/name:

a.
b.
c.

What were the 3 most important questions you left the CHPA conference with and would like to have answered? I will reply to *every* question submitted below---but will not share your company/name:

a. 
b.
c.

Looking forward into 2016 [whether you attended the CHPA conference or not], what are your 3 greatest opportunities and/or challenges for this year? I will reply to *every* question submitted below---but will not share your company/name:

a.
b. 
c. 

As prep for #2 above, please come join 4,150+ furnished/serviced apartment leaders in our 3 PowerHour LinkedIn groups, http://www.powerhour.com/corporatehousing/training.html 

Please invite others on your furnished apartment sales team to join us, by having them register at the url below:
http://www.powerhour.com/corporatehousing/webinars.html

Our PowerHour will be very full and hundreds of corporate housing sales professionals will be joining us from around the world. To make it easy to ask questions before *or* during our PowerHour, please send an E-mail to ernest@powerhour.com and throughout the PowerHour we will work/weave your questions into the presentation.

When: Friday, February 26th
Please note, the above PowerHour starts at 11:00 p.m. Eastern/New York/Toronto time, which is

.10:00 a.m. Central/Dallas/Winnipeg time
.9:00 a.m. Mountain/Denver/Calgary time
.8:00 a.m. Pacific/San Francisco/Vancouver time
.4:00 p.m. GMT/London time

Fee: No charge
To register, please surf here: http://www.powerhour.com/corporatehousing/webinars.html

Since 1995, our 239 PowerHour corporate housing & furnished/serviced apartment webcasts are always free to join/participate live---or can be purchased for $395 next week for 24/7/365 learning and training access.

PowerHour Executive Coaching/Training---since 1995, http://www.powerhour.com/corporatehousing
PowerHour SEO + Internet Marketing White Papers, http://www.powerhourseo.com/corporatehousing
PowerHour Live Weekly Sales Academy, http://powerhoursalesacademy.com/corporatehousingsalesleaders 
PowerHour Expert LinkedIn Training, http://powerhour.com/corporatehousing/training.html
Guest Satisfaction Surveys, http://guest-satisfaction-survey.com

Join us today/Thursday?

As the founder of PowerHour [ http://www.powerhour.com and http://powerhoursalesacademy.com/corporatehousingsalesleaders and http://www.powerhourseo.com and http://guest-satisfaction-survey.com ] I hope you will our free corporate housing & furnished/serviced apartment PowerHour on Thursday, February 11th at 11:00 a.m. Eastern/New York time---focused on *Prime Season---Are You Ready?*

Since 1995, Ernest has spent 34,900 hours coaching/guiding 400+ leading corporate housing & furnished/serviced apartment companies and their sales teams, around the world--is the author of SmartMatch Alliances and the PowerHour below is his 238th over the last 21+ years.

During this 60-minute corporate housing & serviced apartment PowerHour we will be discussing the points below plus fielding your specific questions:

# 1. What are the trends for the last 24 months for inbound sales leads/prospects and corporate decision-makers? How did the fourth quarter of last year compare to the fourth quarter of the prior year? What are the trends we are anticipating for the new year?

#2. Can a website with 200 website pages out-rank and have better Google rankings than a website with 2000 pages? What is Google valuing most on your corporate housing website? What do we research, measure and evaluate on our PowerHour 300-point scorecard when reviewing your website? Why is your website content only 30% of what drives your rankings on Google? What is the other 70% that matters most to Google for websites focused on our furnished/serviced apartment sector?

#3. Google analytics and Google reports/reporting---what has changed the most over the last 12 months? Why is Google giving you less information? What has changed in the research needed for optimizing your furnished/serviced apartment website? What does it take to convert more website visitors into new leads and paying guests/clients?

As prep for #2 above, please come join 4,150+ furnished/serviced apartment leaders in our 3 PowerHour LinkedIn groups, http://www.powerhour.com/corporatehousing/training.html 

Please invite others on your furnished apartment sales team to join us, by having them register at the url below:
http://www.powerhour.com/corporatehousing/webinars.html

Our PowerHour will be very full and hundreds of corporate housing sales professionals will be joining us from around the world. To make it easy to ask questions before *or* during our PowerHour, please send an E-mail to ernest@powerhour.com and throughout the PowerHour we will work/weave your questions into the presentation.

When: Thursday, February 11th.
Please note, the above PowerHour starts at 11:00 p.m. Eastern/New York/Toronto time, which is
10:00 a.m. Central/Dallas/Winnipeg time
9:00 a.m. Mountain/Denver/Calgary time
8:00 a.m. Pacific/San Francisco/Vancouver time
4:00 p.m. GMT/London time
Fee: No charge
To register, please surf here: http://www.powerhour.com/corporatehousing/webinars.html

Since 1995, our 238 PowerHour corporate housing & furnished/serviced apartment webcasts are always free to join/participate live---or can be purchased for $395 next week for 24/7/365 learning and training access.

PowerHour Executive Coaching/Training---since 1995, http://www.powerhour.com/corporatehousing
PowerHour SEO + Internet Marketing White Papers, http://www.powerhourseo.com/corporatehousing
PowerHour Live Weekly Sales Academy, http://powerhoursalesacademy.com/corporatehousingsalesleaders 
PowerHour Expert LinkedIn Training, http://powerhour.com/corporatehousing/training.html
Guest Satisfaction Surveys, http://guest-satisfaction-survey.com

The Coach,
Ernest Oriente

--> #corporatehousingcoach If you would like to see/read more furnished/serviced apartment news/trends, you will find those stories/tweets here.
--> The author of SmartMatch Alliances,
--> PowerHour, serving the corporate housing & serviced apartment industry since 1995 and the apartment property management industry since 1988.
--> Join our weekly PowerHour Sales Academy to sell more furnished/serviced apartments & gain more leads from your website.
--> Come follow us on Twitter!

Join us today/Thursday?

As the founder of PowerHour [ http://www.powerhour.com and http://powerhoursalesacademy.com/corporatehousingsalesleaders and http://www.powerhourseo.com and http://guest-satisfaction-survey.com ] I hope you will our free corporate housing & furnished/serviced apartment PowerHour webcast today/Thursday, January 28th at 11:00 a.m. Eastern/New York time---focused on *Business Development Success, Is Your Engine Working?*

Since 1995, Ernest has spent 34,750 hours coaching/guiding 400+ leading corporate housing & furnished/serviced apartment companies and their sales teams, around the world--is the author of SmartMatch Alliances and the webcast below is his 237th over the last 21+ years.

During this 60-minute corporate housing & serviced apartment PowerHour webcast we will be discussing the points below plus fielding your specific questions:

#1. What does your business development dashboard show from the last 6 months? Is your engine working? What is your focus for the next 6 months going forward, tied to the 35 best ways to get/gain more new furnished/serviced apartments? 

#2. How do 4x4 and 1+1 = 5 and LSG tie directly to an endless stream of new business leads, those most in need of your corporate housing solutions?

#3. The professional trade/associations you belong to---are you getting the most visibility possible? Let's discuss the 4 most important ways to maximize your time, efforts and investments.

As prep for #2 above, please come join 4,150+ furnished/serviced apartment leaders in our 3 PowerHour LinkedIn groups, http://www.powerhour.com/corporatehousing/training.html 

Please invite others on your furnished apartment sales team to join us, by having them register at the url below:
http://www.powerhour.com/corporatehousing/webinars.html

Our PowerHour will be very full and hundreds of corporate housing sales professionals will be joining us from around the world. To make it easy to ask questions before *or* during our PowerHour, please send an E-mail to ernest@powerhour.com and throughout the PowerHour we will work/weave your questions into the presentation.

When: Thursday, January 28th

Please note, the above PowerHour starts at 11:00 p.m. Eastern/New York/Toronto time, which is

10:00 a.m. Central/Dallas/Winnipeg time
9:00 a.m. Mountain/Denver/Calgary time
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4:00 p.m. GMT/London time

Fee: No charge

To register, please surf here: http://www.powerhour.com/corporatehousing/webinars.html

Since 1995, our 237 PowerHour corporate housing & furnished/serviced apartment webcasts are always free to join/participate live---or can be purchased for $395 next week for 24/7/365 learning and training access.

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Ernest Oriente

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