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The Enlightened Stupid Marketer

Just For Fun: Not sure if you have seen any of Kevin Nalts videos, but you should check them out. Here is a more recent video about the “Enlightened Stupid Marketer” AKPC_IDS += "769,";

July 13, 2009 9:04 pm / no comments

Does Your Corporate Culture Breed Success?

I just feel like going off the topic of leads for a post and just give my two cents and appreciation for companies that understand the importance of their corporate culture. And I guess you can easily tie together your culture to the success...

July 8, 2009 9:23 pm / 1 comment

MortgageBot Releases Benchmark Report

A company that does not get mentioned here as frequently as they probably should, for what ever reason, released their bi-annual benchmark study last week. I was going to cover it as soon as it came out, but I was actually going to make an effort...

June 30, 2009 8:51 pm / no comments

State Of The Lead Generation Industry: How Low Can You Go?

Guest Post By Adrian Huth, friend and “good guy” in the industry. Allow me to introduce myself…. I am an individual who has been in the lead generation industry going on 10 years. I have seen the industry involve from the...

June 23, 2009 5:58 pm / 12 comments

Speed to Contact, The Key to Riches!

Carpool Confessions are conversations that take place with Lead Generation professionals on the way to and from work. I don’t know how many times lead buyers need to see this information, frankly not enough and why I say that because it...

April 21, 2009 9:16 pm / 1 comment

A Little R&R

I will be head to Costa Rica for a little R&R for 10 days, so there will obviously be a lack of post over the next week. In the meantime, feel free to check out my blogroll and the websites of my sponsors. AKPC_IDS += "660,";

April 5, 2009 9:05 pm / no comments

Is There Anybody Out There?

Pink Floyd, The Wall Album, “Is there anybody out there?” I like to often admit that I live in my own little bubble, however is it just me or has the mortgage industry gone quiet. We all know companies have disapeared, gone out of...

January 20, 2009 10:34 pm / 7 comments

Happy Holidays From The LeadCritic Crew

Boy, I can’t believe the year is almost over! What a year 2008 it was. The mortgage and real estate industry continued to tank. Many of you changed your business model, entered new verticals and switched companies altogether. More companies...

December 23, 2008 10:20 pm / 2 comments

Back in Business

Wow…back from a long 8 days. What is labeled a vacation in my household unfortunately does not involve places like the Bahamas, Disneyland or a far away wonderland, but rather involves Banton Rouge Louisiana and the inlaws. Enough said...

December 2, 2008 9:34 pm / 2 comments

We Actaully Need the Recession

I know I wrote a piece not too long ago about how we needed the bail-out plan and that the government was being reckless by not approving it. I have to admit, I am having second thoughts. I recently had an interesting YouTube video sent my...

November 25, 2008 8:45 pm / 1 comment

Is Real-Time Real?

Some time back, there was a conversation born from another post as to whether or not companies are really selling Internet leads in real-time. I have to admit that the suggestion that companies are not, caught me by surprise. The suggestion...

November 20, 2008 9:17 pm / 1 comment

Note to Self: Your Ideas Must Make Money First.

I just received the following letter from BlogRush, which was a company that created a widget that was supposed to help drive traffic to your blog or website by posting the titles of your posts on other sites that had the same widget and it...

October 29, 2008 9:35 pm / no comments

The Paulson Bail-Out: The Worst Option…

So how is everyone doing? Are things great or what?! In all seriousness, at the risk of making a ridiculous understatement, this is a pretty tumultuous time in this country. There have been a couple of requests (thanks Booty Juice) for a post...

September 29, 2008 7:46 am / 7 comments

CEO Murdered by Employees

Just when you thought your team may be under minding your success you read this and think again. “CEO murdered by mob of sacked Indian workers“ Lalit Kishore Choudhary, 47, the head of the Indian operations of Graziano Transmissioni,...

September 23, 2008 8:52 pm / 6 comments

The Pillow Case is Starting to Look Like a Good Investment

In lieu of one of the biggest financial crisis in years my pillow case is looking better and better as a financial investment. CNNMoney covers the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy , which will be the biggest in history and the Merrill Lynch buy out...

September 15, 2008 8:41 am / 1 comment

LeadCritic’s First Birthday

Wow, I just realized that LeadCritic, the blog, had its first birthday a few days ago and just yesterday I posted my 300th article. It seems like it was years ago that the blog started, but to my surprise it was only a year ago. It is also quite...

February 28, 2008 9:53 pm / 8 comments

A Successful 2008 = a Plan, a Process and a Result.

Growing up I was the youngest child of 4. Being the youngest and especially of 4 I think my parents were slightly more lenient towards me than may older siblings. I was a good kid but never truly excelled in school because I didn’t apply...

January 1, 2008 9:48 pm / no comments

Top 5 Funniest Holiday Photos From LeadCritic!

I have been feeling the Holiday spirit lately and in the spirit of the Holidays I have put together my own top 5 list of funny Holiday related photos. read more » AKPC_IDS += "249,";

December 23, 2007 10:13 pm / no comments

New For 2008 and LeadCritic

2008 is going to be a great year and I can’t wait to get started! My goal for LeadCritic in 2008 is continue build quality content for Lead Buyers and Sellers. You may have noticed the poll on the right f this page asking “What topics...

December 17, 2007 11:10 am / 1 comment

LeadCritic to Work For a Lead-Gen Company

There has been some interesting things happening behind closed doors for LeadCritic recently and I wanted to share some of it with you. As some of you know I have been out of the mortgage industry for about 4 months now working as an Internet...

December 10, 2007 10:08 pm / 6 comments