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Louisville, KY UFirst Opportunity Tour Kickoff

Brooke Barnett — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 16:32:37 +0000

Last night Skyler Witman, co-founder and I kicked off the United First Financial opportunity tour in Louisville, KY. Local Todd Avery helped with the start of the meeting while Skyler spoke of the why the company has developed the products and the overall mission of the owners. I had the opportunity to present the Money Merge Account System and the new BizpacK product along with the incredible opportunity associated with UFirst.

The opportunity tour is running through 53 cities in the US in the next 3 weeks. Check the Google map to see if there is a location near you. To find out more information on United First Financial you can visit the BizpacK prelaunch site. If you are just finding out about BizpacK you are fortunate that the pre-launch has been extended out through April 4, 2009. This allows you to pre-register to become a BizpacK sales agent for free and start building a team and you receive a $170 discount on the start for the program.

Tonight from 7-9 Skyler and I will be in Cincinatti, OH.

Tour Map

Kim Kline gets I Swung The Bat Award

Brooke Barnett — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 21:09:24 +0000

Branch manager and organizer for United First Financial Leading Ladies, Kim Kline, received the UFirst “I Swung the Bat” Award in Orlando, FL. This award represents a person who you can count on to swing on a full count and try to make contact. Kim is an important part of the company and our team. Congratulations Kim.

Shamu and United First Financial

Brooke Barnett — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 05:38:12 +0000

It was great to meet shamu at the United First Financial convention in Orlando, FL.

Las Vegas Super Regional

Brooke Barnett — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 15:09:16 +0000

I had the privlidge of attending and doing two seperate breakout room trainings at the United First Financial Super Regional Training at the Paris in Las Vegas, NV. There were a total of over 700 agents in attendace and many great speakers. I presented on effectivly using the financial analysis and internet marketing and branding. In additional Mark Victor Hansen, co-author of the Chicken Soup Series, spoke on his thoughts about United First Financial. A few bombshell announcements were made also to include the fact that United First Financial and the Money Merge Account will be featured on the cover of Success at Home Magazine in the month of January, 2009. If you would like to get a first hand look at one of these events it is not to late. We will be in Orlando, FL this weekend and Arlington, VA in a few weeks. Cruise on over to United First FInancial to find out more.

Gustav chased me out… After the Storm

Brooke Barnett — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 05:17:39 +0000

Hurricane Gustav proved to be more to Baton Rouge than any other before on record. While the true impact was not felt until long after Gustav left. I now reside in the East Baton Rouge Parish. For those of you not from Louisiana that is similar to a county or township. We experienced a 100% blackout for the parish. There are parts in the parish and elsewhere in the state that are estimated to have power out for 2-3 more weeks. Upon hearing the news I packed a bag and headed north. After an 18 hour drive I will be staying in Newmanstown, PA for the next few weeks while everything gets back to normal. I will also be staying in the area for my mom’s 50th birthday party. Everything seems to work out just right.

Hurricane Gustav

Brooke Barnett — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 21:12:18 +0000

Hurricane Gustav struck Baton Rouge, my new home, with incredible force. Here is a home in Michael Montgomery’s neighborhood.

Gift Baskets for all Occasions

Brooke Barnett — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:14:47 +0000

Earlier this year I had attended an internet marketing convention in Atlanta, GA. During the course of this event I had the privilege of meeting Michael and Lisa Bevan from Ohio. They have achieved the dream of owning their own business and have expanded it through internet marketing. Being in the mortgage and sales business I always look for creative ways to thank my clients. One of the best ways I have found is gift baskets. Well it so happened that Lisa and Michael own My Gift Basket Ideas so it is my honor to pass on their amazing site which might I add is ranked on the first page of Google for a variety of different search terms. If you want more info go check them out here Gift Basket

Here is a picture of us from the event.

CA, AZ, NM, TX and Baton Rouge, LA

Brooke Barnett — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:11:43 +0000

What do all of these have in common? Well they are all states I was in during the last 72 hours. I have officially relocated to sunny, swampy and sultry Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Business will be as usual with an increase of productivity and staffing. During the preparation phases of this move I have not been able to post as much or get as much information out but that will change as of today. Keep an eye peeled for some great new enhancements all around.

Thanks for following,

Brooke

Jawbone 2 Coupon Code

Brooke Barnett — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 21:53:34 +0000

In a recent post I described how much I love my Jawbone 2 bluetooth headset. Well it is my pleasure to share with you a coupon code for you to get $20 off your very own. In addition they have just released the gold version. It is $20 more than the black version but with this coupon it should not make a difference.

Head over to http://www.Jawbone.com

And enter coupon code: JAWBAIL

I hope you enjoy your headset as much as I do.

iPocalypse for the iPhone 3G

Brooke Barnett — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 05:15:27 +0000

For those who do not know I have never been very much a fan of Apple ever since the Apple 2 was my first programming computer in high school. Since then I have been to rooted in business and the fact Apple’s have never worked with many business applications I have frowned on them. This changed in recent months due to some major enhancements. First the release of the iPhone and visual voice mail. I was not one who rushed out to buy it, I actually laughed and poked fun at many that did. After a few months of great reviews I was talked in to needing one. I absolutly loved the visual voicemanil and ease of use. Next came the MacBook Air. I had recently purchased a few different $2k+ state of the art Sony laptops only to have them fail. Since Mac had recently switched to Intel processors which can run the Mac operating system side-by-side with windows I took the $3,400 plunge. As I write this today I am on my second MacBook Air and enjoy it but recognize its limitations.

Now although I love the visual voicemail the lack of customization of the iPhone has bothered me since I paid way to much for it. So the release of the iPhone 3G and the new software iPhone 2.0 was an exciting moment for me. I woke up early this morning before my flight from Orlando to Dulles and started the new download of iTunes on my computer. The download was slow, to be expected and took almost 20 minutes. Once complete it updated my existing iPhone with version 2.0. I could not wait to dive into it on the 2 hour plane ride. Unfortunaly it would not reactivate so I was stuck with a bricked iPhone. I am furious and head off to the airport to catch my plane.

Arriving in Dulles, I have almost 3 hours before a Branch Manager gathering at Gene Harris’s home in Virginia. I figured I better go get the Genious Bar to take a look at my iPhone. Upon arriveing at the closest Apple store at 3:00PM there was a line of a few hundred people. I walked right to the front and politly told them I will not be purchasing the new iPhone but would liek to have mine fixed. They then informed me the genious bar was closed for the day due to the release of the new phone and I must wait in line to speak to anyone. What’s a guy to do that has only one choice.

The security guard toward the end of the line informed me the wait would be 3 hours. Perfect for me to make it to the branch manager gathering. Well things did not turn out as planned and 3 hours later I was only half way through the line. It was about 2 hours later when an Apple worker came around with a demo model of the iPhone 3G. It was slick but I was still looking to find out what was going on with my iPhone. Then I was floored with the news that all of Apple’s servers were down for a two hour period and stopped all existing and new iPhones from being activated or re-activated. I promptly turned on my laptop and synced up my iPhone and waaaala it was back.

Now what do I do. I had already been waiting in line 5 hours. I was late and missed the branch manager meeting and nobody could contact me. So I choose to stay and get the new iPhone 3G. Worst case senario I would sell it on ebay in a few days for a profit. I chose the white 16GB model. I am still dabling with it but the navigation seems to work well and the new 2.0 apps are great. Once I can get an idea of battery life and how much faster it allows me to do everyday tasks I will update this post.

At the end of the day Apple had a huge meltdown. I can only image how many existing iPhone users were phoneless for long periods of time. It will be interesting to see how this reflects on the release and on the image of Apple as a technology leader.