Networking Blog

Welcome to the Blog for the “i take the lead” networking group (pearl chapter obviously). We are hoping to use this site in the service of the businesses of our membership. Hopefully we can create an online community of Portland area business owners and service providers who want to most effectively harness the power of personal relationships to achieve professional success.

The Risk of Waiting Too Long to Buy

Portland, OR – Real Estate Inventory in Months

			2007	2008	2009
	January		6.2	12.8	19.2
	February		5.2	10.4	16.6
	March		3.8	9.1
	April		4.4	10.3
	May		4.5	9.2
	June		5.0	9.5
	July		5.7	10.0
	August		6.2	9.9
	September		8.6	10.4
	October		8.4	11.1
	November		8.3	15.0
	December		8.5	14.1
	The Portland metro area market improved in February compared to a record low January, but remains slow compared with February 2008.  Comparing February 2009 with the same month in 2008, closed sales dropped 38.1%.  Pending sales also fell 30.5%.  New listings decreased 19.7%.
	On the other hand, when comparing February 2009 with January 2009, closed sales grew 17.1% (857 v. 732) and pending sales were up 3.3% (1,276 v. 1,235).  New listings, on the other hand, dropped 17.3% (3,471 v. 4,196).
	At the month’s rate of sales, the 14,188 active residential listings would last approximately 16.6 months, down from a record 19.2 months in January.
	Month-to-month, the average sale price and median sale price are both up when compared with January levels; the average sale price increased a slight 0.4% (298,500 v. $297,200) and the median sale price was up 3.6% ($259,000 v. $250,000).

Other Portland Networking Opportunities

other “I take the lead” groups
Portland Downtown Rotary
East Portland Chamber of commerce
Portland Business Alliance
Schmooze PDX!
YPOP :: Young Professionals of Portland
Portland Connect (Linked-in Group)

A Little bit about Imagine Your Reality Coaching

Hello,

I run Imagine Your Reality Coaching, and specialize in creativity and marketing coaching. I help writers get published and small businesses achieve clarity with their goals and clients. As a writing coach, my goal is to help you write your book, find a publisher, and then market it to your audience. As a business coach my goal is to help you assess your strengths and weaknesses in your business and then develop a consistent and incremental plan of action that allows you to grow your business without feeling overwhelmed by everything you think you might need to do.

For more information about me you can visit my newsletter or my website.

I am also a public speaker. I do engagements for i take the lead and other networking events. Additionally I offer teleclasses on how to market and publish your book as well as how to build your business in nine easy steps.

I am offering several free presentations on social networking and how to use podcasts for i take the lead. If you go to the events page, you can find out where and when I’m speaking next.

I will be presenting a workshop on how to use Linkedin and Biznik and Delicious and other forms of social online networking on Dec 15th at USquared, located at 1562 SE Tacoma St, Portland, OR 97202. The entire event will be occurring between 6:30 and 8:30

To get full details about the event please visit meoutloud.

I will also be offering complementary teleclasses in December on how to publish your book and Goal Setting for your business. For more information about those classes, please visit my workshops page, on my website.

This week’s perfect patient

We all know someone (or maybe it’s you?) who was walking down the sidewalk, covered in leaves/ice/oil slicks and slipped.
There’s that moment of hesitation…time comes to a stop…you’re flying…
Then the impact.
Oooohh…did anyone see me?
Somehow, you managed to get up, maybe you didn’t break anything, but now, two days later, and you’re sore.

Very, very sore.
So sore and stiff you think a trip to the doctor is a good idea.

That’s who I’m looking for!
I listen to your story, appreciate your pain, then do a thorough examination to rule out the big problems and help you identify those other nagging problems.  (You’ve sprained that ankle how many times?)  For treatment, I adjust your spine to restore it’s motion, then use my laser to help relieve the pain and get that nasty bruise (more than one?) to go away faster.  While we’re at it, I also apply my skills with instrument assisted soft tissue manipulation to take care of that nagging wrist injury from typing too long and too hard.

Sound like you or someone you know?
Then send them to me!

I’m Dr. Noel Snodgrass, Chiropractic Physician, and I straighten people out.

email:         dc@drsnodgrass.net
office:         503.287.2800
address:      2115 NE Halsey Street
Portland, Oregon 97232

Interview with Becky Tengwall and Gene Hamilton, Founders of I Take the Lead

Hello,

I just finished interviewing Becky Tengwall and Gene Hamilton from I take the Lead on my radio show.

You can listen to the show here.

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