Training To Become A Business Broker

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Facebook is not just a social media tool used to keep in touch with friends but is a tool for growing a business and staying in touch with valued customers. Attendees of this workshop learned how others are successfully harnessing the power of social media. It challenged them to develop a specific strategy to grow their own business.

According to Arthur Kiamie, President of Kiamie Agency, Inc. a licensed real estate broker in Cranford, “Provost brought information to the attendee that is new to most of us. This will aid me in running my company.”

Workshop participants reviewed principles of marketing and worked up plans specific to their particular business, which involved identifying existing customers and potential ways to invite repeat business from them. Attendees learned that social media provides an excellent means to communicate with their audience because the tools provide their audience an easy way to communicate their needs and what the business owner can do to better serve them, how to maintain their loyalty and move them to recommend your business to others. Having a presence on Facebook is an essential first step.

Campaigns to draw interested persons to visit and become a fan of your Facebook page are ongoing. This training showed attendees the essential steps of a successful implementation of social media marketing.

The Industry-Business Institute launched its own Facebook page in May as a means to spread the word about the training services they offer to businesses and non-profit establishments in Union County. To learn more about IBI and the customized training it can provide,visit their new page. IBI plans to offer their “Grow Your Business” workshop in the fall, so become a fan of their Facebook page to attend.

The Industry-Business Institute at Union County College can be reached on Facebook, by calling 908-965-2358, email ibi@ucc.edu or visit ucc.edu/community/ibi.

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What do you actually need to do to become a Mortgage Broker in Australia?

That’s a good question and one that’s asked a lot. The answer is a long one however as there are quite a few things you need to do now to become a Mortgage Broker. It used to be that you joined the MFAA, did some training with the lenders and then you could start writing loans straight away but all that has changed in the last few years.

Let’s break down exactly what you need to do in 2009/10 to get into the industry. Before I do though you need to start thinking about how you are going to work, there are two main paths; firstly you can join a franchise and they will do pretty much everything for you – at a price of course! Secondly you can choose to start your own business and take home a larger portion of your earnings.

Typically in the Mortgage Broking industry choosing the second option meant going it alone, which was a long hard road. These days however there are companies available that will help you do everything from planning how you’re going to run your business, right through to getting you trained, accredited and joined up with everyone necessary and even mentoring you for the mandatory two year period.

I’ll try to break this article into advice for both of these areas although I do have a preference for encouraging potential Mortgage Brokers to start their own business rather than buying a franchise.

Become a Mortgage Broker – Step 1: Training

Official Training

You need to do a course to become a Mortgage Broker in Australia, the minimum course you’ll need to complete is a Certificate IV in Financial Services (Finance/Mortgage Broking) FNS40804.

There are many authorized providers of the Certificate IV course throughout Australia with both face-to-face and correspondence type courses available. However if you’re just starting out then you will definitely need to do the course face-to-face to get the maximum out of it. It does really help to have the trainers there to answer questions and talk about different scenario’s and experiences, often the trainers are brokers themselves which helps.

To find this course in your area just do a Google search for “Certificate IV in Financial Services (Finance/Mortgage Broking) + [insert state or territory here]” i.e. “Certificate IV in Financial Services (Finance/Mortgage Broking) + Brisbane”.

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