Marketing Maestro: May 2008

Today is Trump University’s three year anniversary. Three years ago the Trump U. site went live and the doors opened for business with a few online and audio products. Today we continue to expand our offerings to meet our client's needs and requests for new content and delivery methods.   In the last year we launched a series of live events and innovative real estate investment trainings to keep up with our client's investment and educational goals.

To help celebrate our anniversary we are offering 20% off all apparel, online courses and home study products.  Just visit our store, select your items and proceed to checkout.  Then enter coupon code ‘3YEARS’ during the check out process (sorry but the coupon will expire on June 15th).

Now let’s take a quick look forward. We have a few new exciting product launches planned for the next few months including topics covering: Tax Liens, Commercial Real Estate, and Entrepreneurship.  Look for more info on the Trump site as each product becomes available.

Mark your calendar now so next year you can send Mr. Trump Anniversary wishes in advance.

Thanks again for your continued support.

If you are like me than you were trained at a young age to go to school and then to get a job at some large company.   Well like most of you I now know that the path to independence does not follow the road of getting a job at some large company.

Yesterday I saw a large number of NYU graduates leaving their commencement ceremony and I realized that thousands of young adults are graduating now and will probably start the search for a job.  It reminded me of when I finished school.  If only I knew then what I know now...

Why don't schools teach more students how to get out there and start a business? Show them how to develop an idea, build a business plan or show them other paths to entrepreneurship?

Well since I can't change the US educational system single handily I thought I would at least do what I can to help our newest group of young job seekers achieve their short term goals.

The following 3 audio courses are all $10 when the coupon code Audio10 is entered during check out from the Trump site.

Get Your Dream Job

Play to Win

Start Right

Good luck and let me know what you think about working for 'the man' or being an entrepreneur.

Donald Trump posted a blog today about the current housing market.  I thought I would share it here and see what the AR community thought about his point of view.

From Donald Trump's blog:

It’s hardly a surprise but in the midst of today’s terrible economy and the nation’s housing crisis, the majority of Americans say they don’t plan to buy a home anytime soon.

In fact, more than a quarter of homeowners worry that their home will lose value over the next couple of years, and one in seven mortgage holders are afraid that they won’t be able to make their monthly payments in time over the next six months.

People are worried that housing prices will continue to fall which is good news if you want to buy but obviously terrible if you have a house to sell.

In addition, we have record-high foreclosure rates and an estimated 9 million homeowners actually owe more on their homes than they are actually worth. If you’re in that situation, the best thing you can do is to sit tight if you can and try to weather out the storm.

If you’re one of the fortunate few who is looking to buy, you could hardly be in a better position. Shop around, find a house and make an offer. Chances are, any good deal will get accepted and if you have decent credit you should be able to get financing.

I think the housing market is going to get better and it’s going to get better fairly quickly. The market is depressed and that’s when you want to go in. So if you have the money, now’s when you want to go out and buy.

But that’s just my opinion. After all, what does Donald Trump know about real estate!