More Sharing, Less Hassle

If you're looking for a more engaging way to keep your VIPs informed, this latest update has you covered.

Thanks to feedback from our phenomenal members, MLN has become more shareable. MLN Pro members can now transmit one or two entire articles per week to clients, leads and referral sources via email, a secure portal, SMS/text or snail mail. Simply copy and paste the content you wish to share (no forwarding full emails, please) and attribute.

Previously, sharing was capped at 100 words. The problem there was: members had to tell people, “There’s more, but I’m not allowed to show it to you,” like a bad tease.

In any event, problem solved. Here’s a quick look at the new guidelines.

Storms on the Horizon

Higher inflation is now the consensus, but this week's U.S. data offered a mixed bag—that is, a glimmer of hope wrapped in a cautionary tale. Per usual, the rate moves in Yankeeland also had Canadian rate implications.

Consider that:

• A one-minute video conveys up to 1.8 million words of information.
• People linger on a web page 40% to 80% longer if it has a video.
• The average website has just 8 seconds to engage a visitor.

It's worth marinating on the significance of these stats for a moment — because many of your competitors already have.

Building a client mortgage portal has traditionally required a lot of time-consuming and expensive coding. Not anymore. Tools like Scarlett 3.0, a client portal builder for mortgage brokers, have made the process far simpler, faster and less expensive.

Scarlett 3.0 debuted last month for Scarlett Mortgage (POS) users. Here's a quick rundown of eight useful new features that can either make/save brokers more money or keep their customers happier: