American Pacific Mortgage

 

Our May Member of the Month has a unique story.
 
Born and raised in Sicily, she traveled to the US after graduation, where she fell in love.  What ensued was a three year VERY long distance relationship built on expensive phone calls, the U.S. Mail and visits to each other's home countries. Anthony finally asked Maria's father for her hand in marriage and she made the United States her home. 
 
With broken English, but a bold spirit, she began a career in the mortgage business. Now described with the tenacity of a wild tiger, she is an accomplished loan consultant with no fear to market herself and find business opportunities. Things were different when she began, considering the language barrier and all the loan acronyms of the mortgage business.
 
In an early position she was answering phones when a customer called in wanting to know what the COFI rate was. Surprised, our honoree simply responded, "I don't know what you're talking about. We don't sell coffee here. We sell loans." Well, she's learned a lot since then. Now, her tenacity and drive are so impressive that her boss tells me every manager would wish they had "ten of her to compliment their team."
 
Maria adores her children Massimo and Isabella  and their many activities including church, baseball and horseback riding lessons. She is a natural in the kitchen where her friends and family get the benefit of her passion for cooking.

 

Maria took on many of the responsibilities of the WCR Martini Madness fundraiser.  We appreciate her dedication and know the event's huge success (we netted almost a $4,000 profit) was due largely to her efforts.

We honor you, Maria Bruno, as our May Member of the Month. 

Have you ever felt like you were in the midst of an historically significant time of change? That is how I felt as I listened to Amos White, owner of "Amos White Internet Marketing Training & Coaching" and our speaker at the June Business Resource Meeting. 

 

Amos humorously pointed out that when it comes to internet marketing, many of us have entered the on-ramp of the information highway only to end up as road kill.  

He stressed that to effectively use the networking tools of the internet we must cross over to where others can follow. "Be there, share and show you care." "It is expanding your sphere of influence by building viewers that become followers."

 

To learn more about using internet networking tools such as LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, Plaxo, Blogger, Wordpress and more connect with Amos at Amos White.

 

 

American Pacific Mortgage

 

Congratulations Bev Meyers, our June Member of the Month.