The collection of hats in a Real Estate agent’s closet grows at an exponential rate. We alternately don the garb of property evaluator, pitchman, marketing rep, receptionist / showing coordinator, contract prep specialist, home inspection consultant, appraisal jouster, loan oversight committee (of one), repair foreman, closing editor, marriage counselor, dime store psychologist, balloon animal fashionista, schedule contortionist, etc, etc, etc. With the advent of Internet marketing, you can add a couple more titles to the overflowing job description: Google Engineer and Social Media Cruise Director. Before you place too much importance on the latter two, make sure your virtual Captain Stubing has what it takes to avoid the icebergs of an honest to goodness Real Estate transaction.
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Thanks for the reminder Paul! There is so much social media out there, it can be a distraction to doing our actual jobs.
yeah... I'm with Lori. I find myself toying with AR and FB. Besides that I just don't have the energy to play too much more than that.
We all fall victim to its tug at times, Lori. As much emphasis as we've collectively put on this aspect of our service, the occasional reminder that there is an actual job beyond plastering a house (and ourselves) all over the Internet is necessary. Thanks for reading.
I don't play around on AR nearly as much as I once did, Greg, but Facebook is a whole new level of potential distraction. All too easy to convince ourselves we are "networking," when it's really just a funhouse for adults. Anyone who ignores the online world in their marketing is simply ridiculous, but selling a house entails more than a snappy URL address.
Hey Paul, a couple of extra caps I have donned recently: sanitation engineer(cleaning out debris from homes) and landscape engineer. Whatever it takes to get the deal done.
Did you guys carry on like that all the time (on Inna's recent blog) in the "old days"?
2008-2009 were pretty slow times in the RE world. We turned threads out like that with regularity, Bruce. ;)
Making poodle balloons is less important than my ability to fill-in-the-blank contract? well, darn.
That depends on whether you can fashion a standard poodle or a toy poodle, Kristen. ;)
You've got to get some painter's hats Paul. Back in the mid-80's, I had a buddy that left work one day complaining about all of his job titles. The next day, we came in and he had 20 hats on the wall behind his desk, evenly pinned to the wall. Each hat had a different job title on it. Those hats stayed up for over a week and were the source of a lot of jocularity until the boss came to the field office and told him to take them down.
Well...I came over here expecting to read this post and find the Read the full article at...
Hmmm...clever but if I click on that link will I be sucked into some online version of a twisted, virus infected Love Boat loaded with...marketing reps, receptionists / showing coordinators, contract prep specialists, home inspection consultants, appraisal jousters, repair foremans, closing editor, marriage counselors, dime store psychologists, balloon animal fashionistas, etc, etc, etc.
Abondone el barcadero!
Paul.....I took the bait and wandered over to your site to "read the full article" It was worth the trip.....
I past a couple of costume rentals stores on the way and they are running a special on hats, just thought I'd let those who aren't bothered actually owning any of these hats know!
:)
Vic - That's classic.
Russell - There be monsters beyond this link ...
Jody - So I snookered you into checking out the new digs? Cool. Feel free to insert a Google map with all of those costume rental places flagged. Sure wouldn't want anyone walking around without their Internet superhero tights.
:-D
Ooops too late just saw one! What a sight! I think he looked a little like Bernie Madoff...... All store front, no inventory!
Julie McCoy here reporting for duty. How can I make this cruise more enjoyable for you? At 4:30 we have drinks on the Aloha deck with our randy-dandy home inspector, and at 7:00, dinner will be served in a restaurant of your choice where I will attempt to fill out the hundred bazillion contracts that need to be filled out while my clients jibber jabber at me incessantly and then wonder why we need to start over again. Tomorrow, sacrifices at the volcano!
"Real Estate ... it's exciting and new. Come aboard, we're expecting you! The INTERNET, soon we'll feign knowledge where we have none. The INTERNET, promises something for everyone ..."
"Soon"? That ship has sailed, monsieur.
What will a Carvel ice cream cake buy me?
In my neighborhood? A pea-gravel salvo from the local delinquents.
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