I love widgets...widgets that have purpose and can benefit a blog reader. Well today while sitting at my computer I was quite surprised I was contacted a couple of times via google voice.
Google voicerocks the house or should I say condo? That's what the caller on the end wanted..a Daytona Beach Condo. Lucky me!!
I have 3 Invites ...You Want One?
Google Voice is still by invitation only...so I thought that I would take advantage of the fact...I have 3 invites left.
Would you like one of my invites?
Well then.....Let's play a game
Here are the rules....
Leave a comment on this post between now and Thanksgiving Day until 5 P.M. Eastern Time. Select a number between 1 and 500 and place it in your comment. I think you can figure out the rest...the people that guess the numbers or come the closest will win the invites.
Numbers have already been selected and are sealed in an envelope!
No purchase required but if you are interested in Daytona Beach Real Estate, please contact me! :) I couldn't resist.
Midori Miller is a licensed Florida REALTOR, BK645709. Proud member of the Daytona Beach Area Association of REALTORS and trains real estate agents. Midori is also an Activerain Ambassador and is a real estate copywriter/SEO writer for International Web Media.
The downplay of the featured post makes me laugh sometimes. There are those that state they aren't a big deal or its not important. Then there are those like myself who openly admit...I love featured posts!
C'mon now admit it!
Some things never change and the featured post debate will be one of those topics that never die..never agreed upon...and the discussion will never go away...but why not look at it in a different perspective.
We Are All Legends In Our Own Minds!
We are a competitive bunch in nature...often times we compete with ourselves...meaning personal best. Just think about when you go on a listing appointment...I imagine...you prep..maybe rehearse and perfect your presentation...afterall you have to be the best...to get the listing. 2nd place...booby prize...no listing.
Speaking for myself and writing my blog post...I can tell you that I write the very best I can and at that moment...hoping to have eyes all over my post...as many eyes as possible..eyes from all over the globe and if my post is featured on the main dashboard....my numbers will go up. That's a mighty big listing appointment if you look at it the way I do.
Some view it as silly gold stars..
Popular Bloggers?????
Those silly gold stars remind me....
When I am on the home page of Activerain...I'm enjoying a google page ranking of 5. The highest ranking page in the entire network and many other sites as well!
Anyone who goes to the first page of the network..will see my smiling face...did you know that featured post for me on the average...triples my traffic...for that particular post and usually generates additional page views and leads people to my website!
Lets think about popularity...in life its not always what you know but who you know and how you treat people. You will never make everyone happy....not everyone will like you or even agree with you...some in fact...love to hate you and disagree with every word...hey it's all part of real life. Getting back to popular...what defines popular bloggers anyways?
We are all legends in our own minds...we are the best agent to sell your house...we have the most experience as a company...the best parents, spouse, friend...I think you get it...isn't that our goal to be the very best we can be....why would featured posts be any different and really truly why would anyone downplay them?
Midori Miller is a licensed Florida REALTOR, BK645709. Proud member of the Daytona Beach Area Association of REALTORS and trains real estate agents. Midori is also an Activerain Ambassador and is a real estate copywriter/SEO writer for International Web Media.
A question was posed to me...why send them to these places when they should be hitting your site...the point is CONSUMERS should be hitting your site...no debate here BUT when I think of what we do as listing agents...our job is to market listings to anyone and everyone and if that means its not your site? It's bad and wrong????
To give a seller a fighting chance with global exposure from various places...selecting high traffic...known sources of where real estate buyers and sellers hang out regularly. It's bad and wrong?
You mean to tell me if a buyer showed up because of REALTOR.com you would not want them? You would pass that buyer along because they did not come from your site?
Real estate is a numbers game and will always be a numbers game..and sometimes the numbers on your site...are not as big as the exposure a real estate seller really needs today. Face it sometimes your site is just not enough especially if you are providing a true service for real estate sellers by marketing their properties to anyone and everyone.
If you play your cards right...and create your own social web...by connecting the dots...meaning...connecting all of your social media together...with the center point being your site....more than likely the consumers will end up on your site.
Most social media outlets allow for your web site to be promoted..including...REALTOR.com, Trulia and Zillow.
Oh...the vanity!
The way I view my services is the fact...I will market your listing to anyone and everyone...I offer global exposure...I use my online marketing...without considering my personal feelings...without being biased..but more along the lines of neutrality...
If you are new or your business is not where you want it to be..or you have a few listings that you can't seem to shake...re-examine what you are doing online. Be careful to who you listen to...your business may be different from someone else's...what works for one online may not work for all. Do yourself a favor.....
Midori Miller is a licensed Florida REALTOR, BK645709. Proud member of the Daytona Beach Area Association of REALTORS and trains real estate agents. Midori is also an Activerain Ambassador and is a real estate copywriter/SEO writer for International Web Media.
I posed this question once on facebook...if the banks handle their REO's electronically why not handle short sales the same manner. I knew that one day...a bank or banks would wise up...
Short Sales to be handled electronically? Its a dream come true!
Today I closed on a short sale with check in hand...it took 5 months...of following up..dialing the phone...calling hot shots and shooting off emails...I got it done but throughout the process all I could think of was how much easier it would have been in they handled short sales electronically.
My own personal experience of why short sales should be done electronically!
Today I received a fantastic email from REOTrans.com.
Its a dream come true!
Guess what..finally..a bank is going electronic..no more banker's hours..and hopefully less fax heaven...and I hope others will follow suit. Think about the cost effectiveness plus the time saved if only banks handled short sales like REO's...electronically.
Midori Miller is licensed in the State of Florida, BK645709 and currently hangs her real estate license with CENTURY 21 Sundance Realty. Midori is also areal estate trainer and an ActiveRain Ambassador and specializes in short sales for Daytona Beach real estate sellers. If you are in the market to buy or sell real estate in Daytona Beach, Florida..please contact us!
Here is a great post on how to add your listings on facebook! Thanks Ryan for sharing and putting it in words. If you are a REALTOR I am working with....I suggest you try it! Its a much better way to present your listings! :)
The Marketing Machine - Annoying your Friends, Family and Other Members of Your Social Network
Social networking sites such as Facebook can be great tools for keeping in touch with members of your sphere of influence. Keeping your friends and family informed of your professional interests is an appropriate use of social networking sites. However, there is a fine line between sharing your professional insights and experiences on social networking sites and using social networking sites as an advertising and marketing machine. For those new to social networking sites, it is easy to take the wrong approach to social networking by blasting your listing information repeatedly to your connections.
Use SeeMyListings.com Widget to Place Your Listings on Your Facebook Profile
For Facebook users, there is now a simple solution. Use the listing widget provided by the National Association of Realtors and Realtor.com to place your listings on your Facebook profile. Here are the steps:
Step 5 - Click on "Add to Profile" or "Update Listings."
In a few simple steps, you are able to automate the addition of your listings to your Facebook profile. Given the number of Realtors who I am connected to on Facebook who aren't using this feature, I thought I would post this this short how-to post to get them motivated. Five easy steps to get your listings on Facebook without annoying your friends, family and even colleagues.
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Are you on vacation in Daytona Beach Florida or maybe attending one of our awesome events..maybe you want to drop off a post card or ship some of your soveniers in advance...you are probably wondering where in the heck is the closest Greater Daytona Beach Area Post Office?
Look no further..listed below are the locations of the United States Post Offices in the Daytona Beach Area.
US Post Office, 500 Bill France Blvd,Daytona Beach,FL - (386) 274-3500
US Post Office, 2400 S Ridgewood Ave,South Daytona, FL - (386) 767-1686
US Post Office, 725 Dunlawton Ave, Port Orange, FL - (386) 767-7490
About The Author: Midori Miller is a Real Estate Trainer and writes and trains Real Estate Training and assists sellers in short sale situations. Midori is a Licensed Florida Real Estate Broker , License # BK645709 and a member of the Daytona Area Association of REALTORS. Midori is also an Activerain Ambassador...need assistance contact midorimiller@yahoo.com or (386)453-3236 today!
Reservations are required. Call (386) 253-6034 to reserve your spot today! The tour leaves from the gas station parking lot on the northwest corner of the Main St. and Peninsula intersection at 7:30 PM nightly.
Have A Safe Halloween!
Midori Miller is licensed in the State of Florida, BK645709 and currently hangs her real estate license with CENTURY 21 Sundance Realty. Midori is also areal estate trainer and an ActiveRain Ambassador and specializes in short sales for Daytona Beach real estate sellers. If you are in the market to buy or sell real estate in Daytona Beach, Florida..please contact us!
I don't know about you...but I receive emails daily from members on ActiveRain...in many cases these emails are requesting information on how to be a better REALTOR and to be a better social net worker.
Realize you have a huge support system right here on Active rain
There are occasions where I may not have the best answer and that's where the valuable members here on the network come in. With all of the fantastic posts...tips and advice. I know if I do not have a clear answer, someone does right here on the rain. I can't imagine my life today without this network.
Realize you have a huge support system right here on ActiveRain
Recently my family suffered a loss...my brother Jason...it was unexpected..very sad and I am still in shock but mentally I am in a much better place than I expected. It might have been the fact...that many of my pals from the network were there to hold my hand. OK...not literally..but the number of emails..texts...cards and phone calls made me realize I am never alone!
Realize you have a huge support system right here on ActiveRain
We all have our fights everyday in our lives but realize ActiveRain is much more than just Google juice...much more than social media and much more than training.
Some of the best friendships I have ever built started right here...so if you are struggling ..or feeling blue...don't fret..realize you have a huge support system right here on ActiveRain.
Midori Miller is licensed in the State of Florida, BK645709 and currently hangs her real estate license with CENTURY 21 Sundance Realty. Midori is also areal estate trainer and an ActiveRain Ambassador and specializes in short sales for Daytona Beach real estate sellers. If you are in the market to buy or sell real estate in Daytona Beach, Florida..please contact us!
Right now I am working with a couple..well...a couple would be stretching the truth...OK..let me rephrase and say they were once a couple but no longer married...a divorced man and woman...utilizing the same attorney.
Sounds fine right? Nope its trouble...the attorney is a personal friend of one of the parties...there are parents involved...it probably was ugly...the divorce that is. It's clear by the conversations I have had...I'm speculating...but in this instance...I was right.
This lovely couple is placing their property into short sale...the attorney requested all info for the short sale package...one of the parties felt uncomfortable providing the information needed...you know the hardship letter...financials...for fear their divorced spouse would know more...more than they should..after all these parties are divorced. The sad part is the spouse was correct.
This attorney shared financials and the hardship letter with the other spouse and who knows if the parents were party to the information. You can imagine the pain and embarrassment the other party felt.
Certainly A Lack of Professionalism
Right now I am trying to list a property for someone who is anxious to sell...somehow..someway their property listing was extended as a seller you have the privilege of cancelling your agreement..it might come with a cost such as a withdrawal fee..sometimes customers are willing to pay...because of lack of follow through..and time lost on the market.
When the seller tried to contact the agent...the agent spoke to them once....once the agent found out why...it got ugly and now the agent won't take their calls.
Definitely A Lack of Professionalism.
Remember one thing...reputation management
You are only as good as your last transaction....you are only as good as how people remember you..you may think you are doing right by representing your friend...but you did wrong by breaking your oath...whatever happened to client confidentiality...and if you the attorney is reading this...shame on you, to me you do not deserve these clients or any clients for that matter. You deserve to be reported and taught a lesson so that you do not do this to another unsuspected party.
The same goes for the listing agent who is afraid to speak to their customers...deep down they know they did a disservice otherwise they would take the calls. This is wrong and it really offends me, it makes us all look bad and gives us a bad rap.
The world of real estate can be challenging enough even working with those with high levels of professionalism. These days many sellers aren't really happy selling their property..it sure would make profit losses and mortgage shortages a lot easier to swallow...if only those serving the public would do just that. Serve the public...honestly and fairly.
Do I sound whiny? Nope just giving fair warning... Selling real estate today is not an amateur sport. Make sure and hire a true professional!
Midori Miller is licensed in the State of Florida, BK645709 and currently hangs her real estate license with CENTURY 21 Sundance Realty. Midori is also areal estate trainer and an ActiveRain Ambassador and specializes in short sales for Daytona Beach real estate sellers. If you are in the market to buy or sell real estate in Daytona Beach, Florida..please contact us!
Yesterday I received an interesting email from someone who reads my blogs. It's not a member but an outsider looking in...a real estate agent who never tried nor cared to join ActiveRain...based on "what they heard!"
They wondered why I placed all of my quality content here on this network rather than build my own blogs.
"Since you are an ActiveRain Ambassador and getting paid by the network Don't you think you might disclose it?"
Blah..blah...blah...blah..blah.. I think you get the jest of it...
Dissing Activerain, Why?
Long winded...disrespectful and made my blood boil. :) I think I have my mojo back!
My written response:
Hey jerky Hey,
Thanks for contacting me and I am always open to different points of view. It strikes me odd someone of your intelligence would base a decision of "what they heard" about the largest real estate network with 161,000 + members and going strong. When I joined there was only 142 profiles. Some call it cliquey, I call it community!
When I started on Active rain, I felt the same way..it felt cliquey and almost reminded me of high school. But the truth was people were kind, shared thoughts and ideas and before you knew it, some of us actually became very good friends. Can't say blogging was a big hit in Daytona Beach then. But its hitting big now...can't wait to show off my new upcoming listing, its a beauty and thanks to posting my ActiveRain blogs to my Facebook..one of my friends on Facebook has contacted me to sell their house...I sure can't wait to meet them face to face. You are crazy smart to pay attention to what you heard.
My quality content was nothing before this network. As a matter of fact its this network that helped me to write. Many of us experienced pay it forward in a way that will never exist again.I learned from the best...and many have gone to their corners of real estate but their words are here on this platform forever. Why don't you read a few of these posts instead of listening to what you heard.
Lets hit on this Ambassador thing, ...I don't get paid by ActiveRain but I have always been an ambassador..I don't sell the product...I endorse it and use it and train it when needed. At first I thought that is what I wanted to do was to sell the product...but for me personally I couldn't...I received some of the best coaching for FREE and I promised to pay it forward...and I do. Should I disclose that?
Why not rethink what you are thinking. If you want some help setting up your profile or have a question about the community or some good groups to join...email me. And instead of paying attention to what you heard it might benefit you by taking a few minutes and reading what this community is all about.
I haven't been posting as frequently nothing against the network. They must have made the assumption I was mad at the network? Sorry I hate to admit it.......
I've been experiencing the worst blog fog for months now.
I never understand why people insist on dissing ActiveRain especially those that never have tried it.
Midori Miller is licensed in the State of Florida, BK645709 and currently hangs her real estate license with CENTURY 21 Sundance Realty. Midori is also areal estate trainer and an ActiveRain Ambassador and specializes in short sales for Daytona Beach real estate sellers. If you are in the market to buy or sell real estate in Daytona Beach, Florida..please contact us!
Disclaimer: ActiveRain Corp. does not necessarily endorse the real estate agents, loan officers and brokers listed on this site. These real estate profiles, blogs and blog entries are provided here as a courtesy to our visitors to help them make an informed decision when buying or selling a house. ActiveRain Corp. takes no responsibility for the content in these profiles, that are written by the members of this community.
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I posed this question once on facebook...if the banks handle their REO's electronically why not handle short sales the same manner. I knew that one day...a bank or banks would wise up...
I don't know about you...but I receive emails daily from members on ActiveRain...in many cases these emails are requesting information on how to be a better REALTOR and to be a better social net worker. 
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