You're so Vain I bet you think this post is about YOU...
I LOVED this blog. It was funny and witty. Sometimes I wonder what some agents are thinking. I certainly am not shy about marketing myself. But when a house is on the market - it becomes about marketing the house and not the agent. Yes, I put contact information for potential buyers - and a web address that leads the potential buyer to web page devoted to the home. But that's about the house - not the agent. Once the sign is in the ground - the marketing should be about topic at hand - the home.
This is going to be one of those : " Gee, why don't you tell me how you really feel posts!
Question: Should I have my photo on my signs?
( My ) Answer: Absolutely NOT.
Here is my reasoning behind my very opinionated answer.1, It is not about YOU. It is about the HOUSE.
2. Nobody cares what you look like (ouch did I say that outloud?)
3. You may not be as good looking as you think you are.
4. Somebody who looks like you may have recently been featured on Americas most wanted.
5. You may lose weight and want to throw darts at your sign.
6. You may start a following of weirdo's who think you are sexy.
7. You may cause an accident when your highschool sweet heart drives by.
8. You may become the target of color experts debating on whether or not you are a " Summer".
9. People may actually think you look like that.
10. Somebody might walk by and draw a mustache on you.
11. Your butt does look big in that suit.12.Would you want some ones picture plastered in front of your PRIVATE PROPERTY?
TRUE STORY: There is somebody in my general location that sports a FULL BODY size sign in front of their listings wearing her 1982 beacon red suit with extra wide lapels. I can no longer drive down that road- which happens to be an arterial because my children start " nerping" and pointing at her sign and I nearly drive off the road. What is NERPING you may ask? Laughing until you cry at something that is not even funny. Laughing at nothing, and/ or laughing until you make yourself sick.
I realize I may have offended somebody, but I think somebody has to bring this tacky practice up for discussion.
I am guessing that Realtors do this because they think they look like such a trustworthy top producer that everybody who drives by is going to say:
" Honey, we should fire our slimeball good for nothing agent and hire that nice lady who looks like she just walked out of church !"
or..." Dude, that chick is hot and I bet she even knows how to text so I am going to see if she can find me a place to crash".
OK...a few more comments and then I will lay my case to rest.
- Your name and agency should speak for themselves.
- I don't see any of the top agents in my area doing this.
If you DO have your photo on your signs and you can tell me how wrong I am about this, don't be afraid to speak up! Let me have it! I can take it. And if you change my mind about this, I will literally send you a picture of myself on a coffee cup or maybe even a magnet!
P.S. Parting thoughts: There are plenty of places where your picture SHOULD be. Just not trying to UPSTAGE the house you were hired to sell.
I am a HUGE BELIEVER in marketing yourself. Just not in on the YARD SIGN PLEASE!
BethAnn Long ~ Spokane Realtor, Tomlinson South Inc.
...there's no place like your home!
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