Traditional VS. New Media! What's Your Realtor Using?

Greg:  Talking about New Media, and communication... I just checked your Active Rain comments.  You have been on Active Rain for about eighteen months, and have only made 27 comments on other Active Rainer's blog posts during that eighteen month period.  That is one-and-one-half comments per month.  Ummm... I must suggest that you communicate more... LOL.

I wouldn't judge Greg's knowledge on social media based on the number of comments he has made on ActiveRain.  Commenting on other people's posts on here does not show him to be optimizing the site properly.  In fact, the point that he has done so few is actually a good thing to me.  It shows me that he has actually grasped the point of ActiveRain and is using it to reach to consumers, not just form relationships with peers.

Is forming those relationships important?  Of course they can be to an extent, but when you need to streamline your business for the most productive things, that would be to go after consumers, not peers.  Meeting Greg & working a project once with him, I know firsthand that he has a good understanding of social media & how to optimize them for his business.

Jeremy:  If one ONLY comments to "optimize"... then whatever comments he might make... are either diminished in value... or become that much closer to being worthless... people-wise.  My comment was in the direction of saying that if he was concerned about "social media"... he wasn't being very "sociable."

Real estate... and life... is about "give-and-take"... not "take, and then take more."

Optimizing, huh ?  I am thinking that "optimization" is in the eyes of the beholder.  It certainly does not optimize things that I would be interested in. 

And... in my opinion... what an inane question on your part... asking if "forming those relationships is important ?"  Just the tone of your comment... the word "streamline"... and to "go after" consumers.  Hmmm... .  Sounds cold and very calculatng to me.  And not the kind of advice I would seek out.

By the way... anyone who is "going after" me... is likely to be met by me... swinging a broom at him.

By the way, Jeremy... I thought my comment to Greg, and his back to me, were just fine... tone-wise.  We "handled" it.  I am not sure that what you had to say was very much of a positive addition, however.  Have a wonderful day.

Karen- Everyone needs to streamline their online marketing efforts.  If we do not, we would never be able to do any business because there is always a newer greater & bigger site that comes around to use.  Unfortunately, we only have so many hours in a day to do it.  So each person has to pick what works for their business and set those up.

Going after consumers...cmon now Karen, you know exactly what I meant.  That is this:  Greg is focusing on consumers and how to attract them to his business.  Not just form relationships with peers.  There is nothing wrong with that in your business.  Yes, there is a social side to the networks, and some participate more on it than others.  I myself do my fair share of social and business. 

My point was this in my comment.  There is nothing wrong with the fact that Greg has been on AR for over a year and has only made a handful of comments.  That does not mean that he isn't using social media sites properly.  I know that he doesn't use just AR has a platform to his business.  To make it sound like he doesn't know what he is doing on a post directed to consumers was not cool.  I was giving credit where credit was due.  He knows his stuff and does it well.

Now please, don't come swinging after me with a broomstick.  I don't need a knot on the side of my head. :)

Greg:  I know from your charming reply to me that I probably should quit while I am not so far behind... but hey, why not.  You stated above that you are not out to win a popularity contest.  It would appear to me that you are, or will be successful in your quest.  Have a wonderful Sunday.  Bye bye, now.