Hello Everyone,
Today I had a meeting from 8 AM to 2 PM as part owner of our real estate company. It was the yearly owners planning seminar to determine our short and long term goals for our company. Had alot of good ideas and some great brainstorming, which I am sure every real estate company ownership has.
One item I would like to ask some help with is when do you know you need an in house IT person? We have an office of about 60 people. We have an on-call computer guy that makes sure our server works, helps out with computer problems, setting up software, spyware, etc. He is paid well and has been with us for several years.
Now, I believe, we are ready for an in-house "geek squad" type person maybe full time, maybe 3 hours a day, who knows? The plan is to have someone that can meet with every Realtor in our office on a rotation type schedule or whenever a Realtor needs help with a computer related problem. I see this guy making sure each Realtor has a web site and how to promote it. Perhaps teach them how to get into the blogging world. How to set up links, e-mails, utilize search engines, etc.
I really believe that this is so unbelievably important that it is definately the step we need to take. Now, I know we need the $60+ an hour computer/technician guy available. But I can't help but think if we can hire an internet savvy person to help us a few hours a week for perhaps $10 - $12 an hour ( which is fantastic pay for South Dakota) that the end results would be quite beneficial to our company with more transactions.
Does anyone have experience with this? Do you have an in-house or out-of-house IT person in your real estate company? Are they full or part time? What kind of pay do they receive? Are there any other jobs they can perform to keep every Realtor on top of the internet game?
I really look forward to any comments and would like to share them with the rest of the owners of our company during our next meeting. Thank you in advance.
Duane Hosek in the Black Hills of South Dakota
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