No Time for Blogging!!! That’s What I Hear after Inviting Others!
I have invited nearly 50 people to Active Rain, and only six have accepted to open an Active Rain account so far. Today, I want to profile one of these new members, who did accept, and give her more encouragement to be Bold and get started with her blogging journey. Meet Ms. Connie Zwink, a fellow Keller Williams agent from my office.
Connie is a new agent at our IH-10 office in San Antonio, TX. She serves the San Antonio and Boerne areas, and specializes in HUD foreclosures, and Bank REOs. Like so many new agents, she was very focused on getting off to a good start in the real estate industry. I remember how excited she was to get her very first listing, and to start working with her very first buyers. Many new agents don’t always know what they should be doing to grow and to improve their business. Most want to work at the duty desk to pick up some leads, and that may be a good place to start, but agents have to quickly learn other ways to get more leads. Therefore, I suggested to Connie awhile back to join Active Rain, and try blogging.
Well, Connie signed up back in June 2011, and added her contact information, and a photo. But, she still has not written her first blog yet. Connie, like so many others feel like she doesn’t have the time to blog, and she is probably a little intimated to start too. I have offered to help, but she has been reluctant. Perhaps, a word of encouragement from a few other members in the Rain might be all she needs to get started.
Stop by and say Hello to Connie, and let her know our AR community is here for her.
Jerry,
I've been out of pocket myself, so I'll have to try to help Connie, and get over and check her out.
Jerry it is very nice of our you to put the Spotlight on one of your own office members. Connie Active Rain is a great Online Community with soo much fun loving,very very unselfish,knowledgeable,competent,funny Real Estate Professionals that this business has to offer. If you are looking for a good laugh come to Active Rain, If you are looking for advice come to Active Rain,If you are looking to RANT which many of us have or thought about doing come to Active Rain,If you need a Shoulder to lean on (Okay! Maybe not a shoulder since no one of us will be there physically. But Iam sure you know what I mean come to Active Rain.
We are all here to help each other grow their business and forming new friendships at the same time. Jerry I will go over and say Hi to Connie. And Connie if you are reading this Welcome to Active Rain. We are all happy to have you join this Great Online Real Estate Community site. Looking forward to reading many of your blogs. Take care. And thanks Jerry.
Thanks for the introduction Jerry. We all need to visit and give her some encouragement. If anyone can get her motivated, it's you.
Jerry, So nice of you to introduce and encourage newbies. We've too noticed many who have signed up but then "don't have the time" to continue...nice way to get her motivated!
Jerry - How nice to highlight a colleague of yours. I know exactly what you mean...it is so hard to get someone to take the plunge. It often helps if you show someone how to reblog first. That's a bit less intimidating.
You are a nice person encouraging people in stepping out their comfort zone for their best. . you are a good friend to have. .
Jerry, Nice introduction! With focus on a niche like Connie has that we KNOW the consumer is looking for, a series of posts on her specialty could REALLY increase the odds of getting a consumer call. Even a post or two a week would do the trick. Probably less than an hour a week could do the job, especially since she's got a blogging veteran who knows the ropes willing to help!
Jerry, yet another great introduction. I will certainly stop by Connie's blog site and give her a warm AR welcome!
Very cool of you to spotlight Connie Jerry. Sometimes it takes people a little bit of a nudge to get them in the blogging spirit and this may just have done it. I will make sure to stop by Connie's blog and say hello :)!
Nice introduction! I love that you do this, it is very encouraging to newbies. I will stop by & welcome her as well. On another note, were you at GSABA this AM? I thought I saw you?
Jerry, not only you invited but this post reflects that you care about other's success. Hopefully she will be encouraged and we will see her niche market blogs.
Hey Jerry! I headed over to welcome Connie too. But No Post yet. :( It is hard to get folks that I invite to become active too.
We can lead the horse to water, but can't make it drink (so to speak!)
I send them a message offering to help, and if they don't jump in, I can't do much more than encourage them, and show them my success! Great job with the Invites Jerry!
Hi Susan. We do have some very similar experiences with new bloggers. I am going to see if I can encourage her to at least attempt her first post soon.
Thanks, Fred. I appreciate you making Connie feel right at home in the Rain.
Thanks, Cindy. You have certainly come a long way since you decided to blog on a regular basis. Connie needs our encouragement.
Yes, Janis. Look at you now. You have been doing great in the Rain! Thanks for reaching out to Connie.
Hi Scott, I have missed you too, and I am glad to see you back blogging again. Thanks for supporting Connie.
Hi Lanre, I know Connie will appreciate your kind words of encouragement. Thanks for reaching out to her.
Thanks, Doug. Yes, I will keep encouraging her to get started. I have some great ides to get her going.
Yes, Larry and Shelia. We just have to convince them that it can be FUN, and it doesn't take a lot of time.
Yes, Debbie, I will give that a try and offer to help her write that first post soon.
Thanks, Fernando. I will be coaching her on getting that first post written.
Bliz, That's a wonderful idea, and I will certainly bring that up with Connie, and even offer to help her write it.
Thanks, Ron. I know Connie will be surprised seeing all these visitors stopping by with some encouraging words to help her get started with her blogging.
Hi Brenda. Thanks for offering to help Connie. We actually need to help her do her first post.
Hi Kristin, Yes, I was at the meeting with Kendra this morning. I had to leave for another appointment, so I couldn't hang around. I know we will get a chance to finally meet in person soon.
Thanks for stopping by to encourage Connie with her blogging!
Hi Ritu. Yes, I do care about helping new agents and new members in the Rain. I want to share many of the things that I have learned here with others.
Hi Cheryl. Thanks for Welcoming Connie. We can only send messages of encouragement, and offer to help them whenever they decide that they are ready.
I knew it was you! I saw your badge & was staring at the back of your head. Was gonna say hi but you were out the door!
Hi Kristin, Hope to see you and your sister another time soon. Did you learn something new yesterday? I do need to cut my elevator speech down to 30 to 35 seconds.
Blogging is a wonderful tool to grow business and spread your name around town. Of course, now I too am "too busy" to blog, which is a good thing, isn't it?
Jerry,
I noticed your passion for blogging from the first day I joined AR. I will definitely check Connie out and give her a word of encouragement.
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