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Eating the Elephant, 2.0 Bites at a Time...

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A lovely grey, wrinkled elephant bum. 

(Photo by Anna Grist at Stock Xchng)

All I can say is WoW!

Who is THAT Hungry?

Most Realtors are - or should be, or are gonna be really fast, this year.

There are those meandering and grazing in the bloggosphere that are having a hard time stepping up to their new diet.

I might say to those people:

-you are crabby and just don't like that other Realtors got the hot stuff first;

-you might be getting crabbier because other Realtors got their first and are having seconds already;

-and fuming at the fact that you are stuck because you do not want to admit it is time to stop being late for dinner and do not know where to start.

Boy, haven't we all been THERE...

The simple fact is that this hard market requires soft skills:  blogging, social networking and being in on line communities.

Being engaged, not on auto-pilot, auto-answer, I-can-get-a-program-bot-to-scribe-me-up-some-content kind of coasting mode.

The shakedown is still shaking: if Realtors-yes, Realtors- do not engage and get up to their earlobes in what is going on-well, who wants to eat?

Realtor Pros remain. Why? Likely because they ARE engaged, nimble and are not afraid to change their work mode as quickly at their day-old socks.

Getting started eating this elephant?  EASY!:

Read, comment and learn in the forum of a on line community.

Then, set up a blog and make it real-about you , your neighborhood, what YOU know about real estate.

Expand your Rolodex network into a social network  - ask around, you might even get a freind to invite you in! 

Just don't sit there - grab a plate and get  on line!

Dessert is gonna be really, really good!

Obeoman

http://obeoman.blogspot.com

Steve Shatsky
Dallas, TX

From one Steven to another... a lot of folks would say that it's not a pretty picture in your post, but I have to tell you from first hand experience, it goes down a lot easier that people would imagine if you just pull your chair up to the table, take out your napkin, knife and fork and "dig in".  I might even ask for a second helping!  And you're absolutely right, dessert is going to be really, really good! 

Great insight and posting... thanks for sharing it with us.

 

 

Jan 15, 2008 02:02 PM