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Personality Is Ingrained In One's Marketing | Think About The Reader

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Being mindful of what we write and to whom we are writing should be first and foremost in our thoughts, every time our fingers touch a keyboard.  We never know who will search for us or just by chance find us!!

We perform many tasks that reflect our personality.  We maintain the condition of our home to mirror us; we keep our vehicles in a condition that reflects us; we cook, eat, exercise and dress in a fashion that reveals our thinking and how we live. 

Business is the other side of our lives.  It, too, is a reflection of us.  The way we deal with buyers and sellers tells us a lot about who we are.  The methods that we use to market reflect our thinking and are indicative of our philosophy of our business and life.

Marketing requires time, and one needs to not only be focused but have the time set aside to think properly, in order to produce quality marketing.  Whether it be online or offline marketing, time management plays a critical role with marketing. 

Time management is a reflection of the organizational skills of an agent and that agent’s ability to perform an important task with a quality outcome.  Our personality is ingrained in our marketing.  The way we think and the attitude we have toward listings, homeowners, buyers and other agents are deeply rooted within our marketing.

Positive and negative thoughts always radiate from our marketing pieces. Close the laptop if you are in a foul mood!!  The energized agent will produce marketing materials that reflect that powerfully positive, state of mind.  A mentally and/or emotionally stressed marketer will produce a less than desirable marketing piece. 

 

Just another thought for the moment…..   

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Barbara Todaro, Great Grandmother to Caleb, Santino, Aiden and Gianni       

Todaro Team - Retired

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Comments(19)

George Souto
George Souto NMLS #65149 FHA, CHFA, VA Mortgages - Middletown, CT
Your Connecticut Mortgage Expert

Barbara I rarely post a blog the same day I write it.  Most of my blogs are written a week or two before I post them.   This gives a week or two for my frame of mine to change, so when I read the blog before posting it, I always end up making some kind of change to it. 

We need to always think twice in this business before we hit the enter key.

Feb 15, 2018 04:04 PM
Elizabeth Weintraub Sacramento Broker
Elizabeth Anne Weintraub, Broker - Sacramento, CA
Put 40 years of experience to work for you

Hi Barbara: Having worked as a telemarketer to put myself through high school, I know only too well the "smile and dial" philosophy. You can't help but be in a good mood if you're smiling, and it comes across, that positive attitude touches people.

Feb 15, 2018 04:23 PM
Myrl Jeffcoat
Sacramento, CA
Greater Sacramento Realtor - Retired

Personality is important to infuse into marketing materials.  It is a form of branding.

Feb 15, 2018 04:38 PM
Barbara Todaro
RE/MAX Executive Realty - Happily Retired - Franklin, MA
Previously Affiliated with The Todaro Team

George Souto my OCD won't allow me to wait...

Elizabeth Weintraub Sacramento Real Estate Agent, Top 1% of Lyon Agents and it's a great way to tone facial muscles!!!!!!!!!!

 

Feb 15, 2018 04:45 PM
Barbara Todaro
RE/MAX Executive Realty - Happily Retired - Franklin, MA
Previously Affiliated with The Todaro Team

Myrl Jeffcoat and personality is there whether we want it to be or not....it sneaks its way in...

Feb 15, 2018 04:46 PM
Rebecca Gaujot, Realtor®
Lewisburg, WV
Lewisburg WV, the go to agent for all real estate

Barbara, our personality does come through in our marketing.

Feb 15, 2018 05:50 PM
Endre Barath, Jr.
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties - Beverly Hills, CA
Realtor - Los Angeles Home Sales 310.486.1002

Barbara good "thoughts indeed" I find the older I get the less I try to please all rather I focus on my kind of buyers or sellers. those who appreciate fine wine, read good book and have a good food palate to name a few:)Endre

p.s.: and like good music....

Feb 15, 2018 11:20 PM
James Dray
Fathom Realty - Bentonville, AR

Morning Barbara.

Yes ma'am, there have been times when I needed to close the lid of my laptop, instead of my fingers tapping out the message I would like to take back.  

Feb 16, 2018 03:18 AM
Sally K. & David L. Hanson
EXP Realty 414-525-0563 - Brookfield, WI
WI Real Estate Agents - Luxury - Divorce

The "dear John" posts are better left to John as a way to vent than published anywhere where they can be seen everywhere !

Feb 16, 2018 04:06 AM
Brian England
Ambrose Realty Management LLC - Gilbert, AZ
MBA, GRI, REALTOR® Real Estate in East Valley AZ

I love when you have thoughts like this and I always get something from it and have the desire to do a better job with my own marketing.

Feb 16, 2018 04:55 AM
Scott Godzyk
Godzyk Real Estate Services - Manchester, NH
One of the Manchester NH's area Leading Agents

Well said Barbara Todaro. Positive thoughts yield postive results in everything we do.  

Feb 16, 2018 05:02 AM
Sheri Sperry - MCNE®
Coldwell Banker Realty - Sedona, AZ
(928) 274-7355 ~ YOUR Solutions REALTOR®

HI Barbara Todaro - One of your final statements, "close the laptop if you are in a foul mood" really reasonates with me. If you write something "foul" it might as well be in stone. Great points. 

Feb 16, 2018 05:05 AM
Sheila Anderson
Referral Group Incorporated - East Brunswick, NJ
The Real Estate Whisperer Who Listens 732-715-1133

Good morning again Barbara. Everything we do tells a lot about us. Not trying to be someone else but being ourselves works beautifully.

Feb 16, 2018 05:54 AM
Barbara Todaro

yes, it does... it's comfortable and one can relax because it's not fake...

Feb 16, 2018 06:09 AM
John Wiley
Fort Myers, FL
Lee County, FL, ECO Broker, GRI, SRES,GREEN,PSA

The far reaching Internet has made your advice more important.

We never know who lurks out there and catch a glimpse of a side of us we later wish they had never seen.

Thanks for the reminder.

Feb 16, 2018 06:53 AM
Kristin Johnston - REALTOR®
RE/MAX Platinum - Waukesha, WI
Giving Back With Each Home Sold!

You are a marketing queen and anyone should heed your advice!

Feb 16, 2018 07:27 AM
Barbara Le Pine
ADVANTAGE REAL ESTATE, serving Lincoln County - Newport, OR
Your agent for the Central Oregon Coast!

Barbara,

I like Elizabeth Weintraubs comment about "smile and dial," so when communicating in writing........."grin, THEN begin!"

Congrats on the feature!

Feb 16, 2018 03:19 PM
Chris Ann Cleland
Long and Foster Real Estate - Gainesville, VA
Associate Broker, Bristow, VA

This is something I am so mindful of.  There have been plenty of times when I have walked away from a post or marketing piece because I just had no positive feeling.  There was no way I was going to convey one if I couldn't even think that way.

Feb 16, 2018 05:09 PM
Chris Ann Cleland
Long and Foster Real Estate - Gainesville, VA
Associate Broker, Bristow, VA

Featured in the group:  BARTENDER, MAKE IT A DOUBLE.

Feb 16, 2018 05:10 PM
Barbara Todaro

thanks so much for the feature in "Bartender, Make It A Double".... it's been almost 25 years since I've said that to a bartender!!!!!!!!!!! Chris Ann Cleland 

Feb 16, 2018 05:15 PM
Carol Williams
Although I'm retired, I love sharing my knowledge and learning from other real estate industry professionals. - Wenatchee, WA
Retired Agent / Broker / Prop. Mgr, Wenatchee, WA

Hi Barbara,
With the internet age we need to be mindful of everything we put out there... not only who we are speaking TO but who else might see it as well.  

Feb 17, 2018 08:38 AM