"Being busy does not always mean real work. The object of all work is production or accomplishment, and to either of these ends there must be forethought, system, planning, intelligence, and honest purpose, as well as perspiration. Seeming to do is not doing."

- Thomas Edison

You are guilty of it and so am I. In fact, probably everyone who has ever made an effort to advance their career has been guilty of it. Wasteful, ineffective, and unproductive busy-work. That's exactly the type of work you produce every time you do something yourself that can be done more quickly and easily by someone else. For example, posting your property listings online - how much time do you spend?

"Wait!", you say, "But I save money when I do it myself. I could pay some service to do it, but why on earth would I do that if I can do it just as easily myself?" Well, if you truly can do it just as easily yourself, then have at it! But can you really?

At ClassifiedFlyerAds.com, busy professionals (ahem, you) can create a quality online property listing in 15 minutes from a pre-designed template. And the icing? The listing is automatically posted to over 30 online directories within 24 hours.

So for $12 bucks a month you can spend next to no time at all to promote your listings all over the internet, where over 84% of buyers start their home search.

Or for goodness-knows-how-many-hours you can do it yourself for "free".

How much do you make per hour? How much is your time worth? Are the things you've categorized as "free", really free?

Take a bit of advice from Mr. Edison, and remember, "seeming to do is not doing". Use your time wisely.

I work in marketing and communications for ClassifiedFlyerAds.com, focusing on tools and internet technology for real estate professionals. Our most popular tools offer competitive search engine placement and online listing distribution to over 30 real estate directories. We also offer blog profile syndication, widgets, and virtual tours - free to all subscribed members.