Richard and Pat- Business plans don't have to be completely brutal:-)

Chuck- Good....that's what I was going for.

Audrey and Tony- Thank you.

Midori- An assistant sounds good.  Maybe even virtual.  I gave up trying to do everything on my own awhile ago.  In the end, the saving of money never seems to be worth it.  That was the reason I always had for not relinquishing some of my control.  More time for my kids too:-)

Heath- Yes and many irons are easy with web 2.0. 

Travis- Thank you local friend.  Always happy to continue the conversation.

Marchel- lol....talk about manifestation.  Glad u attended to that so you could read guilt free.

Robert- Thank you.....I know 2009 is gonna rock.  2008 is closing strong.

Gary- Very true, down to being reponsive to our own needs.  That's a big one that gets neglected.

Rich-Now that I have tweetdeck installed and humming in the background it is really to update and converse on Twitter.  The fact that Twitter feeds to Facebook and ActiveRain, Bebo, Plaxo and my other networks, including Myspace, I love it. It adds the depth to my proifile that I couldn't keep up with alone.

Melina- It's okay to have your profile up on several networks.  I won't ever stop adding, but I syndicate my blog and microblog(twitter) so there is active conversation on my profiles.  If someone comments from those networks, it comes directly to my inbox anyway, so I can reciprocate that, but I cannot humanely add new content to all those profiles without syndication.

Kenny and Knowlesys Software- Thank you.  A nugget to be mindful of in the new year.

Alan- Yes...immediacy is the current need.  Just one reason the newspapers are going out of business.  They can't keep up with the speed in which consumers want information.

Mykel- What a strange thing to say, eh?  I cannot imagine working without the internet right now, though if I had to I would because I believe in face to face and the phone as the desired contact.  The internet is just a tool.

Craig- Your welcome.

Sally and David- It is amaing.  Happy Holidays to you both...I'll be outside again in an hour or two digging out from the blizzard:-)

Scott- One word.  YIKES.

Janice- Thank you.  That was taken in Las Vegas.  I was there in September for the Blogworld Convention.

Kelly- I know, though I have noticed some companies, especially those technology related, highly responsive.  I use AWeber for email campaigns/newsletters and when I signed up, I received email confirmation, I received a phone call to answer any questions I might have an offering a tour of the product and I received a letter in the mail. 

AWeber is used by top professionals across industry fields.  Their WOM is off the hook.  Little wonder why with that kind of professionalism, responsiveness, and a great product to boot.

Jacque- Thank you and don't overlook the power of twitter.  I know that there are naysayers, but the benefits to Twitter are very strong.  If you just feed links you don't get much out of Twitter.

Charles- You just need to have a plan to ration your time.  For me it's not as difficult, my job entails being online all the time. 

For real estate professionals, you really need to segment your time accordingly.  Aside from chosing more than one network there's the actual real estate homework to keep up on, knowing your market and inventory, stats, PROSPECTING, previewing houses, etc.

Heather- Well said.

Diane- That happens to me and everyone really.  Something is bound to slip through the cracks or get deleted or what have you.  We are human after all:-)  It's just that with some, the effort isn't there to begin with, it is truly strange.

Team Honeycutt- Pick up the Phone, what a strange concept- lol.

Missy- I understand that but for me, I know some people are new and just getting their feet wet and so I don't mind but that probably has to do with being a consultant.

Also, and I am going to post about this topic, I have personallly learned as a blogger sometimes I don't open my conversation up on my blog to something other than Good Post.  Sometimes I have to ask the questions, or have enough there for someone to pick the ball up and run with.  In other words, the post doesn't necessarily encourage conversation other than "Good post" and I can look through my blog and probably pick out 1/2 dozen to 1 dozen posts that are like that.

A good example is tutorials.

Shawn- I know there are folks here on A/R that participate on MySpace.  I am on MySpace.  I check my profile there a few times a week.  I syndicate a few posts/week to Myspace. 

Bill- I do try and do that also, often for me it is not the same day.

Mindy and Jay- That is good, but now that if you are syndicating to Twitter, that in itself is advertising, it's just not blatant. 

Christopher- You are on the right track there.  If you work it in as a plan, it won't feel as overwhelming.  I would still add your profile to networks out there, but use syndication.  It really will save you and relieve that stress.

Ryan- That's a great service that you are doing for builders.  I know what you are talking about.  I used to work on a referrals service to real estate agents.   It also pertains to service providers, marketers, seo, etc.  Really it is a shame that  people are so willing to sabotage their business.

Lisa- Sounds like maybe you need to invite your YouTube friends onto Twitter:-)

Lauren- I would choose three.  One blogging network, one microblogging network, and one social network.  Allot some time in your daily schedule for each.  Don't get yourself bogged down everywhere, that's a path to stress.

Also as a consumer, I would have to wonder how my prospective real estate agent has so much time to be on the social networks and not spending it honing their real estate skills and selling real estate.  I am not implying this to you.  I am making a completely general statement, and something to think about.

Anthony- Thanks, I dont respond to my posts usually right away for each and every comment.  The point is just to get to them.  I am not superhuman.....at least I don't think I am.  Even if I was, I dont' think I would spend my time worrying about getting to the comments everytime they came.  That's just insanity:-)

James- Happy Holidays to you.  Feels like the holidays with a foot of snow outside.

Dave- It can become some black funnel.  Personally and professionally, I don't roll like that.

Amber- Your good, you get to them, that is the point.  Some never do, and the same with the response on other networks.  That's not the interactive web.

Just sayin'.

Andrew- I love the conversations that can unfold on a blog post.  It is the best part of  blogging in my opinion.  You are trying to engage and create relationships.  Would you walk away in person after you spoke to someone and not come back?

Usually not, unless you didn't want a conversation in the first place.

Web 2.0- It's not about me, It's about you.

Sonny and Jenny- Thank you both.

Matthew- I don't doubt that.  I worked for two lead management companies in the past and saw much of that first hand.  Always loved replacing a referral on a Saturday or Sunday.  It's much better for a real estate agent to be in control of their marketing and advertising.  I've also noticed on REALTOR.com real estate agents linking out to the broker's home page or agent list, phone number that go the office, dead links to websites. Business killers and missed opportunties right there with really easy fixes.

Charles- Feel free to holler at me:-)

John- That whole automatic thing just seems really bogus.  IMHO it defeats the purpose.

Russel- Thank you best wishes to you also.  You just wished me my four favorite words.  Thank you.

Evelyn- lol.....things do slip through the crack.  We are human.  What is important is that it is the occasional mistake rather than the purposeful regular behavior.