Hello Active Rain!
Long time reader, first time poster. So who am I?
Well, Im a technology and marketing trainer in Southern Oregon - and a part-time website and graphic designer. Check my "about me" area for a serious example of how to oversell your experience. Just kidding folks, although my about me area does run long - I am confident that Ill quickly prove to be a useful teaching resource for many here at AR.
My experience in 30 seconds:
Five years sales / office mgmt,
Ten years teaching, managing offices and performance improvement,
Five years design and marketing exprience, Successful home business owner,
and lately (last two point five years) Real Estate Trainer.
For quite some time I have used Active Rain to keep my ears open to the minutia of new technology available to Real Estate Brokers and Loan Officers. AR helped me to also see things from a Realtors or Loan Offices perspective - as you find a good bit of "venting" happening here. Its healthy, and often humorous. One thing about Real Estate. You don't last too long without a sense of humor.
Ive trained extensively with many agents in Southern Oregon to assist them in growing their business, in fact I've taught group classes at 80% of the Real Estate offices and Lending Institutions in the Rogue Valley. Just ask most Real Estate agents - chances are they've met or heard of the "Tech Geek at Lawyers Title". My program was called eBusiness - and it was a mjor hit.
Well, like many title company employees I found myself facing layoffs when the market began to shift early in 2008. So I simply did what I'd been teaching brokers to do for years - HIT UP YOUR DATABASE!
I sent out a mass email to my sphere of influence, and landed a great job within the week. After talking with many local companies, I choose to come to work at Chaparral Realty Group. Chaparral, at the time, was a new and growing company. I saw the obvious risk in joining up with a new company given the turn in the market. However, what impressed me with Chaparral, was their willingness to embrace new technology.
The other VITAL difference I saw at Chaparral, was the attitudes. So many industry "pros" are in the doom and gloom side of things. The feeling here is different. I was constantly impressed by the upbeat nature of the brokers. What a perfect group to unleash my training upon (insert evil laugh here)
It didnt take long for Chaparral to succeed. In fact, we now (Jan, 09') are in the top five companies for listing volume. Blah blah blah...(insert canned success story and testimonials here)
I'm on AR to provide insight into some things that have worked well for me, as well as chat about tools that you might find useful to assist you with your business.
Im here to write blogs that hopefully teach you something and make you laugh too.
Im here to network with Brokers.
Im here to read about your experiences.
Im here to learn from others
Hell, expect some venting too! Signing off...
-Matt Jameson (Tech Geek)
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