Social Networking/Facebook...
Thank you for visiting, are you here on business or pleasure?
As I sit here on a lazy Sunday morning, I do my normal real estate routine; creating online ads for listings, review my MLS listings for reductions and hot sheets, creating my schedule for the coming week, and plan my to do list. All very important items when you're in the real estate business!
The question is; do I post all of that stuff as my status? Do I post how many listings I have this week? Do I post how many homes I put under contract? Or do I post personal things that make me, and hopefully one of my friends smile? I don't post every time I list a home, create an offer, and close a deal. I choose to make me, and or a friend smile...so I guess I'm really here for pleasure.
Sitting on my couch typing this, my daughter is on the floor in front of me, creating me a necklace with her cute little beads and knot tying abilities she obtained from summer camp this week. Now, this is the status I want to post; "Frank is watching daughter making her daddy a necklace." Because to me, that is more important to my real friends than some short sale listing I just put on the market.
Why not do both; business and personal posts? Well, I can and do when the time is right. A major business event or transaction needs to be said in status, not to "brag", but because my true friends who follow me care about such an event, and can be happy for me. People close to me know that I focus on short sales, foreclosures, and bank owned. "At any given time, my team has a tremendous number of listings, write darn near a contract a day, and have a buyer client list that requires a spread sheet to manage." Now, how many of you that just read that felt like I was bragging, or all of a sudden hated me, or think I should have never typed that sentence? God forbid, I posted that sucker as a status! :)
Let's face it; most real estate agents on social networks are "friends" with other agents. When I login and see that someone I know, just sold a home, or just created and offer, I truly do get excited for them. However, some people question how "professional" and appropriate posting this type of status might be. I always hear "I wish I was as busy as the people on Facebook." LOL! Yeah, some people tend to post every time they even talk to a client on the phone. "Just got off the phone with a client creating a deal", or "Just negotiated a deal with another agent." But, that is their choice! Maybe that's what their "friends" want to see. To me, the people that need to know that I just listed a home are the home owner(s), and my broker...and no worries....they know! (Unless I'm promoting it of course).
It's all good! Social networking has no lines in the sand, no rules (within reason), and is a free flowing platform to post what-ever, and when-ever you want. What a country huh? People choose to use it for "business", while others choose to you it for "pleasure." My choice is to use it for "me!" ... I'm the real deal, the open book, the keepin' it real kinda guy. I will continue to post mostly funny, silly and personal items on my social networks for my "friends" to read and enjoy....and it's amazing how much "business" I obtain from these networks by doing just that....being me!
Frank Wible
RE/MAX All Pros
Father, Husband, Friend....and of yeah....Real Estate Agent! :-)
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