SOCIAL MEDIA IS THE NEW WAY...or SOCIAL MEDIA TAKES HUMAN CONNECTION AWAY??
THAT IS THE REAL QUESTION!
PLEASE HELP ME ANSWER IT.
All I keep hearing now is "Social Media this....", "Social Media that...". "Tecnology this...", "Technology that..." Okay, great, but....where did the open houses go??? Where did the personal phone calls go, the personal meetings...you get the picture.
Look, Im all for what the internet has to offer. It enables us to "get the word out" in the blink of an eye, make more connections than we would normally ever be able to make (and at lightning speed), and yes, perhaps even pick up a new client here and there. Technology...wow, has that come a LONG WAY!! Who really even needs an office or even a PC anymore when we have smart phones??? Again, dont misunderstand, there is alot to be said for the convenience we have now at our finger tips.
THE PROBLEM IS, whatever happened to everything in moderation???? So many our making this the new way rather than allowing it to enhance what is already a WONDERFUL way. That is the problem nowadays. No one seems to understand the concept of moderation anymore. Why does everything seem to be to the extreme??? Where does it stop?? Why cant we use this wonderful tool to enhance our wonderful industry...not take over as the "new way" of doing business.
When I call another agent, I would like a returned phone call...not a TEXT! Texting is great, but not for an everyday, and every occassion way of communicating. So many times I find that my calls are responded to by text even if I ask for a call back.
Come on everyone...we have taken the personal, and best of all, human contact, out of an industry that is based on just that. I want to meet my clients in person, meet the agents I am working with. I want to hear voices so that I can put a personality to that name, and see faces so that I can put a face to that name. Im a people person, and thats why I do what I do. That is what is so wonderful about what we do. The personal interaction with each other and our clients. That is exactly what makes us go home feeling great about our day...the connections we made! No, I am not talking about the ones on the computer, although I am certainly not knocking them.
I say lets most definitely embrace the new technology and what it has to offer, and lets use that social media to make gentle contact with others, but lets not let it change how we do business....let it enhance how we do business. THE CONNECTION WITH PEOPLE is absolutely the reason we are here right?
Lets keep the best part of our business going strong or else what might the future hold? Perhaps completing transactions from start to finish without ever having to make any human contact or connection? To some that may sound like a dream, but for me it is a terrifying thought.
What do you think? Are we going too far???
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