What Does Your Profile Tell Us About You?

Many of us don’t like talking about ourselves.

We will talk about our kids, our favorite gadget, the football game (and of course SPAM everybody with information about our listings)… but when it comes to writing about ourselves, we sound pretty boring!

I was recently asked to write a MeMe, and it made me think about the fact that I have not really shared too many tidbits on my Profile about ME.  I'm in the process of changing that - because I think it's important!

Activerain gives you enough space to write for a MILE about yourself!  I can assure you that when I read your blog post, I click on your profile to learn a little more about you… if it still says:

Do you have any good testimonials that clients have provided you in the past? Be sure to add them here.

I don’t subscribe…  That's the message that Activerain automatically puts in... it's the standard text from AR!  You should AT LEAST take time to upload a picture and write a LITTLE bit about yourself!  I've seen people on Activerain with over 60,000 points who didn't fill out their PROFILE!

Let People Get To Know You!

To MAXIMIZE your Free Member’s Only Account, think about the fact that people CAN see this on the web!

If you have 4 Designations – don’t just put ePro, or CRS or IMSD...  Write a paragraph about that training!  Let people know why it was important to you, as a person, to get the SRES designation.

If you are a veteran – write about what and where you served.  Another Service Member, or their family will relate to you faster.

Add Pictures to your Activerain Profile!

Add pictures of your area, your family – the charities and events that you are passionate about… because I’ll bet you are not the only person who is passionate about Curing Breast Cancer, or Autism, or Homelessness, or Solving the Deficit.  The person reading your profile is much more likely to pick up the phone and contact someone they feel they can relate to.  If your Profile looks like this:

Areas of Expertise

My strengths include:

• Finding Properties for Clients
• High Level of Education to Improve the Skills All Buyers and Sellers Need In the Perfect Realtor
• Being Fun to Work With Makes Viewing Properties a Pleasure
• Efficiently Negotiating the Transaction
• Lots of Time Within Market
• Very Familiar with Activity Within Residential Market from Day to Day

• Good Working Relationship With Other Realtors and Business Partners Important To the Success Of the Transaction

I still don’t know too much about you… do I?

You are Unique.  Let the reader know that! My point is that you can use this platform in a number of ways.  Don’t just write blog posts... Maximize Your Profile Too! Make Friends! Show people that there’s more to you than just being able to negotiate a short sale with a bank!  Yes, Agent’s across the country will celebrate with you when you get that sale through... but you will connect to more people, and create a much wider community if they know more about who YOU are!

And, as I've said before, remember to make comments on blog posts, because other agents will appreciate your encouragement too!!

Okay- this ends the 3 questions that folks ask me about maximizing their Activerain Member's Only Account:

Use Groups To Maximize Your Activerain Member’s Only Profile

Are You Targeting Your Relationships on Activerain?

Originally posted at Fathom Cafe.