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Technology in the Workplace - It's a changing game.

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Real Estate Agent with remax noc

Anybody else remember the days of the Internet, when Angelfire and Geocities were some of the few options available to build a free site?  Back then, it cost a lot of money and time to get a website going.  The HTML coding was also incredibly limited; pages could contain some imagery, sound, and text, but not much more.

We have come a long way since then, haven't we?  As real estate brokers, we are charged with showing our clients every nook and cranny of a prospective property.  As we continue to branch out to regions far beyond we could control in the past, the Internet is being employed as a media-rich portal to show videos, pictures, etc. of the home in question.  YouTube, Flash...it's all almost taken for granted now.  The most obvious change to me is how visually / GUI oriented a web site build can be.  I still remember years ago, coding HTML and PHP scripts by hand!

As I stare at the multitude of things to update, though, I found the whole idea of social networking to be interesting.  The thought, of course, is appealing.  The Internet is certainly widespread, so it offers us different avenues of contact with others. Social Networking is the next big thing, apparently.  It gives the masses access to celebrities (Twitter), reconnects us with old friends and acquaintances (primarily Facebook), etc.  Quite a lark to be had, isn't it?

However, to me it's almost a bit too much at this point.

Currently in my list of things to update: this blog, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter (two accounts!), personal site, ReMax site. 

Still to be activated or set up (and I will most likely be getting into these): Unthink, Google+.  What's next?

How much social networking is too much social networking?

A study I read about a few months ago mentioned that we only make deep connections with a very limited number of people.  I am worried that by using so many social networking avenues of communcation, it just serves to limit potential to truly connect with the buyer, and make their experience the best possible one.  I certainly do not think the Internet should be the primary means of communication (that should be a face to face conversation), but it seems like we are headed down that path.

How much do you think is too much?  Are we taking the Internet's opportunities a bit too far?

 

Posted by

Eko Kuntjoro,

eko.remax@gmail.com

http://orangecountyhomesbyeko.com

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