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Aren't Real Estate Agents The Silliest?

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Real Estate Agent with Keller Williams Realty 0575737

When I first started this blogging gig part of my life back around 2007 sometime, one of my earlier posts probably with no photograph in the post discussed REALTOR business cards with outdated photos. Some, if you look around the industry can be up to 20 years old and not even LOOK like the current person.

That will throw you for a loop when you meet them after seeing their ad in the paper or online. But I have found the VAST MAJORITY of agents do carry this HUGE ego with them about self for some reason. Maybe it is the competitive nature of the business but it must be true cause hardly ANY other profession I know puts photos of themselves on the business cards. Anyway, Ellen from The Ellen Show lets you laugh along with me in this clip on this topic about BRANDING in what I call

Aren't Real Estate Agents The Silliest?

John McCormack, CRS
Albuquerque Homes Realty - Albuquerque, NM
Honesty, Integrity, Results, Experienced. HIRE Me!

Too fun Gary and a great way to begin a Monday morning!  Now go have a great day in real estate my friend :)

Aug 06, 2012 12:40 AM
Bud & Beth McKinney
RE/MAX UNITED - Cary, NC
Cary/Raleigh/Apex NC - The Team That Cares, RE/MAX United

A good laugh to start off the week, thank you very much for sharing!

 

Aug 06, 2012 12:45 AM
Mike Young
203kOnLine.com, covering the USA - Stallings, NC
FHA 203k Consultant 916-758-1809

thank you for the laugh

Aug 06, 2012 12:50 AM
Doug Dawes
Keller Williams Evolution - 447 Boston Street, Suite #5, Topsfield, MA - Topsfield, MA
Your Personal Realtor®

Hahahahahaha. I don't know if I'd stick my head on an animal and advertise myself that way. Of course we won't forget him either? LOL

Aug 06, 2012 12:51 AM
Judith Abbott
Coldwell Banker Residential - Dallas, TX

Agents who use a glamor shot, or worse, a picture that is 20 or 30 years old, are making a mistake.  The purpose of those pictures is to make it possible for people to recognize us when we show up.

Aug 06, 2012 12:54 AM
marti garaughty
garaughty.com - Montreal, QC
a highly caffeinated creative type...

garaughty, abstract art, graphic design, WordPress consultant

Aug 06, 2012 01:08 AM
Kathryn Maguire
GreatNorfolkHomes.com (757) 560-0881 - Chesapeake, VA
Serving Chesapeake, Norfolk, VA Beach

Ugh!  These are really funny but I wish that this sort of hokey branding was not going on like it has been.  Thanks for the giggle though!

Aug 06, 2012 01:10 AM
Kristine Ginsberg
Elite Staging and Redesign, LLC - Short Hills, NJ
NJ Home Stager

Gary - thanks for sharing this hilarious video with us! I don't know what's funnier - the Realtor photos or Ellen's commentary! Had me LMAO though! Every two years I update my photo because the last thing I want is for my client to say, "You look nothing like your photo" - not a good thing! Have a great week!

Aug 06, 2012 01:16 AM
Karen Fiddler, Broker/Owner
Karen Parsons-Fiddler, Broker 949-510-2395 - Mission Viejo, CA
Orange County & Lake Arrowhead, CA (949)510-2395

Very funny stuff...and much appreciated this morning, needed a good laugh.

Aug 06, 2012 01:54 AM
Peter Matyko
Keller Williams Realty Advantage - Oviedo, FL
Keller Williams Realty

Thanks for the great video.  How true it is.  You sometimes get the drivers license look for someone and can't tell if that is them or not.  Sometimes the smallest things are the ones that are forgotten but theyare the most important ones.

Aug 06, 2012 01:54 AM
Gayle Rich-Boxman Fishhawk Lake Real Estate
John L Scott Market Center - Birkenfeld, OR
"Your Local Expert!" 503-739-3843

Gary, I love the fact that you can go to the moon and there's STILL competition! No surprise, huh?

Aug 06, 2012 02:22 AM
Steve Loynd
Alpine Lakes Real Estate Inc., - Lincoln, NH
800-926-5653, White Mountains NH

Gary...what do you say after an episode like that...there are really silly Realtors, that make us all look less than intelligent.

Aug 06, 2012 04:02 AM
Broker Patty Da Silva Da Silva
Green Realty Properties® - 954-667-7253 - Cooper City, FL
Top Listing Broker

I LOVE Ellen and her real estate segments. I can't stop laughing!

Aug 06, 2012 04:48 AM
William Feela
WHISPERING PINES REALTY - North Branch, MN
Realtor, Whispering Pines Realty 651-674-5999 No.

I just updated my photo on my new cards.  I should be good for another 20 years or so!

Aug 06, 2012 10:48 AM
Myrl Jeffcoat
Sacramento, CA
Greater Sacramento Realtor - Retired

Oh my goodness, Gary!  I needed a good laugh to get this week rolling, and this blog gave me several!  It is so true, we expect folks to trust us with one of the most important investments of their lives, but we apparently don't filter that fact adequately when we do some of our marketing:-) 

I must admit my profile pictre is about 6 years old.  Funny thing though, I look more like that picture now, than I did then.  And pictures I have taken recently don't look anything like me. . .At least that's my story, and I'm sticking to it:-)

Aug 06, 2012 01:23 PM
Kathy Streib
Cypress, TX
Home Stager/Redesign

Gary- have to thank you for giving me a great laugh today!!!

Aug 07, 2012 04:03 AM
Sharon Lee
Sharon Lee's Virtual Assistance - Jonesborough, TN
Retired and loving life

Gary-There is ONE realtor who sure is the silliest. His initials are GW and his face is on this blog

Aug 08, 2012 04:52 AM
Eileen Hsu
Douglas Elliman Real Estate - Manhattan, NY
LICENSED REAL ESTATE SALESPERSON

Fun video, I like the lady with the Dorito! Us Manhattan New York agents have no house signs on the street, that save a lot of 'faces!'. :-)

Aug 08, 2012 01:44 PM