Go back....way back to 2006. What the heck was blogging or a blog? I had no idea. Albeit I have loved writing all my life, I was mystified as to why people where going bonkers over the idea of "Having A BLOG". Well, at that point a fellow broker suggested I join the ActiveRain Community. So I did. And did pretty much ZERO for the first year or so. Yes, I too was one of those silent lurkers! Then I hired an expert online marketer for our office to teach us the ins and outs of WHY we should all have a blog etc etc. She kicked me into high gear and since then I've never looked back. I was hooked!
Fast forward to 2010 , a fellow broker from another state, gave me a phone call to tell me what she heard about me from an agent online! What? You must be kidding? He said what? That doesn't sound like me! Needless to say the guy was not liking that I was well ranked and he wasn't. So he thought a little 'trash talk' about me would help him out? I know, makes no sense to me either! And honestly I could care less about what some guy was saying about me. It spoke about who he was, not me.
BLOGGING TIP 1 - WHAT NOT TO DO ONLINE IN A BLOG - Don't TRASH TALK fellow brokers or agents. Don't do it in person and don't do it online!
BLOGGING TIP 2 - WHAT NOT TO DO ONLINE IN A BLOG - DON'T TRASH TALK fellow brokers or agents. Don't do it in person and don't do it online!
As you can see there are 2 bags of trash the gal is carrying out. That's how important these tips are and can't be said enough. Don't CONTINUE talking trash about fellow agents - or anyone for that matter! Stop It! And if you see or hear it being done, be a friend and alert the other agent what's going on.
From that day on I made a point to talk about these important tips in every CE class I taught. And I'd usually end it with.....you never know who will be reading your stuff. I mean, who knew a broker from Texas would pick up the phone and call me to tell me what an agent in AZ was saying about me!
And this my friends is a story of what a good friend on ActiveRain looks like - looks out for fellow members! Bonus Tip #3 Be a good friend!
Don't TRASH TALK - as in EVER!
Thanks Jeff Dowler, CRS and Brian England for hosting this challenge!
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