Don`t spam on me!

Erika,

great post. i agree with you 100%.

I agree. My phone rang at 8 am on Friday. Some person from California 661-290-2528 decided to call my business line. At first the caller started the conversation as if she was an agent. Then I asked if she was calling to sell her services or did she needed assistance. She wanted to know if I or any of my colleagues would like to use their travel/event management program for agents. Geesh, have some pride. Calling at 8:00 am is not going to help her score any points.

Erika - Well said!

I agree Erika. I posted a blog a few days ago about all of the recruitment calls that I have been receiving. The website will have many purposes as the functionality changes over time, but I think it is in the community's best interest to defend our castle and let these people know that it won't be accepted. "If I want to do business with you, I'll call you as well!"

Scott

Erica good stuff I will be looking for your next blog

Good morning Erika from rainy Connecticut,

I don't know if I want to say that I agree with you 99% or 50% because those calls are just going to always be there.  Think about it this way, you think the people that called you and myself (loan officer) are going to read these blogs?  I highly doubt that they will even know there is someone writing about them spamming someone via emails or phone calls.  I actually get calls and I am not a real estate agent which is new to me, I never get spam calls or anyone selling anything to me because I am on the DO NOT CALL REGISTRY.  I don't mind them but I have seen that my calls from randoms have picked up.  I agree with you that we shouldn't have them but at the same time what if someone is calling you to refer a buyer to you?  I feel your pain but remember, no pain-no gain!  I love your URL, nicey nice!  I will also look for your next blog.

Always,

Nima

http://www.MyNima.com

 

Nice post Erika, and my sentiments echo yours and apparently others in AR.  Happy Sunday!

Erika, go for the points girl, its addicting and once you start it will be worse!

erika,

Stay true to yourself!

I feel for ya Erika. I haven't expereinced that specifically but all the time I have loan officers and etc coming solicting for our office business. There are a few i enjoy seeing and they are the ones we use. But why don't people realize that, like you, if i wanted their service i would probably call. As a manager everyone wants to sit in on our office meetings and sell my agents stuff...uh...no thanks...Don't they realize that I want them to think about the stuff I am saying and not what they want to say? no i am just rambling...great post...blogging is relaxing and have a great night :)

I too have experienced various emails trying to solicit me for business, to an extent I admire the ability to ask for business as long as it is done in a way that's not totally distracting from what we have to do in our day to day business dealings.  At the same time, I've been fortunate not to have to deal with a plethora of spam here.  Spamming to me is the irritating way people will cut and paste their spleel and offer it to you over and over and over again.  If these individuals had an original thought, it would die of lonliness.  But I hear ya Erika, Don't Spam.

spamming sucks but it is unavoidable...........

good point. But its kind of like a celebrity complaining about the paparazzi or not being able to have a private life.

Unfortunately the more we put ourselves out there the more others will try to benefit somehow from us.  I am amazed at how many 'search engine optimization companies' call me to offer their services - when I ask how they found me they say 'google' or some other search engine - um ok, so why do I need YOU? Ah well, part of it.

We, as a whole, are a very gulible bunch, I see agents wasting money on all kinds of marketing ploys/scams to try to get a lead/sale. There is no special 'magic pill' out there - it's hard work, keeping in touch & following through.

As far as referrals & such I tend to send them to those who I see a sense of professionalism from, not desperation "please give me a try" type of attitude.

Anyway, good blog!

Nice comments and I agree with you 100%.

Charles Parrish