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Joining the Ranks Again

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Real Estate Agent with Watson Realty Corp

I have joined the ranks of sales after a ten year period of training and managing! I have had a good deal of experience as a real estate trainer and career builder. I have made a committment to update myself as I build a sales career. ( For the third time ) I will keep you all posted as to what works these days. I have been a broker in Michigan, Arizona and Florida. I am looking forward to sharing with other professionals! Gwen

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Carol Kope
Keller Williams Realty - Yorktown Heights, NY
CRS,CRB,GRI,ABR,CCPS,CIPS,TRC,RSPS

Gwen,

Welcome back, but do you mind my asking why you left training.  I can understand managing, but not leaving training, unless they went hand in glove so to speak. 

Oct 20, 2008 01:38 PM
Gwen Templeton
Watson Realty Corp - Ponte Vedra Beach, FL
ABR, CRB, CRS, GRI, TRC

They went hand in hand. My new office (same company) will have an advantage! Ilove training!!!!

Oct 20, 2008 01:44 PM
Tony & Darcy Cannon
Aubrey and Associates Realty - Layton, UT
The C Team

Gwen, welcome back and good luck!

Oct 20, 2008 02:45 PM
Gwen Templeton
Watson Realty Corp - Ponte Vedra Beach, FL
ABR, CRB, CRS, GRI, TRC

Thank you! Lucky you..Utah..gorgeous!!!

Oct 20, 2008 02:51 PM
Sergio Rebollo Jr.
Real Estate TeamMates - Miami, FL

Gwen....Welcome to ActiveRain.  This is a great community to network with others as well a great place to learn from other's experiences and knowledge.  I've enjoyed it; I hope you enjoy it as well.  Congrats on your first post.

Oct 20, 2008 03:26 PM
Keith Elliott Jr
KEIRE Realty Group - Manassas, VA
Principal Broker/Owner

Hello Gwen,

Welcome to Active Rain and congrats on your first post! The opportunities to learn and network are incredible here. Best of luck to you!

-Keith

Oct 20, 2008 03:41 PM
Marcy Fedalei
Keller Williams Realty - Spartanburg, SC

Great start on ActiveRain! Welcome and thank you for sharing your thoughts and ideas.

Oct 20, 2008 10:32 PM
Ron Martin
Keller Williams Realty - Spartanburg, SC
Ron Martin Team

Good morning & welcome to Active Rain, You have joined an excellent site to receive free marketing, absorb more information from others, share ideas.  Be a blogger and have fun. If you have any clients moving to the Greenville, Spartanburg, & Anderson South Carolina area we are your team. We are on all three MLS. Great blog!  Keep it up. Again Welcome!!

Oct 20, 2008 11:44 PM
Yvette Gardner
Keller Williams Realty, Spartanburg, SC - Spartanburg, SC

Welcome to the Active Rain community. This is a great site with lots of information.  Have fun with it and hope to see more of your blogs soon!  We have a team of four outstanding full time agents to assist your buyers and sellers in Spartanburg/Greenville, SC.  Again, welcome to AR!!

Oct 21, 2008 12:47 AM
Lorena Westervelt
Van West Realty - Greenville, SC
Co-Founder/Co-Owner

Hello, welcome to Active Rain! This seems like a wonderful environment to network as well as learn from others. I hope you enjoy yourself and participate often in the Active Rain environment!

Oct 21, 2008 01:37 AM
Kirk Westervelt
Van West Realty - Greenville, SC Realtor -Short Sale Expert! - Greenville, SC
Kirk Westervelt, Broker In Charge, Van West Realty - CDPE - Short Sale Agent - Home for Sale - Greenville, Simpsonvil...

Hello and welcome to Active Rain! I encourage you to learn from others, share your knowledge and experiences with all of us, enjoy yourself, and try to log in and join us in the Active Rain community as frequently as possible. I look forward to your future blogs and comments! Take care, --Kirk.

Oct 21, 2008 01:41 AM
Sasha Miletic - Windsor Real Estate
RE/MAX Preferred Realty Ltd. - Windsor, ON

Hi Gwen, Welcome to AR, Be a Blogholic and start writing your own blog soon on AR. All the best for your RE business. This is the right place for customers, friends, relationships etc.

Best - Sash

 PS: FREE blog traffic strategy video...Hope this will help you... http://activerain.com/blogsview/447190/New-Training-Video-Shows

Oct 21, 2008 01:46 AM
Steve Vennemann-Hennepin-Dakota-Anoka contract for deed property-Ramsey-MN
BoardWalk Premier Realty INC - White Bear Lake, MN

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On behalf Http://www.mnlakeplace.com  we are happy you became a member of action rain and we wanted to welcome you to http://www.actionrain.com . It is a very good site to learn and network and meet a lot of real estate agents/brokers and mortgage consultants.

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Oct 21, 2008 05:30 AM
Ginger Ryals
Prudential C Dan Joyner and Young Realtors - Spartanburg, SC

Welcome to Active Rain!! This is a great site to network and share ideas!! Have fun with it!!

Oct 21, 2008 10:49 AM
Bill Kennedy
Keller Williams Greenville Upstate - Greenville, SC
Homes For Sale Greenville SC

Welcome to Active Rain! This is a great website for building your business, as well as learning from others.  Pat yourself on the back, because you made a GREAT choice in joining the blogosphere!

Write often, and write whatever comes to mind.  Blogs about personal topics and non-real estate items are often the best.  It helps your readers to bond with you, and ends up bringing you a lot of business!

Good luck with your future blogging.  If you'd like more info on points in Active Rain, I wrote a blog about it (click here). Feel free to ask me any questions if you need a hand!

Oct 21, 2008 03:12 PM
Jean Terry
Keller Williams Realty Spartanburg, S.C. - Spartanburg, SC

Hi and welcome to Active Rain, a great site to network, share, learn, and have fun. Good Luck.

Oct 21, 2008 03:25 PM
Dan Nord
RE/MAX Results - Omaha, NE

Welcome to Active Rain, you've joined an excellent site to receive free marketing, share ideas, and network.  Have fun and enjoy yourself.  Good luck.

Oct 22, 2008 03:46 AM
Kevin Sandridge
Signature Home Funding - Winter Haven, FL
Winter Haven Mortgage Broker

Hi Gwen,

Kevin Sandridge, here.  I joined the Active Rain community not too long ago myself and wanted to drop a line to share some of the good vibes and welcome wishes I have received already. It's great to see another FL-Based colleague in the network! 

I'm very excited about this community - basically because folks seem so willing to help out, provide industry insight, and share their good news and experiences!

A few things: 

One:  Be sure to include a good amount of information on your profile page.  Check out the profiles on other Realtor's sites here on Active Rain who are listed as "Featured" or "Tops" in their area (look for high point totals).  You'll find that this will seriously boost your presence on ActiveRain - via the added points. 

Two: I urge you to keep blogging on this site!  You will be AMAZED at the awesome feedback you receive very soon after they hit the network!  I use Google Reader to subscribe to blogs that provide me with ideas about what I'd like to comment on - both industry wise and just for fun!  Check it out I am more than willing to step you through the site and to help you get a few more blog posts generated if you wish - as a way of adding some value and paying forward some good networking vibes!  :)

Three: Listings as posts are great - but be sure to add in a good number of posts about what you think and consider pertinent regarding your area of FL and the state of the real estate market there.  You'll notice that many if not all of the Featured posting bloggers here on AR do this.

Lastly, I do quite a lot of work via social networks, email campaigns, and relationship building.  If I can ever be of any assistance, don't hesitate to ask.


Looking forward to what you'll share with us all here on Active Rain!  :)

Blessings,

Kevin Sandridge

Winter Haven, FL

Oct 23, 2008 04:41 AM
Benjamin Clark
Homebuyer Representation, Inc. - Salt Lake City, UT
Buyer's Agent - Certified Negotiation Expert

Welcome to Active Rain! For some tips on how to get started here, check out my blog entry at ActiveRain Fast-Start Tips for Quick and Easy Points. If you have any questions, just ask! Happy blogging and good luck!

Oct 24, 2008 05:22 PM