How To Win Friends & Influence People Online
Thought I would share my slides from the presentation I did at the REALTOR Rally last month.
Social Media Training Camp Launches Today
Social Media Training Camp launches this morning. We’ll be in New York at RE BarCamp and Inman Connect to launch it. I’ve teemed up with Mariana Wagner, Kelley Koehler, and Ginger Wilcox to put together a training bootcamp for sales and marketing professionals who want to adopt this medium. More details are coming, but for now, I have a plane to catch!
Top ten tweets to follow to convince you real estate agents are cool
I saw my name on one of these lists. Thanks Tom! But I have a different idea. Here’s a list of the top ten tweets to follow to convince you real estate agents are cool. Most of them rarely even talk about real estate. They’re just plain cool, and represent the elite of RE.net’s twitteratti.
@ines - Don’t poke around on her, I think she might shank you with a spoon.
@mizzle - I call her THE Mizzle. Ask her about her shiny, candy like button.
@gingerw - Ask her anything. Just remember to add the hashtag #wwgwd (What would Ginger Wilcox do)
@beerealty - Southern Fried Funny.
@andykaufman - Fellow Tony Clifton fan.
@DaleChumbley - Spinning tunes all night on blip.
@tboard - Really not a social person, and we all love her for it.
@phoenixREGuy - Uses twitter to drop the F-Bomb on cancer. Mad props for that.
@hthrflynn - Because everyone on Twitter needs someone fun to drink margaritas with online.
and finally,
@housechick - My favorite tweet. The funniest person on twitter. Funnier than @DarthVader, or even @hotdogsladies. Seriously funny.
What if NAR get’s it right?
I wasn’t completely candid in my lenderama post about what I would do If I were NAR’s Social Media Manager. The fact of the matter is, moving from Denver would be a colossal challenge to my sanity. Would I do it for the job I described? Yes. Would I do it for the job NAR is hiring for? I guess I’d need to know more first. It’s entirely likely that the job NAR wants filled, is not one that I would love, or even one that I’d be particularly equipped to excel at. Now let me be clear on this one point.
I believe Hilary Marsh has a better grip on who needs to fill this position than anyone else in RE.net. I will not be second guessing NAR’s pic.
I first connected to Hilary a couple months ago. She visited the REBlogWorld site. I know because she is a member of MyBlogLog. When her unfamiliar avatar graced our MBL widget, I investigated. I thought to myself, “wow, Hilary is in charge of content for realtor.org, what a great connection to have.” I followed her on Twitter, she followed back.
Then, just a couple weeks ago, a friend of mine DM’s me (through Twitter) a link to Daniel’s post about the new Social Media Position being created by NAR. Most of RE.net was bearish, but I’m always the bull. I think to myself, “who was it that I met that worked at NAR?”. Hilary Marsh of course. Now, here’s the kicker. It didn’t take any time for RE.net to bash NAR for posting an ad for the job on Monster.com. How web1.0 right? What they should have done is reached out by social media right?
Hilary did exactly that. I wonder how many “S.M. aware” RE.net pundits even noticed? I set up a phone call with her through Twitter. It was a great call in my eyes.
Most people think I’m crazy for wanting that job. Not everyone will say it publicly. But trust me, that’s the overall opinion I received by phone, DM and email. However, one person really did get where my head was. Someone whom I have the ultimate respect for. He told me, “everyone seems possessed with how NAR’s Social Media Manager will fail. What if NAR get’s it right”. Hmmm, exactly how I felt.
Why on Earth would I want that job? Because what if it it worked?
