In this forum we will explore all techniques and whiz bang systems that you have been told and sold on.   You know the one.. "Use this system to quintiple your sales and get rich".. only to have the same vendor exclaim.. "No wait! use this system to get sales and become rich" rinse and repeat as necessary.   The hype plus YOUR perception of thinking are being molded by battle cries from, "industry experts", seminarists, social media gurus and quite possibly maybe your own broker to keep you engaged and to try and prove they are "cutting edge". They tout seo, blog, commenting, syndication, video, myspace, spam email send outs and now twitter, linkd in, FB, pintrest, etc.. Success mostly and rarely being achieved by an unsuspecting intrepid internet neophyte, you. Always flip flopping to they next "new thingy". Remember you (most of you here) are a Realtor.   Most theories sound great, about how to generate a huge pipeline of an engaged audience that sadly and probably has a Realtor in the family or knows about 7-10 others..   Think time spent and return on investment, whether investing time or money, chances are the "pros" want your email address to sell you more.   In this forum we will break it down.   NOTE: First clue - This system works so great I dont want to get filthy rich from it but I want you to, for a sum of time and money. :)   It's only a matter of time before a "cold calling program" or "door knocking" system will be put before the masses of Realtors who have little to show for all the years and money spent trying to be found first online when people get ready to make a sale or purchase..

A survey released earlier this year by the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth says the percentage of companies that maintain blogs fell to 37% in 2011 from 50% in 2010, based on its survey of 500 fast-growing companies listed by Inc. magazine. Only 23% of Fortune 500 companies maintained a blog in 2011, flat from a year ago after rising for several years.   And with the dilution of social marketing the spread has become thin and users becoming disinterested. There is only so many hours in a day.   Google and Youtube are and will be the biggest marketing platform going forward and are growing exponentially. Do not discount Yahoo and Bing either.   Heck even Social Media Gurus use search engines to "confirm information, find a better offer and to make sure they are getting the best deal" when making a purchase or hiring a service.   Think time use/spent and the light will go on. This post was edited by Craig Bassignani at April 27, 2012 7:35:40 AM MDT

How to make people use FB instead of thier preferred information source (Search Engines) when they are ready to make a purchase and spend real money.. Remember Jerry Mcquire - " Save Me the Money!" .. or something like that.   Relax, it's not just you. Keep these known facts in mind.   Stats show 74% of people land on a web site from a search engine. Why? Because they drill down to best available value and price when ready to actually spend money. JUST LIKE YOU DO!   Now that many have tried to farm our "friends" on facebook, blog, twitter, etc, etc, social networks just can't seem to be the go to source. As participation and "novelty" wear off, along with de-friending and privatizing accounts, some people have so much sales time invested they cant seem to know when the cost of time strips the return.   We've asked so many people how they found their home, or us online, or the best price on the latest purchase they made, and it's all the same. We've asked if they "searched out" their social network first and have yet to find even a few that said they had.   Think about Search Engine use the same way you use it and the light will go on. This post was edited by Craig Bassignani at February 27, 2012 6:41:37 AM MST

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