Comments on: The Ray Kroc principle

By: Ines

Ines — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 22:59:49 +0000

Erion – I am humbled by your word – thank you you ROCK!!

By: Erion Shehaj

Erion Shehaj — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 22:52:17 +0000

The whole concept of “social media expert” really bugs me. There are many that use the medium successfully but so difficult to gauge because of the screen that separates us. One thing is true, some of us have survived the craziness of this market because of this medium

Ines, you’re a real social media expert if I ever saw one. One just has to check out your reach in Twitter, FB, Miamism.com to understand the extent of it. Keep doing what you’re doing as many of US are watching and learning.

By: Ines

Ines — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 22:40:58 +0000

Erion,
I keep saying it, your perspective is so damn refreshing. You have to listen to JPMicek and CoachDeb (Tribal Seduction)talk about the very same thing in a different way – why would you listen to someone that claims to know what they are doing but don’t have anything to show for it?

The whole concept of “social media expert” really bugs me. There are many that use the medium successfully but so difficult to gauge because of the screen that separates us. One thing is true, some of us have survived the craziness of this market because of this medium ….thanks for the MickyD’s story (wink wink)

By: Erion Shehaj

Erion Shehaj — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 03:43:34 +0000

Thanks for taking the time, Joe. There’s plenty more Southern “hospitality” where that came from

By: Erion Shehaj

Erion Shehaj — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 03:41:08 +0000

@Eric

First, thanks for stopping by.

Third party lead generation (and subsequent resale to agents) is at best, an unsustainable business model. As history has shown again and again, even the lead gen companies that start out doing good things for their agent customers, inevitably lower their standards as the word gets out and more agents sign up.

Lead management tools however can be a different story. Certain third party apps can be very valuable to agents in improving their efficiency.

By: Eric Stegemann

Eric Stegemann — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 22:39:31 +0000

Couldn’t agree with you more. This is my whole philosophy as well. We have such strict policies about trying things in our corporate owned stores before pushing out to our affiliates. We get all the bugs worked out and have the opportunity to find out ways to improve before pushing out to everyone.

Unfortunately there are hundreds of lead selling services that take advantage of Realtors. (Although there are a few decent ones.)

I like to say that in general there are two types of tech vendors in real estate: Those that give you what you want, and those that give you what you need. Unfortunately, those that give you what you want tend to be much more profitable than the others….

By: Joe Loomer

Joe Loomer — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 17:25:40 +0000

Got here via Lani’s FB post – thank you Lani! Thank you Erion – this post appealed directly to my Navy Chief background – and my own “southerness.”

Git ‘er done! Or STFU.

Navy Chief, Navy Pride

By: Lani at Agent Genius

Lani at Agent Genius — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 17:05:35 +0000

I’ve been mulling over how to say this for some time and being Southern, I’ve aimed to say it politely, but your final line sums it up best: “Show people that it works or shut the hell up.” AfreakinMEN!