Comments on: “Old School” Real Estate vs “Tech Savvy” Agents

By: WillieRArgem

WillieRArgem — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 05:41:53 +0000

These factors determine value and are important to discovering what appeals to the buyer when selecting a diamond kitty and then getting the most for the money.

By: property

property — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:58:14 +0000

Thank you Eric. But problem is we have to wait few more years to see 21st century tech estate agents. Old school guys not use to web 2 or internet because they are too old. correct

By: Matt Fagioli

Matt Fagioli — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 23:20:17 +0000

Thanks Eric, This is right on the money. We see the same kind of division within our brokerage, Diamond Dwellings

By: Tech-Savvy Realty Beats "Old School" Real Estate All Day Long

Tech-Savvy Realty Beats "Old School" Real Estate All Day Long — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 23:18:26 +0000

[...] I don’t write many post just linking to another post, but this one is right on the money. GeekEstateBlog.com has a great post that shows the difference between today’s high-tech agent and, well, everyone else!Eric Bryant wrote this post & I have to thank him for making the point so clearly. Read it here. [...]

By: It’s Official Now, Cause Yahoo! Says so…Trulia and Pru Unite. | GeekEstate Blog

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 18:06:08 +0000

[...] Agents will take advantage? This is the part that hurts so much, if you remember back to my post on “Old School vs New School”, you will remember that only 3% of Real Estate Agents nationwide are actively involved in Web 2.0 [...]

By: Thomas

Thomas — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:41:45 +0000

While I agree with most of what your saying in this post, recent studies have shown that most people make judgements and decisions based on emotion, not logic and reason. Perhaps what is needed is to frame the issue in terms of gains, an appeal to the positive. That is our challenge, to get people excited about the new tools. When we address how the new tools expand the individual’s market base, and reach so many more people than traditional methods we are much more effective.

Knocking on doors? How about knocking on millions of doors?

Reaching out to prospects? How about bringing untold numbers of prospects to you?

Exposure? The net provides vast exposure and near instant contact.

Selling the idea to Realtors seems to be more difficult in framing the idea for clients. The traditional ideas of phrasing in advertising for our listings, simple rules in composing copy, seem to be more effective than our selling the new technologies to our salespeople.

For some, perhaps, the new tech is not “sexy” enough in and of itself. We need to find a way to change that.

By: Hi! I'm Rudy from Trulia . Nice to meet you...

Hi! I'm Rudy from Trulia . Nice to meet you... — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 01:03:50 +0000

Hi Eric!

We must have been standing on the same line because I had some similar thoughts:

http://www.truliablog.com/?p=325

Rudy
Social Media Guru at Trulia