Online Meetings :: Really Feeling This…

You’re reading all over Inman and in other news, mobility of the real estate agent and the office.  New apps that question, what is really the office?  Do I have to meet clients at the office…or simply meet at a local coffee shop or cafe for face-to-face time.

Online meetings have extended that thinking.  Given scattered email and phone traffic, along with various parties involved…all can be cumbersome depending on the objective.  Sometimes you have to meet and hash things out.

Below is a mock screenshot of an agent conducting an online meeting…

Specific Purpose Above:

• Agent is working with investors (wife & husband team) in Canada
• Investors looking to purchase many foreclosed homes in Arizona
• Email and phone traffic has been heavy, husband/wife investors not in-sync with each-other
• Agent holds online meeting to meet “face-to-face” with both (where they can at least see him).
• Meeting consists of showing listings, certain websites (synced so all are looking at the same web-page, at same time), etc.

There are many things to consider when acquiring an online meeting app…and protocols to best follow when conducting an actual meeting  (I.e. don’t assume attendees will use meeting’s built-in VOIP feature [PC microphone/headset] during the meeting if you’re a regular Skype user…keep voice aspect over a typical phone).

Possibilities and usage are endless. Even in-house within the brokerage; associate brokers having meetings w/ agents (could be done online in some instances).  List goes on…