Blogging for me was an uphill battle to start. I understood what was entailed, didn't think I could do it, or that I had the time. Took me long enough to grasp Twitter,but that to me made sense as a highly mobile activity.Being an agent in Manhattan,its often easy to feel overwhelmed by attending co
And thus began the new phase of my blog ! Suggestions and comments are always welcome. Drop me a line,anytime!
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Today is Thanksgiving Day. I believe it is essential to find something to be thankful for every single day.Whether its good health,or having caught the subway just as the doors shut-find something,no matter how small,to be grateful for,and maybe even make you (or someone else) smile. Some days,it
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Apples, oranges, blackberries, and droids-doesn’t all of this sound like a futuristic fruit salad? And as if that isn’t confusing enough-everyone is talking about Twitter, Facebook, blogging and SEO -which really sounds like cereal (note to self, don’t write when hungry…) Are you curious, or possibly more likely, totally confused by what to do and how to use any of these tools in your business? Wary of people peddling their wares, promising to make things work; catapult you to the top of search engines-for a (often hefty and absurd) price? Bring your confusion to RE Bar Camp Rye! What is a bar camp you ask? It is an unconference, an event driven by YOU the attendee, low cost (in this case FREE thanks to our wonderful sponsors and volunteers-full disclosure I am one of the latter). It’s a great way to wet your palette, jam packed with knowledge, from people just like you, other real estate professionals, from the trenches. Its not about sitting in a room having fruit thrown at you, please don’t throw fruit at us, but its about planting seeds, sharing knowledge ,starting and furthering relationships , taking the online offline, so that we may do what we do best even better, serve our clients ! Have something you want to discuss or present on that you are knowledgeable about-doesn’t have to be social media related-DO come and participate too, or if you’re a little shy-send us suggestions too. Extra special bonus, we in the NYC are lucky to now be home to one of the co-founders of the Tech Savvy Agent blog, which recently was recognized as most innovative blog by Inman News. Chris Smith will be at REBC Rye!!!! Here is a prime opportunity to connect and engage directly, ask questions, learn what may work for you! Become a tech savvy agent, so you can learn what could work or not for you, and become an informed consumer, learn what is worth investing your time (and money) into or not. And, by the way, if you don’t believe in the power of the fruit salad (if its for you, or that it works for anyone) WHEN (not if) you come to REBC Rye, be sure an introduce yourself to me and I will be glad to tell you some of the awesome things I’ve learned, people I have met, and yes, even business too! At the end of the day, it’s not about social media, it’s about integrating tools to improve your business, that hasn’t changed-it’s just that now we have to “plug in” occasionally… Don’t miss this event, register at www.rebarcamprye.com, connect and engage onhttp://facebook.com/rebcrye (and for those of you tweeting, the event hashtag is #rebcrye-if you don’t know what that is,come ,and find out !) Follow me there ! The event is on Saturday September 11th from 8:30 to 4:30 in Rye, NY at the Hilton. Nikki Beauchamp is on the planning committee for REBC Rye, an agent at Warburg Realty in NYC,, blogs on the Warburg Realty blog, and atYourNYCRealEstateResource.com …and of course on twitter and facebook!
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This week I attended this month’s Lucky Strike Social Media Club (they’re also on Facebook,of course) dinner meeting. For almost ,well just about 7 or 8 months, I’ve been *meaning* to get to one of the meetings. But ever so often, life gets in the way, personal and professional-lately the latter not the former.
This month, I had a mission, and I was going ! It was fantastic, a lot of these people, I had either knowingly or some what unknowingly been communicating with-mostly on Twitter (Yes you can find me there if you haven’t already @NikkiBeauchamp.So it was great to take the online connections and engagement and be face to face (I prefer that term to “IRL” ,nothing “unreal” about genuinely connecting and engaging ,in my opinion).
I sat at a table, and one of the interesting topics that came up was my particular communications style. In an age where in theory we are all “more” connected, sometimes it feels less so. So, as a result, I don’t like to get lost in ,shall we call it “text” limbo. Which of course now extends to endless convos on FB, email, tweets-you name it its there.
I like to tell people how I prefer to communicate, in the hopes that when we decide we wish to communicate we can discuss our respective styles so that we are actually doing so ! I’m not inflexible, by any means, but as an example, let’s use text messaging. It can get really hard to have an extended conversation this way-if it requires more than three rounds of text, be forewarned I am likely to pick up the phone and call. OR maybe this is something that would be better addressed in email, where there isn’t a 140 character limitation ? OR I’m even open to IM, as a friend at the table pointed out-you can easily catch me on IM if I happen to be on-and go on at length –I find it can be very easy and beneficial, for those of my friends, family and clients who prefer this method-to run a client from my mobile device. Another example, I have a good friend who I communicate with mostly with IM, its her preferred method-we leave each other IM messages, we also use email, we usually use the phone when we’re running late to *gasp* meet each other to do something ,we also use text, but mainly for the same purpose-or sharing an interesting photo we might have taken while out. I know for some people, with metered minutes, whether from a scheduling or a monthly allotment perspective-prefer text which they may have an unlimited plan.
Long telephone calls, also get really complicated. Especially if you’re on a cell phone…and out and about in ,especially in Manhattan which mean the sounds of Midtown Manhattan traffic, for example ( remember MOST of my time is in fact spent out and about-whether showing for clients or customers or previewing or just pounding the pavement prospecting,yes,I still think this can be a good thing-strategically)
How about we communicate about how we prefer to communicate so we can actually communicate and get something done ? J So ,what is your preferred method of communicating with someone –what’s your style ? (I ask this of new friends and clients, so that we can come to a style that suits us J )
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