Could this Happen with A Real Estate Blog?
Most of us can not be fired but we can be asked to stop writing our blogs. I have been asked, rather often, if I am worried about it. Yes I do worry that I will be asked to stop writing my blogs, or maybe I would be asked to delete this one. LOL. I do have a plan. I have a brokers license and am ready to go out on my own at any time.
Is having a blog really that important? Yes it is from both a business point of view, and becasue I enjoy the freedom. Freedom is more important to me in my life than money. If it were not I would be working in a nice secure job with a predictable pay check. I instead work in a business where the failure rate is very high, and in a down market.
After reading these last two paragraphs I have decided that I am totally stark raving mad and that I should get help soon. . . . but you knew that already.
"Freedom is more important to me in my life than money" Can we talk?
Posted by: Jack Boardman | March 03, 2008 at 03:44 PM
I've been feeling some heat lately from my broker about colleagues and broker powers that be who are not happy with a number of my blog posts. I'm thinking don't these people have something better to do than judge my sense of humor#@#!!@@## Pretty lame.
I already have an exit plan. If it gets to where my broker wants me to cool it. I'll take my 40+ transactions (myself and associate) over to Frank's house at FranklyRealty--haha.
He could keep me entertained, eh?
J
Posted by: jay | March 03, 2008 at 08:38 PM
I have no desire to be my own broker, but I have my broker's license- just in case. Yes, my blog is that important.
Thankfully my company has been teaching agents how to blog. I hope that never changes!
Posted by: Ginger Wilcox | March 05, 2008 at 08:10 AM
I agree with you that having a blog is an important thing. I work for one of realtors Toronto and I feel the same about blogging. I think that having the freedom to express your opinions and be honest is very important. Fortunately, my colleagues and me don't have this problem and I hope that we won't have in a future.
Posted by: Toronto realtor | March 15, 2008 at 11:03 AM
LOL! :)
Posted by: Ines | March 17, 2008 at 05:20 PM
I was told at my last brokerage to take the blog down.
Not because of anything I said but because I was getting leads and was outranking the company website.
I started at my new brokerage two weeks later.
Posted by: Karen Rice | March 24, 2008 at 09:10 PM