We put ourselves OUT there on the internet to market ourselves, our properties, our services, our techniques and more. In Part I of Marketing Ourselves At What Cost? the discussion kept going in agreement with how we portray ourselves online as well as the Psychology of Cyberspace and how some puff themselves up all over the internet only to find out they aren't as real as we 'thought'. (that's what we get for thinking LOL)
In my own mind's eye I perceive what I read differently than the next person. (For obvious reasons of being human and accepting that we all think differently) Over the last couple of years I have learned to pick out or weed out the ones that 'appear' to be false information and continue to learn in hopes that I am not 'setting myself up' for unwanted solicitations and such. I am also hoping that others don't get hurt by the 'misleaders'.
Many of us use video to record our local area communities and listings and so forth to market ourselves for www.localism.com as well as other sites to show off our 'wares' and listings. It gives a real personal touch to hear client's testimonials and see the home first hand. Some great stuff if marketed properly.
I received an email a week or so ago when I posted my You Tube video of my dog Shadow and the Hand Blender. I had uploaded the video to YouTube which is fast and easy and you can get it in a blog real quick. Well, for something like doing a funny on my dog it wasn't so funny when it was brought to my attention to see the other 'shows' you could pick to view from other people up there. Nope, there were some nasty videos with dogs and not so nice comments.
Do I want to be associated with that junk?
NO.
I went back to www.wellcomemat.com and uploaded the same video and reposted that video back on ActiveRain asap. One thing about www.wellcomemat.com is that it is a professional site and they monitor the videos and approve them before allowing you to post them all over the place. They have worked out all the bugs and my video uploads quickly and they approve it quickly as well. I hope they continue to allow me to post my local area as well as just my fun videos because of it relates to ME. The person, the REAL (me) Agent :) and so on and so forth. Everything relates doesn't it? Oh...and it's free. For a free site they have gone above and beyond to keep it REAL and keep it professional. I like that.
Bottom line is that EVERYTHING we do on the internet to market ourselves comes at a cost.
And it's in our hands to find out.
The video below is a yellow fish that just hammed it up in front of my video at the Waikiki Aquarium.
Waikiki Aquarium: 2777 Kalakaua Ave Honolulu, HI 96815 (808) 923-9741
