For me, my time is worth WAY to much to spend that kind of time. What I am saying is that I can derive much more financial benefit in much shorter of a time. Besides. tweeting like that cuts into my Madden playing!

I’ll tell my wife…who as I type this is tweeting right now..to follow Ines. She likes it…I’m going to go write an offer

Benn..chill…not arguing. Like I said..I like Ines!

We’re still in second quarter and she’s up $27,000 already.

Why in the world would you evade your own point on how much time she spends on twitter, when she could be typing out the same 20 minute blog post that you reference, while sharing it on Twitter for those in her local market all at the same time, boosting her bottom line by another $27k as you put it.

I’m agreeing with you man, I’m simply putting into perspective 21k tweets and the added role sm can play.

I mean, it is okay if I converse on Ag, right? I Didn’t mean to upset you, it’s a conversation, man, not a dog fight.

Also..what’s with using the gross numbers. Maybe that’s what’s wrong with so many real estate agents..they use GROSS numbers like that means anything. What matters is dead presidents in the pocket..not gross.

Using your numbers and assuming (I hate doing so)..but assuming one side of a 3% commission and using your sales price imputation you’d be talking a hypothetical amount of $9,000.00 per deal or $27,000.00.

Hate to say it but that’s a heckuva a lot of time spent for $27,000.00 bucks! Don’t get me wrong, it’s not bad..but dude…that’s one short sale deal with about 10 hours to get there.

Like I said..it’s good for some, but as a business tool, it doesn’t float my boat and working hundreds of hours for what amounts to $27k isn’t something I’d want to go back to doing. Been there, done that..have plenty of t-shirts to show for it.

But Ines is right about something..she and my wife would probably hit it off. And she likes Mojito’s too!

Like I said…I nes is one of the good ones and I applaud her and quietly seek to follow that which has made her successful sans smooching with other realtors on twitter. I’ll leave that for the wife.

You know I have an image to keep up! Can’t go soft now.

Oh, but wait, Ines said the 3 sales were this year, so that’s a $900k volume increase this quarter at actually less than 60 mins per day- managed wisely, that’s not bad, with these numbers this could be $3.6 million volume increase per year.

By managed wisely, I mean strategy…

I wish life was as black and white as you put it and I am so happy my husband and I balance each other out as it’s obvious about you and your wife. I think most people give up on social media because they feel there is not return – and the answer is that it’s not for everyone. Imagine all those video bday wishes I do on Facebook, can I spend my time in something more productive? The answer is a definitely yes, but I choose not to, because I am creating a public perception and fostering relationships that in the long run will be worth more than anything else I can do.

Funny enough, people thought the same thing about blogging – after having an established blog for over 2 years and having a lot of content and juice, we get about 80% of our business from it and consider it our ‘hub’ for business – but I can tell you it was a lot of work when i started and was not seeing the light of day.

So should you look at ROI as what your time today will accomplish in the future? The answer is ABSOLUTELY!! My gradeschool friends from Venezuela that I have reconnected through facebook have sent me business – I got a call today from Twitter from a gentleman who trusts me because I’m such a public figure and is connecting me with a European investor. It’s not about my blog anymore, everything is coming together and making sense.

If twitter/facebook and the rest were interfering with my daily work and would prevent me from doing other “prospecting” work – then I would think about it. (maybe)

It’s about planting the seed (I don’t think you and I would ever agree on this, but I do see me getting along with your wife) ….and no, it doesn’t hurt that I have fun while doing it.