Who I'm Not And What I Don't Do...

**joshthomas80** · 02-13-2010, 12:10 AM

Hey there folks.
I'm a Realtor in Austin, TX and I spent a long time seriously struggling in this
business. I tried everything that everyone told me to do, bought what they
told me to bought and pretty much everything else under the sun.

But it didn't work.

So, I took to educating myself and discovered a couple of fundamental
mistakes I was making in my marketing that made all the difference.
I even put together a little mini-course on that topic called "Lead Flow"
to try and help folks who are in the shoes I once bore.

What I realized through this process is who I wasn't and what I didn't do.
And this is something that I think more people should consider as they
work to be successful in this profession.

You are not a real estate agent. You do not sell houses.

You are a marketer. You create solutions.

Internalize those two statements above and you will be successful. Period.

Looking forward to learning from this community.

**allansmithy** · 02-16-2010, 05:25 AM

hey josh, welcome to the forums, you ahve quite a common story, you know what they say, there is no education like experience, i think you would agree. Anyway good luck

**OceansideRealEstate.us** · 02-17-2010, 01:56 PM

Hi Josh, welcome to the forum. I like your outlook on the business.

**Lease_Abstract** · 02-17-2010, 11:39 PM

I am a marketer too and a newbie here just like you. I am into internet marketing right now and looking forward to learn new techniques to market real estate effectively. I do love to read blogs and articles but I am inquisitive about the trends on marketing and I've learned the Social Media Marketing is the newest nowadays, so I'm starting doing it and still learning about it.

**allansmithy** · 02-18-2010, 01:14 AM

Hey Lease, I own a search engine management company so feel free to shoot me a pm with any questions you might have, and yes web 2.0 and social sites are huge at the moment, google just can get enough of them.

**PGeot** · 02-18-2010, 11:22 AM

josh,

you seem like a person that has a lot to teach through experiences. please share!

**sotoremodelers** · 02-19-2010, 12:22 AM

thanks for the post i am sure we can all relate to this at one point or another in our real estate career...

**rushdelivery** · 02-20-2010, 05:46 PM

Originally Posted by joshthomas80

Hey there folks.
I'm a Realtor in Austin, TX and I spent a long time seriously struggling in this
business. I tried everything that everyone told me to do, bought what they
told me to bought and pretty much everything else under the sun.

But it didn't work.

So, I took to educating myself and discovered a couple of fundamental
mistakes I was making in my marketing that made all the difference.
I even put together a little mini-course on that topic called "Lead Flow"
to try and help folks who are in the shoes I once bore.

What I realized through this process is who I wasn't and what I didn't do.
And this is something that I think more people should consider as they
work to be successful in this profession.

You are not a real estate agent. You do not sell houses.

You are a marketer. You create solutions.

Internalize those two statements above and you will be successful. Period.

Looking forward to learning from this community.

Welcome to the forum joshthomas I hope you enjoy the forum..

**mikehobbs** · 03-10-2010, 01:57 AM

I love the way you put that for sure. It will defiantly help a lot of people sell more houses for sure. Keep it up and I look forward to more of your wisdom...

Mike Hobbs