Comments on: This Time, It’s Personal

By: Cultural Idiosyncrasies | national real estate opinion column - agentgenius.com

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 17:22:28 +0000

[...] was so psyched to see Poppy Dinsey writing here in Agent Genius, because it would give us an inside look at the UK buyer’s mind [...]

By: Building Your Buzz

Building Your Buzz — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 14:57:43 +0000

[...] Even if they start to read blogs, and get an idea of what they might choose to write about there is still the issue of choosing a platform to start writing. Do they go to ActiveRain or Blogger or WordPress? Do they take the simplest platform or the one that is most flexible? Do they buy an area through a vendor seeling local or city blogsites or do they strike off on their own and take the time to build their brand? The very variety of choices create additional confusion in the minds of the neophyte, and even the pros like PoppyD of Agent Genius make mistakes in their strategies (as evidenced in this post on AgentGenius). [...]

By: Tracy

Tracy — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 23:57:13 +0000

Wake up and smell the English tea, agents! Ugh. I can’t believe that any agent is still branding anything to his or her broker. You’re in business for yourself, guys.

And you don’t have to be an uber-geek to register one domain name with GoDaddy for your master email account. Use the domain for nothing but email, or point it to your website. Your web host will help you. GoDaddy will help you. I’ll help you. It’s easy and you will always control the account.

Do NOT do this with your current web host. Those relationships don’t always last, either. And don’t use gmail or aol, for crying out loud. Get your own domain, branded to your personal name or some variation of your personal name. This is about branding and control of your own identity.

By: ines

ines — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 03:29:21 +0000

Poppy – this goes beyond the web and social identities – it’s all about branding. Brokerage companies here in the US usually give agents an e-mail, website and phone number. I think that anyone using those is looking out on a HUGE opportunity. Buy your domain, get your e-mail address and change companies a million time and your clients will always be able to find you……and also your on-line friends.

Totally off subject here but I have an English cousin living in NY right now and I always read her e-mails with an English accent (although I confess it doesn’t sound great with my Spanish one)

By: Dan Connolly

Dan Connolly — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 18:49:31 +0000

I have used my name in everything but one thought that occurs to me is that the prospect of selling your website when you are ready to retire might work better if you had an independent brand which you own outright and isn’t connected with any personal name or company. Just a thought. Too late for me

By: Matt Stigliano

Matt Stigliano — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 18:05:34 +0000

Poppy – Believe me, I’m well aware of the lack of the word “dude” in the Queen’s English, my wife and friends remind me almost daily. It just slips out sometimes, blame my American, early 80s upbringing for that. Some day I’ll rid myself of the word, I really will. Until then, feel free to tell me to “shut it” whenever I happen to slip up.

By: Poppy Dinsey

Poppy Dinsey — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 17:48:48 +0000

Tony – Wow, you quit reading *forever*? Good luck with that.

Jim – Email addresses have certainly become our identity, one of mine had it’s 10th birthday in July