Ginger Wilcox

Residential

The National Association of REALTORS® announced the hiring of Todd Carpenter as it’s new Social Media Manager today.  Todd is very dear friend mine,...

Opinion Editorials

I speak to agents across the country on a daily basis.  This economy and the real estate market is one of the toughest markets...

Social Media

When I first started on Twitter, I got comfortable by chatting with other real estate agents, most who I knew already from places like...

Opinion Editorials

I love almost any social network, but one network I have not spent a lot of time engaging on is LinkedIn.  I have a...

Coaching

2008 sucked.  Pure and simple.  The economy sucked.  The real estate market sucked.  Many people’s lives were really not good in 2008.  We all...

Social Media

Location, Location, Location The famous phrase is often used to describe real estate.  That “perfect” location may be is not the same for every...

Opinion Editorials

It is what I call “recruiting season” and real estate brokers are on the hunt.  As agents start to plan for the next year,...

Opinion Editorials

Maybe I have this all wrong… Recently, I spoke on a panel about blogging for business at the National Association of Realtors convention.  At...

Opinion Editorials

Stop the blame game There are so many times when we hear excuses about why people fail.  Why we ourselves fail.  The market has...

Housing News

NAR Conference Buzz So, there is lots of buzz going on about the 2008 REALTORS® Conference & Expo taking place in Orlando at the...

Social Media

I love blogging.  I love social media.  I am a twitter addict.  Addicted to Facebook too.  You name it, I seem to have the...

How to

Yesterday, I got a huge compliment from an agent in a transaction I am working on.  She said, “Ginger, I have been in the...

Opinion Editorials

I had a completely different post planned for today.  Insightful, but conventional real estate talk.  You will probably see it in a couple of...

Opinion Editorials

Don’t offend me with your offer I was at a meeting earlier today where a listing agent was complaining about the offering price of...

Opinion Editorials

I don’t know about you, but I am tired of constantly being sold.  It doesn’t matter what the cause is, good or bad, we...

Opinion Editorials

How do I do it? In my spare time, I teach people how to raise money for non-profit organizations.  Running a fundraiser is not...

Coaching

Image Courtesy of Lyndi and Jason My name is Ginger Wilcox and I have mental road blocks that have prevented me from accomplishing my...

Opinion Editorials

Image courtesy of Bob Fornal The Importance of a Reputation I work in a fairly small market. While there are close to 2000 agents,...

Conference Coverage

Opinion Editorials

Bridging the Gap~Technology vs. Touch Experiment People make fun of me for being on Facebook. Aren’t you too old? Isn’t that like {horror} myspace??...