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Ken Brand
May 8, 2009 at 1:17 pm
My 2cent sharing – Blog, FB & Twitter – https://www.brandcandid.com/2009/05/09/2665/
Doug Francis
May 8, 2009 at 1:29 pm
Thursday morning, I’ll be there!
Maybe someone can create a little badge for us to wear?
-doug
Benn w/AG
May 8, 2009 at 1:35 pm
Doug, I’ll make up the kick me signs and send them to you, all you need to do is add tape and attach to the backs of anyone you feel needs one, namely @jaythompson 😉
Benn Rosales
May 8, 2009 at 1:38 pm
Btw Ken, thanks, good to see you back in the fray.
Brad Officer
May 8, 2009 at 2:06 pm
Attention NAR: It’s a new place called the World Wide Web. You should check it out, it may become useful.
Jay Thompson
May 8, 2009 at 2:21 pm
Benn – you’ve got my email address, please send a “kick me” badge before Wednesday morning. 😉
Great summary post. What’s really frightening is: 1) the vast majority of agents out there have no idea this is even happening; and 2) many that may be aware of it don’t understand the potential ramifications.
The only thing I’d add to your list is to reach out and contact your states MLS Committee members as Jim Duncan mentioned in the comments on the original post.
If ever there was a time and a need for a “grass roots” movement, that time is now.
Benn Rosales
May 8, 2009 at 2:57 pm
Ah I knew I missed something Jay, thanks, kick me sign on the way 😉
Mike Askins
May 8, 2009 at 3:37 pm
The fact of the matter is this is truly a non-issue for NAR. The fact that they ruled in favor of MIBOR against Free Trade should have every Realtor concerned. This is a huge anti-trust issue that has damage suits written all over it. To that extent NAR has left itself open to legal action and damages does not serve the interests of NAR’s members and this is certainly NOT what a professional trade organization is for.
I’ll be damned if I am going to allow the representatives of our Nation’s Realtors to essentially throw a sack of cement on our backs as we try and stay a float while NAR issues the Queen Mary to Realtor.com, Trulia.com and other listing sites who are seeing Dollar Signs a pleanty.
Lee Ellis
May 8, 2009 at 10:42 pm
All kidding aside about Jay’s “kick me” badge, anyone got ideas for a button/ribbon/icon and slogan to help enlighten those unaware of the issue and to rally support? For those who’ll be in DC, please join us (including two people invited to speak) on Wednesday evening May 13th at a “REALTOR Mixer” to share ideas and insight. Please check Facebook for event details.
It’s a complex issue — creating fair, lasting policies and interpretations which won’t be irrelevant with the next rounds of technology innovations. Thanks Benn and Jay for your issue-illuminating and support-rallying suggestions. May many act on them.
Presented with a CLEAR, reasonable “campaign” message, more folks may participate in the issue and its solutions (beyond the DC Mid-Year meeting) if it’s EASY to do — like wear a button, forward e-mail, follow links and feature an icon on sites.
Slogan ideas: “IDX Rules, for Now!” or “I support Killer IDX, not IDX Killers” or “IDX & Indexing, Please” Anyone?
Lani with Agent Genius
May 8, 2009 at 10:59 pm
Jay, any ideas?
Benn Rosales
May 8, 2009 at 11:03 pm
Yeah, it’s a little late for me to try and attend, anyone else?
Paula Henry
May 9, 2009 at 8:43 am
I’ll wear a “Kick Me” badge or anything else we come up with. I like IDX, For Now! I may not be proud of the NAR decision, but I am proud to be a member along side all of you. Alone, I could not make a difference.
Together, we can!
Missy Caulk
May 9, 2009 at 10:21 am
Just posted on it on AR, I agree Benn, most agents don’t know it is happening or even understand the implications.
I am trying to get a flight to go.
Cal Carter
May 10, 2009 at 10:23 am
Kind of funny that at the top of all the Agent Genius posts is – “Yay, you found us! Google’s cool, isn’t it?”
For some reason I think Listing Clients would want their listings popping up all over the place – “Yay, you found our house for sale! I’m glad my listing agent has tech savvy buyer agents that are getting our property to show up on Google!”
GenuineChris Johnson
May 10, 2009 at 9:59 pm
If you rely on any tool to acquire comments, you are clueless, stupid, and need to be bailed out. IDX whatever, it matters not. Raise your ability to acquire and serve clients.
Carolyn Gjerde-Tu
May 11, 2009 at 3:16 pm
GenuineChris – having more pages indexed in google, if done the right way does increase the ability to acquire and serve clients. There continues to be this argument that agents who get business through lead generation are often percieved differently – it’s just prospecting.
For people familiar with the Sarasota MLS issue Knox, an SEO, was helpful in keeping the pressure on that board.
Robert Worthington
August 22, 2009 at 4:46 pm
Too many scary rules that appear to becoming into the horizon!
Nashville Grant
February 23, 2010 at 6:51 pm
Here’s a thought, but what if Google was also indexing all of your information along with the property information and that raised your overall Google ranking? Now I have you attention. I am not sure that would be the case, but it’s possible.