Tag: networking
I know, I know. What does that mean? Isn’t social media all about networking by its very nature? Well yes. Unless it’s not used that way. more
One of my favorite pastimes is challenging some of my more stubborn friends and colleagues in the mortgage industry on their absence from the wide, wacky world of social media. Most of these folks are extremely intelligent, extremely successful and have been at this for a long time. Usually, when I ask why they haven’t gotten involved in something like LinkedIn, I get a wrinkled brow, a smirk or wry grin, a low, guttural sound and then an explanation from the following list. more
I’ve been pretty active lately on LinkedIn, managing two title and mortgage industry professional groups (Real Estate and Mortgage Executive Forum and Title Insurance and Settlement Services Network). It’s been a lot of fun, but also a good reminder to me that just being on LinkedIn doesn’t automatically bring results. In fact, when you misuse your involvement, you may find yourself getting bad results. more
I see that quite a bit of the august population that comprises the title and mortgage industry is now LinkedIn, or present on Facebook. We’ll leave Twitter-talk for another day. So now that we’re all here….um, well, now what? more
Ok, I’ll admit it. I was a lawyer once. That’s right. And not just a lawyer. I was a litigator. An insurance defense litigator. Anyone still with me? Mom? more