Comments on: The Shift in Communication – Are You Ready?

By: ann smith

ann smith — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 14:27:23 +0000

I think we need to adopt as the world changes. very informative post!

By: Nick Bastian asks… Can We Talk? « Trusted Mortgage Solutions®

Nick Bastian asks… Can We Talk? « Trusted Mortgage Solutions® — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 18:26:00 +0000

[...] fact is, there has been a shift in communication for many people over the past several years. My friend Jay has two teenagers; they can send 80,000 [...]

By: Antelope Valley Houses

Antelope Valley Houses — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 23:04:21 +0000

They should totally have a twitter dictionary. If you can’t define a word in 140 characters or less, remove it from our language.

By: Client communication - Is your phone working?

Client communication - Is your phone working? — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 19:37:39 +0000

[...] fact is, there has been a shift in communication for many people over the past several years. My friend Jay has two teenagers; they can send 80,000 [...]

By: Cliffs Edge

Cliffs Edge — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 19:07:30 +0000

Jay, I can't even begin to comprehend/grasp how quickly technology is moving and how we must adapt to communication styles. Now I'm starting more on Twitter/FB, I hope I can master those before we move on to something else!

By: Wilmington NC Real E

Wilmington NC Real E — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 06:39:50 +0000

You bring up some very interesting points and well, the data doesn't lie! We're seeing a lot of our real estate agents adapting new technologies even if it's not completely intuitive to them at first. Being able to communicate with clients in the ways they prefer is important.

By: Alison Shuman

Alison Shuman — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 21:30:57 +0000

Mind blowing numbers! WOW! I knew the younger set was texting more and talking less but I had NO idea that their volume of email was going that low. I do think, now that I've read more about it, that your kids' numbers are consistent with their generation. We must adapt, or get eaten alive.

By: Bob Watson

Bob Watson — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 22:20:10 +0000

Real time communication is transforming business as we have known it. eMail has become today's snail mail, but will continue to be a communication mainstay. We just opened escrow with a 48 year old client whose preference was to communicate by text. This is directly correlated to how he amd his wife communicate daily with their teenage children. All documents were sent via email, nothing via US mail. All signatures were eSign by our side. Heather Barr made a good point regarding archiving texts for legal back-up. We copy and paste the text into a conversation log within an email which we send to ourselves. So until that SMS archive app shows up we still need email!

By: Aprilette

Aprilette — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 16:56:25 +0000

I use emails mostly for business purposes and facebook to keep in touch with my friends but so far I find texting to be most convenient because I can do it anywhere, as long as I have my cellphone with me. Interesting statistics, though. Love your post!..

By: Denise Hamlin

Denise Hamlin — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 07:17:57 +0000

Love the graphic Jay. Definitely gets your point across. Moving with the times is definitely required to be a success, whether that's in real estate or any other business. I find email a great place to keep records and back up information. Otherwise I'm all for texting. Just like email it's not as intrusive as a phone call and the best part is you know the person receiving the text will almost be sure to see it almost immediately, or at least very quickly. It also beats listening to instructions on how to leave a voice message from a computer. BTW, I'm not talking about the personal messages people have on their voice mails, I'm talking about the idiotic idea that I need to be told to press 1 or hold or leave a call number or whatever…. I've come to the conclusion cell phone companies add all that just to increase the number of minutes used making a call!