Blog fall out…..yes, I worry about that…..this blog was created as a means to bring our real estate website higher up in search engine searches. Fortunately, we have been very successful at that. Unfortunately, our blog has been the cause of some controversy within our real estate community.
Everything I read has encouraged us “bloggers” to be transparent….to let people see how you really are….I am doing that but I do that at the risk of offending people I have to do business with. Really, most everyone that has ever worked with me in ANY capacity knows this is just the way I am. I am well known for “telling it like it is” and I won’t pretend that isn’t who I am. I have no fear of telling people exactly what I think right to their face because I don’t believe in yacking behind someones back. I would much prefer if someone has a problem with me to COME TO ME and let’s get it straightened out and I do others that SAME COURTESY. Just don’t go around town talking smack about me and never give me the chance to make it right. I am torn between being true to myself and facing potential “fallout” or making this blog some cookie cutter meaningless fluff piece.
Now to be fair, I limit my personal commentaries to ONE category and do not allow it to infect this entire blog. If people really don’t want to hear my opinions about the day to day life of being a Realtor, they can steer clear of my “Confessions” category. I also NEVER mention names to protect the guilty. But I do tend to get specific about certain “deals gone wrong” or “I really hate it when THIS happens” kind of thing….but again, names are NEVER mentioned and never will be. It has certainly never been my intention to hurt any ones feelings. I know there was once incident a hyper sensitive person boo hoo’d to my boss about what I had to say and I promptly removed the “offending” piece.
I suppose my fear is there are local Realtors in the shadows waiting to hear what I say next so they can go out into the streets to proclaim how I slammed this person or that and to speculate on who I was blogging about this time. Worse yet, I fear there are people who won’t want to do business with us because they don’t want to “appear” in my blog. I have an idea! Maybe they should just do a good job and they won’t have to worry about being the subject of a rant! Yea, that’s it! I am contributing to increasing the quality of service in my real estate community! I can hear it now! “Don’t screw up or you’ll end up on the Team Klemm BLOG!” Of course, maybe I flatter myself too much and no one is reading and no one really cares! ROFL! That would be pretty funny!
I would like to know what anyone else thinks……how dangerous is it REALLY to say what you really feel? Have YOU had any fall out from your blog? Is it better to separate your “business blog” from your “personal blog”? Any other agents out there that work with me want to tell me to shut the hell up? lol!
–Lisa
