More New Blogs and Whatnot
Author: Jay T. - The EditorPosted on April 11, 2008
Filed Under Realtor.com
NAR announces new member-based email distribution service
“MARION, Iowa USA — The NAR is responding to member’s requests for better communication between the operations of the organization and the member body. The NAR has started its response by establishing an electronic newsletter distribution service.
In an online statement today, NAR president Mark Bundick invites members to…”
Mark Bundick? Wait a second…
Oh! This is the National Association of Rocketry, not the National Association of Realtors. My bad! 
Silliness aside, I found another new “organizational” blog. This one from Realtor.com — Realtor.com Report.
Looks like it spooled up on March 24. Five posts in the first two days, but only two since March 25. A posting frequency rivaled only by this very blog (I’ll try to do better, I promise).
Speaking of Realtor.com, I just got off the phone with them after receiving a courtesy call. Seems when I left Century 21 and started my own brokerage, I somehow forgot about having listings on Realtor.com (perhaps because nothing has ever come from having listings there. But I digress).
After spending countless minutes trying to convince them I did not want to pay for: 1) enhanced listings; 2) banner ads on their site; 3) Featured Homes; 4) Company Showcase; 5) Featured Company status; or 6) a “print solution”, I managed to get the paperwork required to get our brokerages listings for “free”.
Fortunately the agreement is only 7 pages of single-spaced text.
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Worst job in the world? Being the telemarketer working for Realtor.com and cold calling Jay T.
I did want to say that the members request for direct interaction with the Operation Staff is nothing new, it’s been going on well before my time. I hate that both NAR and RE.net folks keep acting like this is a new movement.
We’ve simply finally found a venue that demands a response between both parties. Frankly, I think that direct communications with members and leadership should have been occurring a generation ago. VAR does a great job of finding ways to be open to members, my local association is doing a much better job.