Comments on: A guide rather than an expert: navigating social media

By: Johnflurry

Johnflurry — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 17:49:26 +0000

Thanks Allan. Yep if we are not growing we stagnate. My dad is a private pilot. He is a true man of innovation. He founded Shari's Corporation when I was a kid and I got to fly all over the country as he visited the stores. He now owns and runs @callahanslodge.

By: Allan

Allan — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 06:27:01 +0000

Outstanding post John. It is obvious that you subscribe to modesty and an attitude of constant learning. You cannot bring value to clients as a consultant if you’re yourself not constantly growing. An self-proclaimed expert will probably not see a need to grow.

Was your father in the Air Force? Thanks!

By: Johnflurry

Johnflurry — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 13:39:27 +0000

Ricardo, That is why I love the word guide. You sound like a regular frontier guide in your own niche in the real estate world. Great website by the way. Have a blast at Blogworld.
Thanks for reading.

By: Ricardo Bueno

Ricardo Bueno — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 09:08:49 +0000

I work with a company called the Real Estate Tomato (we design blogsites for real estate agents and train them on how to utilize the web effectively to market their business). My business card says “Consultant” and that’s it. I don’t call myself an expert (though I’ve been introduced as such at an event or two (not by my request mind you). My point? I’m against the whole use of words like “Expert”, “Guru” etc.

Too many self-proclaimed experts out there.

I’m aware of my abilities and what I can and can’t do for clients. I won’t be calling myself an expert any time soon but I do like to refer to myself as a guide for real estate agents, here to help them navigate the social media jungle

By: Johnflurry

Johnflurry — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 05:52:20 +0000

I love the post. Lewis and Clark are my all time favorite American historical figures, and mainly for their leadership and ability to navigate strange and new territory. Just today I saw two companies who do not have a guide make classic mistakes that will eventually hurt them. Your points are great. There is so much to say on this subject. Thanks so much for expanding!

By: Loyan

Loyan — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 05:13:58 +0000

For me an expert in anything knows enough to know what he/she doesn't know and both learns and un-learns rapidly. John I loved this post so much, I wrote a not-too-serious follow up: Selecting a social media guide. What do you think?

By: Johnflurry

Johnflurry — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 19:42:37 +0000

Jason, Thanks. Yeah I have wanted to post that for a long time. I wrote it about 3 months ago but it did not seem like the time to post it. Then reading that in Trust Agents just confirmed so much. I am really enjoying it as well. John

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By: Jason

Jason — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 19:21:43 +0000

Great post John.

I totally agree. And I love the guide reference. Might have to quote you on that one!

I’m about 40% through Trust Agents myself. Really easy read, but packed with good info. It would be fun to do a meetup about it after a few more of us finish it.