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Still shaking my head...

Maybe it's the same agent I had to talk to about plagiarizing my web site.  Is she in OK by chance??

Melina Tomson, MS
Serving the Salem, OR Metro area
www.salemoregonhomes.blogspot.com
melina@tomsonburnham.com
www.TomsonBurnham.com
ph: 503-371-6515
fax: 503-588-1628

On Apr 11, 2008, at 5:36 PM, Judi Bryan wrote:
> Suzanne...
> WHAT A HOOT!!!! All I know is that if your sites produce anywhere
> near as impressively as they look (particularly understanding these
> are Point2 sites....and though they are decent sites, THEY ARE NOT
> WHAT YOUR SITES LOOK LIKE! Beautiful work.....again!!!! Very classy!
>

Thanks Judi. My custom designs seem to have the most impact on sites
that already have good traffic; on those sites, the agents see an
immediate and dramatic increase in both the number of and quality of
leads.

There must be a full moon or something weird as the strange inquiries
just keep coming. Today's winner:

"Hello, I am looking to creating a customized Point2 website, though I
am looking at reducing my marketing costs by performing the job
myself. I am technically savvy when it comes to computers, and have
created a few websites in the past. I was simply wondering how I would
go about fully customizing my Point2 website? For instance, where
would I past the code? And would it just overwrite the provided
template, or do I have to work with Point2 to eliminate the template?
Please get back to me as soon as possible. P.S., I love your work,
very professional and eye catching."

Though I was tempted to tell this person that he has brass cojones, my
[restrained] response was, "Please call Point2's Customer Service
Department at 866-977-1777." Maybe instead I should have written, "I
want to sell my house FSBO to save marketing money. Would you please
detail all the steps I need to go through and answer every question
that might come up?"

Suzanne

Suzanne Hathcock Stephens
Point2 Design Partner
http://www.SuzStephens.com
Phone/fax: 360-666-0881

On Apr 11, 2008, at 7:17 PM, Melina Tomson wrote:
>
> Maybe it's the same agent I had to talk to about plagiarizing my web
> site. Is she in OK by chance??

Melina, the inquiry came from a KW agent in Utah. I'm keeping my
copyright attorney's phone number close at hand!

As my Rockies West clients Wayne and Kim Collens pointed out, KW's
franchise philosophy includes "Integrity: Do the right thing."

Suzanne

Suzanne Hathcock Stephens
Point2 Design Partner
http://www.SuzStephens.com
Phone/fax: 360-666-0881

RE: Advanced Access
Ronny Geenen
Saturday, April 12th, 2008, 10:00 PM PST

My AA website has been up since February 2003, and has evolved over the years due to innovations I have done myself, many times with help from the AA support team.  I did not want a "cookie cutter site," and mine is quite unique.  I change the home page content from time to time.  I have had nearly 1,700,000 hits, and a great many of my sales have come from this site.  Take a look at www.MarilynJacobs.com. 

You can also check out my idxdirect website, http://www.FLWaterfrontCondos.com, very different and with much help from their support team too.  I link them back and forth.  Clients can register on that website, and it is up to ME (or you) to keep in touch with those clients as well as to put in the content, again with the help of website support folks.

I try to make both sites "sticky" and work on them continually, when ever there is time.

I found BOTH companies very helpful.  When I wanted to add features, they helped me do that.  Sometimes there was a fee for them creating a way to do that... but the internet is "the place to be found."

Best wishes to all,

MARILYN FARBER JACOBS, Boca Raton, FLORIDA

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Throwing this agent under the bus. Seems to me she came in with questions about how to make her online presence beautiful, like one of your designs. Why would you take this approach with anyone Suzanne? Simply asking her what she liked about your work and directing her in a fun and engaging way would have probably resulted in a win situation.