A Website That Won’t Try To “Capture” You

This is my first real estate blog. It is inspired by a recent email I received that congratulated me on my great web site. The thesis of the email was that he liked the fact that he could cruise through my site and the MLS listings without being required to give his name, rank and serial number. I like that too. My first job was as a telemarketer, my dad didn’t believe woman should work outside of the home ( the best of the male chauvinists, a wonderful man of his time) so when I wanted to earn more money than he would give me in allowance I had limited choices. Telemarketing was allowed because I didn’t work in a place that served alcohol or served food. At 16 that left babysitting and telemarketing. I hated that job, it was intrusive and required that I call people during their dinner hour and invade their privacy. I don’t respond well to that myself, and I do not stay on websites that try to “capture” me. If you do, you will find yourself inundated with countless emails that offer you “free” dinners etc in an effort to hook you in.

Advertising has changed, and consumers are so much harder to reach. People can Tivo through commercials, tape the shows and fast forward through commercials, turn off the radio, stand by the trash can when they go through their mail, and throw the direct mail directly into the recycle bin. Now in movies you might notice that the actors are drinking name brand sodas and eating from boxes of name brand crackers. The idea is you can’t watch the movie and escape the subliminal messages. I ramble, and the mind salad is getting too big. Here’s the point, at Windermere you can go to the websites as often as you want and look through the live listings, updated every hour and no one will bug you or contact you unless you want them to. Sounds good? It is. It’s my kind of website. Visit as often as you want. Call me when you are ready for help. It’s a great time to buy, interest rates are low, inventory is high, and prices are low. It is the classic best time to buy to those who have the desire and means. My website you ask? www.BarbBurnell.MyWindermere.com

Thanks for asking,

Barb

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