WHAT’S ALL THIS ‘BUZZ’ ABOUT ‘SOCIAL MEDIA’?

I keep hearing all of this ‘chatter’ about ‘social media’. Twitter this, face book that, my space, your space…what the heck, my head is spinning! What is all of this ‘hoop-la’ about anyways? As it is I was thinking that I was pretty much tapped out time wise just trying to keep up with my email, web site, telephone and, oh yeah, my job, inspecting homes and preparing reports. What more could these ‘new’ forms of media possibly add to my business that wouldn’t be lost in a bigger way by my wandering around with my head looking down in a daze and my thumbs drumming away on the keys of a cell phone? Plus, I would be forced to learn a new code/language in order to ‘play the game’. Come on, give me a break! How is any of that going to help my client know more about the home that he owns and is selling, or, is purchasing? How is any of that going to help me do a good, thorough inspection and explain to my client in detail any issues that I may have uncovered during that inspection?

Call me a dinosaur, but I feel the best and most accurate way to communicate is face to face where physical gestures, facial expressions and voice inflections help us convey the message far more clearly than some chopped-up alphabet soup of letters that make up some sort of strange, obscure code that one is never really sure that they have gotten the proper meaning from. And, what the heck is the big hurry? Time may be of the essence, but that is carrying things to an extreme that is totally unnecessary! Being that ‘wound-up’ tight and in such a rush is probably even bad for your health due to all of the stress involved. Maybe I’m missing something here, but I don’t think I am. But, if you can explain it to me and have it make some true sense, hey I’m all ears!