Hi Newsam Yes i agree be very careful of one stop shops and also people on forums with their business and contact clearly stated on every post. If they were good at what they did they would not need to spend all day on forums gauging leads from first time investors as they would be too busy with word of mouth referrals. Good luck.
Maybe these people are just passionate about what they do, and are sick or people giving crap advice.
Forums are for networking and its a big skill in business, maybe you should change your mentality. Guys like Richard, Jamie and other, have there details on the net, beacuse they are A) Good at what they do its called marketing and these forums are for networking C) I would rather contact one of these guys, then any one else from your local yellow pages.
PS if you want real advice, get advice from some one who knows more than you, I personally look up to guys like jamie and Richard.
Yes good points made and I can see then other side of the argument but I still say anyone that is good at what they do would be way too busy with worth of mouth referrals and giving advice to them to be on forums. I think to engage someone from a forum you are getting lower to mid range of a professional in the industry. I still say beware of who you engage on a forum and as with the dodgy company mentioned earlier.
Forums are for networking and its a big skill in business, maybe you should change your mentality. Guys like Richard, Jamie and other, have there details on the net, beacuse they are A) Good at what they do its called marketing and these forums are for networking C) I would rather contact one of these guys, then any one else from your local yellow pages.
PS if you want real advice, get advice from some one who knows more than you, I personally look up to guys like jamie and Richard.
Thanks for the kind words Johann.
To alleviate Wayward's concerns, we do get a fair chunk of business via existing clients who have provided a good word about the experience they've had with us.
As far as this forum goes, it's a tad addictive – and if anything, probably consumes too much of my time.
On the flipside, I do have people contact me that have read my posts and I have arranged loans for quite a lot of them.
I don't openly use the forum as a place to solicit business and neither do the other regular contributors with business names in their signature. Having said that – if someone from the forum contacts me, then I'm always more than happy to help despite that they haven't contacted me via "word of mouth."
Dudley Quinlivan is the Managing Director of the Croftworth Group of Companies, a privately owned major development group in South East Queensland and has been instrumental in the Group’s continued success and growth. Dudley has experience in all aspects of property development and has over 25 years expertise, experience and direct involvement in business strategies, finance, sales and marketing and property development encompassing residential (both local and investment markets), educational, retail, commercial and industrial uses for his privately owned group of companies.
Forums are for networking and its a big skill in business, maybe you should change your mentality. Guys like Richard, Jamie and other, have there details on the net, beacuse they are A) Good at what they do its called marketing and these forums are for networking C) I would rather contact one of these guys, then any one else from your local yellow pages.
PS if you want real advice, get advice from some one who knows more than you, I personally look up to guys like jamie and Richard.
That's right, Forums are for networking not for maketing