Word of Mouth :: Russ Loop

We had the pleasure of interviewing Russ Loop, a recent REAL ESTATE WEBOGRAPHER™ certificant and REALTOR® currently with Lyon Real Estate in the Sacramento, CA area. He services many areas including Lincoln, Rocklin, and Roseville as well as other surrounding Sacramento areas. For more information please visit his website, www.RussLoop.com.

Russ recently completed the REAL ESTATE WEBOGRAPHER™ certification and we asked him a few simple interview questions. As an added bonus to completing the certification, each certificant is provided with a sample press release they can tailor to their liking, as well as several Press Release outlet sites to submit it to. To see Russ Loop’s certificant press release, please click here.

1) What is your background?

I’m a licensed REALTOR® with Lyon Real Estate and live in the Springfield Active 55+ Community of Whitney Oaks in Rocklin, California. My previous job (34 years) involved working in the Medical Imaging marketplace. I was involved with the Sales, Service, and Manufacturing processes involving digital imaging equipment used throughout the world in hospitals and clinics. My start in retirement did not set well as I had a need to be more involved on a daily basis. I was used to dealing with over 900 computer systems per month.

2) Why did you undertake the REAL ESTATE WEBOGRAPHER certification?

With my previous involvement in planning and building homes on the East coast, I chose to enter Real Estate in 2002 when I retired. I learned to use the skills provided by HTML and Webographers.com to develop a seamless transition to the marketplace for my web site. As a REALTOR®, it’s critical to stay engaged and promote your business in this very crowded field. Webographers.com appeared to be a great starting point and will continue to be an ongoing resource for me as well as in my new found career.

3) What are your impressions of the online experience?

So many online courses in the web world tend to tell you what you know and sell you more of it. The Webographer system teaches one in a way where you are always advancing in an area of new expertise. They are superb in giving one little bits of knowledge and then letting it be applied in a real time exercise. By the time one takes each short course examination, one cannot help but feel that they have definitely learned something new that will serve them well.

4) How long did it take you to complete the certification?

I completed the 11 course training during a two week period. This included the study material, practice assignments and hands-on activities. I had 90 days to complete all of the courses but I found myself doing it in 14 days. It was intensive but satisfying to be able to see “real” results as each session was completed. Happily, I finished with an average of 95+ on all of the course material.

5) What would you tell those who are considering this certification?

Why wait to learn something today that will help you throughout your career? I was looking for a certification that featured a variety of technology. As one of my country sayings laments – Go for It and get’er done!

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Thanks Russ and all the Best!