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Rainmaker
1,502,998
Ryan Huggins - Thousand Oaks, CA
https://HugginsHomes.com - Thousand Oaks, CA
Residential Real Estate and Investment Properties

No and No.  No picture = more room for how to contact me + less frequent needs to update signs & cards with updated pictures.

Mar 19, 2021 08:51 AM
Rainmaker
5,104,931
Nina Hollander, Broker
Coldwell Banker Realty - Charlotte, NC
Your Greater Charlotte Realtor

My photo is on my business card; not on my signs. 

I did used to have my picture on my signs and I found them to be impactful. I was always running into people telling me they saw my signs everywhere or insisting we had previously met (when we hadn't). It think the picture is what connected with them. Once I stopped using my photo I don't get people telling me they see my signs everywhere. I used to have people stop me in the supermarket and ask if I was Nina Hollander and could they ask me some questions about real estate. This doesn't happen any more. I may have to rethink putting my picture back on my signs.

Mar 19, 2021 08:39 AM
Rainer
509,449
Susie Kay
Ultra Real Estate Dallas Fort Worth - Plano, TX
North Dallas Specialist

My photo on cards only not on my sign.  When I first started real estate a female agent told us (other new agents and I) that she put her photo on her sign.  At one point she was getting all kinds of calls, sometimes referring to her photo.  So she suggested that we don't put any photos on our sign.    

Mar 19, 2021 12:29 PM
Rainmaker
5,772,575
Ron and Alexandra Seigel
Napa Consultants - Carpinteria, CA
Luxury Real Estate Branding, Marketing & Strategy

Fred,

We have never been fans of photos of business cards nor on our signs.  Real estate is a business.  Having our background in commercial real estate is where my influence has come from on the subject.  We dealt with CEO's of iconic companies, entertainment (movie and music) firms, attorney firms, and other professionals.  I never saw a picture on any of those cards.  And to this day, I do not see them.  A

Mar 19, 2021 08:27 AM
Rainer
195,422
Karen Climer
Demetree School of Real Estate - Orlando, FL
Teaching people to pass the real estate exam

No photos on my business cards or signs. 

I'm not on a team, but if I were, I probably would not use a team photo.  The more people in the photo, the less our eyes are drawn to it.  If you look at a magzine spread or something like that, your eyes are drawn to a single person before they are drawn to the crowd shot.

Mar 19, 2021 10:28 AM
Rainmaker
5,868,472
Joan Cox
House to Home, Inc. - Denver Real Estate - 720-231-6373 - Denver, CO
Denver Real Estate - Selling One Home at a Time

One of my past brokers FORCED me to add my photos to my business card, and have continued, but not on my sign.

Mar 19, 2021 09:30 AM
Ambassador
2,161,048
Silvia Dukes PA, Broker Associate, CRS, CIPS, SRES
Tropic Shores Realty - Ich spreche Deutsch! - Spring Hill, FL
Florida Waterfront and Country Club Living

On card yes, on signage no.  I keep my signs simple because I want people to still be able to read them while driving by at 35 or 50 mph. 

Mar 19, 2021 08:52 AM
Ambassador
3,383,334
Chris Ann Cleland
Long and Foster Real Estate - Gainesville, VA
Associate Broker, Bristow, VA

I do have my picture on my business cards.  It helped during COVID when you were meeting someone while wearing a face mask.  I do NOT put them on my yard signs.  It's not about me at that point, but the property.

Mar 19, 2021 08:37 AM
Rainmaker
1,197,072
Peter Mohylsky, Beach Expert
PMI. Destin - Miramar Beach, FL
Call me at 850-517-7098

yes on cards, that in part is part of my brand.  no on signs

Mar 19, 2021 09:10 AM
Ambassador
3,345,046
Kathleen Daniels, Probate & Trust Specialist
KD Realty - 408.972.1822 - San Jose, CA
Probate Real Estate Services

No.

No. 

No Group - no photos. 

Mar 19, 2021 01:22 PM
Rainmaker
1,052,186
Candice A. Donofrio
Next Wave RE Investments LLC Bullhead City AZ Commercial RE Broker - Fort Mohave, AZ
928-201-4BHC (4242) call/text

No and no.

Long ago I stopped. People need to contact me for the right reason. 

Also, photo takes space from the most important thing - phone number.

Mar 19, 2021 11:26 AM
Rainmaker
2,781,143
Richie Alan Naggar
people first...then business Ran Right Realty - Riverside, CA
agent & author

My focus is what I was hired for....When that decision has been made, everything else answers to that. 

Mar 19, 2021 09:40 AM
Rainmaker
2,182,502
Michael J. Perry
KW Elite - Lancaster, PA
Lancaster, PA Relo Specialist

No I no longer do ( now that I’m in my 60’s )

Mar 19, 2021 09:26 AM
Rainmaker
851,242
Brenda Mayette
Miranda Real Estate Group, Inc. - Glenville, NY
Getting results w/ knowledge & know-how!

Yes and Yes. 

I felt weird about doing it on the sign BUT it has been well received so I guess I'll got with it.  :)

Mar 20, 2021 06:25 AM
Rainmaker
5,216,370
Wayne Martin
Wayne M Martin - Chicago, IL
Real Estate Broker - Retired

NO! I am old school. In law school, back in the day, you learned you could not adverise, unlike today! So a big NO for this old timer!

Mar 20, 2021 04:37 AM
Rainmaker
2,817,671
Debbie Gartner
The Flooring Girl - White Plains, NY
The Flooring Girl & Blog Stylist -Dynamo Marketers

I have my picture and logo on my biz card.  My logo looks like my picture.  When I used to do yard signs, I had the logo and not my picture.

Mar 20, 2021 04:31 AM
Rainmaker
628,764
Buzz Mackintosh
Mackintosh REALTORS - Frederick, MD
“Experience, reliable, leadership”

My current business card & sign No picture Just the apple.

Mar 20, 2021 04:19 AM
Rainmaker
1,543,623
Thomas J. Nelson, REALTOR ® e-Pro CRS RCS-D Vets
Big Block Realty 858.232.8722 - La Jolla, CA
CEO of Vision Drive Realty - Coastal San Diego

No.

Mar 19, 2021 06:05 PM
Rainmaker
1,751,029
Mike Cooper, Broker VA,WV
Cornerstone Business Group Inc - Winchester, VA
Your Neighborhood Real Estate Sales Pro

No pictures on my yard signs. All of the agents in our office use the same signs. I do have a two-sided business card with a small photo on one side. 

Mar 19, 2021 03:09 PM
Rainmaker
637,434
Hella M. Rothwell, Broker/Realtor®
Carmel by the Sea, CA
Rothwell Realty Inc. CA#01968433 Carmel-by-the-Sea

I started putting this "branding" photo on anything and everything including yard signs, busines cards, ads, flyers.  No one recognizes me from it and that's ok.  I just like the "branding" of that image which is different from anyone else around here.  I did start using a different photo on my corporate Facebook page. But it's still different from the usual head shot.

Mar 19, 2021 02:30 PM
Ambassador
6,392,929
Bob Crane
Woodland Management Service / Woodland Real Estate, KW Diversified - Stevens Point, WI
Forestland Experts! 715-204-9671

Some of our cards have logos, some photos, some both.

Same with signs.

Mar 19, 2021 02:10 PM
Rainmaker
1,311,397
John Juarez
The Medford Real Estate Team - Fremont, CA
ePRO, SRES, GRI, PMN

Our business cards and yard signs lack our photos.

Mar 20, 2021 11:27 AM
Rainmaker
820,578
Eileen Burns 954.483.3912
Trans State Commercial Realty Inc. - Fort Lauderdale, FL
FLorida Real Estate Connector

Yes on business card

No on sign

btw, most business cards I have enountered without photos have such small fonts, it is hard to read

Like yours Fred😎

Mar 20, 2021 09:06 AM
Ambassador
1,452,669
Susan Emo
Sotheby's International Realty Canada - Brokerage - Kingston, ON
Kingston and the 1000 Islands Area

No picture on sign or card - Brokerage rule which I wholeheartedly support   When I used to work with Buyers, they would often ridicule the listing agent picture on the signs.  I don't find the photos to be professional and detracts from the info that is needed.

Mar 20, 2021 08:48 AM
Rainmaker
911,228
Jeff Pearl
RE/MAX Distinctive / LIC in VA - Lovettsville, VA
Full Service Full Time Realtor

No on business cards, No on yard signs, No if i was in a group. I see many yard signs that are so cluttered I can't read them when I drive by. I used to see yard signs where half the sign was taken up by an ancient "Glamour Shot". They looked awful for one, and the name, url, and phone# were so small they were hard to read.

Mar 21, 2021 04:34 AM
Rainmaker
763,783
Tony Lewis
Summit Real Estate Group - Valencia, CA
Summit Real Estate Group Valencia & Aliso Viejo

Always pix on card never pix on signs.  That is the way I learned it in 1996 when my career began and seems appropriate still today.

Mar 20, 2021 10:49 PM