What Makes Me Unique

Prior to becoming a Real Estate Agent, I was a social media consultant. I used unconventional ways to reach people using the Internet, and I eventually specialized in health care. I love to think outside the box and leverage different platforms in new ways. Some of my most memorable achievements were:

• Organizing the World's First Virtual Flashmob using Twitter (2011)
  Twitter folks tweeted in binary to stand out from everyone else and timed it with a national Social Media Week, using the hashtag #SMWFLASH
• Livecasting a Wedding using Google Hangouts on Air  (2012)
  The bride's grandma was ill and this allowed her to "be" there. A clip of it made a Google commercial, too.
• Collecting Realtime Heartbeats from Worldwide Viewers using a Pulse App (2013)
  While Livecasting the 2013 World Summit on Echocardiology, viewer heartbeats were translated into music and played during the lighting of the lamp.
• Holding the First Virtual Discussion on Ebola Containment using YouTube (2014)
  This virtual broadcast took place just one month after the first US ebola case, and brought together experts from all over the world to crowdsource ideas on how to contain Ebola.
• Field Tester and Glass Explorer for Google (2011 – 2015)
  I was invited to become a beta tester for various Google products and as a result of the success of my healthcare communities and Internet broadcasting, in April 2014 I was one of ten people nationally recognized as a Google Glass Community Leader by Google.

However, I missed having face to face interactions with people AND I didn't care for traveling internationally by myself, so I decided to do something different. I became a Realtor® -- but I didn't want to be a typical Realtor.

Reflecting back, my favorite agent was a Realtor with Coldwell Banker named Karen Dunigan. She was the most exceptional Realtor (and person in general).  She showed my husband and me a ton of homes and learned our taste quickly. After our second or third trip marathon-shopping for homes, she announced she had the perfect home for us BUT it wasn't for sale. She drove us down a street of beautiful old homes, jumped out of the car to flag down a man in the yard, and asked him if he would sell his home. An hour later, we wrote an offer. Karen didn't stop there, though. She helped me get plugged into the community, introduced me to people who would welcome me, and demonstrated the importance of giving back to the community. Funny thing is, I forgot she was a Realtor until I got my license. Now Karen is my role model.

Combine a good role model with a creative writing degree, technology background and strong command of digital marketing . . . and you get me! I am not your typical Realtor. I think differently; I market differently; and I have fun doing it! Different audiences respond to different styles on different platforms. I understand that!

If you're looking for an Tennessee Real Estate agent who isn't like all the others,  contact me and tell me about yourself.