From time to time I wander over to Active Rain to see what the mindset is of Realtors. Much to my chagrin and better judgment, I find that although there are some who have their head screwed on right…there are a bunch of BS artists who know nothing of what they speak and make the site a bit sophomoric.

Wayne Golliday of some kind of a company called SEO Redefined wrote a post talking about the benefits of social media. So it caught my eye as I am readying an article on the uselessness of social media for those in real estate who actually want to make money in real estate. (By the way..you’re really going to love that new article).

So as I always do, I check the source of an article and when I did, I found Wayne Golliday and Seo Redefined to be a sham, a fraud..an emperor with no clothes. But before I said anything I asked him a simple question.

Here is what I asked him. As a promoter of the benefits of social media, why is it that you don’t seem to be involved in social media as “You only have 85 followers on Twitter, 65 friends on Facebook, and you don’t show up anywhere in the Serps for your main keywords…am I missing something?”

Wayne Golliday responded by saying..”And to my new friends Barry and Barry of Real Estate Radio USA, yes your comments have been deleted for a second time and will continue to be deleted. The ActiveRain guidelines allow me to do that to any comments that offer nothing to the discussions.

Don’t add anything to the discussion? Really? C’mon Really?…My comment was DIRECTLY relative to what he wrote and asked a question regarding that which he promotes!

Now let me ask you my readers and viewers…is that a mean question? Is that spam? Is that as he called it…”threatening”?

If you think so, please let me know and I’ll apologize right now! You see Wayne Golliday found that comment offensive and summarily deleted it. Not once, but twice. He wanted no such information disseminated to the AR brethren.

Mr. Golliday, let me say right now to you. I am not, nor have I threatened you. What I asked was a valid question regarding your post. When I said you were making a mistake by deleting my comment I was referring to me having to take the discussion off of ActiveRain, which I now have…solely because you would not allow conversation but rather sought to censor it.

I mentioned screenshots because I have had many AR members do the same. It’s actually quite typical…unfortunate but typical.

Now you say, Barry..wtf..why is this even an issue? Well, I believe it is very important to know, especially for real estate investors, that you actually know that a person spewing advice actually know what they are talking about. I could care less about Wayne Golliday and SEO Redefined and I could care even less about what the people on AR think about me.

That ship has long since sailed. I’m not interested in an audience of sycophants. I’m interested, and always have been interested in lively spirited discourse. It’s when someone is challenged that they often turn tail and run which exposes their weakness. The yellow stain on Wayne Golliday isn’t unique to him. He doesn’t own cowardice, but you should know when someone is speaking out of their ass.

I don’t expect our readers and viewers to be blind mice and I encourage opposing views. heck..I have a post where I’m called a turd and you know what..Russell Shaw wrote a real witty post and I respect him for it and the Bloodhound Blog for allowing us to engage.

One of my problems with AR is that they support a culture of sculpting and orchestrating bullshit. People post for points and comment to pat on the back. That hardly fosters spirited discussion. I’m looked upon as a villain there because I dare ask the pointed questions and demand answers.

Well if that’s wrong then I might as well quit now. You see none of us will learn and none of us better ourselves without being able to share our experiences and substantitated opinions. It’s not like I called Wayne Golliday an idiot or like I said Wayne Golliday is an @#%. No..I merely asked how someone who is selling SEO / social media services doesn’t have any competence in the area.

I don’t have any animosity towards him..I just feel that the message here is very clear. Someone who is telling you something should be able to show some form of social proof. Maybe Wayne Golliday is a master of social media. I don’t know as I could not find any answer and when I asked I was told to go away.

Hopefully if you are seeking SEO or social media services from Wayne Golliday or SEO Redefined you will be able to obtain the answers I sought. Money is tight for a lot of people right now and you should know if the vendor you seek to do business with actually is in the business.

I mean seriously..you wouldn’t go to a barber who had really crappy hair. You wouldn’t go to a restaurant if you knew the cook never cooked and accordingly would you buy SEO or Social media services from someone who did not have a social media presence? Well Wayne Golliday hopes that you do and unfortunately the peeps at AR, rather than question him themselves, pat him on the back and provide an incentive for his fraud.

As I said, I’m doing a tutorial post about how social media is useless for those who actually want to make money in real estate. I assume you are here and involved in real estate investing because you actually want to generate a profit.

If that’s the case, we’ll continue to show you how and continue to show you what is basically a time suck. And oh…you can clearly see that we actually walk the walk. Which is more than I can say for Wayne Golliday.

But being a very fair person…if Wayne Golliday would be interested in an open debate explaining his business and why he feels so strongly about social media without actually engaging in it, I would welcome an open and honest interview and I will be the first person to say that I am wrong should he have the goods to back up his expert claim.

Perhaps Wayne Golliday has 20 blogs or 15 Twitter accounts or maybe 5 Facebook entities and I didn’t find the ones that exhibit social media prowess. If that’s the case I will be the first person to stand up and herald his expertise and my apologies for being suspect will know no end.

I am sincere in this regard. So Wayne Golliday, what say you?