{"id":12062,"date":"2010-05-26T18:33:26","date_gmt":"2010-05-27T01:33:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=12062"},"modified":"2010-05-26T20:47:15","modified_gmt":"2010-05-27T03:47:15","slug":"capitalist-going-green-why-the-hate-during-my-quest-to-go-paperless","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/12062\/capitalist-going-green-why-the-hate-during-my-quest-to-go-paperless\/","title":{"rendered":"Capitalist going green: Why the hate during my quest to go paperless?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019re an artist or a tree hunger, you may want to read this post and re-tweet or repost this on your left wing blog while you\u2019re probably still living in your parent\u2019s basement trying to help save earth worms and maggots!\u00a0 Hey artists of the world, after reading you may feel like you should be on the right, instead of the left (wink).\u00a0 Does anyone every feel like when someone gives you literature or a brochure on products or even a simple appointment reminder slip from the doctor that you try everything in your power to be polite and kindly say, \u201cNo thank you, I can save that reminder in my phone\u201d or even ask a sales rep to email you that brochure?<\/p>\n<p>My story is simple.\u00a0 I am a capitalist who is trying to go paperless.\u00a0 Why would I need paper when I have a tablet pc and also receive email?\u00a0 You see what I have been finding is that people in general take offense to the fact that I kindly decline their literature or appointment reminder slip.\u00a0 Simply put, my life is organized all virtually.\u00a0 As a matter of fact, I recently purchased a professional scanner the \u201cXerox documate 152\u201d.\u00a0 I simply scan all the closing papers to my hard drive and carbonite automatically backups up my hard drive daily.\u00a0 I\u2019m way more efficient and organized which allows me to close more deals and wow customer and enjoy my life more at the same time.<\/p>\n<p>I do send out snail mail for marketing purposes yes, however, the real question I am trying to pry out of you right is do you see yourself going paperless (or near paperless) anytime soon?\u00a0 If yes, describe how you think people will react towards if you kindly decline literature, ect, ect and as that is all be emailed to your email address for receive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019re an artist or a tree hunger, you may want to read this post and re-tweet or repost this on your left wing blog while you\u2019re probably still living in your parent\u2019s basement trying to help save earth worms and maggots!\u00a0 Hey artists of the world, after reading you may feel like you should [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":63,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29,19],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-12062","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-group-therapy","7":"category-technology","9":"no-featured-image"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2262,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/2262\/bloodhoundblogtv-kris-berg-and-daniel-rothamel-discuss-paperless-transactions-and-the-prognosis-for-hi-tech-real-estate-marketing\/","url_meta":{"origin":12062,"position":0},"title":"BloodhoundBlog.TV: Kris Berg and Daniel Rothamel discuss paperless transactions and the prognosis for hi-tech real estate marketing","author":"Greg Swann","date":"November 25, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"Click to the flick. 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I have belt-mounted camera cases,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Marketing&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Marketing","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/marketing\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":9865,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/9865\/the-quest-for-the-paperless-office-scanning\/","url_meta":{"origin":12062,"position":3},"title":"The quest for the paperless office: Scanning","author":"Damon Chetson","date":"October 4, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"If you want to build a paperless law office, then avoid the practice of criminal law. While other parts of the legal system are slowly, but surely, moving into an electronic and paperless future, all important documents in a criminal practice need to be produced in hardcopy form. 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