Archive for the ‘Social Networking’ Category

When sending IDX property updates isn’t enough…

Put yourself in a buyer’s shoes: You’re moving to a new area, and you’ve signed up with a half a dozen Realtor® property update services.  All of those Realtors send you about the same list of properties, and all of those Realtors appear to be reasonably knowledgeable about the market.  How are you going to [...]

Posted by joelm on June 17th, 2009 under Inspirational, Just for fun, Marketing Tips, Rapport Building, Social Networking Tags: , , ,  •  No Comments

Don’t drink the TweeterGetter Kool-Aid!

I wrote this post at about 2 am this morning, and decided to sleep on it before posting.  This morning, after reading it again and getting 5 or 6 more requests to check out TweeterGetter, I’m even more prepared to hit the “submit new post” button.
As you may or may not know, Twitter is a [...]

Posted by joelm on February 13th, 2009 under Social Networking Tags: , , , ,  •  9 Comments

How will people find my real estate blog?

We’re building semi-custom blogs for each of the agents with us at Automated Homefinder and last night, one of my agents asked me how people will find her blog. Rather than giving her a fish, I thought I’d try giving her a fishing pole instead. (I haven’t been blogging for long, and by [...]

Posted by joelm on February 4th, 2009 under Marketing Tips, Social Networking Tags: , , ,  •  5 Comments

How Can Twitter Help Your Real Estate Marketing Efforts?

I realize I’m risking typecasting myself as a “Twitter fanatic” by posting this, but oh well — I am, so here it is…
A blogging friend informed me they signed up for Twitter, but only saw a few people from their area on TwitterLocal “worth following”. She further clarified that even those people weren’t talking [...]

Posted by joelm on December 18th, 2008 under Rapport Building, Social Networking Tags: , , ,  •  No Comments

Top Real Estate Twitterers: A Sneak Peek

I was about to post a reply to someone who had commented on an earlier post about Twitter, and decided it should be a blog post instead. In a nutshell, someone commented with: “Thanks for the tips. I’ll check into Twitter after I learn more about Active Rain.”
Although I admire your discipline to [...]

Posted by joelm on November 23rd, 2008 under Rapport Building, Social Networking Tags: , ,  •  No Comments