Comments on: Breaking through the haze of social media confusion

By: Mike Rohrig

Mike Rohrig — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:47:42 +0000

Great article. I have a couple of agent friends who said all of the things you quoted about social media. Your percentage out of the 400 sounds about right.

I didn't really see anything in Yelp before, thanks for changing that.

By: Social Media Consulting | DREW JONES

Social Media Consulting | DREW JONES — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 01:01:16 +0000

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By: Marc

Marc — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 22:07:08 +0000

Good point Tyler but clearly, social media is also a great way to connect with the older generation.

Consider LinkedIn as one social network that odds are veteran corporate executives might be checking up a prospective agent when considering buying or selling a home.

These days, if you don’t exist on any social network – it’s questionable whether you exist at all.

By: Portland Real Estate

Portland Real Estate — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 22:02:31 +0000

Social media also happens to be the only way to connect to the younger generation that is just starting to get old enough to start looking at homes. If you cannot Facebook or text message the younger clients, and you feel the need to keep communication on the phone and in person, then you may alienate a client that is more comfortable with the quick, online, informal forms of instant communication

By: Social Media Consulting | Internet Marketing Inc.

Social Media Consulting | Internet Marketing Inc. — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 16:20:40 +0000

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By: Ira Serkes

Ira Serkes — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 14:31:33 +0000

My facebook moment was taking a photo of a ‘51 Chevy and having my friend Arthur Pincus from The Bronx commenting on it.

We got to talking about his father’s car lot, and how our mothers were good friends, and how glad he was that our mother’s sons stayed friends too.

It was an instant connection spanning almost 60 years (yep, I’m within experimental error).

Did I make a sale? Nope.

Did I make a connection? You bet!

That’s one reason I like Facebook, and particularly like your thoughtful posts and tweets.

Sharing a bit about myself online – I think it’s a good idea.

If someone comes to my web site, likes the way I come across, and contacts me, it’s a good result.

If they come across the web site, don’t like the way I come across, and don’t contact me, it’s also a good result.

Either way we both win.

By: Greg Cooper

Greg Cooper — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 14:52:59 +0000

Amen. AmeN. AMEN! In Jan. I posted a tour of a home we have listed on Twitter and FB. A great Broker in another part of the midwest reposted it to her network. One of the people in her network saw the tour, liked it and forwarded it to a friend of hers who was coming to my city to buy a home that weekend. They bought that home. At the closing the buyer holds up her Blackberry and says the first time she saw her new home she was standing in the swirling snow at a truckstop in Effingham Illinois. Her friend Nan had urged her to see it. Would she have bought it anyway? Maybe…but a strong referral from a friend sure didn’t hurt!

By: jfsellsius

jfsellsius — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 13:48:48 +0000

For the agents I work with, who voice the same objections to social media as you recount, I recommend Meetup.com, a sort of SM halfway house. Since the meetup groups they join are of interest to them, they dont feel they are “wasting” time. It’s a great blue ocean.

For those put off by time, and who still can’t get out of sell mode, I send to BlitzTime.

By: Ken Brand

Ken Brand — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 13:32:37 +0000

Bada-Bing. Correct! It is amazing that an agent’s contact information and picture are splashed all over the internet with their listings, but they don’t want to use social media because it’s an invasion of privacy. Ummmm…..yeah, the secret to success is to keep yourself a secret.

And it boggles the mind, chit-chatting, commenting and engaging on line is dumb and a waste of time…in real life it’s called brilliant-power-networking – WTH people, wise up!

It’s a mind set, if they’ll just flip the switch, a whole new world will light up.

And last, I want to strangle the agents who play computer solitaire whiling away the slow times during Floor-Time. How about jumping on Facebook – grow your network and touch base and engage. It’s easy and free and smart.

Nice post.

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