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This service was inevitable. It offers an opportunity to advertise your listings on the personal Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn pages of other agents who have agreed to participate in the service. In turn, they advertise their listings on your pages. The service is automated, so all you need to do is post your listings to your cityblast.com account. Registration is … [Read more...]
Pinterest is on the cutting edge of the newest and hottest trend in social media. If you are a real estate agent with a passion for home decor, architecture, and interior design, I would suggest that you take a look at Pinterest. Pinterest offers a service that allows you (and millions of others!) to set up bulletin boards for your favourite images and video. You 'pin' your material to your boards. You can display your bulletin … [Read more...]
When our friends, colleagues, and customers in the real estate business talk about Social Media, they are usually looking for ways to get their messages out into the real estate marketplace. Certainly an enterprising real estate salesperson and brokerage can find great ways to get messages out through Social Media. With Twitter, for example, you can fire off quick messages about neighbourhood news, listings, listing updates, and … [Read more...]
Thanks so much for your many responses to requests for good real estate blogs. To point out a few: Michelle Smith’s Corbett Connector is outstanding. Michelle’s blog is currently running a series of posts on people (Real live people on a real estate agent’s blog! And not just people who are giving the agent a testimonial plug). This blog places the agent squarely in the centre of their community. It might be fair to assume that an … [Read more...]
Do you have an excellent real estate blog? Or do you follow some really good real estate blogs? Image via bluebison.net I would love to find and follow some new real estate blogs with original content and great photos and video. If you do a great blog or know about some great real estate blogs, post them in the comment section below. Why? I am interested in real estate and in visiting my neighbourhood, communities where I have lived, … [Read more...]
What? You haven't finished your real estate sales and marketing plan for 2012? Time to get going on that. Here is a short list of suggestions for starting: 1. Review. Take a look at your plan for 2011. How did things work out? Why? 2. Put it in writing. Summarize your expectations for the coming year: The economy and micro-economy of your community. Your health, family situation, and financial needs. Include the various opportunities … [Read more...]
Veteran real estate people know that home owners and potential home buyers will use holiday events to plug into their brains for low-key, no-pressure, no-commitment real estate information. Being consummate professionals, they are prepared for these 'spontaneous' conversations. They carry in their minds, current and accurate real estate information and news. They have thought about how to respond to the big real estate stories that are now … [Read more...]
Here at Touch Marketing, we are recommending that our real estate clients do a thorough review of their online reputation over the holiday season. Google yourself. Take a look at your social media pages. Dig a little deeper into your old online content and conversations. But... if you don't want to... your Facebook friends will do it for you. Because Facebook is dramatically changing up its profile set up. They are calling it Facebook … [Read more...]
Have you been thinking about giving Google+ a try? Google+ is Google's answer to interactive social media. For those of you who are old pros in using Facebook, much about Google+ will look familiar. Google has created some interesting features that will appeal to many users and are useful for your real estate business. 1. Google+ Integration If you use Google products and services, you will already appreciate that Google … [Read more...]
Don't be surprised that the luxury home buyer and seller will quickly and easily turn on the computer to cruise the Internet looking at houses, neighbourhoods, and real estate agents. As they cruise along through websites and social media pages, they will accumulate impressions of their marketplace, community, and the real estate salespeople who serve their part of the market. Pay attention to what the competition is doing … [Read more...]
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