Jeff, Twitter, like many of the other social media sites out there is just one additional way for people to connect. The more you're out there, the more likely it is for somebody to find you. Thanks for sharing your overheard conversation.
Ricardo, Greg, Brian, Gita, Dez, Jeremy and Monika... This aint rocket science. But you have to stop treating everything online like an advertising medium. To be successful with social networking, you need a real desire to get to know people as people, not leads.
Jeff- Thanks for reminding me to stay on top of this. I seem to be dropping some of the social networks as I get busy selling homes. Maybe I need to sleep less.
Georgina... it's not for everyone. My only point here is that just about any social network that has any vibrancy can bring you into relationships that could create business opportunities. Just as not everyone wants to be a cub scout leader or part of toastmasters, not every online social network is going to be for eveyone. You have to find what fits for you personally.
Jeff - Doing my part to spread the word on the meet up in Scottsdale, Arizona...Hope you don't mind...Oops, I better go back and put a required RSVP... See you tomorrow night, looking forward to it!
Surprisingly I've gotten a few DMs from my weekly stat updates about the Las Vegas market. Twitter has helped me connect with a lot of tech-savvy Las Vegans that I probably would not have met using conventional marketing methods -- and many times the initial tweet has nothing to do with real estate.
Jeff, Twitter just doesn't get any respect does it? It does have the potential for generating business through the relationships that develop, but since real estate is local, it is the Twitter meet ups that are more likely to generate business than online Twittering. I was skeptical about Twitter at first, but it does create a different type of relationship than discussion forums or blogs. It feels much more like real conversation in real time.
Jeff, Twitter just doesn't get any respect does it? It does have the potential for generating business through the relationships that develop, but since real estate is local, it is the Twitter meet ups that are more likely to generate business than online Twittering. I was skeptical about Twitter at first, but it does create a different type of relationship than discussion forums or blogs. It feels much more like real conversation in real time.
Gail... meeting people, face-to-face, is the ultimate objective of all of these efforts. The meetups are where the rubber meets the road. Twitter seems to foster that and it feels more like "real" conversation to me as well.
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You said it Jeff!