Forum: Social Networking

Hello all. I'm just getting going on my FB fan page (so late I know). Anyway, I noticed something that I wanted to run by everyone. After the page had about 40 plus likes, I posted a simple url link to my site as one of the posts. The next day I noticed a one position drop for my main kw. The only...

I totally believe in the value of Social Media for real estate agents and small businesses. That said (you knew there was a "but" coming, didn't you?) there is evidence that people are spending too much time on Social Media vs. SEO (http://realestateseo.biz/real-estate-seo-vs-social-media.php) when...

Hi everyone, I am new here. I just wondering does anyone out there got any success selling homes using social media such as FB, Twitter, Linkedin, etc? Thanks, Tom

just sharing some good tips on how to utilize and use FB for business http://socialmediatoday.com/matt-hamilton/447628/15-ways-use-facebook-pages-business

I posted about using Pinterest before, so this just proved my previous conversation on what Pinterest will become and do for businesses: http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/222740 I think it will be great to put up for Listed house as a board.. then 'pin up' all the great features as...

I forget where I read this but I saved it to share: Your social network of choice Everywhere you turn these days, someone is talking about Facebook, retweeting Ashton Kutcher's latest comment, or asking you to connect on LinkedIn. While all the hype can seem a bit frivolous, the business benefits...

Newer to the website game, and oh so many questions. Just beginning to work on link building and social media cues for search engines. I know Google+ seems to be of growing importance for giving cues to the google algorythm, so I'm setting up an account. My question is this...It seems like very...

I have been reading that sending your best blog entries to these social networking sites is real beneficial to SEO. Is this true and what are the 5 best ones to submit these articles to?

If you're like me and are new to Twitter, this is a pretty good guide to using Twitter beyond just signing up for it. For me the biggest tip is, "Follow people who seem interesting, stop following anyone who's not." Once I started turning off feeds of people who were boring or just really...

Hey guys, I'm curious, what are some of the ways that REW LECs integrate social media options into their websites? I see some people have a FB/Twitter icons on every page. Some people give their users an option to share a page/listing on a social media platform. What works? What's worth...

What is Social Bookmarking? Social Bookmarking is Part of SEO Tell me.

While this may be outdated... the content and direction is still valid and useful. from socialmediadefined.com http://www.socialmediadefined.com/2009/03/12/social-media-strategy-for-realtors/ Hope you find it helpful.

We are going to be adding a facebook "Like" button to our website soon, is the one in the right sidebar here a custom one? I like it. The simple like button code on the facebook developers page is just the like button, but I like how you allow users to both "like" your page AND direct them to...

I finally set up a St. Lawrence Properties Fan Page (http://www.facebook.com/pages/St-Lawrence-Properties-Real-Estate-Property-Management/249597463911)on FB though I have had a Group for a while. I am not quite sure why the difference, but it seems that Fan Pages are the New Way and Groups are...

from an article on Entrepreneur.com To help you cut through the clutter, here are the 10 must-use social media tools that can not only help you make sense of your social media efforts but make them more effective: http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/222837

As a Real Estate Broker trying to build a new business, there was nothing that soaked up more of my time than getting traffic to our website. Without a steady flow of new people coming through my website, I wasn't going to get anywhere. Of course free traffic is what I really wanted, which...

If you got about 15 minutes or so, check out this talk by Gary Chambers regarding social networking in 2011. It seems like he believes we need to be more personal and intentional about conveying more than just real estate; it needs to be more about your life (read: lifestyle branding). On...

Does anyone know of any good social networking sites other than Facebook or Myspace?

Just curious what your best practices are to engage your followers/fans on both facebook and twitter. Like how often are you talking about business/real estate? or do you make fun contests to engage and get communication going with your fans/followers?