Facebook & LinkedIn Only Please.

[ChasRE]

You may have noticed but I'm big on studies and graphs and according to a recent study conducted, the only social networking platforms that you should be concerned about are Facebook, LinkedIn, and maybe Twitter. Maybe also YouTube if you consider that a social network, I consider it more like a free online video store.

Here's the graph...



What I found to be interesting about this is that facebook and linkedin were somehow on par with eachother. I was always under the impression that facebook and twitter were king, and linkedin already had the plug pulled on it, but maybe not?

Do you think agents overlook the potential of LinkedIn in their marketing stategies?

[MattPernice]

I think is a necessity to be on all. From experience I have gotten leads from Facebook only but that came from my immediate circle.

[mobiddiction]

I am with LinkedIn..

[www.eric3.com]

Someone please tell me how to use facebook for marketing! Sure i know how to talk to my friends. And i know how to use the paid ads. Is that it? Is that the extent of "using social media" for business? Thanks

Also, love the stats too, thanks jonathan

[joehayes101]

I use facebook mostly for my home building company and my clients seem to really like it. Their family can see their home progress from start to finish. I'm not sure how to capitalize on it for real estate - and I have no idea how LinkedIn could be used.
http://www.facebook.com/MaplewoodHomes

[RESteve]

Converting leads through social networking is simply another way to drive your contacts into your inner circles. A real estate agent should have a strong innate desire to cultivate referrals through building relationships, and this used to be accomplished solely by picking up the phone or through direct contact.

Facebook and LinkedIn make things a bit easier (though is not an alternative in my opinion) by allowing you to "touch" your sphere of influence with ease. The key, in my opinion, is to directly contact everyone in your Facebook contact list just as you would your database. A blast email (or wall update) may get them to notice you (or get annoyed by spam), but a more direct contact (direct private message) saying "Hi! How are the kids and the house?" not only elicits a personal response but opens an effective line of communication that has a better probability of building a quality relationship.

These are the kind of people you want in your database; those who are close to you, would do business with you, and would refer business to you given the chance. Use social networking as an aid (not an alternative) along with phone calls and direct visits to build quality relationships that drive your referral pipeline.

[joehayes101]

When I first started using Facebook, I had about a 2 dozen "friends" - mostly family and close friends and I loved it. Then a bunch of long-lost high school aquintances and some people I can't even remember wanted to freind me. At first I just ignored it and then I figured that if I was going to use it with my business, I might as well just be freinds with whoever wanted. Some of them post all day long and I don't use it much myself anymore because I need to scroll through dozens of posts to see something I'm interested in.

[www.eric3.com]

i believe my link on my facebook page is showing as dofollow, what do you think? facebookcom/YourTampaRealEstate?sk=app_148407265250483

[www.eric3.com]

hello, any idea?

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