I really enjoy REW and have always wanted to give back to the community. I've been twittering/facebooking/blogging/networking and I've been realizing over the short term that facebook has been a great source of referrals for me. I'm more than happy to share what I do and how it works.

Disclaimer 1. This will not work unless you are sincere and consistent on actually communicating with people.

The big aha moment came for me after I started talking to 10-20 people locally on twitter. I realiazed active people on social networking sites are more than happy to communicate with you and some actually enjoy it.

Facebook is somewhat similiar to twitter and my strategy on Facebook is to spend one hour per day and massively communicate with first the people who are actively doing status updates. Whenever someone post's something that you can logically add something to the conversation DO IT!

Secondly I will go through my friends list once a month and pound through the people I don't actively talk to on a weekly basis and look at their profile page and try to find something they've been talking about that I can put in a good comment.

Third I avoid talking REAL ESTATE like the plague. My profile page has my website's has my blog information and has a brief bio on what I do sell real estate. They look at your stuff more than you realize.

I will slip in a status update every once and a while but for the most part it's about my personal life.

Once you actively start communicating and have a set plan over time you will build relationships with these people and the referrals will naturally come in. It's a contact sport the more people you contact the better the chances of getting a referral.

I am working on building a contact database specificially for Facebook Friends once I have developed an online relationship i'm going to add them to my newsletter campaign and send out one email per month. I'm very skeptical about this just because I really dont like getting random messages in my inbox so I shouldn't expect someone else to.

This is what I'm doing and i'm really starting to see the benefits and am growing my database on a daily basis

If anyone else has any success stories lets talk about them or if you've had success with newsletter campaigns with your facebook friends I'd love to hear about it.

Happy Facebooking and Generating Quality Referrals.

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Thanks for sharing your tips for Facebook, and other social networking sites. I really like how you concentrate on building relationships, rather than hounding those you are connected to online for referrals.

When someone is communicating with you for a purpose (and not just to say hello), I think it shines through so I feel your approach really helps build the relationships. I'll try your approach; I don't seem to be generating many leads through social networking these days.

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Steve Castaneda, Realtor

Specializing in Houston Real Estate. Feel free to browse Houston homes for sale or read about Real Estate Technology for agents.

Congrats on your success. You are doing it the right way!

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Greg Long | Keller Williams | Portland, Oregon
Portland Oregon Homes for Sale | Portland Real Estate | Portland Pearl District Condos

RESTEVE: It didn't work for me at first it took a lot of time but when I mean a lot I really concentrate on making sure I only a lot 45 minutes a day to this otherwise I would get nothing done. I'm a big advocate of not wasting to much time

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GregPDX: Thanks for the kind words hopefully I am and if not i'll keep changing until I find something that works. But i know for sure it's not about talking about real estate on social networks if you want a steady referral base.

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I have just recently started on Facebook and I love it. I think it is great for creating and continuing relationships. The real estate will come naturally from those relationships.

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Donna Long
Homes in Columbus Ga Homes in Auburn AL

So, I am dying to know the total friend count.

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Greg Phillips
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Primary Residential Mortgage Inc.
"Closing Mortgages Since 1999"
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Very Nice, you echo what I have told agents in the past and they always look at me like...huh? Dont talk about real estate...make sure your profile reflects that you are a realtor or whatever you do regarding real estate, and be social...pretty simple for some, while others just don't get it...keep up the great work

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Team Masse services the Tampa Bay Real Estate market as well as the following areas: Apollo Beach, Riverview, Ruskin, Brandon, Lithia, Valrico, Gibsonton, South Tampa, and Channelside District along with St Petersburg and Clearwater. Referals are always welcomed and given.

As far as friend count is concerned i'm up to 634 local Green Bay area people. Working growing that through my other friends.

Rmasse: I have heard you echo the same wise wisdom on the REW Forum! You hit the nail on the head my friend

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Green Bay Real Estate|Green Bay Gregs Blog

An agent in my area set up a group in Facebook and asked all of her friends to join. She updates everybody on current events in the areas that she farms and has had a pretty good response so far. Maybe you can try something like that.