30 Days of Marketing Opportunities - Day 17: Fan Your Fans

30 Days of Marketing Opportunities - Day 17

My goal is to write 5 days per week for 30 days. So I've started this series that I hope to motivate me to write. 30 Days of Marketing Opportunities will give you 30 projects or tasks that your Virtual Assistant can handle on your behalf, generating leads that will ultimately generate more income for you!  These are tasks that do not require a lot of high-end skill but, instead, require some time (hence the reason your Virtual Assistant should handle these tasks, not you!) and attention to detail.  Join me on the journey!

Day 17 - Fan Your Fans

You're probably thinking, "Ok, Renae has lost it for sure now! What in the world is she talking about?" Let me explain!

For everyone who has set up a Facebook Fan page, or a Twitter or LinkedIn account, the first thing you did was to start requesting connections - you wanted people to friend you, connect with you, or fan your page. (And if you didn't, my first suggestion is to stop reading this, go connect to at least 10 people on each site, and then come back to finish reading this post!) Ask yourself this question: why do I want to have people connected to me? The answer is simply because you want those people to "opt in" to receiving your news stream! They are now directly connected and requesting information about real estate in and around your area. Or, if you're like my friend from Real Estate Client Referrals - @ClintMiller, you're not following him for his real estate information (although it is quality stuff). You're following him because you just don't know what he's going to say next and you're waiting on baited breath to see what it will be!

This support will be even more unwavering if you fan your fans. Support those people who are supporting you. How? By engaging them! It isn't just about "how many people can I connect with?!" It's about how you can make those connections mean something! Your connections should be two-way streets - you aren't just sending them information about you but you are receiving information about them as well. Then, when you retweet or repost what they've said, and it's something specifically local, you'll start making local blogs work for you (yesterday's post). This will make you even more of an authority and expert about your local community.  So get out there and FAN somebody!
 
~Renae

Day 1 - Use Short URLs
Day 2 - Syndicate Your Blogs
Day 3 - Create a Marketing Campaign
Day 4 - Take Advantage of Holidays
Day 5 - Farming Works
Day 6 - Socialize Your Listings
Day 7 - Create a Partnership
Day 8 - Create a Community Website
Day 9 - Host a Coloring Contest
Day 10 - Send Sweet Treats
Day 11 - Throw a Party
Day 12 - Send Out 10 Greeting Cards
Day 13 - Host a Brunch for Working Parents
Day 14 - Create a Neighborhood Blog
Day 15 - Host A Webinar
Day 16 - Put Local blogs To Work For You

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