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Twitter Will Never Get You Any Business

Unless you're the REALTOR® who showed up at this Twitter meetup tonight.

Overheard on Twitter:

Gruven_Reuven: Had my FIRST twitter meet up tonight. And found a Realtor in the process. Twitter ROCKS

about 2 hours ago · Reply · View Tweet

It's about relationships. It always has been. It always will be.

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Posted by Jeff Turner on 06/05/2008 01:05 AM

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41 Comments on Twitter Will Never Get You Any Business

JUN

2008

Awesome!

"It's about relationships. It always has been. It always will be."

You said it Jeff!

Thanks Jeff, as always you are right on the mark. Keep on posting

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.

Thanks for sharing. I agree with Brian , the more you are out there, the greater the chance of being found on the internet.

All of these social sites can make us money if we don't lose sight of the "big" picture..... thanks boss

OK Jeff! I am gonna get me some twitter soon!

How true Jeff. It is about the REALTIONSHIP... as simple as that! Yet so many people don't get it!

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.

Good to know. I think I will check out his tweets (is that gramatically correct?) and see how he is doing it.

What exactly is a Twitter meetup? I'm not afraid to admit that I have no idea what that is and that I probably should know.

Poop... If I was in South Park, I could have gotten that contact. ;^ )

Oh you just had to post this and torture us non-twit head Realtors! Now I will have to take a peek, and get sucked into the twitter vortex.

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.

JUN

2008

Candace... of course! Can't wait to meet you!

John... that's good stuff, my friend.

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.

Twitter can be a very useful network and promotion tool. It also does a nice job of referring website traffic as well.

@IMNJ - feel free to tweet hello!

haha I did not know what to expect when I opened that post.....don't know much about it I will check it out

JUN

2008

Twitter rocks! It's the perfect example of "non-interruptive" marketing!

Tina in Virginia

JUN

2008

Just awesome :)!

Social networking is just another avenue to obtain those "RELATIONSHIPS". They do work and will get you business if you know how to work them right.

Just my 2 cents

JUN

2008

Twitter is something I have not added yet but the concept is very interesting.

JUN

2008

It only gets better.... Twitter also saved an appointment with my Realtor!

http://gruvenreuven.wordpress.com/2008/06/08/twitter-rocks/

Twitter is a great tool to get out there and connect with locals and other RE Industry folks!

I've not had a negative thing to say about it... Ok... finding an overwhelming need to tweet certain things that happen.... :)

(Not breaking my personal confidentiality policy)..... I've had a tweet meetup with some now clients as well! I praise Twitter for the connection!

Go to my blog (posted in the message above) to hear/read the whole story!

JUN

2008

That is so right. I just need to find the time to keep twittering!

OCT

2008

I use Twitter ALL the time. Unfortunately, I use my play account 99% of the time o.O And no, it won't get me any business because it's not under my real name. I have too many online friends that I met on random forums. You can't exactly trust everyone.

NOV

2008

This is awesome. I'm attending my first Tweetup in New Orleans on Dec. 6th.

NOV

2008

Jeff - I've been "Twittering"...just not sure that I am doing it right.

It's 100% the relationships you have and the people you know! Twitter is just one of many ways to get yourself out there! Come follow me! :-) http://twitter.com/NickNapoletano

DEC

2008

Jeff - one of my listings sold via Twitter a couple of months ago and convinced me to keep the Tweets going. I wonder what will happen when the rest of the world finally finds out about Twitter.

Tina in Virginia

Jeff:

Anything that you do consistently we almost get you business, but it is the time spent relationship that says it all. For years my co-owner partner in our REMAX office lead our state in production.

I based it all on niche building and growing it out from there. Knowing your internal needs of your business and being knowledgeable and getting the sales done.

Today, a good web site and a balanced combination of marketing is the best for being a leader. If you haven't any business than social market yourself. It just not worth the time spent. I do what I do on activerain for relaxation, believe it or not and it helps SEO.

You need to have automated thing going on to bring you business, if you need to spend a lot of time to create leads, you are dome to mediocrity.

Sorry if I am negitive.

Richard

DEC

2008

Hi Jeff! I'm late to this party but, I'd like to say that I couldn't agree with you more! Funny but, with the title and coming from you, I thought I needed to read to see if I'm wasting my time on Twitter!! I have made several contacts there--no closings as a result--YET but, I know they're coming.

Merry Christmas

Debe... it's the connections that matter. The "deals" will come with the quality of the connections, just as they do in the "real world."

DEC

2008

Jeff, you scared me there with that title. I'm learning Twitter, but it's slow in coming.

That is awesome - it definitely is about relationships.

FEB

2009

Please follow me if you live in Maryland. http://twitter.com/roykelley It is good to follow those with common interests. I sell REO properties.

DEC

I'm impressed by your wrtiing. Are you a professional or just very knowledgeable?

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