Networking Sites

Amber.  I have profiles on the sites you mentioned and I am trying to add to more.  As to getting any business?  I have yet to see any, but I believe it will come.  I am really excited about the prospects of Localism and its opening up to the public.  Good luck and keep posting!

Hey Amber, I'm on several of these sites, but not all. I find that if you stay on top of things, i do have both personal and business on my facebook account - but make sure nothing is too "risky." Also, I do know some other agents who have made 2 accounts to draw the line specifically for that.

Also, be careful with some of these as lead generating tools. Sometimes emailing/messaging can  be considered SPAM and you can get a block on your account.

Just my 2 cents! goodluck!!

Laura

Several business associates have built a big network on Plaxo as well. I use Linkedin -- it was easy to start and I had more associates there to connect to.  Make it a profitable day!

• Do you have profiles on multiple sites?  If so, which ones? I have accounts on Linked In, Plaxo, Facebook (1 for personal use and 1 for business), Active Rain.....experimented on Tweeter, but canclled when I didn't 'get' it.
  
• Do you actually get business, probably in the form of referrals, from these sites/ your profile?  If so, what percentage of your business does it make up? I have yet to get a direct referral, but I think that what I have learned from reading and responding to comments, joining forums, etc has been worth its weight in gold!
  
• Which one is your favorite? Facebook - I love th ability to keep track on everyone and network at the same time. Its less formal than LinkedIn, so I am a little more free with who I link with.
  
• Do you mix your personal profiles (MySpace, for instance) with your professional profiles?  Do you use one profile for both purposes? I have separate profiles for business and personal.

N.B Facebook has started to be indexed in Google......noticed this today!

Thanks for the great advice. I will check back often. I really like the blog. I am new at blogging but I am beginning to learn quite a bit from reading blogs like the ones I find on Active Rain. If I can ever be of help just visit my blog or my website: http://yournowwhat.com   

                                                                 Thanks, Terry

I have accounts on LinkedIn, Facebook, AR, and also on Zillow and Trulia, as well as Twitter and my own website.  I have not received any referrals to my knowledge, but did get a phone call out of the blue from someone I did not know, and I have listed their property.  I  am not sure how she found me, but I do believe that social networking is going to be around for a long time.  I feel that not only will I receive business from it, but I have already established relationships and garnered a wealth of information.  I think for me AR is the best by far.  I try not to mix too much personal with my business profile.  I do want people to know me as a person, but would never put certain things on any of my profiles that would do anything to hurt my professionalism.

I have accounts on many of these accounts and generally use the same business profile for each.  I do try to link information for these sites in an attempt to create some traffic to my web site.  I also direct email to my personal account from every site I use.

I'm using all the normal ones I guess and have yet to get any leads off of them, but I've only been actively pursuing it for 6 months and I would say that's not a very long time.  I bought a spam machine for myspace and added about 600 new friends of friends (I did it that way so they didn't report me as a spammer).  I have had some interested parties regarding a listing of mine through facebook and myspace but nothing fruitful just yet... then again, I live in Pittsburgh, PA so it'll be another 4 years before people around here start to figure out how to use the internet... lol.  j/k