I just got my first two real estate leads in the same week!! I've been using Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, LinkedIn, Plaxo and many others for quite a while. One easy way to use social networking is to update your status frequently. Twitter updates are based on the question: "What are you doing?" I frequently update any real estate activity I'm participating in including: showing properties, writing contracts, closings, etc. It takes a little while to remember to do this, but it can give you results. It shows my sphere and contacts that I'm out there working despite the public opinion that real estate market is dead.
It actually became quite cumbersome to update all these different pages UNTIL....I was introduced to http://ping.fm. I previously wrote about this, click here, to read it. Pinging gives you one dashboard and you can choose which networks you want to update automatically. You go to one website, type in what you want pinged and it sends it to them. You can ping status updates, blogs, whatever you want. It makes keeping these up-to-date a snap! You can also ping from your smart phone at http://m/ping.fm. It's FREE so take advantage of it.
Since I was introduced to pinging, I'm getting more comments on my status notification. On Saturday, I got an email on Facebook from someone from church that asked, "We been thinking about moving. What do you know about Crowfield Plantation? Do you think you can come over to our house in Coosaw Creek and tell us what we need to do to get our house ready to sell?"
On Monday, I got a call from one of my old high school classmates that I'm connected with on Facebook. She said, "I can't believe I didn't think of you before, but my sister has been trying to sell her house for several months now with no luck. I see that you are quite busy. Would you be interested in talking to her about helping her sell her house?" Well.....YES!!! I'd love to and (p.s. I'll forgive you for not thinking of me sooner). So it does work!! Get out there and starting pinging.
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Michele Reneau - Military Relocation Specialist ~ North Charleston, SC Real Estate.
Rated number #1 featured Summerville, SC Realtor on Activerain.com. As Featured on HGTV's House Hunters. Publisher/Author for Charleston Real Estate Update including featured listings and sold properties, and monthly statistics on Charleston Real Estate Market. The Charleston Relocation Expert specializes in military relocation, first time homebuyers and creating marketing exposure to sell your home in Charleston, Goose Creek, Summerville, North Charleston, Hanahan, Mount Pleasant and the surrounding areas in Charleston County, Berkeley County or Dorchester County, South Carolina.. I can also be contacted by email at mreneau@carolinaone.com. To view all Charleston Metro area Homes for Sale Click Here and then click on Search for Homes. With over 25 years of Lowcountry Living, I know the Charleston Metro area.
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