In order to be an effective property marketing resource for my clients, my goal is to always be aware of the latest on line tools for marketing properties for my clients.  Early last year I recognized that social media (networking and bookmarking) was no longer something to be ignored, so I started creating accounts at some of the major social sites.  It didn't take long to for me to realize that I couldn't keep up with it and still do the actual work of my business (and life for that matter!).

Along the way I found that spending just a couple of hours a week consistently went a long way to keeping my social marketing efforts from stagnating.  Then I found a tool that makes the most of my social networking time.  It's a browser called Flock.  The Flock developers took the same code engine that powers Firefox and built a whole bunch of cool tools on to it so that you can keep up with your Twitter, YouTube, MySpace, Facebook, Flickr. . .accounts all from within the browser.  It really leverages the new integrated social networking tool now in RTV tours.

You can even connect it with your blog, even self-hosted WordPress sites, so that you can post directly from Flock.  Now they also have an add-on that stores your OpenID, if you have one and seamlessly logs you in to the sites that support OpenID.  I really like that feature.

Flock hasn't become a total Firefox replacement for me.  Instead my strategy is to use it when I'm dedicating time to social networking.  Besides shooting interactive virtual tours in Tennessee and Alabama, I do web development, mainly WordPress design services.  Firefox is just better for that and the extra buttons and features of Flock actually start to get in the way when I'm in that mode.

I'm planning on publishing a post that lists all the tools I'm currently using to streamline my on line work so stay tuned.

Brett Weaver

SpotLight Virtual Tours

Madison County Virtual Home Tours