twitter: YEO on Twittertalk Radio - 06/05/09 05:03 AM
I was honored to be interviewed by Angie Swartz on Twittertalk Radio a couple of weeks ago. 
Angie and I spent a good portion of the first segment talking about YEO and it's origins here on ActiveRain. Her take on the segment: "Jeff Turner coined one of his taglines by accident in a blogpost he wrote for Active Rain…SEO vs. YEO. Although Jeff admits that SEO (Search Engine Optimization) is important, he purports that YEO (You Engaging Others) is by far the most essential factor in developing good content and relationships. If you focus on interesting conversations with others, you’ll likely … (20 comments)

twitter: YEO - Maintaining Contact With Thousands. Why Do You Care? - 05/01/09 04:18 AM
The following conversation on Twitter inspired this post today. HomesByThomas  yesterday @respres Jeff, with over 6000 followers, how hard is it to maintain any sort of contact with people? Did you notice that I sent you a Thank You?
respres  yesterday @HomesByThomas yes, I did, but hadn't responded yet. And a lot easier than you might think. You may have given me my YEO post for the week.
HomesByThomas  21 hours ago @respres Jeff, I'm glad to hear your response. I thinks it's awesome that you can respond like this and I'm excited I could inspire a Blog!
respres  12 hours ago @HomesByThomas well, let's … (75 comments)

twitter: YEO - Numbers That Mean Something - 04/23/09 09:42 AM
Last Thursday I wrote about Why Twitter Follower Counts Mean Nothing. The post touched off some interesting public and private discussions. The number huggers are everywhere and their logic, in a very comfortable, that-sounds-like-something-i've-done-before, kind of way, can certainly appear sound. They ask questions like, "Why broadcast to 10 people when you can broadcast to 10,000?" Who could argue with that, right? <raises hand> The clue to the answer lies in the question itself.
Broadcasting?
Is that really what we're doing in the social media space? Some think so.  I don't. I received a direct message from Matt Rathbun this morning … (71 comments)

twitter: YEO - Don't Get Sucked Into The Twitter Numbers Game - 04/18/09 10:15 AM
Ashton Kutcher is about to pass 1,000,000 followers on Twitter. I'm happy for Ashton. And I mean that. He plans to do some great things with the account and I hope he does. But you're not Ashton Kutcher and neither am I. Unfortunately there are a whole slew of Twitter geniuses out there encouraging you to focus almost exclusively on getting as many followers as possible. It's fools gold. And I'm about to illustrate why.
Getting followers is easy. Building a community is hard.
A phone call with Jim Marks about creating some fake accounts (an entirely different post) prompted me … (123 comments)

twitter: YEO - Take Control Of The Machine - 04/09/09 05:51 PM
"The computer is a moron." - Peter Drucker A few days ago I received an email from someone who was comparing Real Estate Shows to another company. They wanted to know if we automatically distributed our Shows to the 10 or more social networking sites that another tour company distributed them to.
My response was a simple. No. 
And we have no plan to do so either. Why? Because doing so would simply encourage our clients to let the machine control their behavior instead of having their behavior control the machine. There are no technical barriers to making this happen. … (66 comments)

twitter: Regarding Twitter: Two Online Tools To Help - 03/19/09 08:49 AM
A Look At SearchCloudlet and twIRC Tweetgrid's IRC client: I'm a big fan of Tweetgrid for monitoring conversations on Twitter, mainly because it autoupdates and allows me to see up to 9 different conversation topics at once. (One of my tutorials is on the home page at Tweetgrid) But there are times that I want to concentrate on one specific topic or event and see who is most active in that conversation. That's when I turn to twIRC on the Tweetgrid platform. The following video will show you why.
 
twIRC from @jazzychad from Jeff Turner on Vimeo.
SearchCloudlet: I'm not a … (68 comments)

twitter: The Scary Speed Of Social Media Conversations (Eyejot & Twitter) - 11/01/08 03:24 AM
67% of all statistics are made up on the fly.
It may actually be higher than that, since I just made that one up on the fly. You get the point. This morning, I read a report on MarketWatch that struck me as more than odd. It struck me as misleading. So, I decided to use my EyeJot This! bookmarklet and put out a little video message on Twitter.
What you see below is the instant conversation that took place. It's best to read it from the bottom of this post to the top. And it illustrates a couple of things … (55 comments)

twitter: Overheard on Twitter: "Get An Agent" - 10/13/08 08:01 AM
I've shared some of the random messages I see on Twitter regarding REALTORS® or real estate.
Often they've been funny, or inspiration for thoughts on communication, or used to point out why it's important to use Twitter. The message below illustrates the potential power of social media and social messaging to spread messages for spreading good news as well as bad. This is someone who is in the real estate industry but appears to have tried to sell his home by himself. It also appears he's now happy with his real estate agent.
"I was trying to sell house with … (47 comments)

twitter: It's Your Reputation. Manage it. - 08/07/08 04:53 AM
Recent stories of "profile jacking" on Twitter point out the necessity for corporations to vigorously monitor their on-line reputation. The most notable of the recent stories is that of "Janet," an Exxon "employee" who began posting at the fake Twitter account called ExxonMobilCorp. Jeremiah Owyang has a great review of the Exxon Twitter debacle, and offers some advice to corporations and to the social mediasphere. And, of course, one of his pieces of advice is that "Companies must monitor their brand." Exxon clearly fell asleep on this one, and others have fallen asleep as well, including CNN and Seth Godin.
So … (87 comments)

twitter: Opening The Mobile Blogging Bag Of Tricks - 06/24/08 11:09 AM
My mobile blog fest begins tomorrow morning at 4:00 AM.
That's when the entire Turner family, six kids and two parents, will head off on our annual road trip to West Virginia. I blogged all along the way last year on our CA TO WV... AND BACK AGAIN blog. This year I'm doing it again, only I'll be using as many new technologies as I can to chronicle our journey.
The main tool this year? Utterz.
Most of the posts created on our famiy travel blog will be generated using Utterz. I'm confident I'll be able to show a number of … (46 comments)

twitter: Twitter Will Never Get You Any Business - 06/04/08 06:05 PM
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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twitter: @thelovelywife I Care! - 05/08/08 07:06 PM
It's not about what you're doing. It's not about what I'm doing.It's about what you and I are doing right now.
Like you, I didn't get twitter either. I was trying to make it something it wasn't and it's just not that complicated. 
It's about the conversation.
It doesn't matter whether it's here on ActiveRain or on Twitter. You, of all people, should know that.
Is there a lot of silly conversation on Twitter? Sure. There's a lot of silly conversation here too. That happens on social networks. It's how people get to know each other.
If it weren't for … (77 comments)

twitter: If Real Estate Is Local, Your Twitter Should Be Too: TwitterLocal.net - 04/07/08 12:18 PM
I awoke this morning to a Twitter timeline with a gem inside.
Laura Fitton ( @pistachio ) had just sent out a tweet about TwitterLocal.net. She said, "twitterlocal.com is going straight to the top of my answer to the question "how do I get started on Twitter and find people to follow?" Her tweet had an incorrect link, so I replied to let her know it was .net instead of .com. Her follow up tweet echoes my feelings exactly.
"Oooops www.Twitterlocal.net! The .com is a squattery mess. .net can rock your Twitter world. Sub in RSS to a city you're traveling to, etc." 
TwitterLocal … (67 comments)

twitter: The Key To Communication Is Desire, Not Technology - 04/05/08 10:15 AM
"I guess we have an open house this weekend? Just because we are out of state doesn't mean our Realtor should not update us."
We have more communication options at our fingertips than at any other time in history. Communication technology is so pervasive, we are left without excuses for sharing any piece of important information in a timely manner.
The consumer quote shown above was a "tweet" from ymiris on Twitter.  I don't have a clue what the back story is to this social message. It doesn't matter. In communication, perception is reality.
He's right even if he's wrong. He's right even … (40 comments)

twitter: Hello? The Internet Doesn't Deliver Houses. - 03/15/08 03:19 AM
I can't resist.
This is one of the best Twitter posts I've read in a long time.
"Why do people go to lendingtree and then get all weird & cranky when a realtor contacts them? Hello? The internet doesn't deliver houses."
I have no idea what Connie does in Minneapolis, but I do know one thing for certain. There's something in the water in Minnesota, because there seem to be a lot of funny people in the Land of 10000 Lakes.
This is a classic.
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twitter: Realtor Twitters: It's Twitter Day On Active Rain It Seems - 02/26/08 01:58 AM
Sarah, Heather and Kim have all written posts about Twitter today. 
I thought I'd add my two cents and show you what you can find if you're paying attention. I monitor the use of the word "realtor" on Twitter, for example. Here's the conversation over the past 24 hours. It's a mix of consumer and REALTOR® voices.
I see at least two opportunities to start a conversation with a consumer. How about you?
 
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twitter: Google + Twitter = Super Tuesday Political Conversation Watch - 02/05/08 08:58 AM
I'm More Interested In This Election Than Any Election In My Adult Life.
Perhaps that influences this post a bit, but I'm intrigued by today's Google, Twitter and Twittervision mashup that allows for "near" real-time monitoring of the conversations on Twitter that are centered around the Super Tuesday elections. This 60 second video will serve as an illustration when the day is over:
I'm intrigued by this application of the technologies and can't help wondering how it will be used in other arenas. No topic is out of reach, but these very time sensative conversations will certainly be the focus of other … (25 comments)

twitter: Communicate The Way Your Clients Want You To - 12/04/07 08:42 AM
I Happened On An Interesting Comment A Few Moments AgoI was searching for the term "real estate" in Terraminds, which is a Twitter search tool, and found the following "tweet."
"YEAH, my real estate agent Angie joined twitter! We love our house btw Angie!"
The statement was made by discorax, whose bio says he is in WebDev Design. Here's a consumer who is obviously tech savvy and as you can see by his expression on Twitter above, he likes the fact that his real estate agent is connected to him in the way he wants to be connected with.
The real estate agent, … (59 comments)

twitter: A Break From Zillow Posts: Tumblr.com - 04/04/07 10:15 AM
Yeah, I'm reading all the Zillow posts too, mostly in my feed reader... 
That's why I'm writing this post. I monitor anything that has "realestateshows" in it. If it appears on the web, I'm probably going to see it. So when the following came over the reader... i was intrigued.
Maxsell Tumbles for Agents
It's just a headline in my feed reader. No indication of why it came into that folder. So I click the link and find a lone headline in the "blog" and this message at the top of the page:
"We love our agents and we want them to attain Maximum Success. … (14 comments)

twitter: What Is Everyone Twittering About? - 03/31/07 09:51 AM
Overheard on Twitter:
More than a few have emailed or commented to me asking about Twitter, my thoughts on it, and why I added the "twitter this" button under my face on the right. Those are all good questions.
I wish I had some definitive answers. I'm still not convinced what it's ultimate purpose will be, but one thing it has done for me is give me the ability to monitor the thought streams of "My Friends" on Twitter. While it's true that some of that though stream is just plain silly, a good number of interesting nuggets of thought and links to … (24 comments)