social media: What Social Media Sites Should I Use?
- 08/12/11 05:52 AM
What Social Media Sites Should I Use? Does this sound familiar or does this somewhat describe you? Perhaps you set up your Facebook account and you participate somewhat, even if it is mostly to see what everyone is out there doing. And, you set up a LinkedIn account several years ago (as that was the thing to do at the time and/or were possibly seeking employment). Now you aren’t even sure what your login and password it and you can’t figure out why people are still trying to “connect” with you. Lastly you can’t stop hearing about Twitter, yet you have … (1 comments)
You may have noticed that everyone is “checking in” all over the place, literally. We will discuss how, why, what it all means, and where perhaps it is going. Foursquare is an application that is free to download on most smart phones and tablets. Once you have created your free account, the application finds your location through GPS technology allows the user to “check-in” to their location. The location may be a home, restaurant, place of work, park, airport terminal, and the list goes on. Foursquare keeps track … (0 comments)
social media: 2011 SXSW Re-Cap and Take-Away-s…
- 04/07/11 05:05 AM
2011 SXSW Re-Cap and Take-Away-s… There were an estimated 24-30k attendees for Interactive; projected 20% over 2010. For the first time, there were more registrations for the interactive conference than for the music portion. Geolocation is established and is becoming another crucial ‘layer’ (a la, the social ‘layer’) on sites and apps. This is all about using geolocal data for interesting ideas and moving past the simple check-in. The success of foursquare is primarily due to the fun, gaming aspect of it, compared to other location-based tools that are more utilitarian.) Who is the leader? Foursquare, Facebook Places, Gowalla? Who will be the next leader and … (0 comments)
social media: REALTORS®: Are you LinkedIn?
- 03/21/11 03:52 AM
REALTORS®: Are you LinkedIn? Real estate professionals are using social media outlets like Facebook and Twitter to communicate and network socially with consumers and their sphere(s) of influence. Many have ignored LinkedIn, or have not re-connected with and polished their LinkedIn profiles and are not taking full advantage of the potential that LinkedIn may afford them. When surveyed last fall, Houston Association of REALTORS® members claimed LinkedIn as their #1 most used social media outlet. How about you? The belief that the business focus of LinkedIn will not get them to hot home buying and selling prospects isn't accurate. Every one … (5 comments)
social media: Cracking the QR Code
- 01/24/11 10:08 AM
24 January 2011 It would be almost impossible for you to have not heard the hype about QR codes (bar codes, tags). According to Wikipedia “A QR Code is a specific matrix barcode (or two-dimensional code), readable by dedicated QR barcode readers and camera phones.” REALTORS® are using them, but how and why? QR Codes bridge the gap between print media and mobile media. Many predict that smartphones will dominate the 2011 mobile market. Additionally, some studies claim that mobile web activity will surpass web activity from PCs and laptops (consider that if you don’t already have one, your next mobile device purchase is likely to be one.) QR … (0 comments)
social media: Social Media To-Do List 2011
- 01/19/11 06:45 AM
Recently, a member walked into HAR with a brand new iPad and asked me, “can you please help me to practice real estate using this? How can I use my new iPad to improve my business and impress my clients? And, my goal is going to be for my clients to use my iPad while I’m with them showing property.” After sharing with him a few ideas and tips, I decided to write this article. I have found that many REALTORS® are interested in Social Media and technology and believe it can help them in their business, but don’t know exactly … (1 comments)
In countries all around the world, people follow the sources most relevant to them and access information via Twitter as it happens-from breaking news to updates from friends.
Twitter could simply be called...people having conversations online.
Why Twitter? Well, for starters 93% of social media users believe that the companies and services they use should have a social media presence. And...90% of Twitter … (1 comments)
social media: Facebook, what you should know and how it CAN benefit your real estate practice.
- 01/13/11 03:29 AM
January 2011 What was the most visited website of 2010? Facebook, accordingly to a recent release from Experian Hitwise. Facebook exceeded Google not only as the top visited website but also as the most searched item of the year. Here are additional statistics as reported by Facebook: •1. There are more than 500 million active users •2. 50% of those active users log in every day •3. The average user has 130 friends •4. People spend over 700 billion minutes per month on Facebook •5. There are over 900 million objects that interact with pages, groups and events •6. The average … (6 comments)
What Social Media Sites Should I Use? Does this sound familiar or does this somewhat describe you? Perhaps you set up your Facebook account and you participate somewhat, even if it is mostly to see what everyone is out there doing. And, you set up a LinkedIn account several years ago (as that was the thing to do at the time and/or were possibly seeking employment). Now you aren’t even sure what your login and password it and you can’t figure out why people are still trying to “connect” with you. Lastly you can’t stop hearing about Twitter, yet you have … (1 comments)
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