twitter: 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)

twitter: 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)

twitter: 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)

twitter: What is Twitter? Why Twitter? How to use Twitter? Should I use Twitter in my Real Estate Practice? - 01/17/11 05:59 AM
 
What is Twitter?
Twitter is essentially a micro-blogging platform.  The original idea behind Twitter is simple to answer the question, “what are you doing?” and to answer that question in 140 characters or less.
 
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)

 
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