zipvocom: Don't worry, Social Media is a FAD! - 04/21/09 10:28 AM
It's depressing how Real Estate agents and professionals around here (New England) know so little about the importance of social media. It was obvious today after we went door to door promoting our class on Twitter & Facebook to offices, owner brokers, and managers that something is clearly missing. I went to over 15 offices in the Andover, North Andover, MA area speaking to agents, giving hand outs, and even sent out over 500 e-mails to Realtors. One office which has over 70 agents said to me "they have a good handle on their social media sites". What does that mean? … (20 comments)

zipvocom: What is Twitter? - 03/06/09 01:01 PM

Twitter is a social networking and micro-blogging service.
It enables its users to send and read other users' updates known as tweets.
These tweets are text-based posts of up to 140 characters in length.
Updates are displayed on the user's profile page and delivered to other users who have signed up to receive them.
Senders can restrict delivery to those in their circle of friends.
 
 



 
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zipvocom: What is RE BarCamp? - 03/04/09 03:02 AM

 
RE BarCamp is a One-Day event where passionate real estate industry experts come together to share their knowledge on a peer to peer basis. Sessions evolve based on whatever topic one wants to share and whoever wants to learn.

 
Upcoming Barcamps
April 2 - Los Angeles | April 23 - Portland | April 23 - Phoenix | May 22 - Denver | Date TBA - Boston
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zipvocom: RAPV's Social Media Class on Facebook - 02/25/09 07:23 AM

Realtor Association of Pioneer Valley's class on social media presented by ZIPVO / James Shiner and Greg Afarian. 1st session is about Facebook.
 
 
 
 
Learn how to create an account on Facbook, add friends, send messages, update your status, upload pictures / video, add a link, join groups, creating pages, and lots more. 
Let me know if you have any questions, Thanks Greg
 
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zipvocom: My Mac Experience Follow up - 02/24/09 07:46 AM

A few months ago my PC died and I bought a MacBook. Not only is the Mac going to improve your productivity but, it will make life a lot easier.
Getting over the learning curve isn't too bad, like anything else it takes a few weeks to get use to but, once you do you'll never look back.
Please feel free to ask any questions or comments you may have. If your business depends on your computer then, you have to ask yourself an important question. "Am I serious about my business NOT to invest in something that … (0 comments)

zipvocom: Social Media / Are You Ready For Change? - 02/11/09 04:14 AM

Going down to Carolyn Chodat's office today, Classic Properties, in Medway, MA, speaking about video and social media. @ZipvoGreg talks alittle more about embracing social media and a post by @Ines wrote for AgentGenius.com about the "F" word (fear).
http://agentgenius.com/?p=9933 Interview with Patrick Harding a Realtor in Andover about a success story with using social media and Facebook. Enjoy, Greg
 
 
View this video on ZIPVO.com.
 
(Image Thanks to Bernice Ross)
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zipvocom: Embracing Social Media - 01/31/09 02:56 PM
Embracing social media is a must in today's Real Estate Market. These free and effective tools will help you be found in search and improve your productivity. There are many effective and free tools like activerain.com  www.twitter.com Facebook.com ZIPVO.com and other sites will help a Real Estate professional in building their social media presence.
Since 85% of all intitial search starts online any REALTOR® that doesn't embrace this technology will see that traditional print media is out, and this new media is in. The Internet and social media revolution is here to stay. Embracing this technology is a must and Agents … (0 comments)

 
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Greg Afarian

North Andover, MA

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Address: 18 Waverly Rd, North Andover, MA, 01845

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